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Rapid River makes season debut in Engadine

ENGADINE — The Rapid River cross country teams made their season debut a successful one by winning both ends of the Engadine Rock & Roll Relays here Thursday. Rapid River’s boys scored five points, followed by Engadine six and Manistique 11. The Rapid River girls retained their title by edging the host Eagles 5-6. “This is the second year we got the plaque,” Rockets’ sophomore Victoria Coppock said. “This is a nice boost for our team. Engadine has a couple real good runners. This is one of the meets I really look forward to. I think it’s more competitive. It’s also ...

Wykons defeat Eskymos in four sets

ESCANABA — The U.P. State Fair wasn’t the only entertainment in town here Wednesday as the Escanaba Esckymos played host to the West Iron County Wykons. The Wykons got the best of the Eskymos in the coaching debut of Madelyn Schmutzler as they defeated Escanaba 25-20, 25-12, 12-25, ...

Local Golf Scores

Terrace Bluff Men's scores under 40 Nick Aird 33 Steve Douglas 34 Alex Sullivan 35 Rick Lafleur 36 John Nevala 37 Tim Strasser 38 Art VanDamme 38 Kyle Marenger 38 Tom Gereau 38 Derek Chaillier 39 Daryl McKnight 39 Chris Doyle 39 Tony Pouliot 39 Jason Anderson 39 Andy Hess 39 Mike MacIntosh 39

Prep Schedule Aug. 21

Today’s games Girls’ tennis Escanaba at Kingsford, 10 a.m. Gladstone at Negaunee, 12:30 p.m. Soccer Mackinac Island at Big Bay de Noc, 5 p.m. Volleyball Mackinac Island at Big Bay de Noc, 6:30 p.m. Norway at Powers North Central, 7:45 p.m. Saturday’s games Volleyball Mackinac Island at Big Bay de Noc, 8:30 a.m. Munising Invitational, 9 a.m. Kingsford Invitational, 10 a.m. Bay College vs. Lewis & Clark C.C. at Rockford, Ill., 5:15 p.m. Bay College vs. Carl Sandburg College at Rockford, Ill, 7:30 p.m. Soccer Mackinac Island at Big Bay de Noc, 10 a.m.

Kingston Berube starts junior season off with a win for Escanaba

MUNISING — Kingston Berube started his junior cross country season on a positive note in the Larissa Vartti Memorial Invitational here Wednesday. The Escanaba High School runner earned his first varsity victory by covering the hilly 3.1-mile course in 19 minutes, two seconds on the Valley Spur trails. He was followed by Menominee’s Brad Klan at 19:18, Munising’s Blake Lakosky (19:41) and Superior Central freshman Jaxon Klyk (19:54) on this sunny and mild morning. “I tried to be a little conservative and just wanted to run smart on the hills,” Berube said. “This was a ...

Dishaw Dashes To eagle River Speedway B Mod Win

EAGLE RIVER, WI - Defending track champion Dave Dishaw passed hometown driver Ryan Brown for the lead with two laps to go and went on to capture his second B mod feature win of the year at Eagle River Speedway Tuesday. Dishaw started seventh in the 20 lap contest, and hovered around the 3rd ...