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Gold Standard remains undefeated at 5-0, Finnish coat right behind them

LAKE LINDEN — The ladies from Gold Standard lived up to their name once again with a 6-2 win over JB's Sales and Service at the Boneyard on Monday. With the win, Gold Standard sits atop the Women's Copper Country Fastpitch Softball league at 5-0. Gold Standard jumped out to a 2-0 lead with ...

Crush 10U wins Rumble on the River

The CoreWellness/Superior National Bank 10U Copper Country Crush travel softball team won the competitive Rumble on the River Championship in Oconto, Wisconsin. The Crush team had girls from Houghton, Stanton, Hancock, Copper Island Academy, Chassell and L’Anse schools. The Crush went 4-0-1 ...

Keweenaw Roller Derby hit hard by Traverse City

CALUMET — Keweenaw Roller Derby (KRD) knew they had a tough opponent in the Traverse City Toxic Cherries Roller Derby (TCRD) squad, but few expected the hard hitting, penalty filled fracas that ensued. When the final whistle ended the game, TCRD was victorious, 221-85, Saturday at the Calumet ...

Gremlins track and field athlete sets national record

LAKE FOREST, Illinois — When 16-year-old Amy Sziber let her third throw of her two-kilo shot put go at the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association Games in mid-June, she was shocked by all the hoopla just after it landed. “I was stunned,” she stated, “and so was my coach (Monica ...

Extra special

SOUTH RANGE — The only undefeated team in Portage Lake Little League Majors found themselves in a knockdown, drag out fight to the end, needing extra innings to solve everything as South Range VFW held off Pepsi of Houghton, 3-2, Saturday in the championship game at the South Range VFW ...