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Mountaineers open bowling season with wins over Esky

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Iron Mountain opened its high school bowling season with a pair of wins Saturday against Escanaba. Bowling in Marquette, the girls prevailed 37-3 while the boys won 27-13. The Mountaineers will next face Gladstone this Saturday in matches hosted by L’Anse and Calumet. Iron Mountain’s ...

IM collects first hoops win

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IRON RIVER – The Iron Mountain Mountaineers used balanced scoring and a stingy defense to defeat the West Iron County Wykons 52-25 in a boys basketball game Friday night at Charles Greenlund Gymnasium. Brayden Kassin led IM with 15 points, while Charles Baldridge and Quinton Doty added nine ...

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Kent elected to Hall of Fame ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Kent was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Sunday by the contemporary era committee, while steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were among seven players who fell short once again. Kent appeared on 14 of 16 ...

Lions improve playoff hopes, but lose Branch to injury

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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions are getting a brief break. Detroit earned a desperately needed 44-30 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night, going 2-1 in a three-game stretch of home games over 12 days. "We handled our business," Lions coach Dan Campbell said. "Now, we get a ...

KHS opens wrestling slate with 2 victories

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Seven Kingsford wrestlers went 2-0 as the Flivvers defeated Gwinn 58-18 and North Central 48-29 in season-opening matches at home Thursday. Brayden Weber (126), Jacob Patrick (150), Tyler Bray (165), Orrin Smith (175), Jake Sundquist (190), Jake Lockhart (215) and Connor White (285) were the ...