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Today High school girls tennis Westwood at Escanaba, 1 p.m. Marquette at Negaunee, 3:30 p.m. Munising at Escanaba, 3:30 p.m. Ishpeming at Gwinn, 4 p.m. (rescheduled from Sept. 8) High school girls & boys cross country Negaunee, Westwood, Gwinn, L’Anse, Baraga at Calumet Invitational/West PAC meet #1B, 4 p.m. NMU events Men’s golf: at Bulldog Fall Classic, at Ferris State, Big Rapids, time TBD Tuesday High school girls tennis Gwinn at Norway, 4 p.m. EDT High school volleyball Baraga at Ironwood quadrangular, 5 p.m. EDT Gladstone at Ishpeming, 6:30 ...

Sentinels celebrating trio of undefeated football teams

MARQUETTE — Both fans and players from the teams involved are invited to Marquette Senior High School next weekend for a celebration of three undefeated Marquette high school football teams. The teams from 1957, 1968 and 1975 at MSHS and its previous incarnation, Graveraet High School, ...

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Today High school volleyball Westwood, Manistique at The Rock Invitational, Gladstone, 9 a.m. L’Anse, Baraga at Baraga Tournament, 9 a.m. Negaunee at Charlevoix Tournament, time TBD High school girls & boys cross country Munising at Superior Central, 10 a.m. High school football Stephenson at Ishpeming, 1 p.m. (WRUP 98.3 FM) NMU events Men’s soccer: vs. Jamestown, at NMU Soccer Field, 1 p.m. Women’s cross country: at Phoenix Open, at Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wis., 12:30 p.m. EDT Football: at St. Thomas, at St. Paul, Minn., 1 p.m. EDT (WUPT 100.3 ...

Westwood, Negaunee post Thursday wins

MARQUETTE — Westwood kept its name among the strongest teams in the Upper Peninsula by defeating Marquette 7-1 in a high school girls tennis meet held at the Sentinels’ courts on Thursday. The Patriots swept singles and won three of four in doubles, also winning the two matches that went to three sets. “There was a lot of good tennis … across the board and I thought our girls played really well,” Westwood head coach Sarah Zindler said in an email about the meet. “Overall I thought we had a great team win … against a strong opponent.” Marquette head man Karl Thomsen ...

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Today High school girls tennis Munising at Menominee, 11 a.m. EDT High school girls & boys cross country Marquette at Spartan Inviational, at Michigan State University, East Lansing, time TBD High school football Menominee at Westwood, 7 p.m. (WZAM 106.9 FM & 970 AM) West Iron County at Gwinn, 7 p.m. Lake Linden-Hubbell at Munising, 7 p.m. (WQXO 97.7 FM & 1400 AM) Marquette at Sault Ste. Marie, 7 p.m. (Fox Sports 99.9 & 105.1 FM) Negaunee at Calumet, 7 p.m. (WKQS 101.9 FM) St. Ignace at Newberry, 7 p.m. (WNBY 1450 AM) Superior Central at Mid Peninsula, 7 ...

Miners, Sentinels post decisive victories

NEGAUNEE — Maybe it wasn’t the gales of November that Gordon Lightfoot so eloquently sung about in “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” but some wind on Wednesday afternoon presented a challenge to the Negaunee High School girls tennis team. The Miners prevailed, however, blanking Ishpeming 7-0 as Negaunee lost just one set. “Today was the first day we had to play with some wind,” NHS head coach Megan Kerkela said in an email detailing the meet. “The girls had to adjust and move their feet more than normal, and I was happy with how quickly they adapted to the ...