Lakes, Vikes, Hornets Earn Volleyball Wins – Thursday Sports Wrap

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High School

In volleyball last night…

• Lake Linden-Hubbell shaded Ewen-Trout Creek 3-1 (25-23, 25-18, 21-25, 25-23).
• Baraga swept Chassell 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-16). For the Panthers, Elli Kuntze had 7 kills, 7 digs, and 1 ace. Oriana Olson had 7 kills, 2 blocks and 5 digs. Ella Hermanson had 2 kills, 1 block and 7 digs. Sylvia Aho had 12 assists, 1 block and 2 digs.
• L’Anse dispatched Watersmeet 3-0 (25-6, 25-12, 25-10)
• West Iron County v Stephenson – no report.

On the volleyball schedule tonight…

• Houghton entertains Westwood. Coverage will begin around 6:10 on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Calumet travels to Kingsford. Coverage will begin around 6:40 on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
• Lake Linden-Hubbell hosts Bessemer.
• Chassell travels to Ontonagon.
• L’Anse welcomes Ewen-Trout Creek.
• Forest Park faces North Central and Norway in a triangular.

In girls tennis yesterday, West Iron County fell to Escanaba 8-0. 

MLB

The Tigers dumped the Twins 7-2 yesterday. Colt Keith gave Detroit a quick start with a two-run first-inning homer. Keider Montero turned in four innings, and gave up two solo home runs. Tyler Holton earned the win with two innings of scoreless relief.

The Tigers have today off, and host the Rockies tomorrow night. Framber Valdez will start for Detroit. Coverage will begin at 6:15 on 99.3 The Lift.

The Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Cubs with an 8-6 victory last night. Milwaukee scored seven runs over the first three innings, with help from Christian Yelich, Jackson Chourio and William Contreras. Logan Henderson gave up a run over five innings, and earned his 10th win of the season.

The Brewers also have today off, and entertain the Reds tomorrow night.

Milwaukee has sent reliever Rob Zastryzny to Nashville on a rehab assignment. He’s missed more than three months with a trapezoid muscle strain.

NFL

The NFL season opened last night with a 13-10 victory for the Seahawks over the Patriots.

The 49ers face the Rams tonight in a game that will be played in Melbourne, Australia.

Upcoming Local Sports Broadcasts

• Tonight – Volleyball – Westwood at Houghton – 6:10 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Tonight – Volleyball – Calumet at Kingsford – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
• Tomorrow – Football – L’Anse at Houghton – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Tomorrow – Football – Negaunee at Calumet – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
• Tomorrow – Football – Manistique at Hancock – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Bulldogs, Lite 96.3 Houghton’s Breeze.
• Tomorrow – Football – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Munising – 6:40 pregame on 99.3 The Lift.
• Tomorrow – Football – West Iron County at Gwinn – streamed at My979FM.com.
• Tomorrow – Football – Forest Park at Gogebic – on the Voice of Iron County Sports, 99.1 WIKB.
• Tuesday – Volleyball – Hancock at Calumet – 6:10 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.

See our full high school sports broadcast schedules for Houghton, Hancock, Calumet, Jeffers and Lake Linden-Hubbell here. See our composite schedule for all local high school sports games on our KeweenawReport.com Community Calendar.

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