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Sports flashback Nov. 24-30

Nov. 26, 1979 — The Escanaba Eskymos reached the Class A state football finals at the Pontiac Silverdome where they dropped a 32-7 decision to Detroit Catholic Center. Ron Gerstner scored Esky’s lone touchdown on a five-yard run. Coach Jerry Cvengros said the Eskymos were in awe of the ...

Bowling results

Tues. Night Mixed Chenier’s Reef 14, Lakeshore Chiropractic 13, Rolling Stoners 12, Trippin Balls 12, Unifirst 12, Larson Land 11, Holy Splits 11, Northside Strikers 9, WilJenFrapZky 8, The Bowling stones 7, Trenary Tavern 7, massies 7, Swedishpimple.com 7, Next Time 6, The Big Lebowlski 5, ...

Local schedule 11/29/24

Today’s games Hockey Escanaba at Traverse City West, 7:30 p.m. Boys’ basketball Munising at Manistique, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Hockey Escanaba at Traverse City West, 1 p.m. Manistique vs. Traverse Bay Area Reps at Ferris State, 2 p.m.

How ‘The Big Dog’ voted in the 2024 All U.P. meetings

Over the last two week’s we’ve revealed who earned All U.P. honors for 11-player football, 8-player football and volleyball for the 2024 season. I so happened to be one of seven people that was part of all three meetings. The process, as you could imagine, is draining. Honestly, it took a ...

Esky hockey can’t complete rally, falls to Jeffers

WELLS —After falling behind 3-1 in the closing moments of the second period in Wednesday’s game against Jeffers, Escanaba hockey needed a massive push to improve to 3-0 on the season. The Eskymos pushed back, but not hard enough in a 4-2 loss to the Jets. “We’ll learn from this,” ...