"Hopefully we can carry over the positives from (Tuesday)." — Sarah MacDonald, Negaunee volleyball head coach, on MHSAA Division 3 district tournament opener vs. Manistique next week ------------- NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee varsity volleyball team ended its regular season on a high note ...
ISHPEMING — Gwinn finished off a successful regular season by defeating Ishpeming in four sets, 25-18, 25-14, 23-25, 25-23, on Tuesday. The Modeltowners stand 25-12-2 overall, 7-1 in the West PAC and 5-1 in the Mid-Peninsula Conference. Gwinn ended up as runner-up in both ...
ESCANABA — With a chance at the outright Great Northern Conference volleyball title on the line, Marquette didn’t waste it. The Redettes came out aggressively and focused from the start, rolling to a three-set sweep of Escanaba on Tuesday night to wrap up the GNC title and spoil the ...
ESCANABA — The champions reaped many of the big awards when Great Northern Conference football coaches got together to decide postseason honors on Monday. That champion was Marquette with a perfect 4-0 record as the 5-4 Redmen get ready for their first playoff appearance since 2014 on ...
UPSSA High School Football Polls -------------------- This week’s U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association poll (with first-place votes, if any, record, total votes and last week’s poll position): -------------------- Large Schools 1. Calumet (5) 8-1 33 1 2. ...
MARQUETTE — Game times for four Marquette County high school football teams have been set for first-round MHSAA playoff games this weekend. Two predistrict game will be played at 7 p.m. Friday and two at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Friday night games are Negaunee at Calumet in Division 6 and Bark ...
"We’re getting to play with house money." — Eric Mason, Marquette head coach, on the Redmen making the playoffs after being 2-4 three weeks ago ------------------- MARQUETTE — Although the season started rather inauspiciously for several of the squads, Marquette County turned out a ...
RAPID RIVER — Rapid River pulled away starting late in the second for a 58-14 eight-player football triumph over Superior Central on Friday night. Many players contributed for the Rockets (4-5), who substituted freely. “We’re happy we got to play on our home field and end on this ...
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LELAND — The Marquette volleyball team was perfect all day except when it came to the hosts at the Leland Varsity Tournament on Saturday. The Redettes lost to the Comets during pool play then again in the tournament championship match to finish as runners-up in the downstate event. “It ...
MARQUETTE — The wait is finally over for the Marquette Senior High School football team. After using a balanced offensive attack and blowing out Kingsford 31-7, the Redmen clinched their first outright Great Northern Conference title since 1976. The win also put Marquette on the bubble for ...
WESTWOOD — There were some expectations going into Friday night’s matchup between Westwood and Negaunee. One was that the outcome would determine which team gained home field advantage in a playoff game next weekend when the two teams are likely to square off again. Secondly, the size ...
GWINN — There wasn’t much on the line going into Friday night’s varsity football tilt between Munising and Gwinn. With both the Mustangs and Modeltowners sitting at 0-8 going into the final week of the regular season, the contest was solely about playing for pride. While one of those ...
"(Bark River-Harris) came out in a formation that we haven’t seen before and we were able to adjust on the fly." — George NIEMI, Ishpeming football head coach, on the Broncos scoring early ---------------- ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming football team was solid as iron Thursday night on ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School volleyball team mostly kept Kingsford’s big hitters at bay to pull off a three-sweep in a Great Northern Conference matchup on Thursday. The Redettes prevailed 25-11, 25-22, 25-11 to improve to 34-2-3 overall and 7-0 in the GNC. “Kingsford ...
EAST LANSING — The MHSAA’s announcement of high school football playoff pairings will be made on its annual Selection Sunday Show to be televised by Fox Sports Detroit-Plus at 7 p.m. Sunday. This is on Channel 88 for Charter cable subscribers. The MHSAA also reports the show can be ...
ISHPEMING — A pair of senior cross country runners were highly successful this season and received their due during the annual meeting of the Upper Peninsula Cross Country Coaches Association in Ishpeming on Wednesday. Negaunee’s Emily Paupore again was the unanimous choice for Female ...
GWINN — Senior leadership was evident in Gwinn’s volleyball match against Iron Mountain on Tuesday night. Emily Curtice took charge of the Modeltowners’ offense with 11 kills and two aces, while Megan Ruokolainen and Marissa Delmont were strong defensively with 19 digs apiece. That ...
RAPID RIVER — After back-to-back sets that went down to the wire, Munising appeared to wear down Rapid River in their Skyline Central Conference volleyball match on Tuesday. The Mustangs prevailed in four sets, 26-24, 25-27, 25-17, 25-13. With the match tied 1-1, the Rockets took an ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette Senior High School captured its 12th consecutive U.P. Finals title in boys soccer at the Kaufman Sports Complex in Marquette on Saturday. The Redmen won the Red Division for varsity teams. MSHS finished its 12-5-1 season with a 6-2 victory over Kingsford in the ...