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Sports Flashback May 24-30

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May 26, 1981 — The Escanaba girls captured their second straight Upper Peninsula Class A-B track and field championship with 72 points. Menominee squeezed past Gwinn 46-45 for the runner-up trophy. Esky’s Jean Tolfa won the 100-meter dash in 13.36 seconds and long jump at 16 feet, 10 inches. Lisa Phelan added a first in the 400 in 1:00.58 and Gladstone’s Sherri Ahola took the 800 (2:29.35). The Menominee boys were crowned champions with 83½ points followed by Marquette 62 and Esky 45. Esky’s John Tolfa captured the 400 (50.53). Jim Harris copped the 3200 (10:07.44) and ...

Escanaba sophomore Kyle Smith shines at U.P. Tennis Finals

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WEST ISHPEMING — The Escanaba boys weren’t in contention for the team championship in the Upper Peninsula Division 1 Tennis Finals, but sophomore Kyle Smith gave them something to cheer about here Wednesday. Smith captured the No. 4 singles title on this sunny and mild afternoon by outlasting Marquette sophomore Dominic Camilli 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, much to the delight of his teammates and coach Alan Adams. “This feels great,” he said. “I just started playing tennis last year. We’ve gone back and forth all year. I was pretty nervous before the match. Winning the second set was ...

Escanaba boys are runner-up at U.P. Golf Finals

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HARRIS — It was a great day for golf with temperatures in the 70s and light winds for the MHSAA Division 1 U.P. Golf Finals. Marquette backed up last year’s title as they ended the day with a team best 295 points finishing ahead of second place Escanaba with 3014 points and third place ...

Escanaba girls take runner up spot at U.P. Golf Finals

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HARRIS — It was a big day for the Negaunee Miners girls golf team as they finished the day with a team score of 383 to claim the U.P. Championship in Division 1. Escanaba came in second with a score of 407. Kingsford was third with 426, Calumet scored 430 points for fifth and Marquette ...

Prep Schedule May 29

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Today’s games District tournaments Baseball Division 2 At Kingsford Houghton vs. Kingsford, 9:30 a.m. Escanaba vs. Negaunee, 11:30 a.m. Championship game, 2 p.m. Division 3 At Hancock Superior Central vs. Calumet, noon Ishpeming Westwood vs. Hancock, 2 p.m. Championship game, 4 p.m. At Gladstone Newberry vs. Gladstone, 1 p.m. Menominee vs. Iron Mountain, 3 p.m. Championship game, 5 p.m. Division 4 At Norway Bark River-Harris vs. Stephenson, 10 a.m. Powers North Central vs. Norway, 1 p.m. Championship game, 4 p.m. Softball Division 2 At ...