Sports

The Munising Mustangs girls basketball team remains undefeated after a close and hard-faught game against the Gwinn Modeltowners on Tuesday, Jan. 3, with the Mustangs coming out on top 49-38.

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With 55 seconds to go in the girls basketball game between Munising and Gwinn, Modeltowner’s guard Lena Pleaugh fouled a Mustang ballhandler. She recorded three fouls in the late stages of the fourth in an attempt to stop the clock and fouled out.

For the first time since 2016, the Munising Mustangs wrestling team has won its own Holiday Classic, defeating five other teams from the Eastern Upper Peninsula for the title. “It’s special to win at home, especially with the younger guys,” Munising Assistant Coach David Bowerman II said.

No. 16 Michigan Tech never led in the GLI Third Place Game until Arvid Caderoth scored 1:24 into overtime for a 3-2 victory over No. 11 Michigan State Wednesday at Van Andel Arena. The Huskies improved to 12-6-3 and 5-2 in non-conference games.

Former Northern Michigan University football player Shane Richardson has been named his alma mater’s 23rd head football coach, according to NMU Director of Athletics Rick Comley. “I am pleased that Shane Richardson will be our next football coach.