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Sports Flashback June 14-20

June 13, 1966 — Dale Bittner tossed a two-hitter as Bero Motors crushed Teamsters 17-0 in American League softball. Roger Martinson led the winners with three hits, including a triple. June 14, 1966 — Peter Ross fired a two-hitter, struck out 16 and walked five as Insurance posted a 4-1 baseball victory over Teamsters 4-1 in the Escanaba Babe Ruth League. Kim Oliver collected three hits off John Moberg, who fanned 11, walked five and gave up seven hits. June 17, 1966 — State Bank gained sole possession of first place in the Girls’ Softball League with a 6-1 triumph over ...

U.P. All-Star Basketball Games tonight at Bay College

ESCANABA, MI – The 40th Annual U.P. Sports Hall of Fame All-Star Basketball Classic is scheduled to take place on Wednesday June 24 and will be held at Bay College for the second year in a row. The event will begin at 5 p.m. eastern The event will kickoff with the finals of the skills ...

Sheboygan victorious at Greg Johnson/Al Erickson Tournament

ESCANABA — Five consecutive singles set the early tone for Sheboygan, Wis. in an 11-5 American Legion baseball triumph over Marinette here Sunday. The victory enabled the A’s to improve to 7-2 and secure their first title in three years in the Gregg Johnson/Al Erickson Memorial tournament on this sunny and seasonably-cool afternoon at Al Ness Field. Levi Mills and Ryan Stephen each ripped a two-run single to leftfield for Sheboygan, which scored seven times in the opening frame. “That’s huge,” Sheboygan manager Weston Jurk said. “That gave our pitcher a chance to relax. ...

Meet the Driver: Jace Murray

ESCANABA — With now four regular season race nights in the books, tonight we meet a driver, Jace Murray who made his first trip to the Escanaba Motor Speedway all the way from Jacksonville, Florida and is only 13 years old. Murray also had the opportunity to race with Brexton Busch in Tulsa, ...

U.P. Athletes compete in U.P. All-Star Football Game

MARQUETTE — Team Royal generated enough offense and let its defense do the rest in a 28-19 victory over Team White in the Upper Peninsula All-Star football game here Saturday. “This was a fun game,” Team Royal (Calumet) coach Josh Frantti said. “I think the guys did an awesome job ...