ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Troy Melton allowed only two runs over a career-long eight innings, Dillon Dingler drove in four runs and the Detroit Tigers finished off a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays with a 7-2 victory on Wednesday. Detroit scored 25 runs on 19 extra base hits in ...
KINGSFORD — They say there’s a first time for everything. The Lake Linden-Hubbell boys proved that beyond any shadow of a doubt here Saturday, earning their first Upper Peninsula Division 3 track and field championship with 64 points. Rapid River was runner-up with 55 and St. Ignace placed third at 46. “We’ve been waiting for this for four months,” LL-H coach Brett Gervais said. “Back in March we started asking a lot of the boys. I couldn’t be happier for the kids." The Lakes won just two individual events, but had enough depth to carry them through. Junior Lukas ...
INGSFORD — The distances have been the primary strength for the Newberry girls throughout this track and field season. That proved true again Saturday as they retained their Upper Peninsula Division 3 Finals title with 73 points. They were followed by Lake Linden-Hubbell with 58 and Big ...
Russia-Ukraine in semifinals PARIS (AP) — Marta Kostyuk, the top clay player this season and a strong supporter of Ukraine, has reached her first major semifinal at the French Open. She defeated fellow Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in a three-set fight. Kostyuk is the first Ukrainian woman ...
KINGSFORD — Jimmy Carter was president the last time a Rudyard girls track and field team was crowned Upper Peninsula Finals champion. The year was 1977 when the Bulldogs were competing in Class C, and gasoline was selling for less than one dollar a gallon. But there were signs Rudyard’s ...
KINGSFORD — The Pickford boys continued their winning ways here Saturday, taking home an Upper Peninsula Track & Field Finals championship trophy for the fifth straight year. Their current streak started in 2022 when they were still competing in Division 3. Since moving up to D-2, the ...
