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Gremlins soccer shuts down Escanaba Saturday

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HOUGHTON — The Houghton Gremlins soccer team defeated Escanaba-Bayside 2-0 at home Saturday. With the win, the Gremlins moved their record to 6-4-1. Goalkeeper Maxwell Livesay and the defense kept a clean sheet. Colin Spencer and Rowan Dellinger scored the goals, with assists from Simas Lebeliunas and Eli Garnell. Up next Houghton will play their last regular season home game against Three Lakes, Wisconsin, Thursday. They will also celebrate Senior Night at that game.

Jacob Markström starts his second stint with the Florida Panthers, and knows what's expected

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jacob Markström knows talent. That's why, in 2013, he tossed the keys to his Range Rover to a Florida Panthers rookie who needed to borrow a car for his driving test. The rookie was Aleksander Barkov. "I figured he's probably going to make a lot of money because I saw him saw him in practice and he looked pretty darn good," Markström said. "I figured if he crashes the car, he can buy me a new one." Markstrom was right on all counts. Barkov didn't crash the car, wound up passing the test, became a highly paid superstar for the Panthers and has been ...

Jets volleyball flies past Purple Hornets

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L'ANSE — The Jeffers Jets volleyball team continued their winning ways Wednesday with a 3-0 sweep of the L'Anse Purple Hornets. Scores were 25-16, 25-19, and 25-18. “I am obviously happy with the win. I was able to try some different rotations on our offense, and that went well,” said ...

Lakes volleyball sails past Gladiators in straight sets

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LAKE LINDEN — While the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes swept the Ontonagon Gladiators on Thursday in three straight sets, it was not as easy a win as Lakes coach Alyssa Roose thought it could be. The Lakes dispatched the Gladiators 25-14, 25-20, and 25-19. “They (Ontonagon) came out stronger ...

Panthers volleyball falls to Bulldogs

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CHASSELL — The Chassell Panthers volleyball team was swept by the Hancock Bulldogs Thursday in Chassell. The Bulldogs won 25-18, 25-15, and 25-13. For the Panthers, Elli Kuntze had 11 kills, one block and five aces. Hilde Kuntze had two kills and three aces. Sylvia Aho had 16 assists and three aces.