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Iron Mountain’s Brooke Fornetti and the Alma College women’s bowling team finished 26th out of 66 teams in the 49th annual Hoosier Classic in Indianapolis.

Fornetti, a freshman, wound up a solid 71st in a field of 500 bowlers. She totaled an 1121 series, with a 216 in game four.

“It was a great effort by everyone,” said Alma Coach Kyle Woodcock.

The Scots compete Sunday in the American Heartland Championships in Beavercreek, Ohio.

By the way, gotta believe the late Ron Tomassoni would be grinning ear-to-ear over his Mountaineers bowling program winning UP High School Bowling Conference boys titles Saturday. One of the reasons he helped launch bowling as a sanctioned high school sport was to see student-athletes like Brooke achieve a college education and continue to bowl …

From figuring skating great and TV analyst Scott Hamilton, on dealing with cancer: “I calculated once how many times I fell during my skating career — 41,600 times. But here’s the funny thing: I got up 41,600 times. That’s the muscle you have to build in your psyche — the one that reminds you to just get up.” …

Negaunee High School senior Colton Yesney will continue his long-distance running for the University of Michigan cross country and track programs.

An injury kept Yesney out of the 2017 UP Cross Country Finals but he had a great enough regular season to receive Male Runner of the Year by U.P. coaches …

From Andy Dolan, writing in The Athletic about the Chicago Cubs holding a promotional game with Jason Heyward bobbleheads: “I haven’t seen the prototype, but I’m looking forward to how well they can depict him grounding out to second base.” …

NHL’s Los Angeles Kings are offering a Kevin Gravel game-used stick for $150.

The defenseman from Kingsford has been a healthy scratch from the lineup for the past several games …