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Slew of Wildcats set personal records at Twin Cities cross country

FORT SNELLING, Minn. — The big stage and a little rain apparently only spurred on the women’s cross country team of Northern Michigan University on Friday at the Roy Griak Invitational held Friday. Virtually every Wildcats runner — and all of them who finished in the top 100 — set ...

Miners, Sentinels win by big margins

NEGAUNEE — Negaunee posted a pair of dominant victories at its home courts on Thursday to improve its record to 11-1 with high school girls tennis working toward the end of its season. The Miners blanked Munising 8-0 and felled Iron Mountain 7-1 with a dual meet left vs. Escanaba at home on Monday, then the Mid-Peninsula Conference tournament in Iron Mountain on Wednesday and the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals in Division 1 another week later. Even in its loss, the Negaunee No. 4 doubles team of Emme Niemi and Sydney Jarvi worked hard in a three-set setback to their Menominee ...

Coaches, media pick Wildcats hockey to repeat at bottom of CCHA

MARQUETTE — Even when they go out on a limb, league prognosticators make sure it’s sturdy enough you could probably put a Volkswagen Beetle on it without breaking the branch off the tree. That’s a complicated way of saying that, in the CCHA, the preseason poll picking this year’s ...

Miners baseball assists Negaunee Elks in pasty sale

NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee High School baseball team partnered with Negaunee Elks Lodge No. 1116 to conduct a pasty sale that sold nearly 500 of the delicious Upper Peninsula “ethnic food” items last Saturday. The Miners’ team helped the Elks both make and distribute what turned into ...

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Today High school girls & boys cross country Munising at Holly Invitational, 8 a.m. High school volleyball Munising at Forest Park, 10 a.m. EDT Newberry at Rudyard Invitational, time TBD Marquette at event TBA High school football Rapid River at Superior Central, noon Cadillac at Marquette, 6 p.m. (Fox Sports 99.9 & 105.1 FM) High school boys soccer Marquette at Leland, noon NMU events Women’s & men’s swimming & diving: Green vs. Gold (exhibition), at PEIF pool, 10 a.m. Football: vs. Davenport, at Superior Dome, 1 p.m. (WUPT 100.3 FM) Volleyball: vs. ...