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Sentinels double up on the road

MARQUETTE — Hitting the road was twice as nice for the Marquette Senior High School girls tennis team on Thursday after the Sentinels went to Gladstone and edged the Braves 5-3, then traveled further south to Menominee and posted an 8-0 whitewash against the Maroons. Marquette has another of these two-meet road trips on Monday, playing at Kingsford at 11 a.m. EDT and at West Iron County at 3:30 p.m. EDT. The Sentinels host Escanaba at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with the Eskymos heading west to Westwood that afternoon, with both Marquette County schools along with Negaunee participating in ...

Marquette Sentinels schedule — football

Marquette Sentinels MHSAA Division 3 Big North Conference All times EDT HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPITALS Thurs., Aug. 27, 7 p.m. NEGAUNEE Thurs., Sept. 3, 7 p.m. MENOMINEE Fri., Sept. 11, 7 p.m. at Sault Ste. Marie Sat., Sept. 19, 6 p.m. CADILLAC Fri., Sept. 25, 7 p.m. ESCANABA Fri., Oct. 2, 7 p.m. at Alpena Fri., Oct. 9, 7 p.m. GAYLORD Fri., Oct. 16, 7 p.m. at Petoskey Fri., Oct. 23, 7 p.m. at Kingsford

Dee’s Nuts keeps first-place chances warm

ISHPEMING — Dee’s Nuts stayed close in the race for the Class B title by posting a 27-9 victory over Quality Car Care during week 13 of the Iron Range Women’s Softball League on Wednesday. In this second-to-last week of the regular season, Caylie Kangas and Karlie Kargela each went 4 for 4 and Nichi Sundberg tripled for the winners, while Joanna Smail was 3 for 3 and Viv Lammi doubled for QCC. Dee’s remained a half-game behind Class B leader Eagles, which had a bye. Also in “B,” Hailey Hytinen cranked an over-the-fence home run while hitting two doubles and also going 4 ...

Sports Look

Today High school volleyball Ishpeming, Westwood, Newberry at Munising Invitational, 9 a.m. Manistique at Pellston Tournament, 9 a.m. Negaunee at Kingsford Invitational, 10 a.m. EDT High school boys soccer Marquette at Boyne City Tournament, time & opponent(s) TBD NMU events Women’s soccer: at Milwaukee School of Engineering (preseason), at Milwaukee, 2 p.m. EDT Men’s soccer: at Wisconsin-Superior (preseason), at Superior, Wis., 3 p.m. EDT Monday High school girls tennis Ishpeming, Ironwood at Gwinn triangular, 10 a.m. (may be triple dual) Marquette at ...

Info box for Marquette football

This is the first in a series of high school and college football team previews appearing in The Mining Journal. Monday’s featured team is the Ishpeming Hematites.