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Forest Park advances to regional VB final

Forest Park (37-4-1) will face Hancock (31-2-1) at 6 p.m. Eastern time Thursday in Ishpeming as the Trojans look to advance to the MHSAA Division 4 volleyball state quarterfinals. The Lady Trojans defeated Ewen-Trout Creek in three sets (25-11, 25-23, 25-12) Tuesday night in the regional semifinals to earn a spot in the regional championship. "Although it wasn’t our best performance of the season, we did enough to secure the sweep and advance," said Forest Park coach Bobbie Anderson. "We struggled with our passing throughout the match, making it difficult to get our offense ...

Flivvers open hockey season with 5-1 win

The Kingsford Flivvers varsity hockey team started the season strong with a 5-1 win at home Tuesday against the Manistique Emeralds. Manistique struck first, scoring in the first period but Kingsford junior Casey Clisch answered with the Flivvers' first goal of the season. Both teams played a physical game. Penalties gave Manistique the man advantage four times throughout the game, but Kingsford held the Emeralds' power play to zero. Kingsford scored twice in the second period. Paolo Lenzi and Casey Clisch assisted sophomore Eli Siren with his first varsity goal. Freshman ...

Misiorowski, Schlittler unanimous Cy Young winners

Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski and the New York Yankees' Cam Schlittler were unanimous Cy Young Award winners Wednesday night after delivering dominant performances in their first full seasons in the major leagues. Misiorowski, who reached 105.5 mph with his fastball this summer, won the ...

No. 5 Michigan State knocks off No. 2 Duke 79-73

CHICAGO (AP) — Jeremy Fears Jr. had 18 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds as No. 5 Michigan State shut down No. 2 Duke for a rugged 79-73 win Tuesday night. Playing coach Tom Izzo’s usual swarming, physical defense, Michigan State held Duke to 33.3% (20 for 60) shooting from the field ...

Packers’ surge hasn’t helped them make up ground on North rivals

Winning five of their last six games hasn't enabled the Green Bay Packers to make up any ground in the rugged NFC North. The Packers (6-3) are in last place in their division despite having won twice as many games as they've lost. According to Sportradar, this is the first time every team ...