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Seniors lift Nordics VB past Mountaineers

Iron Mountain kept the match close, but fell 3-0 to visiting North Dickinson in non-conference volleyball Monday. The scores were 25-22, 25-20, 25-15. "A well-rounded win, it was a great night to try a few new things on offense," said Nordics coach Taylor Johnson. "I thought our seniors played especially strong, and it was nice to see them taking leadership roles on the court. We were able to work out some communication errors, which will serve us well moving forward," she added. North Dickinson stats: Carli Jungwirth: 5 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs Aunika Lindholm: 1 kill, 19 ...

Flivvers top Gremlins

KHS sweeps Mountaineers

Kingsford faced Iron Mountain and recorded an 8-0 sweep in girls tennis Monday. The Flivvers will get a rematch at Escanaba on Thursday, following a narrow loss to the Eskymos at Saturday's Kingsford Invitational Escanaba took first Saturday with 25 points. Kingsford was second with 24 and ...

Gibbs takes on heavy workload for Lions

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions know they are asking a lot of star running back Jahmyr Gibbs. His next major test will come Thursday against the Buffalo Bills. For the first three years of his career, Gibbs was paired with David Montgomery in Detroit's "Sonic and Knuckles" ...

Brewers brand of baseball are NLC champs again

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The best pitcher in baseball on the team with the best record in baseball isn’t sure how exactly the Milwaukee Brewers keep doing this. Asked how a team that works on the fringe of baseball’s middle class has turned Champagne celebrations into a September ritual, Jacob ...

Torkelson hits 3-run homer as Tigers thump Blue Jays 10-1

TORONTO (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer, Drew Anderson pitched five shutout innings and the Detroit Tigers won their sixth straight game by thumping the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays have lost six of nine. Toronto fell two games behind Cleveland ...