The North Wind

Special Events Committee, Student Athletic Advisory Council to host Lip Sync Battle

Maggie Franzen • March 27, 2025

Loud music, funny costumes, next-level choreography and a pure display of talents— you know it and you love it. The annual NMU Lip Sync Battle, hosted by the Special Events Committee (SEC) and the Student...

Resilience and determination in the deep end

Katarina Rothhorn • April 11, 2024

Despite having asthma and being attached to his inhaler for most of his childhood, Logan Boynton has always been an athlete. He was on the football team, competed in track and field, played in the marching...

Athletic administration terminates eSports team

Katarina Rothhorn, Dallas Wiertella, and Andie Balenger • April 25, 2023

In 2020, NMU opened its eSports lab in the basement of Harden Hall outfitted with 30 gaming PCs and monitors, 13 Nintendo Switches and other gaming accessories. The goal was to create a thriving eSports...

Editorial—Athletes and mental health: even our heroes are human

North Wind Staff • August 26, 2021

We view athletes as heroes and idols, even statues representing our values as a collective. And perhaps that goes for anyone in the spotlight: we see them on a pedestal and forget they are just people. But they still have a life. They’re not invincible; they do the same things everyone else does.

Women’s athletics celebrates 50 years

Elliot Hiselma • October 30, 2019

Women have been dominating sports from basketball courts, soccer fields, to setting new swimming records, and 2019 marks the celebration of 50 years of women’s sports at NMU. The official...

Athletics

North Wind Staff • January 19, 2018

Eighty Northern Michigan University student-athletes were named to the 2017 GLIAC and All-Academic Excellence teams. The football team led the varsity programs with 23 total honorees. They were followed...

’Cats set to host GLIAC semi-finals

Ryan Spitza • November 16, 2017

After earning the second seed in the GLIAC Tournament with wins over then-No. 17 Ferris State and Northwood last weekend, the NMU Volleyball team opened tournament play with a 3-1 victory over seventh-seeded...

Football ends season with loss against the Northwood Timberwolves

Tyler Young • November 16, 2017

The NMU Football team closed out their season on Saturday, falling 24-21 to the Northwood Timberwolves on NMU’s Senior Day. The game was a close one, with the winning score coming in the final minute...

Hockey splits with Tech

Trevor Drew • November 16, 2017

The Wildcats bounced back from a 4-1 loss the night before to blow out the Michigan Tech Huskies 4-0 in front of a 4,260 home crowd in their second game of the rival series, Saturday, Nov. 11. “That’s...

Swim teams claim victory

Benny Garbacz • November 16, 2017

The Wildcat Swim teams emerged victorious against University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Nov. 11 with the men taking a score of 177-120 and the women taking a score of 188-90. The men’s team won...

Men’s basketball is 2-0

Levi Erkkila • November 16, 2017

For the first time since the 2008-09 season, Northern Michigan University Men’s Basketball got off to a 2-0 start, getting victories at the GLIAC/GLVC Challenge against Lewis University and University...

Women’s b-ball takes split

Nate Bellville • November 16, 2017

A weekend split in the GLIAC/GVC tournament earned the Northern Michigan Women’s Basketball team a respectable start to the season as they defeated the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds 59-53, but...