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LadyCats to open tourney season Thursday at home

Florence will enter the WIAA Division 5 volleyball tournament as the top seed in its 11-team region, opening at home Thursday against the winner of tonight's match between No. 8 Goodman-Pembine and No. 9 White Lake. Game time Thursday in Florence is 7 p.m. with a $6 admission for all. The LadyCats finished third in the Northern Lakes Conference behind Three Lakes and Laona-Wabeno, but those teams will compete in WIAA Division 4. Traveling to play bigger schools throughout the regular season, Florence compiled an impressive 33-8 record. On Thursday, the LadyCats swept conference foe ...

Rays beat Guardians 7-3, advance to Series against Brewers

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yandy Díaz’s bat backed up his boast, and the Tampa Bay Rays are headed to the World Series. Díaz and Junior Caminero each hit a two-run homer, Freddy Peralta pitched 5 1/3 gritty innings and the Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American ...

1,000 digs for Steinbrecher

Pistons spoil Paul George’s debut with Celtics

DETROIT (AP) — Javonte Green scored 19 points after not playing in the first half and Cade Cunningham finished with 22 points and eight assists, helping the Detroit Pistons come back and beat the Boston Celtics 121-113 on Tuesday. The NBA picked the matinee matchup to tip off the season ...

Trojans top Red Devils with 42-point first half

Forest Park built a 42-6 halftime lead and went on to defeat Ironwood 49-22 in a Great Lakes Eight-Conference-West game Friday at Dick Mettlach Field. The Trojans will go on the road this week, facing conference rival North Central on Friday in Powers. Both teams stand at 5-2 in the Great Lakes Eight and 6-2 overall. Against Ironwood, Vic Giuliani completed 7 of 9 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns. Dax Huuki rushed 17 times for 160 yards and four TDs. Eli Brzoznowski caught three passes for 119 yards, including an 81-yard touchdown. Jon Giuliani also had three catches, ...

KHS’s Murvich captures GNC cross country honors

MENOMINEE — Keeping pace with the Marquette cross country runners has been a difficult task for many years. Marquette, as expected, captured both ends of the Great Northern Conference title here on a rainy Thursday. Kingsford junior Maria Murvich, however, not only kept pace with the ...