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Lightnings sail to victory

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ESCANABA — The Escanaba Yacht Club (EYC) kicked off its racing season on Wednesday with the first race of the June series. With the summer still young, not all the EYC's racing boats participated because they aren't launched or fully rigged yet, but the boats that did sail had a challenging ...

Sports Flashback June 7-13

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June 7, 1966 — David Moberg ripped a two-run single in the 10th inning, lifting the Teamsters to a 5-3 baseball victory over the Bankers in the Escanaba Babe Ruth League. John Moberg became the winning pitcher, striking out nine and scattering eight hits. Bob Stacey allowed 11 hits and took ...

North Central boys prepare for upcoming basketball season

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HOUGHTON — It may only be June but the North Central Jets are already preparing for the 2026-27 basketball season as they participated in a team camp at Michigan Tech University here Thursday. Carter Dombrowski was big for the Jets as he scored in double figures in three of the four games ...

UP weekly fishing report from the DNR

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Information in this fishing report have been taken from a larger, state-wide report sent out by the Michigan DNR on Juna 10, 2026. Little Bay de Noc Walleye anglers reported good fishing in and around river mouths. Shallow water during dawn, dusk, and nighttime hours was productive. Some ...

A lake of memories

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“I remember to this day, the bright red George clay and how it stuck to the tires after the summer rain. Willpower made that old car go, a woman’s mind told me that it’s so. Oh, how I wish we were back on the road again,” – Lobo In this spot on the map there’s a lake I knew well ...

Keagan Jensen breaks through wins first career feature

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ESCANABA — It was a big milestone for junior sprint driver Keagan Jensen as he picked up his first career feature win after picking up a heat win on opening night. “It felt really good to get the feature win,” Jensen said. “I have been working hard and had the heat win early on ...