LAKE LINDEN — As the smallest of the small schools in the WestPAC Football Conference, the Lake Linden Lakes knew they had their work cut out for them on the gridiron for the 2018 football season. In short they would be facing teams bigger in size and with larger roster numbers. The Lakes ...
MARQUETTE — Over the past weekend, the Portage Lake Flyers 12U hockey team fought all the way to the finals in the inaugural Yooper Cup tournament this past weekend at Lakeview Arena in Marquette. The Yooper Cup was started as a way of getting four U.P. teams and four L.P. teams together ...
HANCOCK — Playing four games in one week would wear on any team, especially one as young as the Finlandia Lions women’s basketball team, who fell Monday to a much quicker Dubuque Spartans, 90-54, at the Paavo Nurmi Center, dropping to 0-3 so far this season. “It was our third game in ...
One hundred years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, soldiers from many nations lowered their swords and quieted their rifles, as hostilities were put to a stop in what was then called The Great War, or “the war to end all wars.” We, of course now, refer to this ...
HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech Huskies came into Saturday with one goal in mind: win. A win would have pushed their season to 5-5 and they would with have finished strong. Despite a solid first half, the Huskies struggled in the third quarter, falling behind. The Huskies did score 13 points ...
HANCOCK — Alma College had a little too much of everything Saturday afternoon for Finlandia University. That described the Scots' 37-0 football victory over the Lions at a snowy McAfee Field. The Lions came into the season-ending MIAA contest with hopes of securing their first victory of ...
HOUGHTON — Saturday will mark the end of the 2018 football season for the Michigan Tech Huskies. Michigan Tech (4-5, 2-5 GLIAC) will face the Timberwolves of Northwood (2-7, 2-5 GLIAC) at Sherman Field and have a chance to end their year at the .500 mark. The final game comes after a big ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech basketball is officially back in action this weekend as the Huskies head to Marquette for a GLVC/GLIAC tournament which will feature McKendree University, Lewis University and Northern Michigan University. The Huskies closed their 2017-18 campaign with an overall ...
DEPERE, Wis. — While the college hockey season lasts into February, the reality is that it really is a short season, which is part of why the Finlandia Lions women’s hockey team’s 0-3-0 start feels worse that it actually is. The Lions dropped a pair of home games against Trine last ...
HANCOCK — A young Finlandia women's basketball team fell to the Calvin College Knights, 82-47, Friday night at the Paavo Nurmi Center with the Lions missing the mark inside the paint and the Knights’ more accurate on 3-pointers. The Knights were able to aggressively control the court for ...
ADRIAN, Mich. — With a 2-0-1 record to start the young season, the Finlandia Lions men’s hockey team are clicking on several cylinders much quicker that perhaps even head coach Joe Burcar could have expected. Just to put things in perspective, the Lions had not won two games combined in ...
HANCOCK — A long and trying season will come to an end for the Finlandia University football team on Saturday when Alma College comes to town. On paper, the game appears to be the best chance for FU (0-9 overall and 0-7 in the MIAA) to snag a victory as Alma (1-8, 0-7) invades McAfee ...
HOUGHTON — As recently as Saturday, the Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball team was scratching their collective heads. They were down 0-2 to a Northwood team they swept earlier this season at home. They had, in fact, lost five straight matches going back to Friday’s sweep at the hands of ...
HOUGHTON — Coming off a less-than-ideal weekend on the road at Ferris State and Northwood, the Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball team returned to the friendly confines of the Student Development Complex and the Wood Gym Wednesday night for their opening match of the GLIAC Tournament against ...
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — The Michigan Tech Huskies hockey season is off to a good start for the young team who have bounced back from a slow start that saw them lose three of their first four to improve to 3-3. With four more road games in November, the Huskies are off first to face the Ferris ...
HOUGHTON — With the 2018-19 hockey season in full swing, the Michigan Tech Huskies have started building a new team. Things are certainly looking up for the Huskies, who are coming home off a road sweep against Alabama-Huntsville. With the wins, the Huskies are now 3-1 on the road and 3-3 ...
It's a well-known fact that statistics are good for reading and talking about. But I think late Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi hit it right on the head. “Statistics are meaningless.” Lombardi once said. “The only statistic that means anything are wins …. and ...
HOUGHTON — At 6-foot and 205 pounds, freshman forward Brian Halonen has made a name for himself with one goal and 4 assists in six games for the Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team that has started the season 3-3. While the hockey season is still young, a physical player like Halonen feels that ...
HANCOCK — It was just an exhibition game, but Finlandia Lions men's basketball coach Mike O'Donnell liked what he saw. “We're a very young team, still trying to find out some things,” O'Donnell said after his team's 77-62 victory over Gogebic Community College Tuesday night. “But I ...
MARQUETTE — It was nothing short of intense. It was as intense and energized as a neutral gym could possibly get, making for an exciting battle between the Calumet and Manistique volleyball teams on Tuesday night. The Emeralds earned a 3-1 match victory over the Copper Kings in front of ...