ESCANABA — Where were you when the lights went out? The Escanaba Eskymos were celebrating a 21-20 homecoming football victory over the Calumet Copper Kings when darkness fell upon the field here Friday night. Was it a power outage? No. Instead, the lights were turned off so the ...
SPALDING — The lights were bright enough that a jet could take off and that is exactly what happened as the North Central Jets defeated the Norway Knights 29-14 here Friday. It was sophomore Pryar LaBonte who stripped the ball from Norway late in the third quarter to preserve a three score ...
HOUGHTON — A solid performance helped the Gladstone boys place third in the Houghton Invitational cross country meet here Thursday. The host Gremlins were crowned champions with 41 points and Painesdale Jeffers edged the Braves 74-76 for the runner-up spot. Houghton’s girls also won with 35 points, followed by L’Anse 58 and Negaunee 65. Senior Chuck Cameron was Gladstone’s pacesetter in eighth place, covering the 3.1-mile course in 18 minutes, 33.5 seconds on this sunny, breezy and seasonably cool afternoon on the Michigan Tech trails. “This is my second best time,” ...
Today’s games Volleyball Bark River-Harris, Gladstone at Marquette Invitational, 8:30 a.m. Manistique at Indian River Inland Lakes Invitational, 9 a.m. Soccer Northern Lights League tournament at Mackinac Island, TBA Football Superior Central at Munising, 7 p.m. Monday’s games Cross country Powers North Central Invitational, 4 p.m. Volleyball Munising at Powers North Central, 7:45 p.m.
Wednesday’s matches Volleyball Big Bay de Noc 2, Paradise 0 Big Bay de Noc 2, Paradise 0 Ewen-Trout Creek 3, Watersmeet 0 Thursday’s games Football Eight-player Wabeno-Laona, Wis. 42, Felch North Dickinson 26 Volleyball Stephenson 3, Bark River-Harris 0 Crystal Falls Forest Park 3, Norway 0 Kingsford 3, Houghton 0 Negaunee 3, West Iron County 0 Lake Linden-Hubbell 3, Painesdale Jeffers 0 Calumet 3, Gwinn 1 Hancock 3, Baraga 0 Soccer Marquette 1, Marinette 0
1920 — The Chicago Cardinals play to a 0-0 tie with the Chicago Tigers in their first American Professional Football Association game. The game is held at Cubs Park, later renamed Wrigley Field. 1920 — Cleveland Indians Bill Wambsganns completes an unassisted World Series triple play. 1936 — Ohio State trumpet player John Brungart dots the ‘i’ in “Script Ohio” for the first time during halftime of the Buckeyes’ 6-0 loss to Pittsburgh at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. After Brungart, the honor began to go exclusively to sousaphone players, with exceptions made for ...
