MARQUETTE — Whether it’s a challenge that’s welcomed or not, the men’s soccer team at Northern Michigan University gets a rematch with a national powerhouse team less than two weeks after losing by three goals to them. The Wildcats travel to University Center between Bay City and ...
MARQUETTE — The women’s cross country team at Northern Michigan University travels to one of the premier collegiate cross country meets of the season in the Twin Cities today. The Wildcats trek to Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota for the 40th annual Roy Griak Invitational, a ...
MARQUETTE — As is appropriate for Homecoming weekend, the Northern Michigan University volleyball team will return to its home Vandament Arena for a pair of matches over the next two days. In fact, the Wildcats will actually make it three matches at home in five days when including its ...
IRONWOOD — Five area schools earned votes in top-five voting in a pair of polls ranking top Upper Peninsula volleyball squads conducted by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. The poll, released Monday, was the first one of the season with a majority of the ranked teams already having played at least 10 matches. Teams are split into their MSHAA divisions, Divisions 1-3 and Division 4. In Divisions 1-3, Negaunee is 8-3 and ranked No. 4, while Gwinn at 7-5-1 just missed the top five. The Miners received 13 voting points from the five voters on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis, ...
Today High school girls tennis Ishpeming at Iron Mountain, 2 p.m. EDT Menominee at Marquette, 3:30 p.m. Munising at Negaunee, 4 p.m. Westwood at Iron Mountain, 4:30 p.m. EDT High school girls & boys cross country Westwood, Ishpeming, Negaunee at WIN meet, at Negaunee Township Trails, 4 p.m. Baraga at Dollar Bay-Chassell Invitational, at Chassell, 4 p.m. High school volleyball Negaunee at Houghton, 6:45 p.m. Munising at Mid Peninsula, 7 p.m. Newberry at Brimley, 7 p.m. Westwood at West Iron County, 7:30 p.m. EDT Superior Central at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m. ...
NEGAUNEE — Despite what looks like a lopsided final score, Negaunee’s 8-0 victory over Marquette in a high school girls tennis meet on Monday was quite competitive with four matches going the maximum three sets. In addition, two sets were tied 6-6 and had to go to a tiebreaker to determine their outcome. “We set a goal to improve as a team from the last time we played Marquette and that’s exactly what we did,” Miners head coach Megan Kerkela said in an email detailing the result. “It really shows that the girls are willing to grind out a match for the good of the ...
