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Negaunee piling up boys tennis wins, this one 8-0 over Pats

ISHPEMING — The Negaunee High School boys tennis team keeps rolling after a first-week scare last week when the Miners played Kingsford to a 4-4 tie at the Flivvers’ court. Otherwise, this Negaunee team has been just about perfect, like they were in an 8-0 shutout of Westwood at the Patriots’ courts on Thursday afternoon. The Miners (6-0-1) didn’t lose a set as they dropped just 24 games over the eight matches. “In a short season, you have about two weeks to be young and inexperienced,” Negaunee veteran head coach Kyle Saari said about the typical spring sports season. ...

Miners, Sentinels sweep tennis twinbills

NEGAUNEE — Negaunee and Marquette each swept a doubleheader of high school boys tennis meets without losing a single match in any of them on Wednesday. The Miners remained at home to defeat both Ishpeming and Munising 8-0, while the Sentinels hit the road, venturing into Delta County to take on next-door neighbors Gladstone and Escanaba and also coming away with a pair of 8-0 whitewashes. Marquette is off until Monday, when it travel to Kingsford at 4:30 p.m. EDT, while Negaunee doesn’t play again until Tuesday, when it hosts Gladstone at 4 p.m. Marquette and Negaunee square off ...

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Today High school softball Marquette at Sault Ste. Marie (doubleheader), 2 p.m. Westwood at Manistique (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Gwinn at Calumet (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Negaunee at Cheboygan (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Gogebic at L’Anse (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Lake Linden-Hubbell at Baraga (doubleheader), 4 p.m. High school boys & girls track & field Marquette, Gwinn, Ishpeming at Eskymo Invitational, at Escanaba, 1:30 p.m. Munising, Superior Central, Manistique, Bark River-Harris at Rapid River Invitational, 2:30 p.m. High school boys tennis Gwinn at Westwood, 4 ...

Maroon-ed as winners: Miners girls, MSHS boys win at Maroon Invite track

MENOMINEE — The Negaunee girls scored a solid victory over runner-up Marquette, while the Sentinels boys pulled out a four-point victory over Kingsford at the Maroon Invitational high school track and field meet held in Menominee on Tuesday afternoon. The Miners girls won their meet by ...

Sentinels, Miners get tennis wins; Patriots split

ISHPEMING — Westwood split a pair of high school boys tennis meets earlier this week, defeating Ishpeming a day after falling to Marquette. Meanwhile, Negaunee improved its early season record to 3-0-1 with a victory over Gwinn. In area matches scheduled for this afternoon, Westwood hosts Negaunee while Munising is at Escanaba, both set for 4 p.m. The Patriots are also scheduled to host Gwinn at 4 p.m. Friday, while Ishpeming will be at Gladstone at 4 p.m. Monday. Here are details from meets held Monday and Tuesday: Marquette 8, Westwood 0 On Monday at Marquette, the ...

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Today High school girls & boys golf Marquette, Negaunee, Westwood, Gwinn, Munising, Manistique at Gladstone (girls only), 10 a.m. High school boys tennis Negaunee at Westwood, 4 p.m. Munising at Escanaba, 4 p.m. High school baseball Manistique at Westwood (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Rudyard at Newberry (doubleheader), 4:30 p.m. High school softball Stephenson at Munising (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Superior Central at Rapid River, 4 p.m. Rudyard at Newberry, 4:30 p.m. High school boys & girls track & field L’Anse at Ontonagon, 4 p.m. Baraga at Lakes Invitational, at ...