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Eskymos clobber Marinette in girls tennis

MARINETTE — The Escanaba tennis team was in control of the match from the start here Monday as they defeated Marinette 6-1 with the match in Wisconsin the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) rules are observed where there are only three doubles matches instead of four in ...

Prep Schedule Aug. 26

Today’s games Girls’ tennis West Iron County at Gladstone, 2:30 p.m. Soccer Big Bay de Noc at Escanaba Bayside jayvees, 5:30 p.m. Volleyball Marquette at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Powers North Central at Carney-Nadeau, 7 p.m. Thursday’s games Girls’ tennis Norway at Gladstone, 4 p.m. Football Escanaba at Kingsford, 7 p.m. Gladstone at Gwinn, 7 p.m. Volleyball Gladstone at Menominee, 7 p.m. Norway at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m.

Prep Schedule Aug. 25

Today’s games Girls’ tennis Escanaba at Marquette, 10 a.m. Escanaba at Ishpeming Westwood, 1 p.m. Cross country Manistique at Petoskey Invitational, 6 p.m. Volleyball Rapid River at Engadine, 6 p.m. Big Bay de Noc at Rock Mid Peninsula, 6 p.m. Menominee at Bark River-Harris, 7:15 p.m. Superior Central at Gwinn, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s game Girls’ tennis West Iron County at Gladstone, 2:30 p.m. Soccer Big Bay de Noc at Escanaba Bayside jayvees, 5:30 p.m. Volleyball Marquette at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Powers North Central at Carney-Nadeau, 7 p.m.

Eskymos split with Flivvers in girls tennis

KINGSFORD — The Escanaba girls tennis team earned a split with the Kingsford Flivvers here Friday. Escanaba picked up one win in singles action as Amelia Alimenti picked up the win over Kingsford’s Chloe Lanning in three sets 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 at No. 4 singles. Amelia played the longest match of the day at nearly three hours,” Eskymos coach Chris Ogren said. “For her third varsity match she showed tremendous composure and stayed calm even after losing the second set. She really adapted her game well throughout the match and that proved to be the difference in the end.” The ...

Black Bears sweep soccer and volleyball doubleheaders

GARDEN CORNERS — The Big Bay de Noc Black Bears made it a clean sweep this weekend, posting a pair of volleyball and soccer victories over the Mackinac Island Lakers. Big Bay’s volleyball team defeated the Lakers 3-1 (21-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-23) Friday night and 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-16) Saturday morning. “Volleyball was definitely a learning curve for us this weekend as we have a very young, green team after losing a lot of our returners,” Big Bay coach Angie Carley said. “We had to start in a lot of different positions, but I am so proud of how hard this group of girls ...