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Legion baseball to honor veterans on Tuesday

Local Sports

MARQUETTE — The annual Veterans Day for American Legion baseball teams based out of Marquette will be held Tuesday afternoon at Gerard Haley Memorial Baseball Field in north Marquette. The Legion Post 44 Blues and Legion Post 44 Reds both play at 5:30 p.m. at adjoining fields, the older ...

Improving facilities

NMU Sports

MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University athletic department is hoping the community will rally around a capital project that will improve locker room conditions for the Wildcats’ women’s basketball team. The NMU Women’s Basketball Locker Room Project’s stated goal is to ...

Combining academics, athletics

Local Sports

MARQUETTE — Just three area players and two area teams made the state basketball coaches association group of boys’ all-state academic honors as shown on its website. The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan recognized the players and teams, all coming from the greater Ishpeming ...

Lofty award, lofty grades

Local Sports

MARQUETTE — Maybe making an academic all-state list might not sound like too tall of a task for many studious basketball players. But with the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan criteria, it’s actually quite the ultimate honor for area high school players. The organization that ...

Miners softball season comes to an end at regionals

Local Sports

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Negaunee High School softball team couldn’t make an early rally stick as it bowed out in the regional semifinals of the MHSAA Division 2 tournament in Sault Ste. Marie on Saturday. Downstate West Branch Ogemaw Heights posted a 12-2 victory in a game called in the ...