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Beckman ‘Under the Dome’ Guts Frisbee set for Saturday

MARQUETTE — The third annual Bill Beckman “Under the Dome” Guts Frisbee Tournament will be held in the Superior Dome at Northern Michigan University on Saturday. The event will be held from noon to 10 p.m., with competition scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Presented by NMU Ultimate, the event is open to all teams, with no prior skill needed. In fact, the $25 registration fee is waived for rookie players. Spectators are admitted with no admission, and organizers expect 16 to 18 five-person teams to participate. A beer garden is also set to be open. People can register as solo ...

Presiding over the state

ISHPEMING — Just like the regular season, there were some tough battles against teams from MHSAA Division 2. But when it came time to compare the apples to the apples around the state in Division 4, there was no heading off the Ishpeming High School girls basketball team. Not only was ...

NMU track tackles L.A.-area venues

MARQUETTE — The women’s track and field team from Northern Michigan University starts today in what has become an annual tradition for these Wildcats — a trek to Southern California for a few days packed full of outdoor meets. NMU splits its team up so it can compete in four meets ...

Miners baseball splits on long road trip downstate

WATERVLIET — Even while outscoring their opponents overall by a considerable margin, the Negaunee High School baseball team had to settle for a split of two games played near the southwestern corner of the Lower Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. The Miners employed the six-inning mercy rule ...

Sentinels baseball hits rough sledding in Wisconsin

MAUSTON, Wis. — Marquette opened its high school baseball season last weekend in Wisconsin, losing a trio of games to a pair of schools from the Badger State and one from northern Illinois. The Sentinels fell 21-9 to Hayward, 11-10 to Aurora, Illinois, Catholic Central after leading 9-2 at ...

NMU women’s golf opens Friday in moved-up GLIAC Championship

MARQUETTE — Hopefully, the women’s golf team is anxious to get its season-ending conference championship tournament underway. That’s because they’re hitting a downstate course for the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship five days earlier than originally ...