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Black Bears claim regular season title

GARDEN CORNERS — The Big Bay de Noc Black Bears captured the Northern Lights League regular-season volleyball championship by sweeping both ends of a doubleheader from the Paradise Rockets here Wednesday night. They took the opener 25-4, 25-8 and nightcap 25-6, 25-13. “This season truly has exceeded my expectations,” Big Bay coach Angie Carley said. “We came into this season looking at it as a building year with how young and green our team was, and despite that, we walked away with a regular-season championship for the Northern Lights League. Big Bay senior Payton Pederson ...

Bowling Results

Young & American Circlemcountry.com 38, E&E Furniture 33, Lucky Strikes 24, Spare Time 19, Red Hots 18. H.T.G. — Circlemcountry.com 366 H.T.S. — Circlemcountry.com 1,002 H.I.S. — Matthew Meerstein 527, Rhonda Imeson 483 Three high games — Men: Matthew Meerstein 201, Dave Moran and Trevor Sebeck 199. Women: Rhonda Imeson 181, Abby Dubord 153, Andria Thompson 127.

Meet the Athlete: Alex Ison

ESCANABA — As the 2026-27 football season heads toward the playoffs it's time for another Meet the Athlete. Today it's Escanaba senior quarterback Alex Ison. Adam Hinch: When did you start playing football? Alex Ison: I started playing flag football as a kid but my first year of real ...

Mid Pen boys take conference crown

BANAT — It’s not very often a runner has an off day and the good fortune of winning a race. Rock Mid Peninsula Ashdyn Gerow, however, overcame breathing issues here Wednesday and captured the Skyline Central Conference boys’ cross country title by covering a challenging 3.1-mile course in 17 minutes, 59.3 seconds on this mostly sunny and windy late afternoon. “Before the start I felt pretty good,” he said. “Then, little after the first hill I couldn’t breathe. It’s a rough day. This was my first time running in cleats and every now and then one would get me in the ...

A drier than usual fall

“Either get ready for elimination or your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards,” – Bob Dylan With a rush and a mighty rustle through a pile of downed leaves, the autumn changing of the guard blew into these Great North Woods in no uncertain fashion. This was the ...

Fall fishing