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4 area teams hold spots in U.P. volleyball polls

IRONWOOD — Not much was different within the top-five rankings in this week’s Upper Peninsula high school volleyball polls, though there was a significant change for one area team in the “others receiving votes” category. Ishpeming, despite winning its only match last week in three sets at Westwood, failed to receive a vote this week after earning a single voting point the week before. The Hematites are 6-4-1 with the win vs. the Patriots breaking a three-match losing string that had included setbacks to Division 1-3 top-five squads Calumet and Houghton. Four other area ...

NMU’s DeBruyn earns GLIAC honor after Rosa Invite win

MARQUETTE — The spoils of victory have nothing to do with milk turning sour for cross country runner Ella DeBruyn of Northern Michigan University. These spoils instead are a sweet-smelling Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic ...

Wildcats split to stay 3rd in GLIAC volleyball

MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team traveled to the Lower Peninsula over the weekend and met with mixed success while attempting to distance themselves from a pair of teams near them in the conference standings. The Wildcats defeated Davenport in four sets before ...

Wildcat men’s soccer gets another chance to reach top of GLIAC

HAMMOND, Ind. — It’s seems mighty fortunate for Northern Michigan University that the conference men’s soccer season didn’t end Sunday. Otherwise, the Wildcats would be quite disappointed to have fallen from the lead on Friday morning all the way to third place by Sunday evening. ...

Crazy kind of hockey: Spartans’ special teams key sweep of Wildcats

EAST LANSING — In a crazy kind of weekend for the Northern Michigan University hockey team, Michigan State showed why it’s the nation’s No. 3-ranked college hockey team with a sweep of the Wildcats. NMU fell to 1-3, while MSU opened its season at 2-0. The opener was a penalty-filled ...