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Dewitt cracks 5 hits in Sentinels’ softball sweep

MARQUETTE — Eva Dewitt collected five hits to support teammates Charlye Swajanen and Makayla Gustafson, who got the complete-game pitching victories, as the Marquette Senior High School softball team swept Kingsford in a doubleheader played Thursday in Marquette. The Sentinels have one more regular-season doubleheader remaining, at home against Menominee at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, before playing in the MHSAA Division 1 district tournament at Traverse City West next Saturday. MSHS faces Alpena at noon in the opener, with a win in that game putting Marquette in the district championship ...

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Tuesday High school girls & boys golf Gwinn at 2-Person Scramble, at Manistique, 10 a.m. High school boys & girls track & field Negaunee, Baraga, Calumet at Houghton, 4 p.m. High school baseball Marquette at Houghton, 4 p.m. L’Anse at Ontonagon (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Menominee at Negaunee (doubleheader), 4:30 p.m. Westwood at Iron Mountain (doubleheader), 4:30 p.m. EDT MHSAA Division 3 district tournament, at Gladstone: Manistique at Gladstone, 5 p.m. High school softball Calumet at Negaunee (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Lake Linden-Hubbell at Westwood ...

Royalty on the GNC track: Sentinels claim solid victories in Escanaba

GLADSTONE — Marquette posted solid victories Monday on both the girls and boys sides at the Great Northern Conference meet in high school track and field, the final meet before the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals scheduled for Kingsford on Saturday, May 30. The Marquette girls won their ...

Miners softball posts victories this week

NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee High School softball team posted a trio of victories over visiting Copper Country schools this week. On Monday, the Miners swept Houghton 11-1 and 9-3, while on Wednesday, NHS posted a 12-5 victory over Hancock. Negaunee has one more regular-season date remaining, ...

Sentinels, Flivvers share GNC boys tennis title

ESCANABA — Escanaba was the gracious host, not only showing one team a championship, but actually two of them at the Great Northern Conference boys tennis meet held Tuesday at the Eskymos courts. That’s because Marquette and Kingsford tied for the team title with 27 points, Escanaba ...

Marquette boys tennis blows past WIC

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School boys tennis team played its second-to-last dual meet of the season at home on Wednesday, blanking West Iron County 8-0 and winning every match in two sets. In fact, the Sentinels lost just 33 games over the eight matches, though a seventh win was needed to clinch the final set in two matches. “Today was all about our seniors,” MSHS head coach Karl Thomsen said in an email detailing the results. “We have a great group of seniors that have put a lot of time and sweat in over their high school careers and I couldn’t be prouder of ...