ESCANABA — It was an offensive display for the Escanaba Eskymos in their 69-34 triumph over the Sault Ste Marie Blue Devils in a Big North Conference game here Friday. Escanaba got on the board first with 11:21 to go in the first quarter as senior quarterback Alex Ison took it 57 yards to ...
FLAT ROCK — It was a middle-of-the-pack finish for the Bay College cross country teams here Friday as the women placed third and the men took fourth in Michigan Community College Athletic Association’s North Conference Championships. Muskegon Community College took both titles with the ...
1900 — Britain’s Harry Vardon wins the U.S. Open golf title, beating J.H. Taylor with a 313 total at the Chicago Golf Club. 1985 — Eddie Robinson becomes college football’s winningest coach as Grambling beats Prairie View A&M 27-7. It’s Robinson’s 324th career victory, one more than Paul “Bear” Bryant had before he retired from Alabama after the 1982 season. 1991 — Fresno State ties an NCAA record for most points in a quarter, with 49 in the second period as it pounds New Mexico 94-17. Fresno State’s Derek Mahoney ties an NCAA record with 13 extra points. 1994 — ...
A new 66-foot, steel-hulled vessel to monitor Lake Michigan fisheries is replacing an older vessel and will mean more efficient and safer operations for Michigan Department of Natural Resources crew members. During a ceremony Wednesday in Charlevoix — the new vessel's home port — DNR officials and other fisheries leaders gathered to commission the vessel, which was christened Research Vessel Steelhead, after its predecessor Survey Vessel Steelhead, by DNR Deputy Director Shannon Lott. DNR Fisheries Division Chief Randy Claramunt granted the vessel's commission. “The importance ...
Sept. 29, 1966 — Bernie St. Onge rolled a 722 series in the Major League at the Bowl-a-rama Lanes, hitting games of 254, 223 and 245. Oct. 3, 1966 — Paul Miller ran for 141 yards, including a 42-yard touchdown, as the Escanaba Eskymos rolled to a 55-0 football victory over the Stephenson Eagles. Miller also caught TD passes of 34 and 49 yards from Jim Boyle, who added a 13-yard TD run on a keeper. Jim Olsen added six and 26-yard TD runs. Bob Irish scored from 10 yards away and Bryan Bender crossed the goal line from a yard out. The Manistique Emeralds broke into the win ...
Thursday’s matches Volleyball Gladstone 3, Iron Mountain 0 Bark River-Harris 3, Rapid River 1 Felch North Dickinson 3, Superior Central 1 Crystal Falls Forest Park 3, Munising 0 Kingsford 3, Negaunee 0 Calumet 3, Marquette 0 Hancock 3, Houghton 0 Ontonagon 3, Watersmeet 0 Ewen-Trout Creek 3, Bessemer 0 Mackinac Island 3, Munising Baptist 2 Rudyard 3, Engadine 0 Soccer Mackinac Island 4, Munising Baptist 3 Sault Ste. Marie 1, Gaylord 1
