Breaking News

Huskies men win battle of ranked rivals

HOUGHTON — In what was billed to be a battle of top GLIAC opponents and bitter rivals, the No. 12 Michigan Tech Huskies men’s basketball team got 35 points from senior guard Marcus Tomashek and earned an 84-75 win over the No. 18 Northern Michigan Wildcats Thursday at the SDC Gym. The ...

Wildcats women’s hoops takes big bite out of Huskies

HOUGHTON — Some nights don’t go according to plan. That appeared to be what Michigan Tech Huskies women’s basketball coach Sam Clayton was feeling after her team dropped a game at home Thursday night to the No. 14 Northern MIchigan Wildcats, 74-46, at the SDC Gym. “Disappointing,” ...

Gremlins girls bounce back with win over Westwood

HOUGHTON — It wasn’t pretty, but the Houghton Gremlins girls basketball team came away with a 56-43 win over the visiting Westwood Patriots Thursday at the Houghton Gym. Gremlins coach Julie Filpus does not like slow starts on the court. The Gremlins got off to a slow start against the ...

Huskies hockey remains on the road as they return to conference play

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team spent the holiday break playing in a pair of tournaments, the Great Lakes Invitational and the Desert Holiday Classic. They finished second in the GLI and third in the Desert Hockey Classic in Tempe, Arizona. The Huskies are now 12-8-2 ...

Huskies mourn the passing of Mark Olson

HOUGHTON — Former Michigan Tech hockey captain Mark Olson passed away on Saturday, Jan. 3, in Peoria, Illinois, at the age of 98. Olson, a native of Marquette, Michigan, was a four-year letter winner and three-time most valuable player for Michigan Tech in hockey and captained the Huskies ...

Gremlins swim teams dominate tri-meet in Manistique

MANISTIQUE — The Houghton Gremlins swim teams had a very successful day Tuesday as both teams won their tri-meet with Ishpeming and Manistique. The boys finished with 137 points to 99 for Ishpeming and 71 for Manistique, and the girls won with 162 points, Ishpeming finished with 96 and Manistique earned 64. On the boys’ side, Houghton had three individual winners. Adam Hemmer won the 200-yard freestyle, Kameron Johnson won the 500-yard freestyle, and William Jiang won the 100-yard backstroke. Coach Erik Johnson was proud of the way his boys swam. “The boys' team got back to ...