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Big Bay girls claim U.P. Division Three title

WATERSMEET — The Big Bay de Noc girls golf team cruised their way to a golf championship in division 3 with a score of 475. Ontonagon was second with a score of 532, the only two teams to field five-person teams. Ontonagon junior Summer Stites had the best score of the day with a 103, ...

Brayden Lundquist celebrates birthday with pair of feature wins

ESCANABA — It was a good birthday for Brayden Lundquist at the Escanaba Motor Speedway Saturday Night as he picked up a pair of feature wins in the 600 sprints and in the street stocks. In the 600 sprints, Lundquist started on the pole and never trailed in the race. Lundquist also picked up ...

Bark River-Harris girls win U.P. Golf Finals in Division Two

HOUGHTON — Bark River-Harris girls ended their season on the highest of notes last Wednesday after posting a score of 416 enough to take the U.P. Title in Division 3 as they were 12 points better than Cedarville who ended with 428, Hancock came in third with 442, Ironwood was fourth with 449 ...

Eskymos advance to regionals as they walk-off Kingsford in seventh

ESCANABA — A pair of nail-biting performances helped the Escanaba Eskymos to a district championship as they defeated Negaunee 3-2 and rallied from behind in the seventh inning to defeat Kingsford 5-4 in the championship game. Escanaba senior Graham Johnson started the seventh inning ...

Today in Sports June 1

1925 — Lou Gehrig bats for Pee Wee Wanninger in the eighth inning and replaces Wally Pipp at first base to start his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. 1946 — Assault, ridden by Warren Merhtens, wins the Belmont Stakes to become the seventh horse to capture the Triple Crown. 1968 — ...

Knights defeat Jets in district action

NORWAY — The North Central Jets found themselves on the wrong side of the scoreboard here Friday as they fell 14-4 to the Norway Knights. North Central senior Brady Trudgeon hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the first to put the Jets up 1-0. Norway tied the game in the bottom of the first ...