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Prep Schedule Nov. 5

Tonight’s games Women’s basketball Bay College at Henry Ford College, 5:30 p.m. Hockey Marquette at Escanaba, 6:30 p.m. Men’s basketball Bay College at Henry Ford College, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Football 11-player Division 8 District final Maple City Glen Lake at Bark River-Harris, noon Men’s basketball Bay College at Macomb C.C., TBA

A scene no longer monochrome

“Blue autumn, there’s a rainbow in the sky, but no matter how hard I try, I still see only shades of blue,” – Bobby Goldsboro Not long after the sound of my car door shutting stopped reverberating through the quiet woods, I heard a light tapping sound off to my left as I began ...

Today in Sports Nov. 6

1869 — First U.S. college football game played, Rutgers 6, Princeton 4. 1934 — Joe Carter scores four touchdowns and Swede Hanson rushes for 190 yards as the Philadelphia Eagles crush the Cincinnati Reds 64-0. 1966 — Philadelphia’s Timmy Brown returns kickoffs 93 yards and 90 yards for touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a 24-23 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. 1981 — Larry Holmes knocks out Renaldo Snipes in the 11th round to retain the world heavyweight title in Pittsburgh. 1983 — James Wilder of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rushes for 219 yards and a touchdown in a 17-12 ...

Emeralds take down Broncos

MANISTIQUE — What appeared would be a close volleyball match changed after the first set here Wednesday night as the Manistique Emeralds broke away for a 3-0 (30-28, 25-14, 25-13) triumph over the Bark River-Harris Broncos in a Division 3 district semifinal. The victory enabled the Emeralds (8-19-6) to advance to Thursday’s title match at Norway (19-10-1), which eliminated Iron Mountain in five sets Wednesday. The Broncos finished 5-18. Thursday’s winner advanced to Tuesday’s regional opener at Gwinn to face tonight’s Calumet/Painesdale Jeffers winner. Iron Mountain had ...

Bowling Results

Young & American Circlemcountry.com 66, Lucky Strikes 53, E&E Furniture 53, Spare Time 52, Red Hots 50. H.T.G. — Circlemcountry.com 341 H.T.S. — Circlemcountry.com 926 H.I.S. — Tim Thibault 519, Rhonda Imeson 506 Five high games — Men: Tim Thibault 198, Trevor Sebeck 186, Dave Moran 174. Women: Rhonda Imeson 203, Abby Dubord 173, Sheree Smith 126.

A smoldering history

The deadliest wildfire in the U.S. was the 1871 Peshtigo Fire. It scorched well over a million acres, torched 17 villages and killed more than 1,200 people. The personal accounts are horrific. This was a time when relatively few people lived in the northern hinterlands. Most of the fire ...