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Huskies football gave us a great season

Going into Saturday’s contest at Saginaw Valley State, Michigan Tech Huskies football coach Dan Mettlach’s team had already had a good season, going 6-4 with a 3-3 record in GLIAC play. They had beaten Northern Michigan, which is a priority every year, Wayne State, and Roosevelt. They gave ...

Huskies football continues to make strides under Mettlach

When Michigan Tech announced that Dan Mettlach was going to be the next head coach of the football program, I, for one, was very excited, not just because I know Mettlach on a personal level, but also because I have always felt like he had this vibe, for lack of a better word, that he would ...

Leading by example

Michigan Tech Huskies hockey coach Joe Shawhan has really liked the play of a line he and his staff has put together of freshman center Tom Leppa, junior winger Trevor Kukkonen, and sophomore winger Lauri Raiman. Raiman had struggled to keep a regular spot in the lineup last season, ...

Goodbye Daniel, and thanks for all the shoeys

As the checkered flag waves to mark the end of the F1 race this Sunday, it won’t matter what the order of drivers shows. Something will be missing. The race takes place at Circuit of the Americas, or COTA, which is located well off the beaten path outside of Austin, Texas. How that ...

Exhibition game showed Huskies have a ways to go

National Hockey League teams play exhibition games to give young players a chance to showcase what skills they bring to the table as they try to make the big club. Most veterans use exhibition games to tune themselves up for the season. Other veterans, like the youngsters, use exhibition games ...

Huskies volleyball still figuring out its depth

While Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball coach Matt Jennings would no doubt feel better about where his team is at if its record was better than the 6-5 it is at the moment, there has been a lot for the Huskies to deal with already in this young season. They opened the season on the road in ...