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Niagara volleyball bows to Lena, 3-2

Lena defeated Niagara 3-2 in a closely contested M&O Conference volleyball match Thursday. The visiting Badgers went up 2-0, but dropped three sets after their starting setter went down with an injury. The scores were 26-24, 25-22, 24-26, 19-25,17-19. "Lena hustled well and kept a lot of our hard hits alive," said Niagara coach Maryellen Allred. "Though I don't feel like we played poorly, ultimately our loss came down to a few moments of miscommunication, regrouping after an injury, and some missed serves. We had some wonderful moments of executing our offense and our offense was ...

Mountaineers shut out L’Anse

Iron Mountain moved to 4-1 in the West-PAC Iron Division with a 41-0 win over L'Anse (3-2) at Mountaineer Stadium on Friday. "I am proud of the guys and their execution of the game plan," said Iron Mountain coach Kyle Johnson. "We controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game and got our rushing attack going. Our defense stepped up and won the turnover battle again." Gavin Winters paced the rushing attack with 13 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown. Fellow sophomore Quinton Doty tacked on 145 yards on seven attempts with two TDs. Through the air, Brayden Kassin was 3 for 3 ...

GB’s Watson and Golden develop into dynamic receiving duo

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love faces a greater burden to carry the Green Bay Packers' offense as long as they're unable to run the ball consistently. Christian Watson and Matthew Golden have made Love's challenge a bit easier by developing into one of the NFL's top receiving ...

Contreras delivers, bullpen shines as Brewers take 2-0 series lead

MILWAUKEE (AP) — William Contreras hit a tying homer in the fifth and singled home the go-ahead run an inning later as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 on Monday in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. Four relievers combined to retire the last 15 ...

Bears show they need their QB in lopsided loss to Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The good news for the Chicago Bears on a hugely disappointing day is the possibility that quarterback Caleb Williams is getting closer to returning from the hamstring injury that has sidelined him for three games. Chicago coach Ben Johnson said after a 31-7 loss at ...

Mid Pen boys take conference CC crown, Trojans 2nd

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 shins. It's ...