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Eskymos split with Flivvers in girls tennis

KINGSFORD — The Escanaba girls tennis team earned a split with the Kingsford Flivvers here Friday. Escanaba picked up one win in singles action as Amelia Alimenti picked up the win over Kingsford’s Chloe Lanning in three sets 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 at No. 4 singles. Amelia played the longest match of the day at nearly three hours,” Eskymos coach Chris Ogren said. “For her third varsity match she showed tremendous composure and stayed calm even after losing the second set. She really adapted her game well throughout the match and that proved to be the difference in the end.” The ...

Prep Schedule Aug. 25

Today’s games Girls’ tennis Escanaba at Marquette, 10 a.m. Escanaba at Ishpeming Westwood, 1 p.m. Cross country Manistique at Petoskey Invitational, 6 p.m. Volleyball Rapid River at Engadine, 6 p.m. Big Bay de Noc at Rock Mid Peninsula, 6 p.m. Menominee at Bark River-Harris, 7:15 p.m. Superior Central at Gwinn, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s game Girls’ tennis West Iron County at Gladstone, 2:30 p.m. Soccer Big Bay de Noc at Escanaba Bayside jayvees, 5:30 p.m. Volleyball Marquette at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Powers North Central at Carney-Nadeau, 7 p.m.

Black Bears sweep soccer and volleyball doubleheaders

GARDEN CORNERS — The Big Bay de Noc Black Bears made it a clean sweep this weekend, posting a pair of volleyball and soccer victories over the Mackinac Island Lakers. Big Bay’s volleyball team defeated the Lakers 3-1 (21-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-23) Friday night and 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-16) Saturday morning. “Volleyball was definitely a learning curve for us this weekend as we have a very young, green team after losing a lot of our returners,” Big Bay coach Angie Carley said. “We had to start in a lot of different positions, but I am so proud of how hard this group of girls ...

Gusts and grounding in third August race

LITTLE BAY DE NOC — Wednesday's yacht racing made for some close competition between crews as they negotiated a sudden wind shift late in the action. The winner of the spinnaker class was Lucille, skippered by Steve Harris; Wanderer, with Terry Reynold as skipper, took first in the ...

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, ...