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Negaunee piling up boys tennis wins, this one 8-0 over Pats

ISHPEMING — The Negaunee High School boys tennis team keeps rolling after a first-week scare last week when the Miners played Kingsford to a 4-4 tie at the Flivvers’ court. Otherwise, this Negaunee team has been just about perfect, like they were in an 8-0 shutout of Westwood at the Patriots’ courts on Thursday afternoon. The Miners (6-0-1) didn’t lose a set as they dropped just 24 games over the eight matches. “In a short season, you have about two weeks to be young and inexperienced,” Negaunee veteran head coach Kyle Saari said about the typical spring sports season. ...

NMU’s Nolles earns 2nd straight Academic All-America honor

MARQUETTE — Capping off a sterling swimming career at Northern Michigan University, senior Leo Nolles has added another award to the long list of honors related to his prowess athletically, academically and otherwise. The native of Maldonado in the South American country of Uruguay, Nolles ...

Miners, Sentinels sweep tennis twinbills

NEGAUNEE — Negaunee and Marquette each swept a doubleheader of high school boys tennis meets without losing a single match in any of them on Wednesday. The Miners remained at home to defeat both Ishpeming and Munising 8-0, while the Sentinels hit the road, venturing into Delta County to take on next-door neighbors Gladstone and Escanaba and also coming away with a pair of 8-0 whitewashes. Marquette is off until Monday, when it travel to Kingsford at 4:30 p.m. EDT, while Negaunee doesn’t play again until Tuesday, when it hosts Gladstone at 4 p.m. Marquette and Negaunee square off ...

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Today High school softball Marquette at Sault Ste. Marie (doubleheader), 2 p.m. Westwood at Manistique (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Gwinn at Calumet (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Negaunee at Cheboygan (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Gogebic at L’Anse (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Lake Linden-Hubbell at Baraga (doubleheader), 4 p.m. High school boys & girls track & field Marquette, Gwinn, Ishpeming at Eskymo Invitational, at Escanaba, 1:30 p.m. Munising, Superior Central, Manistique, Bark River-Harris at Rapid River Invitational, 2:30 p.m. High school boys tennis Gwinn at Westwood, 4 ...

Maroon-ed as winners: Miners girls, MSHS boys win at Maroon Invite track

MENOMINEE — The Negaunee girls scored a solid victory over runner-up Marquette, while the Sentinels boys pulled out a four-point victory over Kingsford at the Maroon Invitational high school track and field meet held in Menominee on Tuesday afternoon. The Miners girls won their meet by ...