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Skytta, Kuhl lead MSHS nordic skiers’ dominance at home

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School alpine ski teams had another dominant day on the slopes at Marquette Mountain, easily sweeping to titles at a conference meet held there on Tuesday. The Sentinels had at least a top-two sweep — and in one race the top five — in all four slalom and giant slalom events combined for boys and girls. Marquette’s Lake Skytta carted off slalom and GS titles on the boys side, with schoolmate Sydney Kuhl did the same in the girls races. The Sentinels scored a near-perfect 21 points to win the boys meet as Ironwood was runner-up with 69, ...

Sentinels boys, Gremlins girls victorious in pool

MARQUETTE — The Marquette boys won every event on their way to a high school swimming and diving dual meet victory over visiting Houghton at the Sentinels pool on Tuesday afternoon. The MSHS girls won four events, including one relay, but lost in their meet to the Gremlins. Marquette posted a 95-81 triumph in the boys meet, with Houghton claiming a 104-80 victory for the girls. “The Sentinel girls were defeated by (a) Gremlins (team) that has a lot of depth and talent,” MSHS head coach Nate McFarren said in an email detailing the meet. “The Marquette boys were successful by ...

I-N’s Harvey outbowls Westwood’s Letson for UPBC girls title

MARINETTE, Wis. — Sara Harvey outdueled Olivia Letson in an all-River Rock Lanes-based championship match of the girls singles finals held by the Upper Peninsula Bowling Conference on Saturday. Though both finals athletes bowl out of the same Ishpeming center, Harvey is a member of the ...

Wildcat football hires 4 position coaches

MARQUETTE — New head football coach Matt Janus of Northern Michigan University has named four more assistant coaches to his staff after he initially announced his offensive and defensive coordinators soon after his hiring just about a month ago. Joining offensive coordinator Boomer Roepke ...

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Today High school girls & boys swimming & diving Manistique at Marquette, 3:30 p.m. High school wrestling Marquette hosting team TBA, 4 p.m. High school boys basketball Cedarville at Newberry, 5:45 p.m. Negaunee at Ishpeming, 6 p.m. (time tentative) Superior Central at Bark River-Harris, 6 p.m. EST North Dickinson at Marquette, 7 p.m. Iron Mountain at Gwinn, 7:15 p.m. Menominee at Westwood, 7:15 p.m. L’Anse at Dollar Bay, 7:15 p.m. North Central at Munising, 7:30 p.m. High school hockey Calumet at Marquette, 6:30 p.m. High school girls ...