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Prep Schedule Sept. 19

Today’s games Volleyball Big Bay de Noc at Beaver Island, 8:30 a.m. Escanaba at Rudyard Invitational, 9 a.m. Carney-Nadeau at Crystal Falls Forest Park Invitational, 10 a.m. Cross country Gladstone, Rapid River at Holly Invitational, 9 a.m. Soccer Big Bay de Noc at Beaver Island, 10:30 a.m. Football Rapid River at Superior Cental, noon Monday’s games Girls’ tennis Escanaba at Negaunee, 4 p.m. Gladstone at Ishpeming, 4 p.m. Volleyball Paradise at Hannahville (DH), 5 p.m. Bay College at Muskegon C.C., 6:30 p.m. Soccer Big Bay de Noc at Escanaba Bayside, 5:30 p.m.

U.P. Scores

Thursday’s matches Volleyball Manistique 3, Iron Mountain 0 Kinross Maplewood Baptist 3, Hannahville 1 Hannahville 3, Kinross Maplewood Baptist 2 Superior Central 3, Bark River-Harris 0 Rapid River 3, Carney-Nadeau 2 Felch North Dickinson 3, Powers North Central 1 Lake Linden-Hubbell 3, Wakefield-Marenisco 0 Calumet 3, Crystal Falls Forest Park 1 Negaunee 3, Houghton 0 Kingsford 3, Marquette 0 Ironwood 3, Ontonagon 1 Rudyard 3, St. Ignace 1 Soccer Traverse City West 8, Sault Ste. Marie 0

Sports Flashback Sept. 13-19

Sept. 13, 1966 — The Hermansville Redskins opened their fall baseball season with a 6-5 victory over the Carney-Nadeau Wolves. Winning pitcher Doug LaCoursier scattered five hits, struck out eight and walked four. Randy Fochesato ripped a bases-loaded triple and a single and LaCoursier added two hits. Sept. 14, 1966 — Jack Smith fired a one-under-par 35 in the Highland Golf Club Men’s Twilight League. Bob Monson, Al Davidson and Jerry Martin shot 37. They were followed by Dave Friets at 38 and Jim Schultz, Barney Barnhart, Len Knauf and Ed McCarthy finished with 39. Sept. ...

Emeralds victorious over Mountaineers

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Manistique Emeralds put together three solid sets here Thursday night in a 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-15) volleyball triumph over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers. Manistique gained an 8-3 lead on a net violation by the Mountaineers in the third set. Iron Mountain shaved its deficit to 8-6 on a hitting error by the Emeralds. The Mountaineers were still within 10-8 following another Emeralds’ hitting miscue. Manistique surged to a 14-9 lead on a kill by senior middle blocker Kaylynn McDougle. A service error by Manistique enabled Iron Mountain to stay within ...

Gladstone cross country look to continue to build in 2026

GLADSTONE — The Gladstone cross country teams have shown steady progress since the beginning of this season. They hope to continue that trend when they go downstate for Saturday’s Holly Invitational. The Braves have seven boys and three girls on their roster Gladstone’s boys won the Marinette Border Battle Sept. 3 and placed fourth in the Manistique Emerald Invitational Sept. 9. Senior Chuck Cameron was Gladstone’s pacesetter at Manistique, reaching the top 10 in 19 minutes, 11 seconds for 3.1 miles. Sophomores Nick Moulds and Charlie Blair took 12th and 13th in a photo ...

Ashdeyn Gerow uses late surge to take top honors at Stephenson Invite

BANAT — A late surge made a difference for Rock Mid Peninsula sophomore Ashdeyn Gerow here Wednesday as he earned top honors in the Dale Fountain (Stephenson) Invitational cross country meet. Gerow covered the 3.1-mile course in 18 minutes, 8.5 seconds. He was followed by Kingsford senior Cavan Mulligan at 18:30.3 and Menominee freshman Bradley Klann (18:33.7). “This meet was definitely the toughest,” Gerow said. “There was a lot of anxiety and I had kind of a negative feeling before the meet, which is something I normally don’t do. I was in kind of a freefall on the last ...