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Knights, Trojans in UP girls golf top 10

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HOUGHTON — When Bark River-Harris has enough golfers for a team, they’ve become pretty tough to beat in the Upper Peninsula. The Broncos won a U.P. Finals title two years ago but didn’t have enough golfers for a team score at last year’s championship tournament. This year, they did – and they made it two Division 2 championship trophies earned in three years. They won convincingly; their score of 416 was 12 strokes better than runner-up Cedarville on Wednesday at Portage Lake Golf Course. Hancock was third, Ironwood fourth, and last year’s champion, Newberry, ...

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MLB salary cap proposed (AP) — Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players' association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and perhaps beyond. Baseball owners haven't proposed a firm cap since 1994. Their effort prompted a 7 1/2-month strike that forced the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years. The proposal would cap spending in 2027 at $245.3 million, with a salary floor of $171.2 million. NBA draft ...

Angels stay hot with 7-1 win over slumping Tigers

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DETROIT (AP) — Grayson Rodriguez pitched five strong innings as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 7-1 on Thursday for their fifth victory in six games. The Angels won back-to-back series for the first time this season, sweeping Texas at home before winning two of three in ...

Kingsford to host UP's top track and field athletes

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More than two-thirds of last season’s individual champions – winners in 28 of 39 events – will return Saturday to fill out a star-studded lineup at the Upper Peninsula Girls Track and Field Finals. For the boys, this decade has seen only six schools win an MHSAA Upper Peninsula ...

Newberry first, FP fifth in UP boys golf

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HOUGHTON — Newberry usually doesn’t bother with the mobile app utilized for scoring at the Upper Peninsula Finals because there isn’t cell service on most of the courses they play during the regular season. But the technology worked fine at Portage Lake Golf Course in Houghton on Wednesday, and when the Division 2 Finals came down to one stroke, being able to track the score in real time made for high drama. Coach Kenn Depew said it was the most nervous he’s ever been on a golf course. The players, he said, knew one bad shot could ruin the day for the entire team. It ...

Prep baseball squads advance to postseason

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Norway scored five runs in the second inning and held on to defeat Escanaba 5-3 to wrap up baseball's regular season Tuesday. "Today was a nice bounce-back effort from last week," said Knights coach Tony Adams. "It’s now time to take the lessons learned from the regular season and apply ...