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Sports Flashback May 24-30

Local Sports

May 26, 1981 — The Escanaba girls captured their second straight Upper Peninsula Class A-B track and field championship with 72 points. Menominee squeezed past Gwinn 46-45 for the runner-up trophy. Esky’s Jean Tolfa won the 100-meter dash in 13.36 seconds and long jump at 16 feet, 10 ...

Knights defeat Jets in district action

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NORWAY — The North Central Jets found themselves on the wrong side of the scoreboard here Friday as they fell 14-4 to the Norway Knights. North Central senior Brady Trudgeon hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the first to put the Jets up 1-0. Norway tied the game in the bottom of the first ...

Miners knock Eskymos out of playoffs

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KINGSFORD — The Neagaunee Miners were too much for the Escanaba Eskymos here Friday in the MHSAA Division Two district tournament. Negaunee got on the board in the first inning as Olivia Richards doubled to score a run.Alyse Robar got the start for the Miners in the circle and went the ...

The rhythm of a quiet lake

Outdoors

“You belong among the wildflowers, you belong somewhere close to me, far away from trouble and worry, you belong somewhere you feel free,” – Tom Petty Once the door of my Jeep shuts behind me, I can sense the pulse of this place. There’s almost a heartbeat that I can feel or otherwise ...

DNR urges caution as fire danger rises across northern Michigan

Outdoors

With dry weather conditions persisting across the state, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is urging residents and visitors to use extreme caution with any outdoor activity that could spark a wildfire in the northern Lower Peninsula and throughout the Upper Peninsula. Warm ...

Escanaba girls take runner up spot at U.P. Golf Finals

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HARRIS — It was a big day for the Negaunee Miners girls golf team as they finished the day with a team score of 383 to claim the U.P. Championship in Division 1. Escanaba came in second with a score of 407. Kingsford was third with 426, Calumet scored 430 points for fifth and Marquette ...