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All-phases attack lifts Team Black to UP All-Star football triumph

MARQUETTE — Team Black romped past the Team Red 56-7 in the Upper Peninsula All-Star football game on Saturday, scoring through the air, on the ground and on defense. Bark River-Harris’s Cristian Spear scored twice inside Northern Michigan University’s Superior Dome, his first touchdown ...

IM to host Little League District 10 softball tournament

IRON MOUNTAIN — Little League All-Star softball teams from Iron Mountain, Kingsford, Norway, Gladstone and Escanaba will compete in the District 10 Majors (ages 11-12) tournament this weekend at North Side Field. The event is hosted by Iron Mountain Little League. It opens at 5 p.m. Friday ...

Lopez, Athletics blank Tigers 3-0

DETROIT (AP) — Jacob Lopez pitched seven innings and Nick Kurtz hit a three-run homer to help the Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0 on Wednesday night. Lopez (2-4) gave up three hits and a walk, striking out six to improve to 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA in his last four starts. Jack Flaherty ...

Florida golfer carries the day at Sweetgrass

HARRIS — Some like it hot. Some sweat when the heat is on. Some feel the heat and decide that they can’t go on. By all accounts Melanie Green felt the heat all weekend long. But as she drained her final putt on Sunday to finish the weekend at -14 she couldn’t help but smile as she earned ...

Ortiz and Durbin come up big in Brewers’ win over Pirates

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Joey Ortiz homered twice and Caleb Durbin added a three-run shot as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-3 on Tuesday night. Durbin and Ortiz — the last two hitters in Milwaukee's lineup — went a combined 4 of 8 with four runs and seven RBIs. They hit ...