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Win clinches home court for NMU women to open GLIAC tourney

MARQUETTE — The women’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University didn’t pick up any ground on the leaders in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference on Thursday night, but they did something else nearly as important. The Wildcats’ 68-57 victory over Upper Peninsula ...

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Today HIgh school wrestling Boys team regionals, Division 2, TBA Boys individual regionals, Division 2, at Cadillac, 10:30 a.m. Boys individual regionals, Division 3, at Boyne City, 10:30 a.m. Boys individual regionals, Division 4, at Charlevoix, 10:30 a.m. High school boys & ...

Wildcats wrestling at NCAA regionals in Ohio

MARQUETTE — The women’s wrestling team at Northern Michigan University is in the midst of its NCAA regional qualifying meet in Ohio that could send a number of its athletes to the national championships in Iowa in two weeks time. The Wildcats are at the Heminger Center at Tiffin ...

Sentinel swimmers ease into U.P. Finals with double victory

MARQUETTE — With the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Swimming and Diving Finals on tap today and Saturday, Marquette couldn’t have found a better way to ease into the biggest meet of the year than with victories over one of their closest rivals last week. The Sentinels defeated the Houghton girls ...

Soft snow hard on still-successful Sentinels skiers

RIPLEY — At least gravity was still working correctly at Mont Ripley for the Upper Peninsula Finals high school downhill ski meet. Tough, soft snow conditions made for slower and more difficult runs than normal for the final non-MHSAA tournament event of the season just outside of Houghton ...