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Highlanders skate past Copper Kings, 7-2

By Eddie O’Neill eoneill@mininggazette.com CALUMET- Friday night had all the trappings of an opener for the Calumet Copper Kings on the ice. While it wasn’t all bad, their opponent, the Howell Highlanders, proved to be the more agile team. They downed Calumet 7-2 - out playing them from ...

Huskies advanced to GLIAC Semis after win at Wayne State

DETROIT — For the eighth straight season, the Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball team has advanced to the GLIAC Volleyball Tournament Semifinal after defeating Wayne State 3-1 on Wednesday. The fifth-seeded Huskies dispatched the Warriors on their home floor, winning the final three sets, ...

Huskies women’s basketball hits the road for a pair of games

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — With a young squad this season in several key spots, the Michigan Tech Huskies women’s basketball team is going to have its share of struggles as the players figure out how to navigate being teammates and how quickly the college game comes at them. The Huskies got a sour ...

2024 All U.P. 8-player awards: Ontonagon’s Besonen, Gordon among top winners

MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters held their annual fall meeting earlier this week to vote for the 2024 All-UP 8-player football teams. Among the Dream Team selections were Ontonagon’s hybrid player Austin Gordon and wide receiver Caden Besonen (Ewen-Trout ...

Huskies men’s basketball off to tournament in Duluth

DULUTH, Minn. — After opening the season with a pair of wins at the D2 Midwest Region Tip-off, the Michigan Tech Huskies men’s basketball team came back down to earth last weekend with a pair of losses on the road to Winona State and Concordia-St. Paul. Both losses came to teams that the ...

Bulldogs volleyball downs Huskies in sweep

MANISTIQUE — Trying to predict how Division 4 volleyball in the U.P. can oftentimes be incredibly tricky. Throughout the 2024 volleyball season, some people believed that Crystal Falls Forest Park would be the team that makes the trip over the bridge and return to the final four like it did ...