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Trojans off to fast start in Great Lakes 8-West

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Forest Park won its Great Lakes Eight Conference-West opener in convincing fashion on the road, defeating Ontonagon 44-6. Dax Huuki rushed for 116 yards and three touchdowns in Friday’s contest as the Trojans sprinted to a 30-6 halftime lead. Vic Giuliani threw for 105 yards and two touchdowns — both of them to freshman Jon Giuliani. Huuki delivered scoring runs of 14 and 51 yards in the first quarter, and a 1-yard plunge in the second. The Giuliani touchdown connections covered 8 and 23 yards, coming in the first and third quarters. The scoring was capped in the fourth by ...

Steelers still hope to sign CB Joey Porter Jr. to a new deal

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows how the club feels about him. The team, however, doesn't feel strongly enough to adjust its long-held standard of not negotiating during the season in hopes of getting something ...

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Alcaraz returns with a victory NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz returned to the U.S. Open and looked healthy enough for a run at a repeat. Alcaraz beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, showing no problems with the right wrist injury that had sidelined the 23-year-old Spaniard since April. ...

North Central FB shuts out Miners

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WAKEFIELD — The North Central Jets continued their mastery over the Gogebic Miners, rolling to a 36-0 eight-player football victory here in a rare Friday night game at Cardinal Field. It marked the sixth straight time the Jets have beaten the Miners, this time in a contest that concluded long before darkness descended upon a field that has no lights. North Central simply played the role of the opportunist, scoring on five straight possessions with each drive starting inside the 50-yard line in the Great Lakes Conference-West match-up. "Actually, I thought we got off to a slow ...

Rangers dodge Milwaukee sweep

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ezequiel Durán homered, doubled and drove in three runs to help the Texas Rangers avoid a sweep by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 on Sunday. Joc Pederson added a solo shot as the Rangers snapped their own four-game skid and the Brewers' four-game winning streak. ...