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High School The Houghton High School swim team meet at Sault Ste. Marie scheduled for today has been called off because of bad weather. No make-up date has been announced. College Hockey The Michigan Tech hockey team spotted Alabama Huntsville an early goal, then came back to claim a 3-1 …

High School The Houghton High School swim team competes at Sault Ste. Marie tomorrow. High school basketball and hockey teams can begin competing next week. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services modified its Epidemic Order yesterday to allow full practices and competition to begin on Monday. All participants …

CopperDog 150 There will be a CopperDog 150 this month. Last night, the board of directors voted to proceed with a scaled-back version of the sled dog competition.  Because of COVID-19 concerns, this year’s activities will take place without the public start and finish in downtown Calumet. The number of …

High School Both Houghton High School swim teams earned victories at Ishpeming yesterday – the girls 96-68, and the boys 103-41. The boys team took first place in every event. Individual winners for girls: • Eva Anderson – 200 Free • Leah Komarzec – 50 free and 100 free • …

High School The Houghton High School swim team competes at Ishpeming this afternoon. College Hockey The Michigan Tech hockey team skates at Ferris State University tonight. It’s the first of two make-up games for a series that was missed earlier this season when the Huskies recorded some positive COVID-19 tests. …

College Basketball The Northern Michigan women’s basketball team completed a weekend sweep of Lake Superior State University yesterday with an 83-66 victory. The Wildcats built a 15-point lead five minutes into the game, and never looked back. The Northern men’s team used a strong first half to salvage a weekend …

College Hockey The eighth-ranked Bowling Green State University hockey team completed a weekend sweep of 18th-ranked Michigan Tech with a 5-2 victory Saturday night. Tristan Ashbrook gave the Huskies an early lead, and Alec Broetzman’s goal late in the opening period gave Tech a 2-1 lead at the first intermission. …

College Hockey The 18th-ranked Michigan Tech hockey team lost at eighth-ranked Bowling Green 6-3 last night. The Falcons opened up a quick lead, scoring twice before Alec Broetzman got one back five minutes into the contest. Bowling Green then added two more. Trenton Bliss narrowed the gap with goals late …

High School The Houghton boys and girls swim teams both fell to Marquette in their first meet of the season yesterday – the girls 129-50, and the boys 123-59. On the boys side, Archer Olson won the 100 fly and 500 free, and Chase Crisman took first place in his …

High School The Houghton High School swim team begins its season at home today against Marquette. College Soccer The Finlandia University men’s soccer team has gained a new recruit. Ben Young was the team defensive MVP for Stockbridge High School. NBA The Detroit Pistons couldn’t overcome 22 turnovers, and lost to …