Lakes Outlast Eagles – Sunday Sports Wrap

High School

In high school football Saturday…
• Lake Linden-Hubbell survived a late Stephenson comeback attempt, and earned a 34-30 homecoming victory at Warner Field. The Eagles grabbed an early advantage, with quarterback Canaan Elson completing a nearly eight-minute opening drive with a one-yard plunge. The two-point conversion attempt failed. The Lakes responded with a 14-yard Danny Marcotte touchdown run and a successful two-point conversion, and a 35-yard scoring toss from Marcotte to Marcus Sutherland. That two-point attempt failed. A 58-yard touchdown pass by Elson tightened the score, but a failed two-point attempt left the Lakes with a 14-12 advantage. After Marcotte left the game with an injury, backup quarterback Travis Ongie raced 58 yards for a Lakes score. The two-point conversion succeeded. The Eagles kept pace with a 50-yard Elson TD pass, but Ongie’s one-yard plunge in the final minute of the second quarter boosted the Lakes to a 28-18 halftime advantage. Ongie also left the game with an injury in the third quarter, and Sam Roberts extended the Lake Linden lead to 34-18 with a nine-yard run. Stephenson’s comeback began with Elson’s third touchdown pass of the afternoon – a 38-yarder to Chris Schmidt late in the third quarter. The two-point attempt failed. The Eagles closed the gap even tighter when Ethan Anderson grabbed a lateral toss with 2:21 to go, and raced 82 yards for a score. Again, their two-point conversion failed. Stephenson’s late final drive ended when Mason Holzberger intercepted an Elson pass at the Lakes’ one-yard line with 48 seconds remaining, and Lake Linden was able to run out the clock. Lake Linden converted two of five two-point attempts. Stephenson made none, resulting in the four-point scoring differential.

Lake Linden will play Carney-Nadeau next week at the North Central field in Powers. Coverage will begin at 1:40 on KBear 102.3.

In volleyball Saturday…
• Houghton at the Wrightstown Invitational – no report.
• Chassell at the Hurley/Ironwood Invitational – no report.

See the full schedule for all our local high school teams here.

College Football

The Michigan Tech football team cruised to a 31-7 homecoming victory over Davenport University Saturday. The Huskies defense forced four fumbles, intercepted two passes and blocked a field goal attempt. Will Ark completed just eight of 20 passes, but two went for touchdowns. He also ran for a score. William Marano rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown.

The NMU football team trailed Wayne State University 19-0 in the third quarter, then roared from behind to claim a 26-19 homecoming win Saturday.

The Finlandia football team dropped a hard-fought 16-13 decision at the University of Northwestern in Saint Paul Saturday. The Lions scored on an eight-yard Zyquantay Bickham to Raiden Toldness pass in the second quarter, and a six-yard Bickham-to-Isaiah Robertson pass with four seconds remaining in the game.

College Volleyball

The Finlandia volleyball team wrapped up a successful Sisu Classic Saturday by defeating Great Lakes Christian 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-15). The Lions won all four matches over the three-day run. Finlandia’s Joslynn Perala of Finlandia was named the Tournament Most Valuable Player. Teammates Kennedi Eldridge and Emily Wilson joined her on the all-tournament team, along with Sophie Lindsay and Alissa Nugent from Great Lakes Christian, and Aislinn Strusz and Emma White from Mount Mary.

The Michigan Tech volleyball team won its sixth straight match, downing Saginaw Valley State 3-0 (25-13, 25-10, 25-17) Saturday. Anna Jonynas recorded her 1,000th career kill, and became the only player in Tech history to total1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career.

College Soccer

The Tech soccer team will host Northern Michigan today at noon.

The Finlandia women’s soccer team plays at Wisconsin Lutheran today.

The Finlandia men’s soccer team has the weekend off.

College Hockey

The Michigan Tech hockey team skated to a 4-4 tie with Northern Michigan in an exhibition match Saturday evening. Tyrone Bronte, Logan Ganie, Arvid Cateroth and Tristian Ashbrook scored for the Huskies. Brian Halonen had three assists.

MLB

The Detroit Tigers couldn’t hold a four-run lead, and lost to the Chicago White Sox 5-4 Saturday. Matt Manning threw five strong innings, allowing just two hits and no runs. The Sox scored three runs off José Ureña and Alex Lange in the seventh, and two off Kyle Fyunhauser in the eighth.

The Tigers conclude their season in Chicago this afternoon. Tyler Alexander will start against Dylan Cease. Because of Detroit Lions football, there will be no broadcast on 99.3 The Lift.

The Milwaukee Brewers lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 Saturday. Starter Corbin Burnes turned in just two innings, giving up three runs. Colin Rea mopped up.

The Brewers wrap up their regular season in Los Angeles today. Brett Anderson will pitch against Walker Buehler.

NHL

The Detroit Red Wings dumped the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1 in preseason play Saturday night. Dylan Larkin scored twice for Detroit, and Taro Hirose, Chase Pearson and Joe Veleno each scored once.

The Wings face the Pittsburgh Penguins this afternoon. Listen for regular-season Wings games on 99.3 The Lift.

NHL

The Detroit Lions visit the Chicago Bears for a 1:00 game today. Hear the broadcast on 99.3 The Lift.

The Green Bay Packers host the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 4:25 contest.

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