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Cougars working to build up football program

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EBEN — Though the game is mostly about roughhousing and smashing into each other, the eight-player football game can be a delicate balance. Even among the small schools that play the sport rather than 11-player football, Superior Central High School is one of the lower enrollment schools, listed with 114 students among four grades on the Michigan High School Athletic Association website, www.mhsaa.com. It places the Cougars in the sport’s smaller of two divisions, Division 2, for postseason purposes. So head coach Todd Spranger is excited to have his SC boys back playing ...

Munising Mustangs

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MHSAA Division 1 (8-player) Great Lakes 8 — West Division All times EDT HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPITALS Thurs., Aug. 27, 7 p.m. NORWAY Thurs., Sept. 3, 7 p.m. at Forest Park Fri., Sept. 11, 7 p.m. LAKE LINDEN-HUBBELL Fri., Sept. 18, 7 p.m. at North Central Fri., Sept. 25, 7 p.m. IRONWOOD Sat., Oct. 3, 3:30 p.m. at Gogebic Fri., Oct. 9, 7 p.m. SUPERIOR CENTRAL Fri., Oct. 16, 7 p.m. ONTONAGON Fri., Oct. 23, 7 p.m. at Ishpeming

Ohio, Nevada meet today to decide US LLWS title

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Ohio's Walker Osborne and Japan's Shinnosuke Ijima tossed complete games in the Little League Baseball World Series quarterfinals on Thursday to lift their teams into today's United States and international championships, respectively. Osborne, who hadn't pitched more than 1 1/3 innings in either of his first two appearances, threw 86 pitches and allowed just one run on four hits in Ohio's 7-1 win over Iowa on Thursday to set up the U.S. Championship against Nevada at 3:30 p.m. "Walker's a GOAT," Ohio manager Timothy Nichting said. "Walker's a tough dude and he ...

Injury problems may actually improve Lions’ secondary

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DETROIT — With training camp wrapping up on Thursday, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said he loves the versatility of the secondary. "We feel like we have some guys who can swing between nickel, safety, corner. There are some candidates there,'' Campbell said on Thursday. "The more you ...

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Today High school football Merrill at Newberry, 3 p.m. (tentative) (WNBY 1450 AM) High school boys soccer Marquette Quad Tournament, at Marquette: Marquette vs. Holly, time TBD; Marquette vs. Ortonville Brandon, time TBD NMU events Volleyball: UP North Tournament, at Vandament Arena: Michigan Tech vs. Cal State East Bay, 9 a.m.; Tiffin vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 11:30 a.m.; Michigan Tech vs. Winona State, 2 p.m.; NMU vs. Tiffin, 4:30 p.m. Sunday NMU events Women’s soccer: vs. Minnesota-Duluth, at NMU Soccer Field, noon Men’s soccer: at Tiffin, at Tiffin, Ohio, 2 ...