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NMU gets one win in 4-day lacrosse trip to Colorado

MARQUETTE — The women’s lacrosse team at Northern Michigan University left home for the first time this week and found out how unfriendly it can be away from the Superior Dome. Entering the stretch with a perfect 4-0 record, the Wildcats lost two of three matches all played at rather ...

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Today High school gymnastics MHSAA individual state championships, at Milford, time TBA NMU events Men’s basketball: GLIAC Tournament semifinals, vs. Lake Superior State, at Vandament Arena, 2 p.m. Women’s basketball: GLIAC Tournament semifinals, vs. Grand Valley State, at Allendale, 2 p.m. Women’s wrestling: NCAA Championships, at Coralville, Iowa, time TBD Sunday Men’s basketball: GLIAC Tournament championship (if NMU wins Saturday), vs. Michigan Tech or Grand Valley State, at Vandament Arena, 2 p.m. Women’s basketball: GLIAC Tournament championship (if NMU ...

Battle of ex-Miners: Hill’s NMU women outduel Mason’s Tech squad

MARQUETTE — Former Negaunee High School stars dominated on different part of the stats sheet. In the end, it was Alyssa Hill’s Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team that held off a fourth-quarter comeback attempt to post a 74-66 victory over Michigan Tech on Wednesday ...

High school basketball

Upper Peninsula scores Includes Lower Peninsula scores of tourneys with U.P. teams GIRLS District tournaments Semifinals Wednesday Division 1 Marquette 65, Traverse City West 55 Traverse City Central 47, Gaylord 28 Division 2 Negaunee 50, Houghton 32 Gladstone 42, Kingsford 41 Sault Ste. Marie 51, Cheboygan 26 Petoskey 57, Kalkaska 22 Division 3 Westwood 48, Jeffers 38 Gwinn 45, Bark River-Harris 39 Calumet 69, West Iron County 44 Menominee 66, Iron Mountain 27 Division 4 Ishpeming 68, Superior Central 16 Munising 47, Big Bay de Noc 27 Baraga 85, ...

Wildcat men reach first goal in GLIAC tourney

MARQUETTE — Step No. 1 has been accomplished, so now it’s on to bigger and even better things for the men’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University. The Wildcats defeated Ferris State 91-62 at Vandament Arena on Wednesday evening in the first-round quarterfinals of the Great ...

Miners, Patriots score girls district victories

NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee High School girls basketball team got what it hopes is a deep run in the MHSAA Division 2 tournament off to a good start with a 50-32 home victory over Houghton on Wednesday evening. The Miners, who have been the unanimous No. 1 team in the Upper Peninsula for ...