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Miners, Sentinels win by big margins

NEGAUNEE — Negaunee posted a pair of dominant victories at its home courts on Thursday to improve its record to 11-1 with high school girls tennis working toward the end of its season. The Miners blanked Munising 8-0 and felled Iron Mountain 7-1 with a dual meet left vs. Escanaba at home on Monday, then the Mid-Peninsula Conference tournament in Iron Mountain on Wednesday and the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals in Division 1 another week later. Even in its loss, the Negaunee No. 4 doubles team of Emme Niemi and Sydney Jarvi worked hard in a three-set setback to their Menominee ...

Miners baseball assists Negaunee Elks in pasty sale

NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee High School baseball team partnered with Negaunee Elks Lodge No. 1116 to conduct a pasty sale that sold nearly 500 of the delicious Upper Peninsula “ethnic food” items last Saturday. The Miners’ team helped the Elks both make and distribute what turned into ...

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Today High school girls & boys cross country Munising at Holly Invitational, 8 a.m. High school volleyball Munising at Forest Park, 10 a.m. EDT Newberry at Rudyard Invitational, time TBD Marquette at event TBA High school football Rapid River at Superior Central, noon Cadillac at Marquette, 6 p.m. (Fox Sports 99.9 & 105.1 FM) High school boys soccer Marquette at Leland, noon NMU events Women’s & men’s swimming & diving: Green vs. Gold (exhibition), at PEIF pool, 10 a.m. Football: vs. Davenport, at Superior Dome, 1 p.m. (WUPT 100.3 FM) Volleyball: vs. ...

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Today High school boys soccer Marquette at Traverse City Central, 6:45 p.m. High school football Hancock at Gwinn, 7 p.m. Negaunee at Kingsford, 7 p.m. EDT (WKQS 101.9 FM) Westwood at Houghton, 7 p.m. (WZAM 106.9 FM & 970 AM) Ishpeming at Forest Park, 7 p.m. EDT (WRUP 98.3 FM) Iron Mountain at L’Anse, 7 p.m. Munising at North Central, 7 p.m. EDT (WQXO 97.7 FM & 1400 AM) Newberry vs. Onekama, at Indian River Inland Lakes, 7 p.m. (WNBY 1450 AM) Manistique at West Iron County, 7 p.m. EDT (WTIQ 1490 AM) NMU events Volleyball: vs. Davenport, at Vandament Arena, 4 ...

5 area schools in initial U.P. volleyball rankings

IRONWOOD — Five area schools earned votes in top-five voting in a pair of polls ranking top Upper Peninsula volleyball squads conducted by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. The poll, released Monday, was the first one of the season with a majority of the ranked teams already having played at least 10 matches. Teams are split into their MSHAA divisions, Divisions 1-3 and Division 4. In Divisions 1-3, Negaunee is 8-3 and ranked No. 4, while Gwinn at 7-5-1 just missed the top five. The Miners received 13 voting points from the five voters on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis, ...

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Today High school girls tennis Ishpeming at Iron Mountain, 2 p.m. EDT Menominee at Marquette, 3:30 p.m. Munising at Negaunee, 4 p.m. Westwood at Iron Mountain, 4:30 p.m. EDT High school girls & boys cross country Westwood, Ishpeming, Negaunee at WIN meet, at Negaunee Township Trails, 4 p.m. Baraga at Dollar Bay-Chassell Invitational, at Chassell, 4 p.m. High school volleyball Negaunee at Houghton, 6:45 p.m. Munising at Mid Peninsula, 7 p.m. Newberry at Brimley, 7 p.m. Westwood at West Iron County, 7:30 p.m. EDT Superior Central at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m. ...