Sports

Ryland Mosley scored a pair of goals to break a 1-1 tie and lift No. 18 Michigan Tech to a 3-1 victory over Northern Michigan Saturday in front of a sold-out crowd at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

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Michigan Tech Athletic Director Suzanne Sanregret announced Tuesday (Nov. 29) that Head Football Coach Steve Olson’s contract has not been renewed. Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Dan Mettlach has been named the new Head Coach of the Huskies, effective immediately.

When Negaunee senior Phil Nelson returned the opening kickoff of the second half Friday and tied the Division 6 championship game at 14, it woke something up inside Ford Field. Unfortunately for Negaunee, that something was Timmy Kloska.

The Negaunee Miners Football team got a booster shot of U.P. Power on their way through Munising on Thursday, Nov. 24. The team got a full first responder escort with roughly 75 people spread along M28 to support the only U.P. team to make Ford Field and the finals this year. Munising School Board member and Northern Michigan University hockey superfan Greg Pond also gave the team the famous kazoo serenade before the Miners headed on their way in a performance usually reserved for the Wildcats hockey team.

The Munising Mustangs held their winter sports Meet the Teams night on Wednesday, Nov. 30. The event was a chance for parents, coaches and student-athletes to get on the same page with expectations, financial requirements, sign up for concessions duties and get excited about the new season.

It was a busy but successful holiday week for the Manistique Emeralds Varsity Hockey Co-op. The Emeralds picked up their first win of the season by beating the Cheboygan Chiefs 7-2 in St. Ignace last Tuesday. The Emeralds brought that momentum below the bridge, competing at the “Thanksgiving Showcase” in Adrian and Jackson. Taking on the two host teams, the Emeralds came home with a win and a draw in their first big weekend of the season.

With a huge homeand- home series between the Northern Michigan Wildcats and Michigan Tech Huskies this weekend, both squads brought home a November Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) November Players of the Month. David Silye (Minnesota State) was named Forward of the Month, while Brett Thorne (Michigan Tech) earned Defenseman of the Month honors. Christian Stoever (Bowling Green) was the Goaltender of the Month and Beni Halasz (Northern Michigan) repeated as Rookie of the Month.

It was a familiar scene to the start of the winter sports season, with Munising Wrestling Head Coach Joe Dolaskie explaining drills to his athletes on Tuesday, Nov. 29.