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Escanaba cross country looks to build for the future

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ESCANABA — With no seniors on their cross country teams the Escanaba Eskymos are hoping to build for the future this season. The Eskymos, who have two meets under their belts, resume in Thursday’s Marinette Border Battle. They have six girls and five boys on their roster, including sophomore Avah Akerly who placed 15th in Friday’s Dale Phillips Invitational at Marquette. “Avah had injuries last year and we figured out what we needed to do,” coach Scott Dykema said. “She really enjoys running. She’s a very smart, gifted athlete.” Other hopefuls include juniors ...

Marquette holds Dale Phillips Invitational

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MARQUETTE — Area cross country teams may not have been in the running for top honors in the Dale Phillips Invitational, but few of the local runners turned in solid individual performances here Friday. The Marquette girls squeezed past Houghton 58-60 for the girls’ title. Downstate Shepherd placed third with 90 points, followed by Munising 102 and Negaunee 151. Shepherd edged Marquette 33-39 for the boys’ crown. They were followed by Houghton 119, Negaunee 178 and Gladstone 186. “This is a good start for us,” Marquette coach Kyle Detmers said. “I’m happy with both ...

Rockets soar past Engadine

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ENGADINE — It was a David vs Goliath matchup on the gridiron in Engadine here Friday night as the Rapid River Rockets outgained the Engadine Eagles 362 to 61 in total yards en route to a 36-0 victory. I think this was the best game we have had running the ball since I have been back here ...

Prep Schedule Aug. 31

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Today’s games Girls’ tennis Gladstone at Ishpeming Westwood, 1 p.m. Tuesday’s games Cross country Manistique at Pickford Northwoods Invitational, 1 p.m. Volleyball Big Bay de Noc at Rapid River, 6 p.m. Gladstone at Manistique, 7 p.m. Carney-Nadeau at Bark River-Harris, 7:15 p.m. Rock Mid Peninsula at Powers North Central, 7:15 p.m. Superior Central at Stephenson, 7:30 p.m.

U.P. Scores

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Friday’s games Football 11-player Manistique 48, St. Helen Charleton Heston Academy 0 Bark River-Harris 40, Ishpeming Westwood 18 Menominee 60, Marinette 6 Calumet 14, Houghton 7 St. Louis 24, Sault Ste. Marie 6 Eight-player Powers North Central 36, Gogebic 0 Stephenson 62, Superior Central 30 Rapid River 36, Engadine 0 Pickford 48, Felch North Dickinson 18 Crystal Falls Forest Park 44, Ontonagon 6 St. Ignace 55, Cedarville-DeTour 0 Volleyball Superior Central 3, Big Bay de Noc 0 Mackinac Island 3, Hannahville 0 Saturday’s ...

Jets fly past Miners in 8-player football

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WAKEFIELD — The Powers North Central Jets continued their mastery over the Gogebic Miners, rolling to a 36-0 eight-player football victory here in a rare Friday night game at Cardinal Field. This marked the sixth straight time the Jets have beaten the Miners, this time in a contest which concluded long before darkness descended upon a field which doesn’t have lights. North Central simply played the role of the opportunist, scoring on five straight possessions with each drive starting inside the 50-yard line in the Great Lakes Conference-West match-up. “Actually, I thought we ...