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Patriots spoil Braves Homecoming

GLADSTONE — The Ishpeming Westwood Patriots rolled the dice early and capitalized while handing the Gladstone Braves a 20-0 football loss at homecoming here Friday night. Westwood, facing a fourth-and-three situation on its own 27-yard line on its opening drive, converted on an eight-yard run by junior running back Ellis King for a first down, paving the way to its first touchdown. The Patriots, who marched 80 yards in seven plays during their first possession, took an 8-0 lead on a 45-yard keeper around left end by sophomore quarterback Andrew Beckman. “The kids believed in ...

Prep Schedule Sept. 28

Today’s games Cross country Manistique at St. Ignace Invitational, 3:30 p.m. Volleyball Big Bay de Noc, Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter at Kinross Maplewood Baptist, 3:30 p.m. Montcalm C.C. at Bay College, 6:30 p.m. Iron Mountain at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Girls’ tennis Iron Mountain at Escanaba, 4 p.m. Tuesday’s games Cross country Gladstone at Negaunee Invitational, 4 p.m. Volleyball Engadine at Rock Mid Peninsula, 6 p.m. Carney-Nadeau at Superior Central, 6 p.m. Gladstone at Ishpeming Westwood, 7 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Norway, 7:15 p.m.

Munising wins both sides of Bay College High School Invite

FLAT ROCK — Kingsford senior Maria Murvich reached an important milestone here Saturday as she held off Superior Central freshman Edye Burdett for top individual honors in the Bay College High School Invitational cross county meet. Murvich broke the 20-minute barrier for the first time, covering the 3.1-mile course in 19:53.8 on this sunny and warm day. “It’s like a weight being lifted off my shoulders,” she said. “I finally got it. I really wanted to break 20. It’s very important for me to get it done. Edye’s a tough runner. I didn’t feel the best at the ...

U.P. Scores

U.P. scores Friday’s games Football 11-player Marquette 48, Escanaba 10 Ishpeming Westwood 20, Gladstone 0 Iron Mountain 25, Manistique 8 Pewamo-Westphalia 59, Bark River-Harris 14 Menominee 45, Houghton 16 Kingsford 37, Calumet 19 Negaunee 40, Hancock 0 L’Anse 53, Gwinn 14 Gaylord 51, Sault Ste. Marie 6 Eight-player Superior Central 50, Pellston 0 Rapid River def. Rock Mid Peninsula, forfeit Norway 40, Ontonagon 16 Crystal Falls Forest Park 45, Felch North Dickinson 32 Ishpeming 46, Gogebic 0 Munising 50, Ironwood 32 Brimley 58, Fife Lake ...

Today in Sports Sept. 28

1920 — A Chicago grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series, known as the “Black Sox Scandal.” White Sox owner Charles Comiskey immediately suspends the eight players. 1940 — Bud Brennan, a spectator at Memorial Stadium, races out of the stands and attempts to tackle Michigan’s Tom Harmon at the 3-yard line. Harmon easily evades Brennan and completes an 86-yard touchdown run, his third return for a touchdown, in a 41-0 rout of California. 1941 — Ted Williams ends the season with a .406 batting average. 1951 — Norm ...

Sentinels sweep Eskymos on three close sets

MARQUETTE — They battled right to the end. Despite all that, the Escanaba Eskymos were unable to avoid dropping a 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-20) volleyball decision to the Marquette Sentinels here Thursday night. For the Sentinels this was a reversal of fortune from the first meeting in Escanaba Aug. 26 when they fell to the Eskymos in straight sets. “They wanted revenge,” Esky coach Bev Ziebell said. “Their student section was huge tonight. We just have to work on eliminating the errors. I think our serve receives were all right and our defense was good, but we couldn’t get ...