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Miners defeat Braves for share of Mid-Peninsula Confernce volleyball title

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GLADSTONE — The Negaunee Miners gained a share of the Mid-Peninsula Conference volleyball title at Gladstone’s expense as they handed the Braves a 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-20) loss here Tuesday night. Negaunee also got a little help from Gwinn, which defeated Ishpeming in four sets Tuesday, forcing a three-way tie for the league title. “The Gwinn girls sometimes get overlooked, but they come to play,” Negaunee coach Krista Squires said. “Their program has come a long way.” Gladstone coach Kaitlyn Crow said she was also pleased with the Braves’ effort on Senior ...

Northern Lights League All-Conference Soccer Teams

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ESCANABA — The Northern Lights League released its All-Conference teams for the 2026 soccer season and here are those results. Player of the Year: Parker Pederson, Sr. Big Bay de Noc; All-Conference First Team Parker Pederson, Sr. Big Bay de Noc; M.J. Smith, Sr. Hannahville; Miles ...

Prep Schedule Oct. 29

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Tonight’s games Volleyball Superior Central at Munising, 6 p.m. Manistique at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Crystal Falls Forest Park at Bark River-Harris, 7:15 p.m. Powers North Central at Rapid River, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s games Cross country Bay College at Region 12 championships, TBA Men’s basketball Minnesota North College-Hibbing at Bay College, 5 p.m. Football district 11-player Division 8 L’Anse at Bark River-Harris, 7 p.m.

Great Lakes 8 West All-Conference Teams

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ESCANABA — The Great Lakes Eight West Conference released its All-Conference awards for the 2026 football season and here are those results. Team of the Year: Lake Linden-Hubbell Coach of the Year: Brett Gervais, Lake Linden-Hubbell Offensive Player of the Year: Brady Axford, Senior, ...

U.P. Scores

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Monday’s matches L’Anse 3, Chassell 2 Ewen-Trout Creek 3, Watersmeet 0 Tuesday’s matches Volleyball Rapid River 3, Superior Central 2 Powers North Central 3, Carney-Nadeau 0 Felch North Dickinson 3, Bark River-Harris 1 Negaunee 3, Gladstone 0 Gwinn 3, Ishpeming 1 Baraga 3, L’Anse 0 Chassell 3, Wakefield-Marenisco 0 Lake Linden-Hubbell 3, Ironwood 1 Hancock 3, Calumet 2 Soccer Regional opener Division 2 Marquette 3, Cedar Springs 0

War against invasive

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SKANDIA -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service applied lampricide to the Chocolay River this week, as part of a larger, decades-long effort to control the population of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes. Sea lamprey are native to the Atlantic Ocean, but spread to the Great Lakes in the late 19th and early 20th century thanks to the development of the Great Lakes shipping industry and the bypassing of Niagara Falls. According to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, sea lampreys were first spotted in Lake Erie in 1921 and had arrived in Lake Superior by 1938. Sea lamprey have a ...