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Lakes stay unbeaten with narrow win over Trojans

Forest Park took undefeated Lake Linden-Hubbell to the wire before falling 42-38 in a Great Lakes Eight Conference-West game Saturday. After Dax Huuki scored on a 14-yard run in the fourth quarter, the visiting Trojans took a 38-36 lead on a conversion pass from Vic Giuliani to Jon Giuliani. The Lakes answered, however, as Brady Axford reached the end zone from 2 yards out to complete the scoring with two minutes remaining. Lake Linden-Hubbell improved to 6-0 in the conference and 7-0 overall. Forest Park dipped to 4-2 in the conference and 5-2 overall. The Trojans will host ...

Niagara volleyball bows to Lena, 3-2

Lena defeated Niagara 3-2 in a closely contested M&O Conference volleyball match Thursday. The visiting Badgers went up 2-0, but dropped three sets after their starting setter went down with an injury. The scores were 26-24, 25-22, 24-26, 19-25,17-19. "Lena hustled well and kept a lot of our hard hits alive," said Niagara coach Maryellen Allred. "Though I don't feel like we played poorly, ultimately our loss came down to a few moments of miscommunication, regrouping after an injury, and some missed serves. We had some wonderful moments of executing our offense and our offense was ...

Nordics fall to Rebels as Kramer sets receiving mark

North Dickinson trailed just 26-20 at halftime against Laona-Wabeno in a non-conference eight-player game at home Thursday, but the Rebels pushed on for a 42-26 win. The Nordics, 4-3 overall, will host North Central (5-2) in a non-conference Homecoming game Friday. North Dickinson has ...

Mountaineers shut out L'Anse

Iron Mountain moved to 4-1 in the West-PAC Iron Division with a 41-0 win over L'Anse (3-2) at Mountaineer Stadium on Friday. "I am proud of the guys and their execution of the game plan," said Iron Mountain coach Kyle Johnson. "We controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game and got our rushing attack going. Our defense stepped up and won the turnover battle again." Gavin Winters paced the rushing attack with 13 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown. Fellow sophomore Quinton Doty tacked on 145 yards on seven attempts with two TDs. Through the air, Brayden Kassin was 3 for 3 ...

Flivvers improve to 7-0

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