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High School
The U.P. High School All Star Football Game will be played tomorrow at the Superior Dome.
Teams are not divided geographically, but instead are split into Red and Black squads. Only graduating seniors are invited to play.
Local members of the Black team include:
• Carter Kilpela. Dryden Nelson, Lenny Bjorn and Paul Sturos from Calumet,
• Marcus Sutherland and Ben Tampas from Lake Linden-Hubbell,
• Dysean Allen and Eli Ostermeyer from L’Anse,
• Chance Bridgers from Hancock,
• Kaiden Zapolnik from Houghton, and
• Eric Abramson from Ontonagon.
Local Red team members include:
• Kip Kangas from Calumet,
• Troy Corrigan from Lake Linden-Hubbell, and
• Jaden Borseth from Ewen-Trout Creek.
Twilight League Baseball
The Twilight Baseball League will host its annual Leo Durocher Memorial Tournament this weekend. All games will be played at the Stanton Field.
Action begins tomorrow…
• REL-Mohawk Technology plays Garnet Garage at 11:00.
• Craig Heinonen Coldwell Banker takes on Northern Driveline at 1:30.
• Garnet Garage plays Channing at 4:00.
• Northern Driveline faces Houghton Building Supply-Stanton at 6:30.
On Sunday…
• Channing meets REL-Mohawk Technology at 11:00.
• Craig Heinonen Coldwell Banker takes on Houghton Building Supply-Stanton at 1:30.
• The championship game will start at 4:30.
College Basketball
The Finlandia University men’s basketball team has added a new recruit. Milton Verseman played for Northland Pines High School last season.
NBA
The NBA Draft last night, the Pistons used the fifth pick to take Purdue guard Jaden Ivey. Detroit then traded for the rights to Memphis center Jalen Duren, who was taken by Memphis with the 13th pick. After the Grizzlies traded Duren’s rights to the Knicks, the Pistons gave New York the 2025 first round pick they got from the Warriors in the Jerami Grant trade. Detroit also took on the contract of veteran guard Kemba Walker. Walker missed much of last season with injuries, and it’s expected the Pistons will use some of the salary cap space they cleared in the Grant trade to buy out the final year of his deal. With the 36th selection, Detroit took Italian small forward Gabriele Procida, who is considered a long-term project.
There was a bit of a surprise when the draft opened, and the Magic used the first pick on Duke forward Paolo Banchero. The Thunder selected Gonzaga forward Chet Holmgren with second pick. The Bucks grabbed forward MarJon Beauchamp from the G League. They nabbed French point guard Hugo Besson with the 58th and final pick of the draft.
NHL
The Stanley Cup championship series continues tonight in Denver. The Avalanche lead the Lightning 3-1.
MLB
The Tigers had yesterday off, and open a series at Arizona tonight. Rony Garcia will pitch against Merrill Kelly. Coverage will begin at 9:20 on 99.3 The Lift.
The Brewers got past the Cardinals 6-4 yesterday. Jason Alexander pitched into the sixth, gave up all four Saint Louis runs, and got the win. Tyrone Taylor and Willy Adames homered.
The Brewers host the Blue Jays tonight. Adrian Houser will start against Alek Manoah.
