Sports Look

August 23, 2026

Today High school girls tennis Ishpeming, Ironwood at Gwinn triangular, 10 a.m. (may be triple dual) Marquette at Kingsford, 11 a.m. EDT Munising at Kingsford, noon EDT Marquette at West Iron County, 3:30 p.m. EDT High school volleyball Jeffers at Ishpeming, 6:30 p.m. NMU events Women’s soccer: vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point (preseason), at NMU Soccer Field, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday High school girls tennis Escanaba at Marquette, 10 a.m. Escanaba at Westwood, 1 p.m. Ishpeming at Negaunee, 4 p.m. High school boys soccer Marquette at Kingsford, 6 p.m. EDT High ...

Football preview series box

August 23, 2026

This is the second in a series of high school and college football team previews appearing in The Mining Journal.

A different kind of pressure: Sentinels have numbers, but fight a smaller-schools schedule at playoff time

August 21, 2026

MARQUETTE — Marquette’s challenges in high school football are a whole lot different than what most schools face in the Upper Peninsula. Most schools with much smaller enrollments just hope to find enough bodies to be able to fill positions on the field, even in eight-player programs ...

Sentinels double up on the road

August 21, 2026

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

August 21, 2026

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

August 21, 2026

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 ...