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Westwood, Gwinn girls pick up road victories

MANISTIQUE — The Westwood High School girls basketball team picked up its second win in a row on Friday night, traveling to Manistique to take a 58-23 victory. Coupled with a 43-29 road victory at Iron Mountain three nights earlier, the Patriots improved to 5-11 this season and 3-5 in the West PAC. While balanced scoring was the key to beating the Mountaineers, on Friday, Westwood’s Lyn Magnuson was the only player to score in double figures as she pumped in 19 points. Ten players scored for the Pats, however, next being Morgan Schneider with nine points and Addy Hallum with ...

Picked No. 2 in GLIAC, NMU lacrosse opens season next week

MARQUETTE — With the opening conference game not taking place until the first day of spring in the latter half of March, the women’s lacrosse team at Northern Michigan University opens its regular season this week with the first of four home games in a row at the Superior Dome. The ...

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Today High school alpine skiing Marquette at MHSAA Division 1 regional, at Harbor Springs, time TBA High school girls basketball Manistique at Iron Mountain, 6:15 p.m. EST Baraga at Ishpeming, 7:15 p.m. High school boys basketball Manistique at Escanaba, 7 p.m. NMU events Women’s & men’s swimming: GLIAC Championships, at Holland, 10 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. (day 4 of 4) Tuesday High school girls & boys swimming & diving Houghton at Marquette, 3:30 p.m. High school hockey Manistique/Munising at Kingsford, 5:30 p.m. EST High school boys basketball Lake ...

Pumping in the points: Wildcat men make 63% from field in rout of SVSU

MARQUETTE — The men’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University showed off its offensive prowess on Thursday night at Vandament Arena, racing past Saginaw Valley State 83-61. The Wildcats kept their share of the lead in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference at 11-2 by ...

High school basketball

Upper Peninsula scores THURSDAY Boys Baraga 60, Ontonagon 52 Bessemer 73, Watersmeet 29 Chassell 69, Lake Linden-Hubbell 42 Forest Park 72, Superior Central 27 Gaylord 54, Sault Ste. Marie 42 Houghton 71, Hancock 24 Ironwood 69, Ewen-Trout Creek 37 Kingsford 51, Gladstone 49 Newberry 58, Manistique 44 Girls Baraga 64, Ontonagon 43 Big Bay de Noc 42, Rapid River 19 Ewen-Trout Creek 60, Ironwood 10 Houghton 58, Hancock 53 L’Anse 74, Dollar Bay 40 Munising 50, North Dickinson 34 Newberry 43, Cedarville 27 North Central 51, Stephenson 31 Norway 56, ...

NMU women race out to another victory

MARQUETTE — A fast start and balanced scoring brought the women’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University another victory at Vandament Arena on Thursday night, an 80-69 decision over Saginaw Valley State. The Wildcats remain in a tie for third place at 10-3 in the Great Lakes ...