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Volleyball roundup: Ewen, Lake Linden, Houghton earn wins

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Ewen-Trout Creek 3, Chassell 0 CHASSELL — In the battle of the Panthers Tuesday night, Ewen-Trout Creek defeated Chassell in three sets in the Ed Helakoski Gym in Chassell. Ewen won 25-20, 25-21, and 25-19. For Chassell, Elli Kuntze had a huge night, racking up 15 kills, a block, three aces and 12 digs, to chip in on all sides of the ball. Oriana Olson chipped in with four kills, three aces and seven digs. Setting the offense up, Sylvia Aho had one kill, 17 assists, three aces and eight digs. Lake Linden-Hubbell 3, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City 0 LAKE LINDEN — The Dollar ...

Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell help Fever keep home-court hope alive with 96-77 win over Lynx

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INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark had 27 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and Kelsey Mitchell added 20 points to her WNBA single-season scoring record as the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 96-77 on Tuesday night. Indiana kept alive its faint hopes of earning the No. 4 seed in the playoffs and home-court advantage in the first round for at least one more day. The Lynx still clinched the No. 1 seed thanks to Golden State's overtime loss to Portland on Tuesday. Mitchell extended her league record to 27 consecutive games with 20 or more points by making a 3-pointer with a ...

CJ Abrams homers twice, drives in three runs as Nationals beat Tigers 3-1

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DETROIT — CJ Abrams hit a tiebreaking two-run homer and added a solo shot to give the Washington Nationals a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. The Nationals won for the seventh time in 10 games, while Detroit dropped to 2-5 in its last seven. The Tigers have scored exactly one run in all five losses, while scoring nine and 11 runs in the two wins. Both teams are 74-84 with four games left in the season. Jackson Kent (2-4) picked up the win in relief of Nationals opener Riley Cornelio. Kent pitched four innings, allowing one unearned run on six hits and two ...

Prep Athlete of the Week

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Houghton cross country runner Holly Cooke won the Blue Bolt-Panther Invite Thursday, helping the Gremlins take second between L’Anse in Chassell. A junior, Cooke finished the course in 20:47.7, which was 21 seconds faster that Ewen-Trout Creek’s Bree Besonen. Houghton finished with 64 ...

Rays clinch 5th AL East title with 6-1 victory at Yankee Stadium in 2nd game of doubleheader

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NEW YORK — Playing in perhaps baseball's toughest division, the Tampa Bay Rays were the class of the field this season. The thrifty Rays clinched their fifth AL East title with a 6-1 victory over the New York Yankees in the second game of a day-night doubleheader Tuesday as Drew Rasmussen allowed one hit in 6 2/3 innings and Yandy Díaz hit a pair of two-run singles. Tampa Bay took the AL East for the first time since 2021 and surpassed that team by three days with the earliest division clincher in team history. The club also won division crowns in the pandemic-shortened 2020 ...