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Finlandia The Finlandia University baseball team has signed up another recruit. Hunter Futrell is a pitcher and utility infielder from Leander, Texas. NFL The Green Bay Packers have signed guard Jon Runyan. He was a sixth-round draft pick out of the University of Michigan. Horseshoes In Copper Country Horseshoe League …

MTU Alec Broetzman has been named the captain of the 2020-2021 Michigan Tech hockey team. Coach Joe Shawhan made the decision, saying that Broetzman is a dominant force both in the locker room and on the ice, with a quiet style and strength that commands respect. Trenton Bliss and Eric …

WCHA It’s official – the University of Alabama at Huntsville men’s hockey program will compete in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association this season. The Chargers had been removed from the schedule nearly two weeks ago, when the school announced the program was being cut immediately to save money. A private …

Finlandia The Finlandia University men’s soccer team has added another new recruit. Matthew Garcia played at George Washington High School in Denver. MLB The Major League Baseball draft begins with the first round tonight. The Detroit Tigers have the first pick, and are expected to select slugging Arizona State first …

Finlandia The Finlandia University women’s hockey team has added a new recruit. Jayde Pederson is the career goals leader for Waseca High School in Minnesota. MLB The Detroit Tigers will continue to pay all their minor league players – for now. With no minor league baseball to be played this …

WCHA Reports of the death of the University of Alabama in Huntsville hockey program appear to have been premature. After school officials announced recently that the sport would be cut to save money, boosters quickly raised more than $300,000 to cover most of the costs for the 2020-2021 season. University …

Finlandia Finlandia University players dominate this year’s American Collegiate Athletic Association All-Academic Women’s Basketball team. Five Lions received top honors, with a grade point average of 3.5 or better. That’s more than any other school. They include Molly Berg, Harlee Froberg, Katie Loman, Katie Lundeen and Taylor Pertile. Honor Roll …

Little League The Portage Lake Little League has canceled its summer season. The announcement yesterday noted that COVID-19 restrictions have not yet been relaxed enough to permit play. With no guarantee that restrictions will be eased further in the near future, league officials said they did not feel that sign-ups …

Finlandia Finlandia University has a new athletic conference affiliation. The Lions teams that had competed in the American Collegiate Athletic Association will now be members of the Capital Athletic Conference. The move is a result of a merger between the ACAA and the CAC. Former ACAA members UC-Santa Cruz, Mills …

High School Carter Crouch and Jamie Hendrickson have earned top athletic honors for the 2019-2020 season at Lake Linden-Hubbell High School. Carter is the son of Andy and Beth Crouch.  He is graduating with a 3.46 GPA.  During his high school athletic career he earned 12 varsity letters, the maximum …