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Shamion, Adams claim UP track titles

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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 ...

Giants’ Logan Webb baffles Brewers

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Logan Webb of the San Francisco Giants held the Milwaukee Brewers hitless for 6 1/3 innings before allowing a single to Brice Turang on Wednesday night. The Giants led 1-0 on Victor Bericoto's first career homer, which led off the fifth inning. Turang's liner just ...

Newberry 1st, FP 4th In D3 girls track finals

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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 Bay ...

LL-H boys seize Division 3 boys track crown

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Knicks to auction seats (AP) — Looking for NBA Finals seats? The Knicks are making 2 in celebrity row available in an auction The New York Knicks are auctioning two celebrity row seats for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, when the NBA Finals return to New York for the first time since ...