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Prep Schedule Aug. 25

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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

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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

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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 ...

Correction

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Rapid River's Kaylee Tyler and Julie Poma finished second in the Rapid River relays on Aug. 20, 2026.

Flivvers win Kingsford Invite

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KINGSFORD — The Kingsford Flivvers continued to take care of their homecourt here Saturday, earning top honors in their own invitational volleyball tournament for the fourth consecutive year. They accomplished that feat by defeating the Hancock Bulldogs 25-18, 25-14 in the title match. “This is a fun group to coach,” Kingsford coach Jaclynn Kreider said. “They work really hard. We’ve done well the past few years.” Escanaba and Gladstone reached bracket play and Bark River-Harris dropped all three of its matches. Hancock was within 9-6 following a hitting error and 12-8 ...

Gusts and grounding in third August race

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LITTLE BAY DE NOC — Wednesday's yacht racing made for some close competition between crews as they negotiated a sudden wind shift late in the action. The winner of the spinnaker class was Lucille, skippered by Steve Harris; Wanderer, with Terry Reynold as skipper, took first in the ...