All-UP Cross Country Runners Honored – Tuesday Sports Wrap

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High School

In high school volleyball tonight…

Houghton welcomes West Iron County. Coverage begins around 6:10 on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
Calumet entertains Hancock. Coverage begins around 6:10 on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
Lake Linden-Hubbell travels to Ironwood.
Dollar Bay-Tamarack City hosts Bessemer.
Chassell journeys to Wakefield-Marenisco.
Baraga plays at L’Anse.

Times have been set for this weekend’s opening-round football playoff games…

Calumet will play at Kingsley Saturday at 1:00. Coverage will begin at 12:40 on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
L’Anse plays at Iron Mountain Friday at 6:00.
West Iron County plays at Bark River-Harris Friday at 7:00.
Lake Linden-Hubbell will open at home Saturday afternoon at 1:00.

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

The U.P. Cross Country Coaches Association has released its season awards. They divide their teams into “All-State” – the top-15, and “All UP” – runners 16 through 25 in each division.

In Division Two…

Cameron Anderson from Jeffers was named the top boys runner, with Landon Larson second and Branson Anderson fourth. Blake Heltunen, Kasen Helminen, Tage Rajala and Brexton Kinnunen from the Jets also made the All-State team.
Hancock’s Jill Berg was placed third on the girls squad, with teammate Lydia Pelli fifth. Lauren Larson of the Bulldogs also made the All-State list, along with Remi Coponen and Claire Heltunen from Jeffers. Hancock runners Marie Thompson and Abby Bradway made the All-UP roster, along with Lacey Mattson from West Iron County.

In Division One…

Houghton’s Benjamin Hemmer placed seventh, and teammate Brandon Van Karsen joined him on the boys All-State roster. Anderson Limkemann, Gabriel Hjerstedt and Coale Ceane were placed on the All-UP team.
Holly Cooke of the Gremlins was slotted fourth on the girls roster, and Sela Niska fifth. Jovie Williams, Tessa Rautiola and Romi Mattson were placed on the All-UP team, along with Bethany McParlan and Maija Keranen from Calumet.

In Division Three…

Niko Reed from Dollar Bay-Tamarack City made the boys All-State list, along with William Hoffman and Hayden Smith from Forest Park. Landon Halkola and Caleb Kentala from the Jets made the All-UP roster, along with Reuben Rasner and Joey Mainville from Forest Park.
On the girls side, Lily Froese from L’Anse was placed fifth, with fellow Purple Hornets Kwynn Voskuhl, Princess Pierre and Aaliyah Maki joining her on the All-State team, along with Bree Besonen from Ewen-Trout Creek. Emma Besonen and Alyssa DeCremer from Ewen-Trout Creek were placed on the All-UP roster, along with Sylvia Aho from Chassell, Lily Halkola from Dollar Bay-Tamarack City and Aybri Sorenson from Baraga.

See the full Cross Country honors list here.

College Volleyball

The Michigan Tech volleyball team plays at Northern Michigan tonight.

NHL

The Red Wings visit the Blues tonight. Coverage will begin at 7:45 on 99.3 The Lift.

The Wings have sent rookie Michael Brandsegg-Nygård down to Grand Rapids.

NBA

The Pistons lost to the Cavaliers 116-95 last night. Cade Cunningham led Detroit with 12 points on three-of-14 shooting. The Pistons built an early 24-22 lead, but then missed 19 consecutive shots to fall out of contention.

The Pistons entertain the Magic tomorrow. Coverage will begin at 6:35 on 99.3 The Lift.

The Bucks entertain the Knicks tonight.

MLB

The Dodgers shaded the Blue Jays 6-5 in 18 innings last night, and took a 2-1 lead in the World Series. Freddie Freeman’s solo homer finally ended the marathon. The teams used a combined 19 pitchers, so they’ll both have tired bullpens for tonight’s game four in Los Angeles.

NFL

In last night’s NFL contest, the Chiefs throttled the Commanders 28-7.

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Local Sports Broadcasts

Tonight – Volleyball – Hancock at Calumet – pregame around 6:10 on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
Tonight – Volleyball – West Iron County at Houghton – pregame around 6:10 on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
Thursday – Volleyball – Bark River-Harris at Forest Park – broadcast on 99.1 WIKB.
Thursday – Volleyball – Jeffers at West Iron County – broadcast 97.9 WFER.
Friday – Football – West Iron County at Bark River-Harris – broadcast on 99.1 WIKB.
Saturday – Football – Calumet at Kingsley – pregame around 12:40 on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.