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Today in Sports Nov. 6

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...

Gremlins eliminate Eskymos from playoffs

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ESCANABA — Escanaba volleyball had upset on their minds but it wasn’t to be as they dropped a MHSAA Division 2 district semifinal to the Houghton Gremlins (25-15, 25-20, 25-16) here Wednesday. “Our girls fought really hard,” Eskymos coach Beverly Ziebell said. “We played some of ...

Escanaba Speedway crowns champions

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ESCANABA – The Escanaba Motor Speedway held its annual banquet on Oct. 24 where they crowned the 2026 champions and started preparations for the 2027 season. The raceway will have new faces on the Board of Directors as Bob Bourdeau comes in as Vice-President and Chris Olson and Zach Yelle come on as members. The Banquet crowned the 2026 champions in each division as Matt Valiquette took the sport mod division. This marks the third championship for Valiquette over the last four seasons. “It’s always a huge blessing to be crowned as a champion,” Valliquette said. “There is ...