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McKendree edges Big 10’s Iowa for 1st NCAA wrestling title

CORALVILLE, Iowa — Yu Sakamoto beat Riley Rayome of North Central (Illinois) 4-3 to win the 117-pound crown and clinch the team title for McKendree on Saturday night at the inaugural NCAA women's wrestling championships. After a wild scramble in the final seconds, a challenge by North ...

NMU men, women get similar draws with NCAA No. 5 seeds

MARQUETTE — The best news was that both the men’s and women’s basketball teams from Northern Michigan University received at-large bids to their respective NCAA Division II tournaments late Sunday evening. It was a bit eerie that each received a No. 5 seed, meaning they’ll play ...

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Today NMU events Women’s & men’s swimming: NCAA Division II Championships, diving qualification meet, at Evansville, Ind., 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Women’s & men’s swimming: NCAA Division II Championships, at Evansville, Ind., 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. (day 1 of 5) Wednesday High school girls basketball MHSAA Division 1 regional tournament, championship: Marquette-Traverse City Central-Midland-Mount Pleasant winner vs. Saginaw Heritage-Saginaw United-Rockford-Muskegon winner, at Alma, 7 p.m. MHSAA Division 2 regional tournament, championship: Negaunee-Gladstone-Sault Ste. ...

Caltagirone gets NMU wrestling’s lone win at NCAA Championships

CORALVILLE, Iowa — Junior Alissa Caltagirone picked up a historic first win by a Northern Michigan University wrestler at the NCAA Championships held for the first time in women’s wrestling on Friday. She wrestled in the 145-pound division and opened with a 12-0 technical fall victory ...

NMU’s Kuehl, Majkrzak earn major GLIAC men’s awards

MARQUETTE — There were several reasons the men’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University has done so well this season. The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference zeroed in on two of them by bestowing a pair of Wildcats with top honors that were named on ...