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High School
In high school volleyball yesterday, the result of the Dollar Bay match against Hancock was not reported.
On today’s schedule…
– Calumet entertains L’Anse.
– Chassell travels to West Iron County.
– Baraga visits Watersmeet.
In high school cross country this afternoon, Houghton, Calumet, Baraga and Chassell run at the Westwood meet at the Wawanowin Golf Course.
MTU
The Michigan Tech hockey team has been ranked 15th in the nation in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine preseason poll. That’s in line with the prediction made by the USCHO.com poll last week. The Huskies begin their season with a pair of home games against Laurentian this weekend.
NFL
The Detroit Lions fell to 0-4 on the season, as they lost to the Seattle Seahawks 13-10 last night. The Lions had a chance to win the game in the final minutes. They drove the ball 91 yards, but Kam Chancellor knocked a potential reception out of the hands of Calvin Johnson at the one yard line. The play was ruled a fumble. and the Seahawks took over. League officials later admitted that a penalty should have been called against Seattle for guiding the ball out of bounds in the end zone, and that Detroit should have retained possession. Details are here.
If you played The Wolf Pro Football Challenge, you need to have selected at least 11 games correctly to be eligible to be our weekly winner.
NBA
The Detroit Pistons open their preseason schedule tonight at home against the Indiana Pacers. We will broadcast selected regular-season Pistons games on AM 1400 and FM 99.3, WCCY.
Former Detroit Lions tight end Dan Campbell has been named the interim head coach of the Miami Dolphins. He had been coaching tight ends for the Dolphins before he was promoted yesterday after Joe Philbin was fired.
MLB
The Yankees and Astros will meet in the American League Wildcard Play-In game tonight. The Cubs and Pirates will meet in the National League Play-In game tomorrow.
Our high school football coverage continues Friday night, when Calumet plays at L’Anse. Our pregame show begins around 6:40. On Saturday, unbeaten Lake Linden-Hubbell hosts Houghton. Our pregame program will start around 1:10 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com.
