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Soft snow hard on still-successful Sentinels skiers

RIPLEY — At least gravity was still working correctly at Mont Ripley for the Upper Peninsula Finals high school downhill ski meet. Tough, soft snow conditions made for slower and more difficult runs than normal for the final non-MHSAA tournament event of the season just outside of Houghton and Hancock, according to a email from Marquette Senior High School head coach Christy Provost detailing the meet. Nevertheless, the Sentinels continued their domination of U.P. meets, scoring a near-perfect 21 points in the girls meet — 20 would be considered a perfect, double top-four sweep ...

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Today High school boys & girls bowling MHSAA Division 2 regionals, at Gaylord Bowling Center, Gaylord, time TBA: Marquette, Ishpeming-Negaunee, Calumet, Escanaba, Iron Mountain, Bay City Central, Bay City John Glenn, Bay City Western, Cadillac, Gaylord, Mount Pleasant and Petoskey MHSAA Division 3 regionals, at Spare Time Lanes, Cheboygan, time TBA: Westwood, Gladstone, Boyne City, Cheboygan, Clare, Elk Rapids, Gladwin, Grayling, Standish-Sterling, Tawas and West Branch Ogemaw Heights MHSAA Division 4 regionals, at Thunder Bowl Lanes, Alpena, time TBA: L’Anse, Bellaire, ...

Area teams taste success

NEGAUNEE — Seniors made their special night count for the Negaunee High School girls basketball team when the Miners defeated Marquette 48-27 on Friday evening at Lakeview Memorial Gymnasium. Head coach Mike O’Donnell started all four of his seniors — Kayleigh Manninen, Aleana Park, ...

High school basketball

Upper Peninsula scores BOYS Monday Bark River-Harris 48, West Iron County 44 Bessemer 57, Chassell 30 Dollar Bay 69, Lake Linden-Hubbell 36 Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian 87, Maplewood Baptist 61 Ironwood 64, Ewen-Trout Creek 24 Marquette 79, Sault Ste. Marie 38 Mellen, Wis., 86, Watersmeet 18 North Dickinson 73, Rapid River 49 Westwood 54, Gladstone 49 Cedarville at Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian, ccd. Mid Peninsula at Stephenson, ccd. Tuesday Baraga 66, Chassell 31 Bark River-Harris 65, Manistique 63 Bessemer 53, Ewen-Trout Creek ...

Wildcats hockey desperately needs 2 wins this weekend

MARQUETTE — Desperate times call for desperate measures for the hockey team at Northern Michigan University. The Wildcats not only need two wins to have a chance to capture the Cappo Cup in their annual series against Lake Superior State, but need both those victories to get back in the ...

Wildcat men looking to catch up in GLIAC

MARQUETTE — For really the first time all season, the men’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University is playing catchup in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Wildcats fell out of a first-place tie they had maintained through much of January and February when ...