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Today High school girls & boys golf Munising at Skyline Central Conference meet, at Terrace Bluff Golf Course, Gladstone, 10 a.m. Boys Ryder Cup tournament, hosted by Manistique: Manistique, Newberry, Bark River-Harris, Big Bay de Noc, 10 a.m. Negaunee, Ishpeming, Westwood at Nicolet Bank WIN meet, at Wawonowin Country Club, Champion, 3:30 p.m. High school boys & girls track & field Gwinn at Ryder Cup Invitational (boys only), at Manistique, 10 a.m. Baraga, L’Anse at Copper Mountain Conference meet, at Wakefield, 1 or 3 p.m. EDT Negaunee, Westwood, Ishpeming, Gwinn, ...

Ex-Wildcats Tolvanen, Papp square off at hockey worlds

ZURICH — A pair of former Northern Michigan University hockey players who were never teammates on the same Wildcats team squared off at the ice hockey world championships held in Switzerland on Sunday. Goaltender Atte Tolvanen, who starred for NMU from 2015-19, stopped 17 shots as Austria ...

L’Anse, Baraga qualify athletes for U.P. track finals

LAKE LINDEN — L’Anse and Baraga had middle-of-the-road finishes at an MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 3 high school track and field regional held at Lake Linden-Hubbell on Thursday. In the nine-team field, the Purple Hornets and Vikings had third-, fourth- and fifth-place finishes as the main point of the meets was to qualify athletes for the MHSAA U.P. Finals to be held in all divisions at Kingsford on Saturday, May 30. While the top four individuals advance to Kingsford, only the top two finishers in Division 3 relays head to the finals. That’s mostly because while Divisions 1 ...

Ex-Wildcats Tolvanen, Papp playing in hockey worlds

MARQUETTE — A pair of former Northern Michigan University hockey players are representing their home countries at the ice hockey world championship that began Friday in Switzerland. Ex-Wildcat goaltender Atte Tolvanen is representing Austria and forward Kristof Papp is playing for ...

Gwinn qualifies host of athletes at own track regional

GWINN — Gwinn picked up solid finishes of second and fourth places at an MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 2 high school track and field regional meet held at the Modeltowners’ track on Thursday. Gwinn’s boys were a close runner-up, while the girls were fourth in the six-team field. But this is the rare meet where team results weren’t as important as the individuals and relays who qualified for the MHSAA U.P. Finals in all divisions at Kingsford on Saturday, May 30. In Divisions 1 and 2, the top four finishers in every event, both individual and relays, advance to ...