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Upper Peninsula scores MHSAA playoffs 11-player district finals Weekend results Division 4 Big Rapids 48, Escanaba 18 Hudsonville Unity Christian 34, Spring Lake 19 Division 5 West Branch Ogemaw Heights 41, Kingsford 6 Saginaw Swan Valley 36, Whitehall 20 Division ...

Time for Wildcats’ hockey to lick their wounds

MARQUETTE — The Wildcats hockey team will have a chance to lick its wounds after suffering its sixth straight sweep to open the season over the weekend. Northern Michigan University took losses of 4-1 and 4-2 against its top Upper Peninsula rival, Michigan Tech, in a traditional ...

NMU women open with big hoops wins

ERIE, Pa. — The women’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University opened its season with a pair of wins at the Conference Commissioners Association Tip-Off Classic in neighboring cities in northwestern Pennsylvania. The Wildcats opened with a 66-57 win over California University of ...

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Tuesday NMU events Women’s soccer: GLIAC Tournament quarterfinals, at Ferris State, Big Rapids, noon

Out on the street: Richardson resigns as NMU head football coach

MARQUETTE — The case of the administrative leave imposed on two football coaches at Northern Michigan University has apparently come to a conclusion. Head football coach Shane Richardson resigned his position, effective immediately, the university said in separate emails sent three minutes ...