“Autumn this year is gonna break my heart, the leaves start falling and the feeling starts,” – Steve Forbert The rain seemed undecided, not sure whether it felt like delivering itself to the earth below or not. Maybe the rain has lazy days too? Nothing more than a faint mist was ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — A pair of area cross country runners experience the thrill of victory here Wednesday by winning their respective races in the Forest Park Trojan Invitational. Rock Mid Peninsula sophomore Ashdeyn Gerow captured the boys’ title by covering the hilly 3.1-mile course in 19 minutes, 50 seconds at the Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp on the sunny and hot afternoon. Superior Central freshman Edye Burdett was crowned champion for the first time in her varsity career at 21:37.5. The Forest Park boys retained their title with nine points, followed by Mid Pen 20 and Stephenson ...
LANSING – The Michigan Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) and Natural Resources (DNR) are reminding consumers to not move firewood long distances this holiday weekend to help prevent the spread of invasive insects and plant diseases. The agencies are also working to expand access to certified invasive-free firewood. Firewood movement is one of the most common pathways for the spread of invasive insects and diseases. The Michigan Invasive Species Program’s (MISP) longstanding “Don’t Move Firewood” campaign asks Michiganders to purchase firewood at or ...
HARRIS — The Bark River-Harris Broncos overcame a slow start, then rolled a 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-10) volleyball victory over the Carney-Nadeau Wolves here Tuesday night. C-N led much of the first set and was ahead 22-19 before committing a hitting error. The Broncos capitalized and surged to a 23-22 lead on another hitting miscue by the Wolves. A BR-H service error enabled C-N to tie the score at 23. BR-H regained the lead on a kill by junior outside hitter Makayla Hyslop and secured the opener on a serve receive error by the Wolves. “We got into a rut,” BR-H coach ...
ESCANABA — The Escanaba Eskymos pulled out a couple close matches in the end, preserving a 6-2 girls’ tennis victory over the Gladstone Braves here Tuesday. “This was our first home meet of the year and our final dual meet with Gladstone for the year,” Esky coach Chris Ogren said. “The first time we played this year the score was 5-3, so we knew it was likely to be close again. Many of the matches had very similar results, but we were able to come away with one additional win today.” The Eskymos mathematically sealed the deal at No. 4 doubles in which senior Alexa DeGrand ...
Tuesday’s matches Volleyball Gladstone 3, Manistique 1 Rapid River 3, Big Bay de Noc 2 Bark River-Harris 3, Carney-Nadeau 0 Powers North Central 3, Rock Mid Peninsula 0 Norway 3, Felch North Dickinson 2 Munising 3, Newberry 1 Menominee 3, Marquette 2 Negaunee 3, Iron Mountain 0 Ishpeming Westwood 3, L’Anse 2 Hancock 3, Dollar Bay 0 Painesdale Jeffers 3, Gwinn 1 Baraga 3, Lake Linden-Hubbell 0 Ewen-Trout Creek 3, Wakefield-Marenisco 0 Girls’ tennis Escanaba 6, Gladstone 2 Negaunee 8, Gwinn 0 Soccer Petoskey 4, Sault Ste. Marie 0
