Four to Enter LL-H Athletic Hall of Fame – Wednesday Sports Wrap

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High School

In high school volleyball last night…

Houghton got past Marquette 3-1 (25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 25-14)
Calumet fought back Ishpeming 3-1 (24-26, 25-14, 25-22, 25-22).
Hancock v West Iron County – no report.
Ewen-Trout Creek swept Chassell 3-0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-17) For Chassell, Elli Kuntze had 12 kills, 3 blocks, 18 digs, and 4 aces. Sylvia Aho had 26 assists. Dusty Lippold had 6 kills and 15 digs. Oriana Olson had 6 kills, 9 digs and 2 aces.
L’Anse dropped the first two sets, then came back to edge Ironwood 3-2 (19-25, 9-25, 25-19, 25-14, 15-11).

In volleyball tonight…

Lake Linden-Hubbell plays at Dollar Bay-Tamarack City.
Jeffers entertains Baraga.

At Munising’s El Harger Invitational cross country meet yesterday…

The Houghton girls took the team title. All five Gremlins placed in the top 20 out of 94 competing runners, led by Sela Niska’s third-place finish.
The Houghton boys finished second to Sault Ste. Marie. Benjamin Hemmer led the Gremlins with a fifth-place finish.
See full results here.

Check all of the upcoming high school games on our KeweenawReport.com Community Calendar.

Lake Linden-Hubbell will induct four alumni into its Athletic Hall of Fame this weekend. The new members are…

Sara Dudenas, from the class of 1981. Dudenas coached track and volleyball for many years while a teacher at Lake Linden, and was a driving force behind the revitalization of the booster club.
Chris Zablocki, from the class of 1998. Zablocki earned 10 varsity letters for football, basketball and track in the mid-90s, and was a leader on the 1997 football state championship team.
Tyler Roose, from the class of 2015, who earned 13 varsity letters in football, basketball, golf and track. Roose held the Lakes’ all-time basketball career scoring record when he graduated.
Sarah Audette, from the class of 2015, who earned 12 varsity letters in volleyball, basketball, softball, and track and field, and holds the school pole vault record.
Read full biographies of the new Hall of Fame members here.

The inductees will be formally recognized at a special ceremony Saturday morning at 9:30 in the school’s commons area, followed by an on-field acknowledgment during halftime of Saturday’s football game against Forest Park.

MLB

The Tigers’ once-formidable lead in the American League Central Division is gone, following a 5-2 loss to the Guardians last night. Detroit grabbed an early advantage with help from a Riley Greene home run. Tarik Skubal cruised through five innings, but the wheels came off in the sixth, when Cleveland scored three runs on a single, a wild pitch and a groundout. Skubal committed a balk and an error in the inning. Tigers batters struck out 19 times.

The loss drops Detroit into a tie with Cleveland for first place in the division. Cleveland clinched the season series between the two teams, and holds the tiebreaker if the clubs finish with identical records.

The Tigers play in Cleveland again tonight. Jack Flaherty will start against Tanner Bibee. Coverage will begin at 6:15 on 99.3 The Lift.

Javier Báez was a late scratch from last night’s lineup because of neck stiffness. He’s considered day-to-day.

The Brewers suffered a 7-0 loss to the Padres. Bruce Zimmermann gave up a grand slam in the first inning, and took the loss.

The Brewers visit the Padres again this afternoon. Chad Patrick will pitch against Dylan Cease.

Major League Baseball will begin integrating robotic umpires into its games next summer. The automated system will scan an area vertically above the plate, and horizontally based on the height of the batter. Any pitch that touches that area will be considered a strike. The system will be used only as a backup. Human umpires will still call balls and strikes. Each team will open the game with two challenges. A batter, catcher or pitcher who disagrees with a call will tap the top of his head, and the call will be reviewed. If the review is successful, the team keeps the challenge. If not, they lose it. If a team runs out of challenges, it will be awarded a new one at the beginning of the following inning. MLB officials noted that the system is based on a lengthy review of the technology at the minor league level, and a survey of fans, which indicated a preference for keeping human umpires in control.

NHL

The Red Wings opened their exhibition season with a 3-2 win over the Blackhawks last night. Carter Mazur, Nate Danielson and Emmitt Finnie scored for Detroit. Sebastian Cossa stopped 15 shots.

The Wings will host the Sabres in an exhibition tilt tomorrow.

Local Sports Broadcasts

Tomorrow – Volleyball – Forest Park at Stephenson – broadcast on 99.1 WIKB.
Friday – Football – Menominee at Houghton – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
Friday – Football – Calumet at Kingsford – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
Friday – Football – West Iron County at Gwinn – broadcast on 97.9 WFER – CANCELED.
Saturday – Football – Forest Park at Lake Linden-Hubbell – broadcast on 99.1 WIKB.
Tuesday – Volleyball – West Iron County at Forest Park – broadcast on 99.1 WIKB.