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Mid Peninsula boys continue late season surge

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SPALDING — The Rock Mid Peninsula boys continued their last-season surge here Monday, earning top honors in the Powers North Central Invitational cross country meet with 25 points. The Wolverines, who also won the Great Eskymos Chase Invite in Escanaba Oct. 1, were followed by Stephenson 51, Carney-Nadeau 68 and Kingsford 70 this time. Kingsford, which had the only girls’ team on this sunny and warm afternoon, tallied a perfect score of 15. Florence-Niagara, Wis. sophomore Jaxon Courts, won the 3.1-mile race in 17 minutes, 17.9 seconds. He was followed by Mid Pen sophomores ...

Prep Schedule Oct. 14

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Today’s games Cross country Rapid River Invitational, 3:30 p.m. Soccer district Division 4 Mackinac Island at Big Bay de Noc, 4 p.m. Volleyball North Central Michigan at Bay College, 6:30 p.m. Thursday’s games Cross country Great Northern Conference at Menominee, 5 p.m. Volleyball Gladstone at Kingsford, 6:15 p.m. Marquette at Manistique, 6:30 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Menominee, 7:15 p.m. Rapid River at Crystal Falls Forest Park, 7:30 p.m. Stephenson at Rock Mid Peninsula, 7:30 p.m. Munising at Superior Central, 7:30 p.m.

U.P. Scores

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Friday’s games Football 11-player Escanaba 21, Calumet 20 Houghton 12, Gladstone 7 Manistique 34, Gwinn 27 Bark River-Harris 44, Hancock 14 Iron Mountain 41, L’Anse 0 Kingsford 15, Ishpeming Westwood 8 Menominee 38, Negaunee 28 Marquette 49, Gaylord 13 Cadillac 56, Sault Ste. Marie 12 Eight-player Powers North Central 29, Norway 14 Stephenson 56, Rapid River 0 Ishpeming 64, Ironwood 18 Gaylord St. Mary Cathedral 15, Calumet Copper Island Academy 8 St. Ignace 34, Rudyard 18 Pickford 36, Indian River Inland Lakes 30 (2 OT) Engadine 46, Fife Lake Forest Area ...

Mustangs trample Cougars in 8-man action

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MUNISING — It was a tough night on the gridiron here Saturday for the Superior Central Cougars as they fell to the Munising Mustangs 54-8. The victory enabled the Mustangs to improve to 2-5 on Cancer Awareness Night. The Cougars, who had just 12 available players, dropped to 2-5. Munising took a 6-0 lead on a three-yard run around right end by Brody Johns less than five minutes into the contest. The Mustangs then executed an onside kick which Keelan Hase recovered on the 50-yard line. Midway through the opening frame Jacob Coppock broke off right tackle for a 42-yard touchdown ...

Escanaba hands Calumet a King-sized upset

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ESCANABA — Where were you when the lights went out? The Escanaba Eskymos were celebrating a 21-20 homecoming football victory over the Calumet Copper Kings when darkness fell upon the field here Friday night. Was it a power outage? No. Instead, the lights were turned off so the ...

Prep Schedule Oct. 13

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Today’s games Volleyball Stephenson at Carney-Nadeau, 6 p.m. Rapid River at Big Bay de Noc, 6 p.m. Manistique at Gwinn, 7 p.m. Crystal Falls Forest Park at Superior Central, 7:30 p.m. Rock Mid Peninsula at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s games Cross country Rapid River Invitational, 3:30 p.m. Volleyball North Central Michigan at Bay College, 6:30 p.m.