United States Olympic Education Center Greco-Roman wrestler Max Nowry will be featured in “Faces in the Crowd” in the Nov. 5 issue of Sports Illustrated. Click the above headline to read more about Nowry and this recognition.
For the second time on the season, the Northern Michigan University volleyball team swept U.P. rival, Michigan Tech, Tuesday night in Houghton. NMU improved to 17-10 on the season while Tech's record fell to 9-18. Click the above headline to read reports from the NMU Sports Information Department.
The Northern Michigan University football team traveled across the Mackinac Bridge for the final time this season on Saturday, and the 'Cats came home with a win. Northern topped Northwood University, 21-13, in Midland. Click the above headline to read the game story and to see the statistics.
The top-ranked college hockey team in the country, the Minnesota Golden Gophers, escaped the Upper Peninsula with a split in a two-game series against the Michigan Tech University Huskies this weekend in Houghton. MTU won, 5-3, on Friday and Minnesota won, 3-2, on Saturday. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Northern Michigan University football team nearly followed up last week's upset of Grand Valley State with another stunner Saturday. But the Wildcat comeback fell just short as Wayne State escaped with a 38-31 victory in Detroit. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Northern Michigan University football team picked up its biggest win of the season Saturday, beating the #14-ranked Grand Valley State Lakers, 38-10, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read the story and photos.
The Michigan Tech University football team scored the first 34 points of the game and beat the Northern Michigan Wildcats, 41-17, Saturday at the Superior Dome. Escanaba graduate Austin Young made his NMU debut in the game, catching one pass and getting four carries on the ground. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Michigan Tech University football team fell behind by five touchdowns and nearly rallied to beat the third-ranked team in the nation Saturday night in Houghton. But Grand Valley State managed to escape with a 51-43 win at Sherman Field. Click the above headline to read more, and to see videos of post-game interviews, courtesy of the MTU Sports Information.
The Northern Michigan University women's volleyball team rolled to a 3-0 win over Upper Peninsula rival Michigan Tech Tuesday night at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline to read all of the game details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information Office.
The new United States Olympic Education Center weightlifting team has a definite "home town" advantage this season. Ten of the 21-member squad hail from Michigan. Three of them call Marquette home and the fourth is a Munising native. Click the above headline to read more about them, and about the team's upcoming intrasquad competition.
The Michigan Tech Huskies scored twice in the second half to post a 2-0 win over Northern Michigan in a non-conference match on Monday. The win was the first for Tech over NMU in program history. Click the above headline to read more details. Photo and other details courtesy of Michigan Tech University Sports Information.
The Northern Michigan University football team won its home opener Thursday night, beating UW-LaCosse, 24-6, at the Superior Dome. Prince Young scored three touchdowns to lead the Wildcats to the victory. Click the above headline to read the details. Game story and photo courtesy of Northern Michigan University Sports Information.
The Northern Michigan University football team had a rough start to the season Thursday night, falling 45-10 to the Findlay Oilers in Ohio. Prince Young (pictured) scored NMU's only touchdown. Click the above headline to read more details, courtesy of the NMU Sports Information Department.
Gladstone High School graduate MacKenzie Shepeck worked five perfect innings to preserve Western Michigan University's 4-2 win over Northern Illinois on Sunday. Shepeck entered the circle to start the top of the third inning , trailing 2-1. She went to work, striking out three batters, forcing four ground outs, two pop outs and six fly outs during her five perfect innings. Shepeck also hit a home run over the right field fence to put WMU into the lead, 3-2. Photo of Shepeck courtesy of Western Michigan Univ.
The Northern Michigan University Intercollegiate Athletics Department announced the recipients of the Athlete of the Year and the Gildo Canale Senior Awards at the Hall of Fame and Student-Athlete Awards Banquet on Saturday. Named Athlete of the Year were Chelsea Lyons and Erik Soderman. Bailey Franklin and Justin Florek were selected as the recipients of the Gildo Canale Senior Award. Click the above headline to read the full story from NMU's Sports Information office.
