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Only Negaunee, Baraga represent area in U.P. volleyball polls

IRONWOOD — The area roster of top Upper Peninsula teams was sliced in half this week with the final U.P. high school volleyball polls that are conducted by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Two teams that have been riding along at No. 3 in their respective Divisions 1-3 and Division 4 rankings held fast there, but it was the teams just outside the top five who were receiving votes that were eliminated this time around. Negaunee slipped a half-spot from No. 3 alone to sharing that spot with Houghton this week in D 1-3. The Miners are 20-13-1 and last week ...

NMU cross country runs at today’s league finals

MARQUETTE — The women’s cross country team at Northern Michigan University has entered the championship part of its season with a trip to northwestern Indiana today. The Wildcats will be part of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships to be held in Hammond, ...

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Today High school volleyball MHSAA district tournament, Division 2, all matches at Escanaba: Negaunee vs. Kingsford, 5 p.m.; Houghton vs. Escanaba, 6 p.m. MHSAA district tournament, Division 3, hosted by Jeffers: Gwinn-Westwood winner at Calumet, 6 p.m.; West Iron County-Ironwood winner at Jeffers, 6 p.m. MHSAA district tournament, Division 3, hosted by Menominee: Bark River-Harris at Manistique, 6 p.m.; Iron Mountain-Menominee vs. Norway (at Menominee or Norway), 7 p.m. EST MHSAA district tournament, Division 4, hosted by Ishpeming: Superior Central-Mid Peninsula winner at ...

Losses hurt Wildcats’ quest for GLIAC volleyball tourney home court

MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team is losing ground, but still has at least a mathematical chance of drawing a home court berth in the first-round quarterfinals of the upcoming tournament held in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Wildcats ...

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Today High school volleyball MHSAA district tournament, Division 4, all matches at Brimley: Newberry vs. Pickford, 6 p.m.; Cedarville vs. Brimley, 6 p.m. (times tentative) NMU events Volleyball: at Michigan Tech, at Houghton, 6 p.m. Women’s soccer: GLIAC quarterfinals, at campus sites, opponent & time TBD Wednesday High school volleyball MHSAA district tournament, Division 2, all matches at Escanaba: Negaunee-Gladstone winner vs. Kingsford, 6 p.m.; Houghton vs. Escanaba, 6 p.m. (times tentative) MHSAA district tournament, Division 3, hosted by Jeffers: Gwinn-Westwood ...