Newberry squashes Emeralds Fri.

MANISTIQUE – The Newberry Indians rode into Manistique and took care of business, dispatching the Emeralds 65-28.

Newberry used a punishing rushing attack led by quarterback John Paramski (17 carries for 108 yards) to pile up the points.

The Indians scored three touchdowns, all of them on the ground, in the first quarter and held a commanding 39-8 lead at the half. Newberry continued to roll in the second half, picking up an additional 26 points in the fourth quarter.

“I thought we looked very good offensively,” Newberry head coach Fred Bryant said. “We were bit by the turnover bug though, so we have them more opportunities than we should have. Overall though, it was a good win. We’re 5-2, and we have a chance to clinch a playoff berth next week, which was one of our goals at the start of the season.”

The Indians host Rudyard Friday at 7 p.m.

NMU runners take second place

CHICAGO – The Northern Michigan University cross country team took second place Saturday at the Lewis Conference Crossover with four runners placing in the top 15.

The Wildcats finished with 69 points with Grand Valley State winning the meet with 26.

Kameron Burmeister led the Wildcats with a fifth place finish (22:01.7), while Vivian Hett took 10th (22:23.7), Megan Edic finished 12th (22:31.4) and Sophie McDonald took 15th (22:34.8).

NMU heads to Detroit Oct 24 for the GLIAC Championships.

Cliffs Autumn names winners

ISHPEMING – Seven champions were crowned at the seventh annual Cliffs Autumn Classic trail race held Saturday on the recently reopened Norman Juhola Trail System at Suicide Hill.

Proceeds from the event support youth ski jumping and cross country ski programs.

In the category with the most entrants, Felicia Gesor of Marquette won the 10-kilometer women’s race in 39 minutes, 52 seconds. The next two finishers were Kristen Bourne of Marquette in 41:50 and Lea Buenter of Marquette in 42:59.

Here are other winners with hometowns and times – 10K female-18 & under, Nicole Schneider, Marquette, 39:46; 10K male, 18 & under, Timothy Ziegler, Negaunee, 48:43; 10K men, Tom Aufrance, Marquette, 57:07; 5K women, Donna Marlor, Marquette, 27:34; 5K men, Tyler Gauthier, Ishpeming, 28:25; 5K women, 18 & under, Meg Harmon, Ishpeming, 33:32.

Toronto reliever Cecil done out

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The season is over for reliever Brett Cecil, who has a torn left calf muscle and has been replaced on Toronto’s postseason roster.

Rookie right-hander Ryan Tepera was added to Toronto’s roster on Saturday. Tepera had a 3.27 ERA in 32 appearances over three stints with the Blue Jays this season.

Cecil said Saturday that he won’t need surgery and will be ready for spring training. He got hurt while tagging out Mike Napoli in a rundown than ended the eighth inning of the Blue Jays’ 6-4 loss to Texas on Friday that gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

While Cecil initially thought he only had a cramp, he said the “pain took over” once the adrenaline quickly wore off after the inning-ending play.

WMU outlasts Central Michigan

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) – Zach Terrell threw four touchdown passes and Western Michigan outlasted Central Michigan 41-39 on Saturday.

Central Michigan scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns, the last a 15-yard run by Jahray Hayes with 8:24 left, to get within two, but the Broncos (2-3, 1-0 Mid-American) were able to run out the clock on a 15-play, 66-yard drive to seal the win.

Terrell was 15 of 22 for 262 yards. Daniel Braverman had six catches for 137 yards and three touchdowns. Jarvion Franklin added 127 yards on 22 carries and an 11-yard touchdown on the ground for Western Michigan.