HOUGHTON — After a loss and tie to No. 15 Bowling Green last weekend, the Michigan Tech hockey team slipped to No. 19 in the latest NCAA Division I hockey poll. Michigan Tech (13-10-2, 8-7-1 WCHA) tied the Falcons 2-2 Saturday after losing 3-2 on Friday. The Huskies were ranked No. 17, ...
ALLEN PARK (AP) — The Detroit Lions have hired Cory Undlin to replace Paul Pasqualoni as defensive coordinator. Matt Patricia added the former Philadelphia Eagles defensive backs coach to his staff on Monday. Patricia and Undlin started their NFL careers together with the New England ...
HOUGHTON — It wasn’t a perfect weekend for No. 17 Michigan Tech, closing out the weekend with a 2-2 tie against No. 16 Bowling Green on Saturday. While the game goes into the books as a tie, Bowling Green’s Max Johnson scored during the five-minute 3-on-3 overtime for the extra WCHA ...
WESTVILLE, Ind. — The Michigan Tech women's basketball team bounced back with a 75-55 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win Saturday at Purdue Northwest University. The Huskies put together strong second and fourth quarters on the way to the 20-point victory over the ...
HANCOCK — A tremendous second half effort by Finlandia University’s Dylan Underwood went for naught as the Lions dropped an 86-74 game to Holy Family College Sunday afternoon at Paavo Nurmi Gym. Underwood, a junior guard from Michigan City, Ind., scored 28 of his game-high 34 points in ...
HOUGHTON — Sometimes hockey comes down inches or seconds. Or like it did on Saturday, it came down to both. A matter of seconds, because Houghton’s Ty Halonen scored the tying goal with 11 seconds remaining in the game, setting the stage for Camden Markham to bury a rebound in overtime ...
WESTVILLE, Ind. — The Michigan Tech men's basketball team held off Purdue Northwest for an 84-77 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory on the road Saturday afternoon. The Huskies owned the lead for over 38 minutes in the game, but the Pride remained within striking distance ...
HANCOCK — If head coach Dan Rouleau had one message for his players through the first nine games of the season, it was that things will get better. The Hancock Bulldogs hockey team faced Top 5 talent in at least six of their first nine contests and had just one win for their ...
HOUGHTON — Bowling Green didn’t tip-toe around flat-footed Michigan Tech. The No. 16 Falcons (12-9-1, 7-6-1-1 WCHA) wore down the No. 17 Huskies with a relentless forecheck en route to a 3-2 win Friday. Bowling Green came into Friday with every intention of reversing the misfortunes of ...
CALUMET — It took more than three periods but the Copper Kings pulled off a 2-1 win in overtime on Friday against the Northville Mustangs. It was a game characterized by a lot of shots from Calumet and great goaltending by Northville’s Joey Loebach. Two minutes into the eight-minute ...
DOLLAR BAY — Despite leading after one quarter and having a strong start to the second half, the Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Blue Bolts girls basketball team ultimately fell to the Wakefield-Marenisco Cardinals, 51-44, at home Friday night. The Blue Bolts got six points out of Ashlea Datto to ...
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Finlandia University men’s hockey team lost 6-3 to No. 11 Lake Forest on Friday night. Lake Forest (12-2-1, 9-1 NCHA) came out quick scoring twice in the first seven minutes of the game. Finlandia took a deep breath and came fighting back. Freshman Tyler Vanuden ...
PAINESDALE — The Baraga Vikings proved to be no contest for the Jeffers Jets on Thursday night as the Jets outscored them by 43 points. The Jets scored 21 points in the first quarter to take 12-point advantage into the first break. They kept that pressure on the second, scoring another 24 ...
Provided photo The Calumet-Lake Linden Lions pose after winning the Holiday Hockey Tournament in Marquette in late December. Pictured in the back row (from left): Coach Jon Schneiderhan, Danny Mikus, Evan Ylitalo, Dawson Hendrickson, Zander Abramson, Nate St. Onge, Chloe Mikus, Axl ...
L’ANSE — There was no love lost on the court Thursday night between the Ewen Trout-Creek Panthers girls basketball team and the host L’Anse Purple Hornets. It is a basketball rivalry with a long history and Thursday’s game continued the tradition. In the end, it was the ETC Panthers ...
ISHPEMING — Good basketball teams simply get the job done. They may not be flashy every time they step out on the court, but they find a way to win games. That’s what the Westwood girls did Thursday night. The Patriots started off slow, but gradually built up a double-digit lead in the ...
ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming girls basketball team came close to getting a win on its home court Thursday night, but came up just short in the end, falling 36-33 to Hancock. Emma Poirier led the Hematites with 25 points, while D’Andra Kero had 14 for the Bulldogs. “Free throws and layups ...
HANCOCK — The Hancock Bulldogs boys basketball team is still searching for their first win of the 2019-20 season. Down by just nine at halftime on Wednesday against the Ishpeming Hematites at home, things looked promising. However they were outscored 18-4 in the third quarter and eventually ...
HOUGHTON — What a difference a day makes. Or rather, make that a night. After struggling shooting the basketball the night before against Kingsford in a four-point defeat, the Houghton Gremlins came out all guns blazing Tuesday night versus West Iron County in a 68-42 win in boys basketball ...
PAINESDALE — What a difference a month makes. In mid-December, the Jeffers Jets girls basketball team was raw. They were all over the place rushing into shots. That style of play has drastically changed. On Tuesday night, it was a very different Jeffers Jet girls squad. It was a team ...