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Black Bears sweep soccer and volleyball doubleheaders

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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 ...

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Rapid River's Kaylee Tyler and Julie Poma finished second in the Rapid River relays on Aug. 20, 2026.

Flivvers win Kingsford Invite

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KINGSFORD — The Kingsford Flivvers continued to take care of their homecourt here Saturday, earning top honors in their own invitational volleyball tournament for the fourth consecutive year. They accomplished that feat by defeating the Hancock Bulldogs 25-18, 25-14 in the title match. “This is a fun group to coach,” Kingsford coach Jaclynn Kreider said. “They work really hard. We’ve done well the past few years.” Escanaba and Gladstone reached bracket play and Bark River-Harris dropped all three of its matches. Hancock was within 9-6 following a hitting error and 12-8 ...

Gusts and grounding in third August race

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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

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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

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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, ...