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Lakes football takes home sixth win with big win at Rapid River

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RAPID RIVER — The Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes football team traveled to Rapid River Friday looking to remain unbeaten. They did just that, scoring in double figures in the first, second, and third quarters to defeat the Rockets, 58-16. Forty-four of those points came in the second and third quarters. Coach Brett Gervais’ team split the quarterback duties between Blake Lebo and Brady Axford. Lebo went 2-for-3 for 45 yards, a touchdown, a two-point conversion, and an interception. On the ground, he ran twice for 117 yards along with two touchdowns. Brady Axford was just 1-for-1, ...

Copper Kings football topples Gremlins for fourth win

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HOUGHTON — It took them a while to warm up. However, once they did, the Calumet Copper Kings football team were the team to beat on the football field in Houghton. The Copper Kings dispatched their opponent 34-13 in their biggest winning margin of the season. With the win, the Copper Kings ...

Huskies volleyball keeps pace with pair of wins

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HOUGHTON — With a pair of three-set wins over the Lake Superior State Lakers Friday and the Purdue Northwest Lions Saturday at the SDC Gym, the Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball team improved to 9-7 overall and 5-3 in the GLIAC. With the wins, the Huskies kept pace with three other ...

Huskies hockey opens season with victory over Minnesota

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HOUGHTON — With the season-opening delayed by nearly 24 hours, the No. 19 Michigan Tech Huskies took advantage of the extra rest, and skated to a 3-2 victory in their game Saturday against the No. 14 Minnesota Golden Gophers at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Sophomore winger Matthew Van ...

Blue Bolts volleyball holds off Chassell in four sets

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DOLLAR BAY — Playing their third match of the week was not enough to slow the Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Blue Bolts volleyball team Friday. They needed four sets, but they defeated the Chassell Panthers 25-15, 22-25, 26-24, and 25-17. For the Blue Bolts, Ave Nye led all hitters with 11 kills. Sylvie Kentala ran the offense with 29 assists. Kiya Kemppainen led the defense with 29 digs, and she ended the night with 20 service points including seven aces. For Chassell, Elli Kuntze had 16 kills, two aces, and 11 digs, chipping in all over the floor. Oriana Olson had nine kills, one ...