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Bravrs sweep Eskymos for second time this season

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ESCANABA — The Gladstone volleyball team stormed onto the court after the conclusion of a Great Northern Conference meet here Tuesday night. No, this wasn’t the state finals. This, however, was the first time in quite a while the Braves defeated Escanaba on their home floor. Gladstone had just swept the Eskymos in straight sets for the second time this season. This time the final score was 25-12, 25-16, 27-25. “I don’t really know how long it has been, but I think it was more than four years,” Braves’ senior Adele Ostlund said. “The third set is always the hardest ...

Prep Schedule Sept. 24

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Today’s games Volleyball Hannahville at Bark River-Harris freshmen, 4:30 p.m. Superior Central at Rock Mid Peninsula, 6 p.m. Escanaba at Marquette, 7 p.m. Kingsford at Gladstone, 7 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Manistique, 7:15 p.m. Menominee at Carney-Nadeau, 7:30 p.m. Rapid River at Powers North Central, 7:45 p.m. Friday’s games Soccer Hannahville at Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter, 1 p.m. Volleyball Hannahville at Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter, 4 p.m. Cross country Bay College at St. Norbert Green Knight Open (Green Bay), 6 p.m. Football Bark River-Harris vs. ...

U.P. Scores

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Tuesday’s matches Volleyball Gladstone 3, Escanaba 0 Powers North Central 3, Rock Mid Peninsula 0 Big Bay de Noc 3, Ojibwe Charter 0 Menominee 3, Stephenson 1 Gwinn 3, Ishpeming Westwood 0 Hancock 3, West Iron County 0 Lake Linden-Hubbell 3, Dollar Bay 0 Baraga 3, Painesdale Jeffers 2 Ontonagon 3, Wakefield-Marenisco 0 Ewen-Trout Creek 3, Chassell 0 Ironwood 3, L’Anse 0 Newberry 3, Rudyard 1 Soccer Big Bay de Noc 6, Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 1 Cadillac 3, Sault Ste. Marie 0

Prep Schedule Sept. 23

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Today’s games Girls’ tennis Great Northern Conference at Marquette, 10 a.m. Cross country El Harger Invitational at Munising, 4 p.m. Volleyball Kirtland C.C. at Bay College, 6:30 p.m. Thursday’s games Volleyball Hannahville at Bark River-Harris freshmen, 4:30 p.m. Superior Central at Rock Mid Peninsula, 6 p.m. Escanaba at Marquette, 7 p.m. Kingsford at Gladstone, 7 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Manistique, 7:15 p.m. Menominee at Carney-Nadeau, 7:30 p.m. Rapid River at Powers North Central, 7:45 p.m.

Hannahville defeats Paradise in volleyball action

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HANNAHVILLE — Everybody got a chance to play as the Hannahville Soaring Eagles swept both ends of a volleyball doubleheader from the shorthanded Paradise Rockets. The Soaring Eagles posted a 25-18, 25-16, 23-25 victory in the opener followed by a 25-15, 19-25, 25-9 triumph in the nightcap. Unlike the first match, the Soaring Eagles sent their regular starting unit onto the floor in the third set of the second match. The Rockets, who had just five players, tied the score at five before committing a service error in the decisive set. Paradise was still within 9-6 before McKenzie ...