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Emeralds take first place in girls track meet

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Manistique girls opened their track and field season the way they wanted, earning top honors in the Fifth Annual Yooper Invitational here Saturday. Manistique scored 91 points, followed by Pickford 71 and Kalkaska 54 inside the Norris Center at Lake Superior State University. The Charlevoix boys ran away with the title by scoring 147½ points. They were followed by Kalkaska 98½ and Rudyard 57½. Manistique junior Aaliyah Sears won the girls’ 55-meter dash in 7.91 seconds and 400 at 1:05.91 and senior Gwen Brewster added a first in shot put with a toss of ...

Sports Flashback March 15-21

March 21, 1966 — Wally Slade tossed in 23 points, leading Escanaba Tom’s Signs to a 61-54 basketball victory over Daggett in the opening round of the 28th Annual Gold Medal tournament at Hermansville. Cliff Perras hit 23 points while leading Powers Gold Star past Escanaba Skinny’s 68-49 and the Norway Merchants eliminated the Escanaba Merchants 66-59 despite 26 points from John Berrigan. March 15, 1971 — Gary Kleiman pumped in 23 points to go with 11 rebounds as the Holy Name Crusaders captured the Class B regional title in a 74-51 conquest of Kingsford. Tom Ness and ...

Prep Schedule March 20

Today’s games Baseball Bay College vs. Alpena C.C. at Sandusky, Ohio, 11 a.m. Bay College vs. Mid Michigan College at Sandusky, Ohio, 4 p.m. Softball Bay College vs. Alpena C.C. at Sandusky, Ohio, 2 p.m. Bay College vs. Mid Michigan College at Sandusky, Ohio, 4 p.m. Saturday’s games Prep softball At NMU-Superior Dome Escanaba vs. Traverse City Central, 8:45 p.m. Escanaba vs. Homer, 2 p.m. Girls’ basketball Division 4 State final at MSU-East Lansing, 10 a.m. Baseball Bay College vs. Delta College at Sandusky, Ohio, 11 a.m. Bay College vs. Grand ...

Sidetracks wins in overtime at 87th Gold Medal Classic

HERMANSVILLE — The 87th Gold Medal Classic continued here Wednesday night with four games. In the first game it was Duboise picking up a 70-51 victory over Kingsford in Class D action. Cornellius Steele led the way for Duboise with 20 points. Dondre Yoho had 15 points and Nolan Amundson and ...

Prep Schedule March 19

Tonight’s game Girls’ basketball Division 4 State semifinal At MSU-East Lansing Morenci vs. Ishpeming or Indian River Inland Lakes, 5:30 p.m. Friday’s games Baseball Bay College vs. Alpena C.C. at Sandusky, Ohio, 11 a.m. Bay College vs. Mid Michigan College at Sandusky, Ohio, 4 p.m. Softball Bay College vs. Alpena C.C. at Sandusky, Ohio, 2 p.m. Bay College vs. Mid Michigan College at Sandusky, Ohio, 4 p.m.