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Sentinels girls end home tennis season with win

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MARQUETTE — With the season winding down, the Marquette Senior High School girls tennis team won three of four flights in both singles and doubles to take a 6-2 victory over visiting Kingsford on Tuesday afternoon. Marquette’s Great Northern Conference meet was Wednesday at Kingsford, ...

Packers’ loss might double

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I had a throwaway line — at least I thought it was at the time — in one of my Armchair QB picks last week that seems to still be reverberating this week. It was in my pick of the Green Bay Packers winning at Cleveland, I said: “Even as a (Detroit) Lions fan, but maybe right now more ...

Lions answer lingering questions with emphatic win

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ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions have answered any lingering questions about their offensive line, pass rush and new coordinators. In one of the most impressive wins of the Dan Campbell era, the Lions beat the Baltimore Ravens 38-30 on Monday night with a mix of brute strength, dazzling skill ...

Wildcat women golfers 12th at Warrior Invite

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WASHINGTON, Mich. — With a quick turnaround at another two-day tournament this weekend, the women’s golf team at Northern Michigan University finished 12th of 13 teams at the Warrior Invitational held in suburban Detroit on Monday and Tuesday. The field included seven other teams from the ...

Sentinels fall to another U.P. top-5 volleyball squad

Prep Sports

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School volleyball team suffered another loss against one of the quality teams in the Upper Peninsula, on Tuesday coming in four sets at Houghton. The Gremlins prevailed 25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 25-14. Houghton (6-2) is the No. 2 team in Divisions 1-3 of ...

Remaining on the fringes

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MARQUETTE — Area high school football teams are at least getting respect for the schedules they play if you look at this week’s Upper Peninsula rankings. The weekly U.P. polls as voted on by select members of the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association show Negaunee as the only ...