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Flivvs take 2; Knights down IM

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Mya Brunswick threw a five-inning shutout in the first game of a doubleheader against Menominee and then singled in a key run in the top of the eighth in the second game as the Flivvers swept the Maroons in a Great Northern Conference twinbill in Menominee. In Kingsford’s 10-0 victory in ...

Kingsford distance relay wins GNC title

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The Kingsford boys 3,200-meter relay team of Cavan Mulligan, Reed DeGroot, Kaleb Fornetti and Blake Tomasoski earned a league title at the Great Northern Conference meet Monday at Flivver Field. The squad — comprised of two sophomores, Mulligan and Tomasoski, and two seniors, DeGroot and ...

LadyCats stay in running for NLC title

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LAONA, Wis. — The Florence girls broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the fourth and then added insurance runs in the sixth and seventh innings to defeat host Laona-Wabeno 5-2 in a key Northern Lakes Conference tussle on Monday. The victory leaves the LadyCats in the running for a league title, to ...

NFL teams can keep using the tush push

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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Facing stiff resistance around the NFL, the tush push managed to move the chains and gain a fresh set of downs. League owners narrowly failed to pass a proposal to prohibit the polarizing short-yardage strategy at their spring meetings in Minnesota on Wednesday, keeping ...

KHS baseball sweeps Gremlins in crisp road trip

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HOUGHTON — Sophomore hurler Jonah Doenier, backed by some solid defense, fired a 3-hit shutout to help Kingsford to a 4-0 varsity baseball victory and a doubleheader sweep over Houghton Monday at cold and blustery Houghton High School. The Flivvers (14-8) rolled 11-3 in the opener of the two ...

Contreras pushes on with broken finger

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers catcher Wiliam Contreras is learning how to keep hitting the ball hard while dealing with a fractured left middle finger. Contreras has been playing through this injury for much of the season, which has impacted the hitting production of one of the game's ...