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4 NMU football players earn academic awards

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MARQUETTE — Just as a new coaching staff was named for the program, the current football team at Northern Michigan University recently gathered some more postseason awards. These were combination athletic-academic honors for four Wildcats, the Academic All-District Team named by the College ...

High school basketball

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Upper Peninsula scores BOYS Monday Calumet 52, Hancock 31 Cedarville 56, Engadine 37 Dollar Bay 72, Wakefield-Marenisco 49 Forest Park 78, Bark River-Harris 35 Hannahville 41, Mid Peninsula 39 Houghton 88, West Iron County 58 Mackinaw City 60, Maplewood Baptist 47 Munising ...

Coaching searches try to hog spotlight from NFL playoff teams

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By STEVE BROWNLEE Journal Sports Editor Well, it’s been a wild ride this week for a whole bunch of teams NOT in the NFL playoffs. There have been, as of Thursday afternoon, nine vacancies in head coaching positions, including the ones that happened during the regular season and the New ...

Miners come out on top in county battles

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NEGAUNEE — Negaunee came out on top of a big battle of Marquette County girls basketball teams over the past week, the Miners defeating both Ishpeming and Gwinn. In other contests, the Modeltowners handled Jeffers and Westwood dropped Iron Mountain. In games to start out next week ...

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Today High school boys basketball Marquette at Harbor Beach, 1 p.m. Negaunee at Westwood, 7:30 p.m. High school hockey Marquette at Hartland, time TBA Manistique/Munising at Muskegon Mona Shores, 3 p.m. Negaunee vs. Kalamazoo Eagles, Pink in the Rink tournament, at Grand Rapids, 6 ...

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Today High school hockey Negaunee at Lakeshore, at Manistee, 5:30 p.m. High school wrestling Negaunee, Westwood, Escanaba and Kingsford quadrangular, 6 p.m. EST High school boys basketball Chassell at L’Anse, 6 p.m. Pickford at Newberry, 7 p.m. Gwinn at Ishpeming, 7:15 ...