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Today High school girls basketball Superior Central at Rapid River, 6 p.m. Escanaba at Marquette, 7 p.m. Gladstone at Gwinn, 7:15 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Ishpeming, 7:15 p.m. Westwood at Jeffers, 7:15 p.m. Baraga at Ontonagon, 7:15 p.m. L’Anse at Lake Linden-Hubbell, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday High school girls basketball Munising at Manistique, 6 p.m. High school boys basketball MHSAA Division 1 district tournament, hosted by Marquette: Gaylord-Traverse City Central winner at Marquette, 6:30 p.m.; Alpena-Petoskey winner at Traverse City West, 6 p.m. MHSAA ...

Playoff dreams dashed

MARQUETTE — Any dreams of the hockey team at Northern Michigan University making the conference playoffs pretty much evaporated at the Berry Events Center over the weekend as Lake Superior State came into town and swept the Wildcats. NMU fell to 3-28-1 overall and 3-20-1 in the Central ...

High school basketball

Upper Peninsula scores BOYS Friday Gladstone 56, Escanaba 52 Rudyard 62, Brimley 57 Superior Central 52, Mid Peninsula 24 Baraga at Wakefield-Marenisco, ccd. Bark River-Harris at North Central, ccd. Carney-Nadeau at Forest Park, ccd. Gwinn at Stephenson, ccd. Hancock at Watersmeet, ccd. Ishpeming at West Iron County, ccd. L’Anse at Bessemer, ccd. GIRLS Friday Ewen-Trout Creek 72, Ironwood 32 Rudyard 59, Cedarville 46 St. Ignace 63, Pickford 13 Sault Ste. Marie 52, Traverse City West 44 Baraga at Watersmeet, ccd. Carney-Nadeau at Forest Park, ...

Kuehl hits milestone as NMU men take GLIAC top spot

BIG RAPIDS — A fourth-year player on the men’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University reached a significant milestone on Saturday in the Wildcats’ victory at Ferris State. Not only did graduate student forward Dylan Kuehl score a game-high 20 points, but he became only the ...

Wildcat women fall at No. 16 Ferris, 80-68

BIG RAPIDS — Ferris State not only won the statistical battle, but the more important one on the scoreboard as the Bulldogs defeated Northern Michigan University 80-68 in a women’s basketball game played in Big Rapids on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs, ranked No. 16 in the nation, ...

NMU lacrosse’s Lakosky refuses to cool off

MARQUETTE — It might still be winter outside, but there’s no cooling off lacrosse player Josie Lakosky when she’s playing in the Superior Dome. The Northern Michigan University junior matched her career high of eight goals she set just a week earlier in the dome as the Wildcats bounced ...