Sports

Tough start for varsity hockey

The Manistique Emeralds Varsity Co-op hockey team, which features several Newberry players, started its 2022-2023 season with a pair of difficult games last week. Thursday Night’s season opener sent the team to Iron Mountain for a meeting with the much improved Kingsford Flivvers before the home opener at LIttle Bear West Arena in Manistique on Saturday afternoon against Hanccock, who has one of the top high school programs in the Upper Peninsula.
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New JV hockey team earns first win

The newly formed high school JV Hockey team took the ice for their first set of games this weekend. Just like the Emeralds Varsity Co-op, the JV team is made up of players from Manistique, Newberry, and Munising. Players participated in the high school tryouts at the start of November and were slotted onto the team by coaches in the program.
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Norse Run Away Late

For the third weekend in a row the Norse Women’s Basketball Team (3-3) split their weekend games, picking up a win over the Minnesota-North Itasca Vikings (0-7) by a final score of 57-36 in the DQ Classic hosted by Vermilion Community College.
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High school hockey season begins

Several Newberry athletes take the ice as part of the Manistique Emeralds High School Hockey co-op this season. After years of success teaming together at the youth house hockey level, the three towns of Newberry, Munising, and Manistique, along with their local associations and schools, launched a new high school varsity co-op program to compete at the MHSAA level.
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NMU’s Larson CCHA Rookie of the Week

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) has announced its Players of the Week for the games of November 1112 and four student-athletes from three different programs. Ryan O’Hara (Bowling Green) earned Forward of theWeek, while Will Zmolek (Bemidji State) and Mattias Sholl (Bemidji State) were the Defenseman and Goaltender of the Week, respectively. Joey Larson (Northern Michigan) was selected as the Rookie of the Week.
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UP Power!

As the MHSAA fall tournaments wrap up, a few Upper Peninsula teams remain in both volleyball and football with the hopes of bringing some more hardware home up north. Volleyball In Division 4, the Skyline Central Conference is still alive thanks to the Crystal Falls-Forest Park Trojans.
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Nystrom resigns from NMU

Kyle Nystrom has resigned as Northern Michigan University’s head football coach, effective immediately, according to NMU Athletic Director Rick Comley. Comley said the team was notified early Monday afternoon (Nov.
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