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Sports Flashback Nov. 1-7

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Nov. 3, 1966 — The Escanaba Eskymos and Holy Name Crusaders landed two football players apiece on the All-Great Northern Conference first team. They include Esky senior end Paul Miller and tackle Dan Scheuren and Holy Name senior halfback Bob Bricco and guard Dale Shandonay. Esky quarterback Jim Boyle landed a second-team berth as did Holy Name end Bob Gorenchan, tackle John Way and back Dave Young. Those gaining honorable mention include Esky halfback Jim Olsen and linemen Marty Oslund, Bruce Craig and Butch LaBay and Holy Name QB Dave Cannon and tackle Dennis Allingham. Nov. ...

Prep Schedule Nov. 7

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Today’s games Football 11-player Division 8 District final Maple City Glen Lake at Bark River-Harris, noon Men’s basketball Bay College at Macomb C.C., TBA

Prep Schedule Nov. 5

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Tonight’s games Women’s basketball Bay College at Henry Ford College, 5:30 p.m. Hockey Marquette at Escanaba, 6:30 p.m. Men’s basketball Bay College at Henry Ford College, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Football 11-player Division 8 District final Maple City Glen Lake at Bark River-Harris, noon Men’s basketball Bay College at Macomb C.C., TBA

A scene no longer monochrome

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“Blue autumn, there’s a rainbow in the sky, but no matter how hard I try, I still see only shades of blue,” – Bobby Goldsboro Not long after the sound of my car door shutting stopped reverberating through the quiet woods, I heard a light tapping sound off to my left as I began ...

Today in Sports Nov. 6

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1869 — First U.S. college football game played, Rutgers 6, Princeton 4. 1934 — Joe Carter scores four touchdowns and Swede Hanson rushes for 190 yards as the Philadelphia Eagles crush the Cincinnati Reds 64-0. 1966 — Philadelphia’s Timmy Brown returns kickoffs 93 yards and 90 yards for touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a 24-23 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. 1981 — Larry Holmes knocks out Renaldo Snipes in the 11th round to retain the world heavyweight title in Pittsburgh. 1983 — James Wilder of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rushes for 219 yards and a touchdown in a 17-12 ...

Emeralds take down Broncos

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MANISTIQUE — What appeared would be a close volleyball match changed after the first set here Wednesday night as the Manistique Emeralds broke away for a 3-0 (30-28, 25-14, 25-13) triumph over the Bark River-Harris Broncos in a Division 3 district semifinal. The victory enabled the Emeralds (8-19-6) to advance to Thursday’s title match at Norway (19-10-1), which eliminated Iron Mountain in five sets Wednesday. The Broncos finished 5-18. Thursday’s winner advanced to Tuesday’s regional opener at Gwinn to face tonight’s Calumet/Painesdale Jeffers winner. Iron Mountain had ...