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Thursday, Aug. 27 Kingsford 35, Escanba 16 L’Anse 54, West Iron 6 Iron Mountain, 35, Hancock 0 Negaunee 30, Marquette 28 Gladstone 30, Gwinn 6 8-PLAYER Norway 50, Munising 2 Lake Linden-Hubbell 52, Ishpeming 36 Brimley 36, Calumet Copper Island Academy 0 Rudyard 22, Onekama 6 Lena 47, Goodman-Pembine 6

Jacobs faces charges of battery, damage to property

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs is facing misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property stemming from what police described as a physical confrontation with his girlfriend. Jacobs was arrested May 26 after police were called to his home to investigate a ...

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Aces lose NaLyssa Smith LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Aces forward NaLyssa Smith is out for the season with a left leg injury, dealing a huge blow to the defending WNBA champion's repeat hopes. Smith suffered the non-contact injury at the 3:15 mark of the third quarter in this past ...

Ohio, Nevada, Japan, Curaco advance at LL World Series

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Ohio’s Walker Osborne and Japan’s Shinnosuke Ijima tossed complete games in the Little League Baseball World Series quarterfinals on Thursday to lift their teams into Saturday’s United States and international championships, respectively. Osborne, who hadn’t pitched more than 1 1/3 innings in either of his first two appearances, threw 86 pitches and allowed just one run on four hits in Ohio’s 7-1 win over Iowa on Thursday to set up Saturday’s U.S. Championship against Nevada. “Walker’s a GOAT,” Ohio manager Timothy Nichting said. ...

Flivvers, Sentinels tie 4-4 in girls tennis

Facing Marquette in girls tennis Monday, the host Kingsford Flivvers swept all four singles matches but Marquette pulled the same trick in doubles for a 4-4 tie. "In Kingsford we had two evenly matched teams," Marquette coach Karl Thomsen said. "Our singles girls battled well and a couple of our doubles teams came up clutch." Garnering the singles wins for the Flivvers were Aubrie Moore, Madalynn Sleik, Aubrey Bellmore and Chloe Lanning. The Sentinels won a pair of three-set doubles matches by the No. 1 tandem of Eva Kentala and Charlotte Thomsen and No. 3 duo of Grace Jandreau ...