HOUGHTON — Conner Polkky had a hat trick plus two on the turf of Alumni Field on Saturday as the Houghton Gremlins’ soccer team earned their first win of the 2023 season with an 8-1 victory over the Blue Devils of Ste. Sault Marie. “Conner creates a lot of play, and he likes to shoot ...

IRON RIVER — The last two and a half seasons have been the toughest in the history of the West Iron County football program. With lack of numbers and some injuries, the Wykons had not finished a season since the 2020 campaign and had not won a game since a victory on the road at St. Ignace on ...

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech cross country team swept the GLIAC Player of the Week honors for week two as Tucker Ringhand won the honor on the men’s side while Hannah Loughlin was tabbed by the conference for the women’s honors. This is the first time that both Ringhand and ...

By DAVER KARNOSKY dkarnosky@mininggazette.com LAKE LINDEN — What a difference a couple of weeks can make. When they met to open the season in Norway, the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes football team jumped all over the Norway Knights on the road, and were rewarded with a win, 54-34. Fast ...

By LEVI ERKKILA For the Gazette CALUMET — The Iron Mountain Mountaineers took a bus to Calumet for a volleyball game against the juggernaut Copper Kings. Early on, it was clear the Mountaineers had their hands full with the Kings. Three sets were all that were required for Calumet to grab ...

By EDDIE O’NEILL eoneill@mininggazette.com CALUMET — The second race of this fall’s Copper Country Running Company’s three-part series took place on the trails of Swedetown this past Saturday. Two weeks ago, the series opened on the Michigan Tech Trails with around 30 runners ...