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Good student awards: Handful of area players, teams earn BCAM academic awards

MARQUETTE — A pair of senior teammates who were key cogs in Munising’s run to the MHSAA Division 4 boys basketball state championship in 2023 doubled up on academic honors from the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan. As its name implies, the BCAM is the leading group of high ...

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Today American Legion baseball Post 44 Blues vs. Big Rapids Post 98, at Shepherd, 9:30 a.m. Post 44 Blues vs. Northern Michigan Patriots, at Mount Pleasant, 4:15 p.m. Post 44 White Diamonds vs. Gillett-Suring, Wis., at Laona-Wabeno, Wis., 15-under tournament, 11 a.m. ...

Academics abound: 228 NMU student-athletes earn GLIAC recognition

MARQUETTE — A crescendo of awards await the student-athlete population at Northern Michigan University as 228 of them have been honored for academics in the GLIAC and with at-large honors included in conference awards, the league announced last week. Most of NMU’s teams play in the ...

Women pro golfers descend on Sweetgrass today

HARRIS — Today is the first of three rounds in the Island Resort Championship women’s professional golf tournament to be held at Sweetgrass Golf Club in the Delta County community of Harris. A stop on the Epson Tour, the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s developmental tour for ...

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Today American Legion baseball Post 44 Blues vs. Palacios Taylor, at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, 11:45 a.m. Post 44 Blues vs. Gaylord, at Mount Pleasant (Mount Pleasant High School field), 4:15 p.m. Post 44 Reds vs. Mishicot, Wis., at Freedom, Wis., 15-Under Tournament, ...

Deep talent pool: 7 area boys among the best basketball players in state

STANTON — Seven players are showing the depth of The Mining Journal area’s high school boys basketball talent. Those seven made various lists put out by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan when it scoured far and wide trying to identify the best talent on courts in every nook ...