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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 Calumet. Adam Mazurek of the Miners took first place overall, with Houghton’s Joe Wood second, and Nick Thomas of Ewen-Trout Creek third.
Houghton finished second to the Panthers on the girls side, followed by Calumet, Hancock and Gogebic. Maria Velat of the Gremlins edged out teammate Ingrid Seagren by less than two seconds to earn individual honors. Chassell’s Gwen Kangas was third.
See full results from the meet here.
MLB
The Detroit Tigers suffered a lopsided 10-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians last night. Cleveland scored four runs off Spencer Turnbull over the first five innings, then blew the game open with six runs off nick Ramirez and David McKay in the seventh. Detroit’s only run came on a Ronny Rodriguez RBI single in the second.
The Tigers host the Indians again tonight. Jordan Zimmermann will start against Aaron Civale. Pregame coverage will begin at 6:45 on 99.3 The Lift.
Miguel Cabrera left last night’s game with tightness in his left bicep. He doesn’t think the injury is serious.
Utility player Niko Goodrum has been diagnosed with an adductor strain. His season is probably over.
The Milwaukee Brewers slipped farther out of the National League Central Division race with a 6-3 loss to the Saint Louis Cardinals last night. Adrian Houser turned in a strong start, giving up a run over five innings. The Cards scored three runs off Matt Albers in the seventh to take the lead, and added two insurance tallies in the ninth. Yasmani Grandal homered for Milwaukee.
The Brewers conclude that home series against the Cardinals this afternoon. Jordan Lyles will start against Jack Flaherty.
Milwaukee is now 6.5 games behind the first-place Cardinals, and 3.5 games behind the second-place Chicago Cubs.
NFL
A day after signing backup quarterback Luis Perez, Detroit has cut quarterback David Fales. The Lions also released running back Zach Zenner yesterday, after four seasons.
MTU
Michigan Tech’s home football game against Northern Michigan University October 12th will be televised. The game will be streamed as part of the Division II Football Showcase on ESPN 3, and could also be picked up by a local over-the-air station.
Our high school football broadcasts kick off tomorrow night, as Calumet entertains the Gogebic Miners. Pregame coverage of the first game on the new Agassiz Field turf will begin at 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com.
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