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Effort is there for NMU women even if shooting touch isn’t

SAULT STE. MARIE — What they lacked in long-range shooting they made up for in effort on the boards as the women’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University got back in the win column on Thursday night. Even while shooting an anemic 18% from 3-point range, the Wildcats held a 46-29 ...

NMU frosh goalie on a great ‘watch list’

MARQUETTE — Freshman Oliver Auyeung-Ashton of Northern Michigan University is one of 29 goaltenders named to the Mike Richter Award watch list who will compete for the honor given to the top NCAA Division I goalie at the end of the season. The award, inaugurated in 2014, is decided by a ...

Sports Look

Today High school wrestling Upper Peninsula Invitational, at Marquette: Marquette, Negaunee, Westwood, Gwinn, Munising, Manistique, 8:30 a.m. High school boys & girls bowling Ishpeming-Negaunee vs. Marquette, at Bowl-A-Rama, Escanaba, 10 a.m. Westwood A vs. Marquette X, at ...

Ex-U.P. high school standout Eichhorn top-10 on Korn Ferry

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Former Carney-Nadeau High School standout golfer Hunter Eichhorn finished in a tie for sixth place on Wednesday at his inaugural event as a full-time member of the Korn Ferry Tour. He shot a nifty 22-under-par over four rounds at the Bahamas Golf Classic, even ...

4 NMU football players earn academic awards

MARQUETTE — Just as a new coaching staff was named for the program, the current football team at Northern Michigan University recently gathered some more postseason awards. These were combination athletic-academic honors for four Wildcats, the Academic All-District Team named by the College ...

High school basketball

Upper Peninsula scores BOYS Monday Calumet 52, Hancock 31 Cedarville 56, Engadine 37 Dollar Bay 72, Wakefield-Marenisco 49 Forest Park 78, Bark River-Harris 35 Hannahville 41, Mid Peninsula 39 Houghton 88, West Iron County 58 Mackinaw City 60, Maplewood Baptist 47 Munising ...