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Friday, Sept. 25 EIGHT-PLAYER Niagara 47, Goodman-Pembine 16 Forest Park 59, North Dickinson 52 Ishpeming 46, Bessemer 0 Norway 40, Ontonagon 16 Rudyard 72, Stephenson 50 Munising 50, Ironwood 32 Pickford 46, Newberry 14 Rapid River def. Rock Mid Peninsula, forfeit Laona-Wabeno 20, Lena 14 ELEVEN-PLAYER Iron Mountain 25, Manistique 8 Kingsford 37, Calumet 19 Negaunee 40, Hancock 0 Pewamo-Westphalia 59, Bark River-Harris 14 Marquette 48, Escanaba 10 Crivitz 35, Northland Pines 14 Saturday, Sept. 26 EIGHT-PLAYER Lake Linden-Hubbell 44, North Central 27

Lake sturgeon rescued in Ontonagon River channel

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Earlier this month, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, along with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and Upper Peninsula Power Company, conducted three rescue missions to save a total of 27 lake sturgeon from low-water conditions in the Ontonagon River channel. The rescue efforts ...

KHS's Murvich posts top finish at Munising

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MUNISING — The Rock Mid Peninsula cross country program has waited a long time for this. Mid Pen's boys became Division 3 champs with 126 points in the El Harger Invitational here Wednesday. Rapid River was runner-up at 141. "This is our first win in more than 30 years," Mid Pen coach ...

Flivvers land two firsts at GNC tennis tourney

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MARQUETTE — Marquette Senior High School put its stamp on the Great Northern Conference meet in the championship matches, winning five of the six it was entered in to capture this high school girls tennis title on Wednesday. Playing on its home courts, the Sentinels scored 34 points to 28 for runner-up Escanaba. Gladstone was third with 21, followed by Kingsford with 20, West Iron County 10 and Menominee seven. Each of these teams -- except WIC, which was entered in the GNC tourney as a team without a conference in this sport -- will play in Wednesday's MHSAA Upper Peninsula ...

Electronic tagging introduced for Michigan deer hunt

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Michigan's archery deer season opens Thursday, with electronic harvest tagging — or eHarvest tags — now available. Hunters who purchase a deer license through the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Hunt Fish app immediately receive an eHarvest tag on their smartphone, allowing them ...

Forest Park grounds Eagles; Flivvers sweep past Braves

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Every hitter recorded a kill for Forest Park as the Lady Trojans posted a 3-0 (25-6, 25-7, 25-11) sweep at home against Stephenson on Thursday. "I thought the girls played a great match from start to finish," said Forest Park coach Bobbie Anderson. "They were aggressive, focused, and took ...