Watson named Browns starter BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson has won the competition to be the Cleveland Browns starting quarterback for the Sept. 13 opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Coach Todd Monken made the announcement after informing Watson and Shedeur Sanders. Watson, a ...
MARQUETTE — A freshman from Negaunee prevented Marquette from pulling off a clean sweep of the individual and team titles at the Wildcat Open high school cross country meet hosted by Northern Michigan University near the Superior Dome and Lake Superior on Friday. The Miners' Julia Plaxco won by just over two seconds, clocking 20 minutes, 52.6 seconds to edge out Kingsford junior Maria Murvich in 20:54.9 for the girls individual championship. But the Sentinels still had plenty of quality depth to pull out a fairly decisive team victory, scoring 31 points to 43 for the runner-up ...
Michigan's high school football season gets underway Thursday and Friday with all games locally kicking off at 6 p.m. Central time. Both Iron Mountain and Kingsford are at home for 11-player games Thursday. The Mountaineers take on Hancock while the Flivvers will face Escanaba. West Iron travels to L'Anse for an 11-player matchup, also on Thursday. Norway opens its eight-player season on the road Thursday at Munising. In eight-player action Friday, North Dickinson travels to Pickford, Forest Park heads to Ontonagon and North Central plays Gogebic at Wakefield. In a Wisconsin ...
DETROIT (AP) — Joshua Dobbs ran for a 50-yard touchdown and the Detroit Lions held on for a 17-13 preseason win against the Washington Commanders on Saturday. Dobbs, expected to back up quarterback Jared Goff this season, was 7 for 12 for 74 yards with an interception and a fumble. He ...
Niagara held an 8-6 lead at halftime but couldn't find the end zone after that, falling 30-8 to Athens in eight-player non-conference football action Friday. "Athens is an outstanding team," said Niagara coach Ben Laarman. "They are very strong and physical, and they have more depth than we do. They wore us down over the course of the game." After falling behind 6-0 in the second quarter, the host Badgers responded with a 41-yard touchdown heave from Sawyer Rouse to Abain Patterson. Rouse's two-point conversion run gave Niagara the lead going into halftime. Three turnovers ...
Kingsford boys soccer will have its home opener at Flivver Field on Tuesday, following a sweep of three games at Grayling over the weekend. MHSAA.com reports Kingsford with victories of 6-2 over Grayling, 7-3 over Standish-Sterling and 7-1 over Sault Ste. Marie. The Flivvers (3-0) will host Marquette (1-3-1) at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
