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Marquette, Westwood get wins, ties

Local Sports

MARQUETTE — Maybe ties aren’t so bad if you spend most of the rest of your time winning. You can still have an undefeated record, for one thing. Marquette tied a pair of high school girls tennis meets 4-4 over two days earlier this week, but also won their other match during a two-meet road trip on Monday. Meanwhile, Westwood also picked up a victory, though it only needed one meet to achieve that. Both Marquette County teams along with Negaunee and several others from outside the area will be at the Westwood Invitational at 10 a.m. today at the Patriots’ courts in ...

Aranda's home run and Rasmussen's six strong innings lead Rays past slumping Tigers, 4-1

Michigan Sports

DETROIT — Jonathan Aranda homered and Drew Rasmussen gave up three hits in six strong innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Monday night. Tampa Bay had lost seven of its last 10, but never trailed against the Tigers, who have lost six straight and nine of 10 to fall behind in the race for the final AL wild card. Rasmussen (14-5) allowed one run to win his seventh straight start. It is the second longest streak in franchise history, trailing only Blake Snell's nine-start streak in 2018. Bryan Baker pitched the ninth for his 38th save. Detroit ...

A sure sign of fall

NMU Sports

MARQUETTE — It’s truly fall tumbling its way quickly onto the sports scene. Another sign of the season’s changes is the beginning of a core sport at Northern Michigan University with the Wildcats volleyball team hosting a season-opening event, the UP North Volleyball Tournament for ...

PGA Tour moving to match play for two-week Tour Championship at two courses

National Sports

ATLANTA — The PGA Tour is reshaping its postseason for 2028 by ending the year with a Tour Championship played over two weeks at different golf courses involving match play. PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp announced the changes Tuesday before the Tour Championship, which has been 72 holes of stroke play for the top 30 players since it began in 1987. Under the current format, whoever wins the tournament is declared the FedEx Cup champion and earns $10 million in official money from the $40 million purse. Starting in 2028, the BMW Championship — to be held that year at Olympia Fields ...