Central Michigan

Join us for a LIVE CHAT beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday for Day 2 of the MAC wrestling championships, live from Rose Arena!

Senior Katie Simon and junior Andrea de la Garza led the CMU gymnastics team to an upset win against No. 23 Arizona State with a pair of 39.275 all-around scores.CMU beat the Sun Devils 195.575-194.825 Friday in Tempe, Ariz.

CMU wrestling coach Tom Borrelli waved to the home crowd and took his place on the podium with the rest of his team after being announced the Mid-American Conference tournament champions.Borrelli went to the tournament with high expectations for his team and came away with five individual championships, eight automatic bids to the NCAAs and his ninth consecutive MAC tournament title.

The CMU men’s basketball team will get its third look at rival Western Michigan this season.
Western Michigan beat Bowling Green 75-73 on Sunday afternoon in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament in Kalamazoo, advancing to the quarterfinals.
No. 2 seed CMU (15-14, 9-7 MAC) meets No. 7 WMU (17-14, 8-8 MAC) at noon Thursday [...]

The CMU softball team lost three of its first four games in Clearwater, Fla.On Saturday, the team lost its early game 8-4 to Fordham and 10-6 to UAB. Against UAB, it was down 5-0 through the first two innings before mounting a comeback in the middle innings.

Sophomore left-hander Trent Howard pitched a complete game, 11-strike out shutout to lead the CMU baseball team past Central Florida 3-0 Saturday in Orlando.Senior center fielder Billy Anderson hit a two-RBI single in the fifth inning to give CMU a lead it would not relinquish.

Staff Reporters Matthew Valinski and D.J. Palomares make their predictions for how the Mid-American Conference tournament will be won Sunday at Rose Arena.

The CMU wrestling team advances seven into the championship bouts at the Mid-American Conference Championships Sunday.Senior Steve Brown said although most teams would be satisfied with the performance, CMU is disappointed it could not reach its goal of 10 finalists

The Central Michigan women’s basketball team will have an opportunity to start with a clean slate Sunday when it hosts a Mid-American Conference tournament first round game.No. 6 seed CMU (11-17, 8-8 MAC) stumbled down the stretch of conference place, but will play No. 11 Ohio at 5 p.m. Sunday at Rose Arena. The Chippewas have lost three consecutive games heading into the tournament, including a 77-74 loss against Ball State on Tuesday.

Join us for a LIVE CHAT beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday for Day 2 of the MAC wrestling championships, live from Rose Arena!

Senior Katie Simon and junior Andrea de la Garza led the CMU gymnastics team to an upset win against No. 23 Arizona State with a pair of 39.275 all-around scores.CMU beat the Sun Devils 195.575-194.825 Friday in Tempe, Ariz.

Want to keep tabs on the CMU wrestling at the MAC Championships? Join us Saturday for a LIVE CHAT from Rose Arena! Chat begins at 1 p.m.!

A 38-year-old Ypsilanti man was charged Wednesday after police say he robbed an East Pickard Road gas station Tuesday night. Shortly after 8 p.m., the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department responded to an armed robbery at a Shell gas station, 5612 E. Pickard Road, in Union Township, where Jason Roy Stanley demanded money from the station clerk and left with an undisclosed amount. Stanley was charged with one count armed robbery and had bond set at $300,000.

Isabella County officials will meet Monday afternoon to address cuts to the county’s 2010 fiscal year budget and a deficit in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A proposed city ethics policy might not have the approval of many on the Mount Pleasant Planning Commission. Commissioners discussed the proposed policy at Thursday’s meeting. While no action was taken, some commissioners felt uneasy about a clause that bars public officials from discussing agenda items that could result in private gain from a company they work for, especially when it comes to lending.