5 area schools in initial U.P. volleyball rankings

September 16, 2026

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, ...

Sports Look

September 16, 2026

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. ...

Miners, Sentinels play marathon matches

September 16, 2026

NEGAUNEE — Despite what looks like a lopsided final score, Negaunee’s 8-0 victory over Marquette in a high school girls tennis meet on Monday was quite competitive with four matches going the maximum three sets. In addition, two sets were tied 6-6 and had to go to a tiebreaker to determine their outcome. “We set a goal to improve as a team from the last time we played Marquette and that’s exactly what we did,” Miners head coach Megan Kerkela said in an email detailing the result. “It really shows that the girls are willing to grind out a match for the good of the ...

Perfectly good for the U.P.: Miners, Hematites only 2-1 teams cracking first football poll

September 14, 2026

MARQUETTE — Two Marquette County teams appear in the first Upper Peninsula high school football rankings released this morning. Negaunee and Ishpeming are also the only two teams to break into their respective top-fives despite not being undefeated. That usually means voters from the U.P. ...

Sports Look

September 14, 2026

Today 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 p.m. Escanaba at Negaunee, 6:45 p.m. Westwood at Bark River-Harris, 7 p.m. EDT Newberry at Engadine, 7 p.m. Superior Central at North Central, 7:45 p.m. EDT NMU events Men’s golf: at Bulldog Fall Classic, at Ferris State, Big Rapids, time TBD Wednesday High school girls tennis Marquette at Westwood, 3:30 p.m. High school boys soccer Marquette at Houghton, 6 p.m. High school volleyball Baraga at ...

Break into the win column: Sentinels get first football victory at the Soo

September 13, 2026

SAULT STE. MARIE — Marquette needed one bad pitch to get started Friday night, and once it did, it did not let up until the running clock took over. A Sault Ste. Marie exchange in the backfield came loose in the opening minutes, MSHS recovered at the Blue Devil 44, and quarterback Winston ...