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Sunny and mild temperatures drew more than 300 runners to Firecracker Run

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GLADSTONE — An Illinois resident earned top honors in the Gladstone-Rapid River Kiwanis Francis Cannon Firecracker five-mile run here Saturday morning. Blake Salbilla of Lake Villa led the way in 27 minutes, 28.68 seconds, followed by Derek Douglas at 28:41.41 and Luke LaFave (28:56.4), both of Escanaba. They were followed by women’s champion Caroline Randall of Hastings, Mich. at 29:55.63. “I wanted to get a good workout and I thought it would be fun to do it on the Fourth of July,” she said. “As a senior I would like to do well in the (Division 2) state meet. I was fourth ...

Sports Flashback June 28-July 3

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June 28, 1966 — Bob McGinn tossed a two-hitter as Insurance blanked Mead 11-0 in the Escanaba Babe Ruth League. Frank Kang collected three hits and John Daley and Jack Johnson had two apiece. June 29, 1966 — Rapid River Bill’s Bar won its third straight, defeating Gladstone 7-2 in the Central Softball League. Fran Lancour scattered four hits. Orville Larchied paced Bill’s with three hits and Poly Viau added two. June 30, 1966 — John Whitens struck out 14 and allowed eight hits, helping Powers post a 11-5 American Legion baseball victory over the Escanaba Cubs. Randy ...

Gladstone Indians split with Marquette Reds

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GLADSTONE — The Gladstone Indians 17U team split a pair of games with the Marquette Reds here Wednesday as they took the first game 7-6 and lost the second game 4-0. The Indians got on the board in the first inning of game one as Braxton Breitenbach grounded out to the third baseman to ...

Local Golf Scores

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Terrace Bay Men's scores under 40 Monday- Max Strasser 37 Richie Hubert 38 Mike Pilon 38 Chris Veeser 38 Art VanDamme 39 Wednesday- Christian VanDamme 33 John Nevala 34 Joe Kallio 36 Steve Douglas 36 Kevin Gendron 37 Tom Gereau 37 Tim Strasser 37 Chris Veeser 37 Jake Sinclair 37 Joe Versailles 37 John Lewandowski 38 Terry Hoffmeyer 38 Stephen Nolde 38 Kevin Vogel 38 Rick Steele 38 Shane Wallin 38 Art VanDamme 39 Brad VanDamme 39 Les Wilson 39 Mike Pilon 39 Nick Aird 39 Brent Kallio 39 Terrace Bay Women's scores under 50 Paxton ...

Epson Tour rookie wins Island Resort golf title in playoff

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HARRIS — American Kaleiya Romero eagled the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to defeat China’s Liqi Zeng and capture the Island Resort Championship women’s pro golf event on Sunday at Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris. The pair were tied entering the third and final round, one shot ...

Escanaba wins District 10 softball championship

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ESCANABA — Momentum swung in a big way here Tuesday night as the Escanaba Girls’ Major Little League All-Stars (age 10-12) posted a 15-5 softball triumph in four innings over Gladstone in the District 10 championship game. Maia Hughes and Ellie Sanville combined on a two-hitter in ...