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Touched by the Copper Country

Local Sports

HOUGHTON — As both college and junior hockey have reached their respective playoff seasons, locals are finding ways to chip in and help their teams advance. After not playing in the Big Ten quarterfinal series against Notre Dame, Calumet native Tanner Rowe was back in the lineup on March 23 ...

Windigo sweep to maintain lead in Midwest Division

Local Sports

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — Coming into last weekend, the Wisconsin Windigo held a slim, three-point lead over the Anchorage Wolverines for first in the North American Hockey League’s Midwest Division. When the dust settled from the action, both teams earned sweeps, leaving the Windigo’s ...

Capitals beat Red Wings, 4-3

National Sports

WASHINGTON - Dylan Strome has never gotten the chance to play playoff hockey in the NHL in front of sold-out crowds. Sure, once in the 2020 bubble when the stands were empty, but he doesn’t really count that. On Tuesday night in the closest he has ever felt to the real thing, Strome played ...

Portage Lake Golf Course debuts simulator to help local golfers

Local Sports

HOUGHTON — Despite two late season snowstorms slowing the pace of the Copper Country’s movement towards golf season, things at the Portage Lake Golf Course are heating up in a new way this spring. Portage Lake has introduced a Trackman golf simulator, which should prove to be a tremendous ...

Pioneers earn regular season title with win over Deacons

Local Sports

HOUGHTON — With a 10-1 win over the DePere Deacons on Sunday afternoon at the Dee Stadium, the Portage Lake Pioneers hockey team clinched a 15-2-1 record at home for the first time since 1999. More importantly, they sealed the Great Lakes Hockey League’s regular season title for the first ...