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Oct. 11, 1966 -- Randy Fochesato fired a one-hitter, struck out eight and walked none while leading the Hermansville Redskins to a 1-0 baseball victory over Alpha Mastodons. Doug LaCoursier led the Redskins with two hits. Ed Curtis, who had Alpha's lone hit, took the loss. He fanned 11 and scattered six hits.
Oct. 14, 1966 -- The Menominee Maroons were crowned Great Northern Conference cross country champions with 18 points. They were followed by Escanaba with 47, Holy Name 87 and Iron Mountain 108. Menominee's Gordy Pekuri set the conference record by covering the two-mile course in 10 minutes, 31.7 seconds. Bob Swenson was Esky's leader in fifth place and Rick Anderson took seventh. Holy Name's Richard Robitaille placed ninth, followed by Esky's Frank Anderson and Holy Name's Frank Kang.
Oct. 15, 1966 -- Don McCurdy ran for a 24-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter as the Manistique Emeralds then hung on for a 13-7 football victory over the Newberry Indians. Gary Sample brought the Emeralds within 7-6 by scoring from 16 yards out on a pitch-out from Dave Barton.
The Powers-Spalding Tigers clinched a share of the Wolverine Conference title in a 38-6 rout of the Rock Little Giants. Tom Smith passed to Scott Riedy for a TD and a 36-yard aerial to Eugene Folcik for another score. Smith added a TD on a 73-yard dash and Riedy scored on a two-yard run. Folcik rushed for 156 yards, including a 45 yard TD, on eight carries. Tom Pipkorn added an eight-yard TD run. Jim Lippens scored Rock's TD on a 36-yard pass.
Jerry Olson ran for 178 yards, including four, five and 23-yard TDs, leading the Bark River-Harris Broncos past Pembine, Wis. 39-19. Pat Sagataw opened the scoring on a seven-yard interception return and Terry Sagataw added TDs on five and two-yard runs.
Oct. 12, 1981 -- The Trenary girls picked up their fifth straight basketball victory by defeating the Chassell Panthers 48-40. Pam Michael led the Comets with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Bessie Hartwig added 10 points.
Oct. 14, 1981 -- Sandy Davison scored 21 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as the Escanaba Eskymos rolled past the Gladstone Braves 64-28. Jeanne Courneene added nine points and Patti Trotter led the Braves with 14 points and 11 boards.
The Big Bay de Noc Black Bears broke into the win column for the first time this season with a 43-34 triumph over Trenary. Kelly Demars provided the Black Bears with 13 points and 16 rebounds and Evie Dalgord grabbed 12 boards.
Oct. 17, 1981 -- The Escanaba Eskymos collected 388 yards in total offense in a 35-0 football triumph over the Alpena Wildcats. Kevin Tapani hit 7-of-13 passes for 152, including a 29 and 15-yard touchdown aerials to Mike Lawson and a 38-yard TD pass to Paul DeMay. Dean Altobelli scored on a 42-yard interception return and Steve Cyr ran for a 16-yard TD.
The Gladstone Braves improved to 3-4 in a 27-0 victory over the Newberry Indians. John Pelon threw a 15-yard TD pass to Mike Ballard. Jeff McKnight scored on a 30-yard run and Scott Boddy added a nine-yard TD run. Mark Stade then tossed a 10-yard TD pass to Jay Robinson.