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L’Anse, Baraga qualify athletes for U.P. track finals

LAKE LINDEN — L’Anse and Baraga had middle-of-the-road finishes at an MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 3 high school track and field regional held at Lake Linden-Hubbell on Thursday. In the nine-team field, the Purple Hornets and Vikings had third-, fourth- and fifth-place finishes as the main point of the meets was to qualify athletes for the MHSAA U.P. Finals to be held in all divisions at Kingsford on Saturday, May 30. While the top four individuals advance to Kingsford, only the top two finishers in Division 3 relays head to the finals. That’s mostly because while Divisions 1 ...

Gwinn qualifies host of athletes at own track regional

GWINN — Gwinn picked up solid finishes of second and fourth places at an MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 2 high school track and field regional meet held at the Modeltowners’ track on Thursday. Gwinn’s boys were a close runner-up, while the girls were fourth in the six-team field. But this is the rare meet where team results weren’t as important as the individuals and relays who qualified for the MHSAA U.P. Finals in all divisions at Kingsford on Saturday, May 30. In Divisions 1 and 2, the top four finishers in every event, both individual and relays, advance to ...

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Today High school baseball Marquette at Boyne City, 10 a.m. Manistique at Rudyard Round Robin Tournament, opponents & times TBA Monday High school girls & boys golf Munising at Skyline Central Conference meet, at Terrace Bluff Golf Course, Gladstone, 10 a.m. Boys Ryder Cup tournament, hosted by Manistique: Manistique, Newberry, Bark River-Harris, Big Bay de Noc, 10 a.m. Negaunee, Ishpeming, Westwood at Nicolet Bank WIN meet, at Wawonowin Country Club, Champion, 3:30 p.m. High school boys & girls track & field Gwinn at Ryder Cup Invitational (boys only), at Manistique, ...

Sentinels, Miners tack on more wins

MARQUETTE — Marquette and Negaunee chalked up several victories on the run-up to the Negaunee Invitational held at the Miners’ courts on Friday. Marquette held off Westwood 7-1 on Thursday, while Negaunee won a doubleheader on Wednesday, whitewashing Iron Mountain 8-0 before eking out a 5-3 win over Kingsford. Here are details from those meets: Marquette 7, Westwood 1 On Thursday at Westwood, the Sentinels didn’t miss a beat despite having several regulars out. “I thought all our boys played super clean and well,” MSHS head coach Karl Thomsen said in an email detailing ...

Negaunee girls win, boys 3rd at D-1 track regional

KINGSFORD — The Negaunee girls were overwhelming champions at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula regional track meet in Division 1 held in Kingsford on Wednesday, though it meant something more than just a meet title. Regionals are used to qualify athletes for the MHSAA U.P. Finals taking place ...