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LadyCats to open tourney season Thursday at home

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Florence will enter the WIAA Division 5 volleyball tournament as the top seed in its 11-team region, opening at home Thursday against the winner of tonight's match between No. 8 Goodman-Pembine and No. 9 White Lake. Game time Thursday in Florence is 7 p.m. with a $6 admission for all. The LadyCats finished third in the Northern Lakes Conference behind Three Lakes and Laona-Wabeno, but those teams will compete in WIAA Division 4. Traveling to play bigger schools throughout the regular season, Florence compiled an impressive 33-8 record. On Thursday, the LadyCats swept conference foe ...

Return of Josh Jacobs should help Packers boost rushing attack

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Josh Jacobs' arrival should help the Green Bay Packers address their biggest weakness, but how much the three-time Pro Bowl running back will contribute right away remains uncertain. Lloyd will return to practice Wednesday now that the NFL is removing him from ...

KHS's Murvich captures GNC cross country honors

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MENOMINEE — Keeping pace with the Marquette cross country runners has been a difficult task for many years. Marquette, as expected, captured both ends of the Great Northern Conference title here on a rainy Thursday. Kingsford junior Maria Murvich, however, not only kept pace with the ...

Trojans top Red Devils with 42-point first half

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Forest Park built a 42-6 halftime lead and went on to defeat Ironwood 49-22 in a Great Lakes Eight-Conference-West game Friday at Dick Mettlach Field. The Trojans will go on the road this week, facing conference rival North Central on Friday in Powers. Both teams stand at 5-2 in the Great Lakes Eight and 6-2 overall. Against Ironwood, Vic Giuliani completed 7 of 9 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns. Dax Huuki rushed 17 times for 160 yards and four TDs. Eli Brzoznowski caught three passes for 119 yards, including an 81-yard touchdown. Jon Giuliani also had three catches, ...

Bullpen 'brotherhood' helps Brewers thrive

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Ashby believes the trust among the Milwaukee Brewers relievers enables each of them to take the mound without having too much of a weight on their shoulders. That bullpen has done much of the heavy lifting in getting the Brewers to their first World Series since ...

Florida is No. 1 in preseason AP men's poll

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Florida will start the men's college basketball season where it ended it two seasons ago: No. 1. The Gators were the overwhelming pick to top the preseason AP Top 25 on Monday, receiving 47 of the 59 first-place votes from a panel of national media. It is the first time that coach Todd ...