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4 area teams hold spots in U.P. volleyball polls

IRONWOOD — Not much was different within the top-five rankings in this week’s Upper Peninsula high school volleyball polls, though there was a significant change for one area team in the “others receiving votes” category. Ishpeming, despite winning its only match last week in three sets at Westwood, failed to receive a vote this week after earning a single voting point the week before. The Hematites are 6-4-1 with the win vs. the Patriots breaking a three-match losing string that had included setbacks to Division 1-3 top-five squads Calumet and Houghton. Four other area ...

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UPPER PENINSULA SCORES Thursday Laona-Wabeno, Wis., 42, North Dickinson 26 Friday Bark River-Harris 44, Hancock 14 Brimley 66, Pellston 22 Cadillac 56, Sault Ste. Marie 12 Engadine 46, Fife Lake Forest Area 0 Escanaba 21, Calumet 20 Gaylord St. Mary 15, Calumet Copper Island Academy 8 Houghton 12, Gladstone 7 Iron Mountain 41, L’Anse 0 Ishpeming 64, Ironwood 18 Kingsford 15, Westwood 8 Manistique 34, Gwinn 27 Marquette 49, Gaylord 13 Menominee 38, Negaunee 28 Munising 54, Superior Central 8 Newberry 42, Cedarville 8 North Central 29, Norway ...

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Today High school volleyball Brimley at Newberry, 5:45 p.m. Manistique at Gwinn, 6:30 p.m. Ishpeming at West Iron County, 6:30 p.m. EDT Calumet at Negaunee, 6:45 p.m. Baraga at Ontonagon, 6:45 p.m. Hancock at Westwood, 7 p.m. Forest Park at Superior Central, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday High school boys soccer District tournaments begin High school girls & boys cross country Negaunee, Ishpeming, Westwood at West PAC meet #5, at Gwinn, 4 p.m. Baraga at Ironwood Invitational, 4 p.m. EDT L’Anse at Ironwood, 4 p.m. EDT Superior Central at Rapid River, time ...

Close to the top: Area runners push winners to max at Houghton Invite

HOUGHTON — Westwood sophomore Calvin Carlson keeps cutting the deficit, but Houghton junior Brandon Van Karsen keeps holding him off in the high school cross country scene in the Upper Peninsula. Van Karsen posted a 3.3-second victory over Carlson in the boys race at the Houghton ...

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Today High school volleyball Marquette, Westwood at Marquette Varsity Invitational, 8:30 a.m. Manistique at Indian River Inland Lakes Tournament, 9 a.m. High school girls & boys cross country Marquette at Portage Central, at Portage, time TBD NMU events Women’s cross country: at Lucian Rosa Invitational, at Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis., noon EDT Football: at Davenport, at Grand Rapids, 2 p.m. (WUPT 100.3 FM) Volleyball: at Wayne State, at Detroit, 4 p.m. Sunday NMU events Women’s soccer: vs. Roosevelt, at NMU Soccer Field, noon Men’s soccer: at Purdue ...

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Today High school girls & boys cross country Skyline Central Conference meet, at Carney-Nadeau & Stephenson, time TBD: Munising High school football Manistique at Gwinn, 7 p.m. (WTIQ 1490 AM) Superior Central at Munising, 7 p.m. (WQXO 97.7 FM & 1400 AM) Menominee at Negaunee, 7 p.m. (WKQS 101.9 FM) Gaylord at Marquette, 7 p.m. (Fox Sports 99.9 & 105.1 FM) Westwood at Kingsford, 7 p.m. (WZAM 106.9 FM & 970 AM) Ishpeming at Ironwood, 7 p.m. EDT (WRUP 98.3 FM) Cedarville at Newberry, 7 p.m. (WNBY 1450 AM) L’Anse at Iron Mountain, 7 p.m. EDT High school ...