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Rudyard breaks half-century streak with U.P. girls track title; Gwinn 8th, Munising 9th

KINGSFORD — Jimmy Carter was president the last time a Rudyard girls track and field team was crowned an Upper Peninsula finals champion. The year was 1977 when the Bulldogs were competing in Class C, and gasoline was selling for less than a dollar a gallon. But there were signs Rudyard’s history was about to change just two weeks ago on May 15 when the Bulldogs won their MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 2 regional at Bark River-Harris. And the improvement came to fruition on Saturday in Kingsford, when the Bulldogs claimed the Division 2 MHSAA U.P. Finals title, scoring 87 ...

High school sports

MHSAA district tournaments (except as noted) BASEBALL Division 1 Saturday — at Traverse City West Traverse City Central 4, Traverse City West 3 (9 innings) Marquette 3, Alpena 2 Championship: TC Central 11, Marquette 1 Division 2 Friday — at Kingsford Escanaba 3, Negaunee 2 Kingsford 15, Houghton 5 Championship: Escanaba 5, Kingsford 4 Division 3 Friday — at Hancock Superior Central 2, Calumet 1 Hancock 4, Westwood 3 Championship: Hancock 9, Superior Central 8 Division 3 Tuesday — at Gladstone Gladstone 12, Manistique 2 Friday — at ...

Marquette’s softball season ends in D-1 district semi at TC

TRAVERSE CITY — Marquette’s high school softball season ended on Saturday afternoon with a 6-3 loss to Alpena during an MHSAA Division 1 district tournament semifinal hosted by Traverse City West High School. The Sentinels spotted Alpena a 6-0 lead before breaking through on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth inning. That’s when Charlye Swajanen hit a two-run home run to center field, with one more run coming home in the seventh. Swajanen took the pitching loss, going all seven innings as she surrendered six runs — just three of them earned — on 10 hits and four ...

Pickford boys dominate D-2 boys track, Munising 6th, Gwinn 8th

KINGSFORD — Pickford continued its winning ways here Saturday, taking home the Division 2 boys high school track and field title at the Upper Peninsula Finals in Kingsford on Saturday. Winning for the fifth straight year, the Panthers’ current streak started in 2022 when they were still competing in Division 3. Since moving up to D-2, Pickford has gone 4 for 4. This year, the Panthers scored 139 points, followed by Rudyard with 104, Bark River-Harris 77, and Norway and West Iron County with 47 apiece. Munising was sixth with 39 points, followed by Ironwood with 32, Gwinn 30, ...