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NMU volleyball coming home — and hardly ever leaving

MARQUETTE — It’s literally the “home” stretch of the season for the volleyball team at Northern Michigan University. So far, the Wildcats have played all their nonconference matches and seven of their 16 encounters in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. That’s 19 ...

NMU men’s soccer plays 3rd scoreless tie

MARQUETTE — Maybe scoring is a weekend thing at the Northern Michigan University soccer pitch. For the third time in three games this season, the Wildcat men’s team played to a scoreless draw when one of their games wasn’t played on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Wednesday’s game was ...

NMU women runners round into form for GLIACs

MARQUETTE — The women’s cross country team at Northern Michigan University found the perfect time to win an invitational, even if it had to travel more than a thousand miles to do it. The Wildcats won the 18-school Royals Challenge in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Oct. 10, its last ...

Big challenge at the Berry: Wildcats hockey hosts No. 1 MSU this weekend

MARQUETTE — If you’re going to take on good teams, you might as well take on the best. That’s exactly what the hockey team at Northern Michigan University will do this weekend when the Wildcats host national No. 1 Michigan State at the Berry Events Center. Faceoff times are 7:07 p.m. ...

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Today High school volleyball North Central at Ishpeming, 6 p.m. Houghton at Westwood, 6:30 p.m. Marquette at Kingsford, 6:30 p.m. EDT High school football Iron Mountain at Negaunee, 7 p.m. Friday High school football Westwood at Gwinn, 7 p.m. — CANCELED Kingsford at ...

Braves hold off Sentinels volleyball in 4 sets, Calumet No. 1 in U.P.

MARQUETTE — Gladstone needed four sets before prevailing at Marquette in a high school volleyball match played Tuesday evening at the Sentinels’ Barb Crill Gymnasium. With Marquette winning the opening set, the Braves (9-12) pulled off a 15-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-23 victory. “(This was ...