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Florence, Niagara advance in WIAA baseball tourney

Florence and Niagara will play in WIAA Division 4 baseball regional semifinals Tuesday following convincing wins Thursday. Niagara hosted Pembine-Goodman and came away with a 12-0 win in five innings. The Badgers will travel to face Laona-Wabeno at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The Rebels advanced ...

Jets' Pipkorn places 6th in D3 golf finals

WATERSMEET — Rock Mid Peninsula's Christian VanDamme is only a sophomore, yet he came into Wednesday’s Upper Peninsula Division 3 Final with two past runner-up finishes at this golf tournament. He made the top five as a seventh grader before shooting an impressive 76 as an eighth grader to finish second behind his brother Bradly. Last year, he had a seven-hole lead going into the back nine, but couldn’t hold off Powers North Central’s Nathan Pipkorn. “I’ve definitely been putting too much pressure on myself the last couple years,” VanDamme said. “So I just kind of ...

Snowmobilers look back on a memorable winter

A busy day job and full life mean it doesn’t happen as often as he’d like, but when the weather and trail conditions are just right – and were they ever this past winter – a certain route on the Keweenaw Peninsula calls out to passionate snowmobiler Ryan LaPorte. “I’ll take ...

Outdoors report: June 6-7 is Wisconsin's Free Fun Weekend

IRON MOUNTAIN — Next weekend is the annual Free Fun Weekend in Wisconsin, which means state park admission fees, fishing licenses and trail passes are waived for both residents and nonresidents. Michigan's Three Free Weekend — where residents and nonresidents can grab a fishing rod, ...

Flivvers place third at Division 1 girls golf

HARRIS — The Negaunee girls golf team enjoyed a historic Wednesday at Sage Run. The Miners carded a 383 to win the Upper Peninsula Division 1 Final by 24 strokes – with the championship the program’s first after previous runner-up finishes in 2000 and 2022, and a distant fourth place only a year ago. Returning four golfers from last year’s Finals lineup, Negaunee placed three golfers among the top nine in the individual standings. Junior Adyson Crookham finished third with an 89, with senior Kennidy Glasheen tied for fourth at 90 and senior Sonya Erva tied for eighth at ...

Sports briefs

Game 7 tonight OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The last time Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder played a Game 7 it was the ultimate game of ultimate games, one that decided last season's NBA championship. Another Game 7 awaits tonight against the San Antonio Spurs to decide the ...