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UPPER PENINSULA SCORES Thursday Laona-Wabeno, Wis., 42, North Dickinson 26 Friday Bark River-Harris 44, Hancock 14 Brimley 66, Pellston 22 Cadillac 56, Sault Ste. Marie 12 Engadine 46, Fife Lake Forest Area 0 Escanaba 21, Calumet 20 Gaylord St. Mary 15, Calumet Copper Island Academy 8 Houghton 12, Gladstone 7 Iron Mountain 41, L’Anse 0 Ishpeming 64, Ironwood 18 Kingsford 15, Westwood 8 Manistique 34, Gwinn 27 Marquette 49, Gaylord 13 Menominee 38, Negaunee 28 Munising 54, Superior Central 8 Newberry 42, Cedarville 8 North Central 29, Norway ...

NMU women run unbeaten streak to 6 games

MARQUETTE — The women’s soccer team of Northern Michigan University might not have accomplished all of its goals over the weekend, but the Wildcats still earned four of a possible six points in a home weekend against opposition from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic ...

NMU football can’t slow one of nation’s top runners

CALEDONIA — The Northern Michigan University football team got to see what it’s like going up against one of the best running backs in the country over the weekend in this Grand Rapids suburb. Normally, they’ve had one of the nation’s best on their own side in sophomore Noah Dobert, ...

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Today High school volleyball Brimley at Newberry, 5:45 p.m. Manistique at Gwinn, 6:30 p.m. Ishpeming at West Iron County, 6:30 p.m. EDT Calumet at Negaunee, 6:45 p.m. Baraga at Ontonagon, 6:45 p.m. Hancock at Westwood, 7 p.m. Forest Park at Superior Central, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday High school boys soccer District tournaments begin High school girls & boys cross country Negaunee, Ishpeming, Westwood at West PAC meet #5, at Gwinn, 4 p.m. Baraga at Ironwood Invitational, 4 p.m. EDT L’Anse at Ironwood, 4 p.m. EDT Superior Central at Rapid River, time ...

Marquette native Hamari would call balls, strikes in AL Game 7

NEW YORK — Marquette native Adam Hamari will call ball and strikes behind home plate in the seventh and deciding game of the American League Championship Series. Well, that’s only if that first-to-four-wins setup gets to its ultimate game. The 43-year-old Marquette Senior High School ...

Close to the top: Area runners push winners to max at Houghton Invite

HOUGHTON — Westwood sophomore Calvin Carlson keeps cutting the deficit, but Houghton junior Brandon Van Karsen keeps holding him off in the high school cross country scene in the Upper Peninsula. Van Karsen posted a 3.3-second victory over Carlson in the boys race at the Houghton ...