Marquette swimmers still undefeated after Tuesday sweep

January 22, 2026

MARQUETTE — Marquette kept its girls and boys records perfect this season as the Sentinels swept to victories over Gladstone at a high school swimming and diving meet held at the MSHS pool on Tuesday afternoon. Marquette won all but one event in a 112-57 triumph in the girls meet, then only lost two events as the boys turned in a 105-60 win. “It was a great night to be on the warm pool deck with the frigid temperatures outside,” veteran MSHS head coach Nate McFarren said in an email detailing the result. “It’s always kind of a crap shoot the week of exams, knowing (whether) ...

Pretty much stuck in place: Little movement among area teams in Week 2 of U.P. basketball polls

January 21, 2026

MARQUETTE — The first two weeks of Upper Peninsula high school basketball polls were remarkably similar to each other in the voting conducted by select members of the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. At least that was true for seven area teams — four girls and three boys ...

Miners hold off Pats, Marquette falls twice to state powers

January 21, 2026

ISHPEMING — Gretel Johnson pumped in 20 points to lead Negaunee to a 46-36 high school girls basketball victory at Westwood on Friday night. She was the only player to score in double figures for the Miners, who improved to a perfect 11-0, own the unanimous No. 1 ranking in the Upper ...

Marquette wrestlers 4th at U.P. Championships

January 21, 2026

MARQUETTE — Marquette finished in fourth place at the Upper Peninsula Championships high school wrestling meet on Saturday that featured all 18 U.P. schools with a varsity wrestling program. Hosted by the Sentinels, MSHS had seven wrestlers place in the event as Marquette finished with 132.5 points. Gladstone won with 224.5 points, with Escanaba runner-up with 147 and third-place Sault Ste. Marie having 139.5 as fifth-place Kingsford totaled 120.5. Among other area teams, Negaunee was sixth with 109.5 points, Westwood eighth with 85, Manistique 12th with 62.5, Gwinn 14th with 53.5, ...

NMU’s Schmittdiel named top women’s defensive player

January 21, 2026

MARQUETTE — She was the model of efficiency and for that women’s basketball player Jordan Schmittdiel of Northern Michigan University has been named Defensive Player of the Week by the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Despite averaging just over 15 minutes per game in ...

Sports Look

January 21, 2026

Today High school wrestling Negaunee at Menominee, 6:30 p.m. EST High school boys basketball Munising at Rudyard, 7:30 p.m. Thursday High school girls & boys swimming & diving Westwood at Manistique, 4 p.m. High school girls basketball Superior Central at North Central, 6:15 p.m. EST Newberry at Brimley, 7 p.m. Westwood at Ishpeming, 7:15 p.m. Gwinn at West Iron County, 7:15 p.m. EST Ontonagon at L’Anse, 7:15 p.m. Ironwood at Baraga, 7:15 p.m. Gladstone at Manistique, 7:15 p.m. High school boys basketball Bark River-Harris at Gwinn, 7:15 p.m. Westwood ...