Volleyball Wins for Jets and Blue Bolts – Tuesday Sports Wrap

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High School

In high school volleyball last evening…

• Jeffers got past Lake Linden-Hubbell 3-1(22-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-17). Mia Nordstrom had 13 kills and 14 digs for the Jets; Reegan Kinnunen was 13/14 at the service line and had 23 digs and 6 kills; Liz Halonen had 16 assists and 5 kills; and Sammi Pennala had 3 aces, 2 blocks and 9 kills. For the Lakes, Cleo Milkey had 12 kills; Emily Burnham 8 kills and 3 blocks; and Ashlyn Steves 15 digs. 
• Dollar Bay-Tamarack City outfought Ewen-Trout Creek 3-2 (15-25, 25-19, 15-25, 25-23, 15-12) to earn their seventh-straight win. Kiera Isaacson recorded a season-high 26 kills to go with 8 aces, 13 service points, and 34 digs. Setter Macy Jurgensen had a season-best 41 assists, along with 23 digs. Kaylynn Smith had 25 digs; Evelyn Moilanen 23 digs and 6 kills, and Sophie Berryman and Laila Bell added 5 kills each.

On the schedule tonight…

• Calumet plays at Houghton. Coverage will begin around 6:10 on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Hancock visits Lake Linden-Hubbell.
• L’Anse entertains Bessemer.
• Chassell travels to Ontonagon.
• Baraga journeys to Ironwood.

Kingsford takes over the top spot in the latest 11-player high school football poll from the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters. The Flivvers remained undefeated  with a narrow 13-12 win at previously unbeaten Menominee last Friday. The Maroons slip back to number-two in the poll, followed by Marquette, Negaunee and Iron Mountain.

Forest Park continues to lead the eight-player voting. The unbeaten Trojans maintained a narrow lead over unbeaten Pickford. North Central, Norway and Ishpeming round out the top-five.

NHL

The Red Wings visit the Islanders tonight. Coverage will begin at 7:30 on 99.3 The Lift.

NBA

The Pistons open the regular season tomorrow at home against the Pacers. Coverage will begin at 6:35 on 99.3 The Lift.

NFL

There were two NFL games last night…

• The Ravens outscored the Buccaneers 41-31.
• Chad Ryland’s field goal as time expired gave the Cardinals a 17-15 win over the Chargers.

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The Lions will apparently be without receiver Jameson Williams for the next two games. There are reports that he’ll be suspended by the league for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances policy. There’s no word as to what the specific infraction involved.

Detroit running back David Montgomery should be good to go for Sunday’s game against the Titans. He limped off the field last Sunday, after suffering a bruise near his knee. He returned a series later, but struggled the rest of the day.

Local Sports Broadcasts

• Tonight – Volleyball – Calumet at Houghton – 6:10 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Thursday – Volleyball – Hancock at Houghton – Copper Spike Match – 6:10 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Friday – Football – Houghton at Hancock – Copper Bowl Game – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Friday – Football – L’Anse at Calumet – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.

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