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Sentinels fall 3-2 to Jeffers at MTU rink

HOUGHTON — It wasn’t the cleanest win the Jeffers hockey team has had all season, but their 14th might be their most memorable for several reasons as the Jets topped traditional powerhouse Marquette 3-2 in a game played Tuesday at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena at Michigan Tech.  Jets ...

High school basketball

Upper Peninsula scores BOYS Monday Bessemer 63, Baraga 43 Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian 50, Brimley 42 Forest Park 69, Kingsford 68 Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian 65, Cedarville 53 Houghton 68, Gwinn 26 Ironwood 60, L’Anse 43 Ishpeming 65, Hancock 29 Jeffers 71, Ontonagon 51 Manistique 55, Munising 30 Negaunee 50, Calumet 34 North Dickinson 67, North Central 26 Norway 37, West Iron County 21 Wakefield-Marenisco 80, Chassell 49 Tuesday Alpena 61, Sault Ste. Marie 55 Brimley 52, Engadine 40 Carney-Nadeau 50, Hannahville 37 Dollar Bay ...

Girls hoops heating up in area

ISHPEMING — The Westwood girls basketball team took it on the chin three times in the past 10 days, falling twice to Gladstone and the other time to Calumet. In other girls games, Marquette defeated Escanaba and Negaunee took down West Iron County on Tuesday evening. Westwood is back on the hardwood with a game at 5:45 p.m. today at Houghton, while Marquette hosts Menominee at 6 p.m. Friday, the exact same time that Negaunee hosts Ishpeming. Here are details: Gladstone 66, Westwood 29 On Dec. 30 at the Patriots’ gym, Kaylin Doney led Westwood with eight points as eight ...

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Today High school girls & boys swimming & diving Manistique at Rudyard, 4 or 5 p.m. High school wrestling Marquette, Negaunee, Westwood, Gwinn at Marquette County Meet, at Westwood, 5 p.m. High school boys basketball Baraga at Watersmeet, 6 p.m. EST Hancock at L’Anse, 7:15 p.m. Superior Central at North Dickinson, 7:30 p.m. EST High school girls basketball Bark River-Harris at Gwinn, 7:15 p.m. Westwood at Houghton, 7:15 p.m. Hancock at Baraga, 7:15 p.m. NMU events Women’s & men’s basketball: at Michigan Tech, Houghton: women’s game at 5:30 p.m., ...

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Today High school alpine skiing Marquette at Houghton, at Mont Ripley, Ripley, time TBA High school girls & boys swimming & diving Rudyard at Marquette, 3:30 p.m. Manistique, Houghton at Negaunee triangular, 4 p.m. Kingsford at Westwood, 4 p.m. High school boys basketball Newberry at Rudyard, 5:45 p.m. Gladstone at Westwood, 7:15 p.m. Rapid River at Manistique, 7:15 p.m. Marquette at Escanaba, 7:30 p.m. Superior Central at Big Bay de Noc, 7:30 p.m. High school girls basketball Superior Central at Big Bay de Noc, 6 p.m. Ishpeming vs. Gwinn, 6 or 7:15 p.m., at ...

Shorthanded Sentinels 6th at Esky Elks wrestling

ESCANABA — Despite being a bit shorthanded, Marquette had a strong showing at the Elks Invitational high school wrestling tournament hosted by Escanaba High School on Saturday. MSHS placed sixth as a team, making a big improvement from last year’s 16th-place finish by improving its score by more than 50 points. “The Sentinels wrestling team is aiming to continue this positive momentum into the Marquette County Championship meet and the Ray Mariucci Invitational in Kingsford,” Marquette head coach Brandon Van Schyndel said in an email detailing Saturday’s result. Top ...