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Saturday High school softball MHSAA Division 2 regional tournament, at Sault Ste. Marie: semifinals, Gaylord vs. Shepherd, 11 a.m.; Negaunee vs. West Branch Ogemaw Heights, 1 p.m.; championship, 3:30 p.m. MHSAA Division 4 regional tournament, at Lake Linden-Hubbell: semifinals, L’Anse vs. Superior Central, noon; Norway vs. Hancock, 2 p.m.; championship, 4 p.m.

LL-Hubbell boys track ends title wait in U.P. D-3, 4 area teams in top 11

KINGSFORD — They say there’s a first time for everything. Lake Linden-Hubbell proved that beyond a shadow of a doubt, earning its first MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals championship in Division 3 boys track and field in Kingsford on Saturday. The Lakes scored 64 points to runner-up Rapid ...

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 ...

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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 ...