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Blue Bolts volleyball tops Purple Hornets

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DOLLAR BAY — Looking to for a strong performance at home during their annual Pink Out fundraiser game, the Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Blue Bolts volleyball team defeated the visiting L’Anse Purple Hornets in four sets, 25-22, 25-18, 29-31, and 25-17. For Dollar Bay, Hannah Keranen had a big night at the net with 21 kills and four blocks. Ave Nye had 13 kills. Laila Bell added 12 kills along with 24 digs. Sylvie Kentala had 28 assists. Kiya Kemppainen added 14 assists and 26 digs. Ellie Keranen wrapped up the defense with 24 digs of her own. Up next Dollar Bay hosts Ewen-Trout ...

Huskies football looks to remain unbeaten in GLIAC play

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HOUGHTON — The No. 14 Michigan Tech Huskies football team needed overtime Saturday, but they made great use of that extra time to stun the then-No. 6 Grand Valley State Lakers, 41-35. With the win, the Huskies improved to 5-1 on the season overall and 2-0 in GLIAC play. “I thought our ...

Brewers stun Dodgers with back-to-back homers in 7th inning and ride 6-2 win to 3-0 lead in NLCS

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LOS ANGELES — The Milwaukee Brewers hit the second-fewest home runs in baseball during the regular season, even as they topped the majors with 103 wins. Maybe they were saving their biggest swings for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell launched back-to-back homers off Blake Snell in the seventh inning, and the Brewers beat the Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday to build a 3-0 cushion in the National League Championship Series. Jackson Chourio also went deep on the first pitch of the game to help the Brewers close within one win of their first NL pennant. Milwaukee ...

Gremlins soccer opens district play with shutout

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HOUGHTON — The high school soccer postseason got underway Wednesday across the state of Michigan. Locally, the Houghton Gremlins hosted the Grayling Vikings in an MHSAA District 33 quarterfinal game, and there was some history between these two teams on the pitch. Two years ago, in a ...

Huskies soccer looks to build off best weekend of the season

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HOUGHTON — Coming into last weekend, the Michigan Tech Huskies soccer team seemed to be destined for a winless season. They were 0-10-1 through their first 11 games, and had only scored two goals, one of which was an own-goal by their opponent. Then came Friday night. The Huskies, who had ...

Karl Smesko took a bold leap from FGCU to the Atlanta Dream. It paid off with a WNBA Finals run

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Karl Smesko built an absolute women's basketball juggernaut at Florida Gulf Coast. His teams led the country in 3-pointers made almost every year. He had eight 30-win seasons there, took the school to the NCAA tournament 10 times in a 13-year span and was basically an annual lock for his conference's coach of the year award. But there was a ceiling. And the Atlanta Dream called him at the right time. Smesko had come to grips with the fact that winning a national championship at FGCU was highly unlikely. Highly, highly unlikely. So, when the Dream called two years ago with an offer ...