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Florence-Niagara runners advance to WIAA state meet

Two runners from the the Northwoods Storm cross country team will compete this weekend in the WIAA boys cross country championships at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. At Saturday's Division 3 sectional meet in Rosholt, Niagara's Jaxon Courts placed fourth overall with a ...

Sentinels sweep UP Division 1 CC meet; KHS’s Murvich 2nd

HOUGHTON — Marquette pulled off a clean sweep in Division 1 at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals in high school cross country held at the Michigan Tech Ski Trails near Houghton on Saturday. Senior Lucas Ballard led the way as all seven Sentinels runners finished in the top 20 to dominate ...

Forest Park’s Zaupa 3rd at UP cross country finals

HOUGHTON — Edye Burdett concluded a successful cross country season by winning the girls' Division 3 race here in Saturday's Upper Peninsula Finals. The Superior Central freshman covered the hilly 3.1-mile course in 19 minutes, 55 seconds on a sunny and very warm afternoon on the Michigan ...

West Iron’s Smith named UP’s D2 tennis Player of the Year

Athletes from Norway, Iron Mountain and West Iron County were among those earning Division 2 All-U.P. honors in girls tennis this season. Receiving first-team singles honors were Jordyn Moln and Jessa Rossler of Norway; Alysia Wood and Rhiannon Johnson of Iron Mountain; and Grace Smith of ...

Flag-filled afternoon draws Tom Brady’s ire

The officials really got under the Green Bay Packers' skins in Week 7, and Tom Brady was squarely in their corner, disputing call after call during a flag-filled showdown that the Detroit Lions won 20-17. The superstar QB-turned-TV commentator took issue with multiple debatable calls by ...

Tech travels to Saginaw after close loss to Ferris

No. 15 Michigan Tech travels downstate to face Saginaw Valley State for the final road game of the regular football season Saturday. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Eastern time at Harvey Randall Wickes Memorial Stadium. Tech is 6-2, and SVSU is 4-4. The Huskies fought hard, but ultimately fell, 27-17, at No. 1 Ferris State last week. Tech cut it to a one-score game late, but weren’t able to recover the onside kick. “We had too many self-inflicted wounds, which you can’t make when you’re playing the best team in the country,” Huskies coach Dan Mettlach said. “Give them ...