The Genoa-Kingston and Indian Creek boys started the year with wins Monday while the NIU women won on Sunday.

The Kaneland and DeKalb girls and NIU women won Wednesday while the NIU men fell at home.

Having lost three straight games to Miami with a trophy on the line, NIU had the chance to exorcise a demon Tuesday in Oxford. And they didn’t do it Tuesday in a 20-9 loss to the RedHawks, the fourth straight for the Huskies since the inception of the Mallory Cup in 2018.

Quarterback Ethan Hampton turned the ball over twice as the NIU offense struggled throughout its loss to Miami on Tuesday. Here are five takeaways from the loss.

NIU looking to claim the Mallory Cup for the first time and its first win over Miami since 2015. Here's a look at Tuesday's MAC game.

The NIU men's basketball team dropped their 10th straight meeting to Bradley, while the Kishwaukee men won and the Kougar women lost.

NIU senior wide receiver Trayvon Rudolph said his reputation as a quarterback took a hit earlier this season against Notre Dame, when on a trick play he was off-target to a wide-open Dane Pardridge. Two months later, his reputation is repaired.

The NIU football team overcame a lot of rain and a blocked punt returned for a touchdown for a win against Akron on Wednesday, becoming bowl eligible for the second straight year.

A scoring push late in the first half staked the NIU men’s basketball team to a lead Tuesday night against Monmouth. A sustained defensive effort in the second half secured the win.