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Calumet upends Sentinels volleyball in 3 sets

MARQUETTE — Marquette couldn’t overcome yet another Upper Peninsula top-five team on its volleyball schedule on Thursday, losing at home to Division 1-3 No. 3 Calumet in three sets. The Copper Kings prevailed 25-21, 25-12, 25-23 to improve to 12-9-1 as the Sentinels slipped to 4-9. This was Marquette’s fifth match against a current top-five team in Division 1-3, along with three matches against Lower Peninsula schools early in the season. “Marquette put up a strong battle against a tough Calumet team,” MSHS head coach Melissa Butler said in an email detailing the result. ...

No game tonight: Westwood announces football forfeit to Negaunee

ISHPEMING — The disappointment is probably widespread across two western Marquette County school districts. The cornerstone of any homecoming week in this part of the country, Negaunee has lost its varsity football game at Miners Stadium tonight when Westwood announced late Wednesday ...

Negaunee reaches finals in 8 flights to edge Patriots for U.P. D-1 title

ISHPEMING — Negaunee was focused on getting to the championship matches in all eight flights at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 Finals in girls tennis. And the Miners only won the team title because that’s exactly what they did. Negaunee took the U.P. Finals team championship ...

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Today High school football Westwood at Negaunee, 7 p.m. — CANCELED Iron Mountain at Gwinn, 7 p.m. — CANCELED Marquette at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Ishpeming at Norway, 7 p.m. EDT Newberry at Munising, 7 p.m. Bark River-Harris at L’Anse, 7 p.m. Superior Central at Rapid River, 7 p.m. NMU events Women’s soccer: vs. Ferris State, NMU Soccer Field, 1 p.m. Women’s & men’s swimming: vs. St. Cloud State and Davenport, PEIF pool, 4:30 p.m. Volleyball: at Saginaw Valley State, at University Center, 6 p.m. Saturday High school volleyball Elks Invitational, at ...

Ishpeming edged out by WIC in D-2

KINGSFORD — West Iron County is used to competing for Upper Peninsula tennis titles. Going into the MHSAA Division 2 U.P. Finals in girls tennis, the Wykons had finished first or second 31 times at the season-concluding event. That included the Wykons winning their 14th and most recent ...