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With a full team, Broncos capture U.P. D-2 girls golf title

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HOUGHTON — When Bark River-Harris has enough golfers for a team, they’ve become pretty tough to beat in the Upper Peninsula. The Broncos won a U.P. Finals title in girls golf two years ago but didn’t have enough golfers for a team score at last year’s championship tournament. This year, they did — and they made it two Division 2 championship trophies in three years on Wednesday at Portage Lake Golf Club just outside Houghton. They won convincingly; their score of 416 was a dozen strokes better than runner-up Cedarville-DeTour’s 428. Hancock was third with 442, Ironwood ...

High school scores

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MHSAA district tournaments GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 May 21 Alpena 2, Sault Ste. Marie 0 Tuesday Petoskey 6, Marquette 0 Wednesday Gaylord 8, Alpena 0 Today Championship: Petoskey at Gaylord, 1 p.m. BASEBALL Division 1 Today — at Traverse City West Traverse City Central vs. Traverse City West, 10 a.m. Marquette vs. Alpena, noon Championship, semfinal winners, 2 p.m. Division 2 Friday — at Kingsford Escanaba 3, Negaunee 2 Kingsford 15, Houghton 5 Escanaba vs. Kingsford, late Division 3 Friday — at Hancock Superior Central 2, Calumet ...

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Today High school boys & girls track & field MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals, Division 1 at Kingsford, 10 a.m. EDT: Marquette, Negaunee, Westwood, Manistique, Calumet, Escanaba, Gladstone, Houghton, Kingsford, Menominee and Sault Ste. Marie MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals, Division 2 at Kingsford, 10 a.m. EDT: Gwinn, Munising, Bark River-Harris, Ewen-Trout Creek, Hancock, Iron Mountain, Ironwood, Jeffers, Norway, Pickford, Rudyard and West Iron County MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals, Division 3 at Kingsford, 10 a.m. EDT: Ishpeming, Republic-Michigamme, Superior Central, Baraga, L’Anse, ...

Cheesehead hat turned insult into rallying point

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AP note — Part of a recurring series, "American Objects" marks the 250th anniversary of the United States. For American objects, visit https://apnews.com/american-objects, and for more stories on the anniversary, visit https://apnews.com/hub/america-250. ---------------- Americans long ...

Sentinels softball finishes regular season with sweep

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MARQUETTE — Marquette swept a high school softball doubleheader at home against Menominee to finish its regular season on Wednesday. The Sentinels recorded 6-5 and 18-3 victories in preparation for today’s MHSAA Division 1 district tournament to be held at Traverse City West. After the two hometown schools, Central and West, square off at 10 a.m., Marquette takes on Alpena at noon. The winners play for the district championship at 2 p.m., also at TC West. The winner, as in all districts this week, advances to regional play next Saturday, for Marquette’s district that would be ...