Michigan-Wisconsin

Tennis Open

ESCANABA — The 73rd annual Michigan-Wisconsin Tennis Open is scheduled for Aug. 1-2 on area courts.

Singles is $18 per person and doubles is $22 per team. T-shirts will be included. Singles will be played Saturday and doubles will be played Sunday.

Deadline to enter is July 24. Entry with payment must be recieved by July 24 to receive a t-shirt.

Entry forms can be obtained online at escanaba.org or at the Civic Center, which is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Entry forms must be mailed to Escanaba Recreation Department, Attn: MI/WI Tennis, P.O. Box 948, Escanaba, MI 49829.

If there are not enough entrants, the tournament will make a cancellation by July 26 and all players will be refunded.

Schedules will be posted at the headquarters of Royce Park the morning of Aug. 1. For more information, contact Denny Lueneberg (786-2207) or the Civic Center at recreation@escanaba.org or by calling (786-4141).

Donut League winners

GLADSTONE — Kim Clouse, Jerry Ebbesen, Cliff Coppock, Gary Royer and Dwight Seager were the winners of the Gladstone Golf Club Donut League held recently.

Highland men

HYDE — Mark Ray shot a 73 to lead the Highland Men’s League Tuesday. He was followed by Jeff Lampi 74, Brian Scheeneman 75, Fran Ettenhofer and Dennis Dittrich 76, Steve VanEnkevort and Mike Brayak 77, and Darryl McKnight, Dick Puddy, Dewey Klein, Cory Kroll, Jim Peltier and Casey Hyslop 79.

The team of Tom Abramson and Gary Charlevoix took first, Fran Ettenhofer and Dennis Porath finished in second, and there was a three-way tie for third between Dennis Dittrich and Mark Kleiman, Darryl McKnight and Dan Veeser, and Brian Adams and Rob Brayak.

Gladstone women

GLADSTONE — Karen McCorkle shot a 41 to lead the Gladstone Women’s League Tuesday. She was followed by Jami Pond 42, Lori Shea 44, Sharon Pinar 45, Mary Kallio 46, Sandi Dagenais, Wendy Bratonia, Holly Canull and Deb Lordson 47, Cheryl Dykes 48, and Mary Bergman and Sally Erkkila 49.

Terrace Bluff men

GLADSTONE — Art VanDamme shot a 35 to lead the Terrace Bluff Men’s League Wednesday night. He was followed by Dan Derouin 37, Tim Strasser 38 and Rick Steele 39.

Game threat suspect

to offer guilty plea

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man was expected to plead guilty Wednesday to accusations that he threatened a shooting at Ohio State University and vowed to hurt players on the football team.

An indictment unsealed late last year in federal court in Columbus accuses Daniel Rippy of making the “electronic communication” threat from California during the game between Ohio State and the University of Michigan in 2018. The game was played in Columbus that year, and Ohio State won 62-39.

Rippy threatened a shooting at the school, saying online, “I’m seriously going to hurt the students and all of the players from the football team,” according to the September indictment.

Rippy previously entered a not guilty plea before Judge Algenon Marbley, who ordered him to remain in detention. Rippy agreed in a court document Tuesday to plead guilty with the understanding that Marbley must still decide whether to accept the plea.

Rippy’s attorney declined to comment before Wednesday’s hearing before Magistrate Judge Norah McCann King.