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High School On the opening night of the high school football season… – Calumet christened the new turf at Agassiz Field with a 47-7 victory over the Gogebic Miners. Scott Loukus ran for the game’s first touchdown, and passed for another. Nick Djerf scored twice. Gogebic’s only score came in …

High School The high school football season opens tonight… – Calumet hosts the Gogebic Miners. Coverage of the first game on the new turf at Agassiz Field will begin at 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. – Houghton plays at Westwood. – Hancock hosts L’Anse. – Ontonagon travels to Engadine …

High School The Houghton boys and the Chassell girls prevailed at the first high school cross country meet of the 2019 season yesterday, the Jeffers invitational at the Kilpela Farm. Gogebic placed a distant second to the Gremlins on the boys side, followed by Chassell, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City, Jeffers and …

The third group of inductees into the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School Athletic Hall of Fame has been introduced. The new class will be inducted at a reception at the high school at 9:30 September 21st, and will be saluted at halftime of that afternoon’s football game. This year’s honorees are …

High School In high school volleyball yesterday, the Copper Mountain Conference held its first preseason tournament. Lake Linden took the title, defeating Jeffers in the championship game 2-0 (25-17, 25-11). The Lakes went undefeated in pool play, with wins against Watersmeet (25-20, 25-10), Chassell (25-15, 25-27, 15-9) and Bessemer (25-18, …

High School In high school volleyball today… – Houghton plays at Ishpeming. – The Copper Mountain Conference Preseason Tournament will be held at Lake Linden. – Ewen-Trout Creek travels to Ironwood MLB Matthew Boyd struggled, as the Detroit Tigers lost to the Minnesota Twins 7-4 yesterday. Boyd gave up all seven …

MLB The Detroit Tigers couldn’t hold an early lead, and fell to the Minnesota Twins 8-5 last night. The Tigers scored twice in the third on a Dawel Lugo home run, and twice more in the fourth on a single by Victor Reyes. Starter Edwin Jackson gave up a solo …

High School In high school volleyball today…– Houghton competes at the Soo Invitational.– Lake Linden-Hubbell and L’Anse open their seasons at the West Iron County Invitational. MLB Ronny Rodriguez’ grand slam home run powered the Detroit Tigers to a 9-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins last night. Rodriguez’ shot brought …

High School The high school volleyball season opens today, as Calumet plays at the Kingsford Invitational Tomorrow… – Houghton competes at the Soo Invitational. – Lake Linden-Hubbell and L’Anse open their seasons at the West Iron County Invitational. MLB The Detroit Tigers’ bats were quiet for most of last night’s …

MLB Justin Verlander gave up just two hits over nine innings for the Houston Astros last night – but both were home runs, and the Detroit Tigers pulled out an improbable 2-1 victory. Ronny Rodriguez homered in the fifth, and John Hicks gave Detroit the lead in the top of …