Alger County election results
Partisan key: DEM - Democrat, REP - Republican, LIB - Libertarian, UST - U.S. Taxpayer, GRN Green, NLP - Natural Law Party, WCP - Working Class Party, NPA- No party affiliation Overall winners are italicized.
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NMU, Tech advance, LSSU eliminated in GLIAC tournament
Two Upper Peninsula colleges are advancing in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference postseason tournament, while one is headed to the offseason. The top seeded Ferris State Bulldogs bumped out Lake Superior State in straight sets 25-20, 25-19, 25-18.
Norse volleyball ends at NJCAA tournament
The Bay College Norse Volleyball Team (11-16, 3-7) opened postseason play on Thursday evening at the 2022 NJCAA Division II Great Lakes District B Tournament. A sluggish start to the evening became too much for the Norse to overcome as they fell in three straight sets to Lake Michigan College (28-11, 10-2) by scores of 25-8, 25-17, and 25-20.
Lakers drop two to Wildcats
The Lake Superior State hockey program (1-6-1, 0-20 CCHA) fell to the Northern Michigan Wildcats (7-5-0, 3-1-0 CCHA) by a final score of 5-3 on Saturday. Both teams opened the contest feeling each other out with multiple saves from each goaltender, but the Lakers were able to strike first with a strike from sophomore forward Timo Bakos (Augsburg, Germany) after being set up by Joshua Wildauer (Dearborn Heights, Mich.) and Benito Posa (Flint, Mich.) midway through the opening period.
The Munising High School chapter of the National Honors Society
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Norse men’s basketball starts strong
The Bay College Men’s Basketball Team (2-0) started their season off strong this past weekend beating Harper College (1-3) by a score of 97-66 and Gogebic Community College (1-1) by a final of 8753. The games were part of the first of three classic tournaments the Norse are hosting this season.
FinnU women lose home openers
The Upper Peninsula’s only varsity women’s collegiate hockey team, Finlandia University, lost two games over the weekend 6-0, 8-0 to Concordia-Moorhead (30), Friday and Saturday Nov. 4-5 at the Houghton County Arena.
U.P. players take 3 of 4 CCHA awards for October
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) has announced its Players of the Month for October and four student-athletes from three different programs have been recognized. Northern Michigan’s AJ Vanderbeck and Ben Halasz were named Forward and Rookie of the Month, respectively, while Jake Livingstone from Minnesota State was tabbed Defenseman of the Month and Blake Pietila of Michigan Tech earned Goaltender of the Month honors.
MIVCA All-Region Team
The Michigan Interscholastic volleyball coaches Association (MIVCA) released their regional team awards for the 2022 season with two Alger County players making the list. Alger County sits in region 2 for the MIVCA, which includes Alger, Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Schoolcraft, Mackinac and Menominee Counties. The players are included regardless of school size, but are listed by their school’s MHSAA enrollment divisions.
Finlandia Closes Out Season On Road
Sophomore Montez Archer had a school record and a program first as the Finlandia University football team (0-6 UMAC, 0-10) lost 45-7 to Greenville (4-1 UMAC, 6-3), Saturday afternoon at Francis Field.