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Knights open with a 50-2 grid victory

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Norway senior quarterback Kaleb LaPine rushed for 264 yards and five touchdowns as the Knights opened their varsity football season with a 50-2 win at Munising on Thursday. LaPine’s efforts included an 87-yard TD jaunt. He also completed 5 of 8 passes for 148 yards — 98 of which came on a scoring pass to senior Trent Martin. “"I'm proud of the way our young football team came out and played hard,” said Norway coach Andy Mendina. “We made some mistakes early on, but the kids bounced back from those mistakes and we were able to put some points on the board early. We have a ...

Nordics drop football opener to Pickford

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North Dickinson scored twice in the second quarter in a 48-14 varsity football loss at Pickford on Friday. The hosts led 30-14 at halftime. Early in the second quarter, North Dickinson's Xavier Remer ran it in from 24 yards and Luke Grunlund threw to Jason Graham for the two-point conversion. The second score came on a 72-yard run by Graham, shortly after Trenton Kramer recovered a Pickford fumble. The conversion failed. Graham led the Nordics with 127 yards rushing and 24 receiving. He also led the team with 15 solo tackles and 11 assists. The Nordics ended the evening with ...

MTU wins its grid opener

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The Michigan Tech football team edged Bemidji State 31-29 in its season-opener on the road Thursday evening in Minnesota. It's the second season in a row the Huskies defeated the Beavers to begin the new campaign—both times scoring 31 points Kingsford’s Nic Nora, an MTU junior, caught 4 passes for 97 yards, including a 26-yard touchdown from Elliott Larner, In some razzle-dazzle, Nora threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Abram Larner. Tech (1-0) hosts Midwestern State for its home opener on Saturday at Kearly Stadium in Houghton.

Flivvers dominate Esky in season opener

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KINGSFORD — It was a tough night on the gridiron for the Escanaba Eskymos as they fell 35-16 to Kingsford in their season opener at Flivver Field. The Flivvers jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter Thursday as Blake Tomasoski rushed it in from two yards with 7:10 to go, then with ...

Chourio, Contreras homer early in Brewers’ 5-3 victory

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jackson Chourio and William Contreras homered in the first inning and the Milwaukee Brewers stayed ahead the rest of the way to defeat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Saturday night. The MLB-leading Brewers won their fourth in a row and handed Texas its fourth straight loss. The ...

Dobbs makes case to be Goff's backup with 3 TDs over Colts

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Dobbs and Luke Altmyer went into the Detroit Lions’ preseason finale on what appeared to be a level playing field in the battle to back up Jared Goff. Now coach Dan Campbell has a decision to make. Dobbs, the veteran who signed with the Lions after Teddy ...