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Sentinels, Patriots post solid victories

MARQUETTE — Marquette swept the doubles flights and pulled out a victory in the meet’s only three-set match to post a 7-1 victory over visiting West Iron County in a high school girls tennis meet held Wednesday. “I was really happy with the resilience we had at several flights,” Sentinels head coach Karl Thomsen said in an email detailing the meet. “Finding that ability to fight through the slumps is what we will need heading down the stretch.” He said as the fall tennis season is just about half over, with the first matches held in mid-August and the MHSAA Upper ...

NMU men’s soccer gets chance vs. highly ranked teams

MARQUETTE — Though the men’s soccer team at Northern Michigan University isn’t even ready to play its first conference game yet, head coach Alex Fatovic sees this weekend as pivotal for his Wildcats. That’s because for possible NCAA tournament positioning, it’s important that NMU ...

Wildcats volleyball off to California

MARQUETTE — California, here we come! After opening the season with a .500 record of 2-2 at its own UP North Volleyball Tournament last weekend, the Northern Michigan University volleyball team travels about as far west as it can go and still stay in the United States by playing in the Cal ...

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Today High school girls & boys cross country L’Anse, Newberry at Houghton, 1 or 4 p.m. Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, Westwood at Marquette County Meet, at Presque Isle Park, Marquette, 2 p.m. Baraga at Trojan Invitational, at Forest Park, 2 p.m. EDT High school girls tennis Negaunee at Marquette, 3:30 or 4 p.m. Iron Mountain at Gwinn, 4 p.m. High school volleyball St. Ignace at Manistique, 5:30 p.m. Iron Mountain at Ishpeming, 6:30 p.m. Gwinn at Gladstone, 7 p.m. Maplewood Baptist at Newberry, 7 p.m. Munising at Carney-Nadeau, 7 p.m. EDT High school ...

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Today High school girls tennis West Iron County at Marquette, 3:30 p.m. Westwood at Negaunee, 4 p.m. Munising at Ishpeming, 4 p.m. High school girls & boys cross country Superior Central at Forest Park, time TBD Thursday High school girls & boys cross country L’Anse, Newberry at Houghton, 1 or 4 p.m. Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, Westwood at Marquette County Meet, at Presque Isle Park, Marquette, 2 p.m. Baraga at Trojan Invitational, at Forest Park, 2 p.m. EDT High school girls tennis Negaunee at Marquette, 3:30 or 4 p.m. Ishpeming at Westwood, 4 p.m. (tentative) Iron ...