HOUGHTON — The SDC Gym Thursday night, two volleyball teams battled through four full sets and then also a full fifth set as the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs held off the Michigan Tech Huskies in the opening game of the season for both teams and the opening game of the UP North ...
BEMIDJI, Minn. — The Michigan Tech Huskies football team edged the Bemidji State Beavers 31-29 in the season-opener at Chet Anderson Field on Thursday evening. It's the second season in a row the Huskies defeated the Beavers to begin the new campaign, both times scoring 31 points. "I loved ...
CHEBOYGAN — The Houghton Gremlins soccer team traveled to Cheboygan Thursday and defeated the Chiefs, 6-0, improving to 4-0 on the season. Sophomore Eli Garnell scored four times in the contest to lead the Gremlins’ offense. He now has nine goals on the season. Rowen Dellinger and Matthew Bennett had multiple assists. Keeper Maxwell Livesay, recorded his third shutout of the season.
L'ANSE — As the L'Anse Purple Hornets football program lined up for their team photo earlier this week, it was not, “Say cheese,” at the snap of the camera, but rather, “Beat the Wykons!” The power of positive thinking worked as they crushed the West Iron County Wykons, 54-6. The ...
HOUGHTON — Looking to build off a strong 2025 season, the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes carried that momentum into the start of the 2026 season as they shined brightly Thursday at Kearly Stadium on the campus of Michigan Tech University. They defeated the Ishpeming Hematites, 52-36, in the process. In 8-player football, scoring can come fast and furious, and for Lake Linden, it certainly did. They scored 14 points in the first quarter, 24 in the second, and added 14 more in the third. Brady Axford had a strong day through the air to lead the offense, going 5-for-5 for 103 yards and ...
PAINESDALE — Despite the Houghton Gremlins junior Brandon Van Karsen finishing as the top male runner, the Jeffers Jets boys won the season-opening cross country race at the Kilpela Farm Wednesday. On the girls’ side, Houghton had two top finishers in junior Holly Cooke and sophomore Brooke Hoppe, and they used those finishes to earn the top team spot. Jeffers boys scored a 29, which was five points better than Houghton. Van Karsen set the fastest pace of the race, and he finished the course with a time of 18.08.4. He was followed by West Iron County’s Eduel Spencer and Jeffers ...
