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Norway wins regional softball championship
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Norway won the MHSAA Division 4 Region 25 softball title today, defeating Superior Central 11-0 in the championship game at Lake Linden-Hubbell. The Knights defeated Hancock 4-3 in the semifinal, while Superior Central had advanced with a 13-9 win over L'Anse. Norway will play Hillman in a ...
Jets deny Nordics in regional semifinal
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FELCH — Powered by aggressive base running, a steady defensive effort and a complete-game pitching performance from Cam Anderson, the Jeffers Jets defeated North Dickinson 10-5 Wednesday in a Division 4 Region 25 semifinal at Felch Community Center Field. The Jets, who have won five ...
IM’s Pickett named Mid-Pen Pitcher of the Year
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Iron Mountain junior Connor Pickett was named Pitcher of the Year and joined two teammates on the Mid-Peninsula Conference first team in baseball awards announced by the conference. Joey Wahoviak, a junior, and Gavin Winters, a freshman, were the Mountaineers named along with Pickett to the ...
Packers’ Taylor embraces his reserve QB role
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay's Tyrod Taylor has been a reserve quarterback long enough to know the importance of building a relationship with the guy he's backing up. That's why the 16th-year pro has been getting more familiar with Jordan Love since signing with the Packers last ...
Loons back on the nest at Six Mile Lake
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FELCH TOWNSHIP — Six Mile Lake again has nesting loons, raising the possibility a chick might be produced for a second straight year. While scanning the small side pool where the lake flows into Six Mile Creek, I thought I caught sight of a loon in the water. That, to my embarrassment, ...