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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 — ...

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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 ...

NMU volleyball hosts Parkside Friday before hitting road

MARQUETTE — On a busy home weekend for sports teams at Northern Michigan University, the volleyball Wildcats will keep Vandament Arena hopping on Friday afternoon. NMU hosts Wisconsin-Parkside at 5 p.m. Friday, then hits the road for a match in Sault Ste. Marie to face Upper Peninsula ...

That rare hat trick: Frantti’s 3 goals power NMU women to 4-1 win at SVSU

UNIVERSITY CENTER — Thanks to sophomore forward Addison Frantti, the women’s soccer team at Northern Michigan University is making real inroads in the standings while playing away from home in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Wildcats ran their unbeaten streak to ...