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Houghton boys and girls cross country earn top spots at home

HOUGHTON — There is something special about racing at home. Just ask the Jeffers Jets and Houghton Gremlins cross country teams as they have both taken top spots while running on their home turf in the first two weeks of the 2026 cross country season. While the Jeffers boys opened with a win ...

Huskies football ready for home opener against Mustangs

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech Huskies football team emerged from their battle with the Bemidji State Beavers last Thursday with a 31-29 victory on the road. It was, by no means, an easy win, and the Huskies nearly gave it away in the end, but, at the end of the day, a win is a win. “There ...

Michigan Tech to Induct 10 into Sports Hall of Fame

HOUGHTON — Ten individuals will join the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame at an induction ceremony in October. The class of 2026 includes former hockey student-athletes Colin Murphy, Darcy Way, and Wayne Weller, former football players Andy Bonk and Mike Horan, former basketball players Lucy (Dernovsek) Slowik and Jason Marcotte, volleyball player Sarah (Nash) Hurley, endurance athlete Deedra Irwin, and Scott Kieser, who played football and basketball for the Huskies. The new inductees to the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame will be enshrined at a ceremony on campus on Oct. 16. ...

DeForge scores big with hole-in-one

Ryan DeForge earned a $10,000 hole-in-one prize after completing the feat Aug. 12 at the Portage Lake Golf Course. He did it during the 16th Annual Campioni Charity Golf Outing that raises money for our local food pantries. As Tervo Agency sponsors the hole in one event, DeForge stopped by the ...

Huskies soccer looks to find winning formula quickly

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech Huskies soccer team is off to a very similar start to last season in terms of wins as they dropped their season-opening games to Minnesota-Duluth and St. Cloud State. The issue, as coach Melissa Kuhar put it, was that the Huskies didn’t play their ...

Prep Athlete of the Week

Calumet running back Keith Koivisto scored both touchdowns in a 14-7 win over Houghton Friday night at Agassiz Field in Calumet. He scored his first from six yards out, and the second from three. He ran the ball eight times for 74 yards along with the two touchdowns. (Eddie O’Neill/For the ...