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Mackinaw City boys and Cheboygan girls win at St. Ignace Invite

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ST. IGNACE — High school cross country runners were put to a test on a course which offered a variety of challenges here Monday. The Mackinaw City boys and Cheboygan girls headed across the Mackinac Bridge with the team titles from the St. Ignace Kiwanis Silver Mountain Invitational on this sunny and mild late afternoon. Cedarville-DeTour senior Ethan Snyder became the individual champ in the boys’ 3.1-mile race in 20 minutes, 51.7 seconds on this hilly course which included plenty of turns and roots and stretches of tricky footing. He was followed by Pickford senior Jacob ...

U.P. Polls

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U.P. Football Polls ELEVEN PLAYER 1. Menominee (5) 5-0 25 2. Kingsford 5-0 20 3. Calumet 3-2 14 4. Negaunee 3-2 9 5. Bark River-Harris 4-1 7 EIGHT PLAYER 1. Lake Linden-Hubbell (5) 5-0 25 2. Pickford 5-0 20 3. Ishpeming 4-1 12 4. Norway 4-1 11 5. St. Ignace 4-1 4 U.P. Volleyball Poll Division 1-3 1. Calumet (4) 10-7-0 20 1 2. Kingsford 10-1-0 16 2 3. Negaunee 13-4-0 12 3 4. Houghton 9-3-0 7 4 5. Jeffers 6-3-0 4 5 Others ...

Centurions hold of Norse in volleyball action

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ESCANABA — The match went the distance here Monday night as Montcalm Community College picked up the win (29-27,19-25,19-25,25-23,15-12) in a Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) conference matchup. The Centurions gained control of the match in the fourth set after the ...

Prep Schedule Sept. 30

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Today’s games Girls’ tennis U.P. D-1 Finals at Negaunee, 10 a.m. Soccer Big Bay de Noc at Hannahville, 4 p.m. Volleyball Big Bay de Noc at Hannahville, 6 p.m. Bay College at Gogebic C.C., 6:30 p.m. Thursday’s games Cross country Great Eskymo Chase at Escanaba C.C., 4 p.m. Volleyball Rapid River at Bark River-Harris, 6 p.m. Rock Mid Peninsula at Carney-Nadeau, 6 p.m. Gladstone at Iron Mountain, 7 p.m. Manistique at Ishpeming Westwood, 7 p.m. Superior Central at Felch North Dickinson, 7:30 p.m. Powers North Central at Stephenson, 7:30 p.m.

Prep Schedule Sept. 29

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Today’s games Cross country Gladstone at Negaunee Invitational, 4 p.m. Volleyball Engadine at Rock Mid Peninsula, 6 p.m. Carney-Nadeau at Superior Central, 6 p.m. Gladstone at Ishpeming Westwood, 7 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Norway, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday’s games Girls’ tennis U.P. D-1 Finals at Negaunee, 10 a.m. Soccer Big Bay de Noc at Hannahville, 4 p.m. Volleyball Big Bay de Noc at Hannahville, 6 p.m. Bay College at Gogebic C.C., 6:30 p.m.

Lakes ground Jets in 8 man football

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LAKE LINDEN — There were opportunities in this game for the North Central Jets in their 44-27 loss to the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes here Saturday afternoon. The first opportunity came when they had the Lakes pinned near their goal line and forced a punt that led to a turnover on downs and ...