EAST LANSING — The Executive Committee of the Michigan High School Athletic Association on Thursday approved an adjusted format for this fall’s Lower Peninsula boys tennis postseason to reduce the opportunity for spread of COVID-19 while still awarding team and No. 1 singles champions in ...
MARQUETTE — Tuesday night’s match against Negaunee was a tough one for the Marquette girls volleyball team as it barely outlasted the Miners in a five-set thriller. Friday’s match against Superior Central, on the other hand, was a much easier affair for the Redettes as they swept the ...
MARQUETTE — Freshman Lola Korpi of Ishpeming broke the Marquette stranglehold atop the Marquette County Meet held in high school cross country on Thursday at Presque Isle Park in Marquette. Korpi won the girls varsity individual title in 19 minutes, 57.2 seconds, more than a minute ahead of ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School boys soccer team proved it was a half-dozen goals better than Kingsford on Tuesday night down in Dickinson County, then proved it again at home on Thursday night. The Redmen, who improved to 3-0-1, posted their second 6-0 shutout of the Flivvers ...
MARQUETTE — Negaunee likely stamped itself as the high school girls tennis team to beat when the Upper Peninsula Finals are held right around the end of this month with a resounding 7-1 victory at Marquette on Friday afternoon. In other scores, Westwood shut out Munising 8-0 on Friday, ...
EAST LANSING — Some prominent fall high school sports, including football, have been thrown into something of a turmoil after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a new executive order meant to clarify last week’s order that allowed football to resume. In general, she said late Wednesday in ...
NEGAUNEE — Whether it’s too early to, the Negaunee High School girls tennis team sure seems to be peaking this week. The Miners posted a pair of 8-0 shutouts at home this week over Kingsford and Iron Mountain, which only told part of a story of domination. Negaunee dropped just one game ...
KINGSFORD — Max Dawson and Nick Lindberg provided more than enough offense to power Marquette Senior High School to a 6-0 whitewashing at Kingsford in a high school boys soccer game played Tuesday evening. Despite the great defense, Coach Dan Salmon had to be heartened by his goal-scoring ...
MARQUETTE — Seiler Hruska accomplished a feat Tuesday night that most volleyball players never achieve, and if they do, it’s usually during their senior season. Hruska did it in one of the first matches of her junior year as she notched her 1,000th career kill against Negaunee, resulting ...
IRON RIVER — Gwinn needed five sets but finally came out victorious in a high school volleyball match at West Iron County on Tuesday night. The Modeltowners prevailed 22-25, 25-7, 25-17, 23-25, 15-12 as the Wykon JV won in two sets. “We could not keep consistency tonight,” GHS head ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette swept through the doubles matches without dropping a set in a 6-2 high school girls tennis victory over visiting Menominee on Friday. The Redettes split the four singles matches, which included a 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 comeback victory by Ruth Hummell over the Maroons’ Erin ...
"I’m just very pleased to have a venue like this at Presque Isle." — KYLE DETMERS, head coach, Marquette Senior High School cross country -------------------- MARQUETTE — Last week’s Early Bird Invitational was seen by some high school cross country coaches as a chance to give their ...
GLADSTONE — The Gwinn girls provided a few challenges, but Gladstone proved equal to those here Wednesday in a 4-1 tennis victory over the shorthanded Modeltowners. Braves’ senior Kate Matthews overcame a 5-1 deficit in the second set in a 6-1, 7-5 triumph over sophomore Lily Kerry at No. ...
ESCANABA — The Escanaba High School girls tennis team pulled off a clean win here Wednesday, sweeping doubles while splitting in singles to defeat Munising 6-2. The Eskymos’ Erica Moore and Madi Mishica led the way at No. 1 doubles, defeating the Mustangs’ Skylar Campbell and Maci ...
MARQUETTE — Seiler Hruska was a stats-sheet filler and it may have been what Marquette needed in a five-set high school volleyball victory over visiting Rudyard on Thursday night. The Redettes came from behind twice before prevailing 20-25, 25-14, 12-25, 25-19, 15-10 to improve to 3-0 after ...
EAST LANSING — The traditional fall season for high school football was reinstated Thursday afternoon by the Michigan High School Athletic Association shortly after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order allowing organized sports practices and competition to resume statewide. Her ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette swept Menominee in three sets to win its first Great Northern Conference high school volleyball match of the season on Tuesday. The Redettes prevailed 25-11, 25-21, 25-15 to improve their overall record to 2-0. “(This match) was a great team win and everyone was ...
ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming High School girls tennis team swept Norway 8-0 in a match played at the Knights’ courts on Wednesday. No. 1 singles player Ella Luke and her sister, No. 2 Isabel Luke each came from behind to win their matches for the Hematites. Senior teammate Jocelynn Nyman ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School and Negaunee High School girls tennis teams blew through the competition on Wednesday, each winning their home matches 8-0. Marquette also went on the road Tuesday and blitzed Iron Mountain 7-1. The Redettes have two more home matches this week ...
GWINN — The Negaunee High School girls tennis team is now 6-0 on the season, beating the host Gwinn Modeltowners 8-0 Tuesday. “For having a limited roster and limited experience, Gwinn deserves credit for how hard those girls played,” said Kyle Saari, Negaunee tennis coach. “They’ll ...