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Miners make a move

MARQUETTE — There was only one change in the top-five voting this week for the best Upper Peninsula high school football teams by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. And it was good news for Negaunee. The Miners moved up a spot in the 11-player voting, flip-flopping ...

Wildcat swimmers open season this weekend

MARQUETTE — A season that will culminate in a conference championship meet in February and NCAA Division II finals in March begins with a single lap in the pool. That happens for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams at Northern Michigan University late Friday afternoon — ...

Sports Look

Today High school girls tennis MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 2 Finals, at Westwood and Negaunee, finals at Westwood, 10 a.m.: Ishpeming, Gwinn, Munising, Iron Mountain, Ironwood, Norway, West Iron County High school girls & boys cross country Superior Central, Newberry at John Prokos Memorial Elks Invitational, at Escanaba, 3:30 p.m. Negaunee, Ishpeming, Westwood at West PAC meet #3, hosted by Westwood at Wawonowin Country Club, Champion, 4 p.m. High school volleyball Marquette at Calumet, 6:30 p.m. Manistique at Westwood, 7 p.m. Kingsford at Negaunee, 7 ...

U.P. volleyball rankings remain unchanged

IRONWOOD — The best high school volleyball teams in the Upper Peninsula didn’t falter at all during the past week, prompting voters from the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association to keep the top-five rankings intact from the previous week. Not even Gwinn, which was the only ...

NMU men’s soccer back home with Rosen top GLIAC player

MARQUETTE — It’s an exciting time for the men’s soccer team at Northern Michigan University to be at home. The Wildcats play a pair of conference games at the NMU Soccer Field on Friday and Sunday afternoons, coming off a four-game road trip that was the major part of their current ...