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Today High school baseball Westwood at North Dickinson (doubleheader), 4 p.m. EDT Friday High school baseball Marquette at Mauston, Wis., time TBA High school softball Westwood at Menominee (doubleheader), 4:30 p.m. EDT Negaunee at Wisconsin Dells Tournament, at Wisconsin Dells, ...

10 area girls earn All-U.P. plaudits

Local Sports

MARQUETTE — Even after the top three girls basketball players were taken out of consideration after winning All-Upper Peninsula Dream Team honors, another 10 area players earned All-U.P. recognition on their respective divisions’ First and Second Teams. That was decided by the U.P. ...

NMU football shows hope

NMU Sports

MARQUETTE — Halfway through last season, any change for the football program at Northern Michigan University would’ve been welcome when the Wildcats were mired in a 28-game losing streak spanning back to the start of the 2023 season. But just weeks after that streak ended, head coach ...

Area players named Special, Honorable Mention

Prep Sports

MARQUETTE — Eight girls high school basketball players from The Mining Journal’s coverage area in five central Upper Peninsula counties earned Special Mention and Honorable Mention in All-U.P. voting last week. The U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association met at Northern Michigan ...

DB’s Tourtillott, Kentala named D-4 boys First Team All-State

Local Sports

DETROIT — Dollar Bay reached the furthest of any Upper Peninsula team in the MHSAA Division 4 boys basketball tournament nearly a month ago. The Blue Bolts now have also received the top two honors gained by any U.P. team when Division 4 all-state honors were handed out Monday by the ...