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Women hold first NCAA championships in wrestling mecca of Iowa

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CORALVILLE, Iowa — The Iowa City area is a fitting place to host the first NCAA women's wrestling championships. "What is it they say? 'Wrestletown USA?'" McKendree University coach Alexio Garcia said. "I think it's a great place for wrestling to be hosted. You go to some places, maybe a ...

Sports Look

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Today High school boys basketball MHSAA Division 1 regional tournament, championship: Marquette vs. Rockford, at Lake City, 7 p.m. MHSAA Division 3 regional tournament, championship: Menominee vs. Elk Rapids, at Newberry, 7 p.m. MHSAA Division 4 regional tournament, championship: North ...

5 Wildcat Nordic skiers make NCAAs

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MARQUETTE — Five skiers between the men’s and women’s nordic teams at Northern Michigan University have qualified for the NCAA Skiing Championships to be held in Utah next week. Wildcats women making the trip to Soldier Hollow in Park City and Midway, Utah, are junior Henriette Nilssen ...

Don’t get too comfortable

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MARQUETTE — There’s so many reasons the men’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University should win tonight. The Wildcats just finished wrapping up the title in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference on Saturday, averaging 99 points a game over last week’s two ...

Changes few in final U.P. girls poll of year

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MARQUETTE — There were just a few changes this week in the Upper Peninsula high school basketball polls tabulated by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. But none involved area teams with only a girls poll being held as those teams finished up their regular seasons last ...

NMU’s Nilssen sweeps women’s events at NCAA nordic regional

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DULUTH, Minn. — Led by junior Henriette Nilssen sweeping both women’s events, the men’s and women’s nordic ski teams at Northern Michigan University dominated the top-three podium finishes at the NCAA Central Region Skiing Championships held in northeastern Minnesota on Saturday and ...