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Waisanen takes fifth in Marine Corps Marathon

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Andrew Waisanen, a native of Hancock, competed in the Marine Corps Marathon Sunday, Oct. 25, in Washington, D.C. He finished the 26.2-mile with a time of 2:51:00, averaging a split time of 6:32 minutes per mile, which allowed him to place 216th overall amongst the 24,973 runners who competed in the race. In his specific category, Males 45-49, he placed fifth out of 1,215 participants. As a marathon runner, Waisanen has competed in races in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Duluth, Minnesota, Chicago, Boston, Massachusetts, and London.

Huskies hockey taking a breather during bye week

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HOUGHTON — Through eight games this season, the No. 13 Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team is 6-2 overall. They swept then-No. 14 Minnesota to start the season, and swept Alaska at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena, but have split on the road during each of their first two road series. In their ...

Brewers beat the Rays 4-1 in Game 5 to win the first World Series title in franchise history

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time. Hey, Milwaukee: grab a brat, raise a beer and prepare for that parade. To borrow a line from Bob Uecker, your title drought is up, outta here, gone. Young ace Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings, rookie Cooper Pratt had two more hits and two RBIs, and Milwaukee beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to set off a long-awaited celebration among thousands of Brewers fans in attendance at Tropicana ...

Volleyball Roundup: Panthers, Gremlins win

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Chassell 3, Wakefield-Marenisco 0 CHASSELL — The Chassell Panthers volleyball team needed just three sets to defeat the visiting Wakefield-Marenisco Cardinals Tuesday night, 25-17, 25-11, and 25-15, at the Ed Helakoski Gym. For Chassell, Oriana Olson had 11 kills, six aces and seven digs. Elli Kuntze had eight kills, two blocks, three aces and eight digs. Sylvia Aho had 21 assists and eight digs. In the serve-receive game, Hilde Kuntze had seven aces. Houghton 3, West Iron County 1 IRON RIVER — The Houghton Gremlins volleyball team won sets one, three and four to come away ...

Two Huskies named GLIAC Women’s Basketball Preseason All-GLIAC

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HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech Huskies women's basketball seniors Alyssa Wypych and Soraya Timms have been named to the Preseason All-GLIAC Second Team, the conference announced Tuesday. Wypych, a native of Rockford, Michigan, was named to the All-GLIAC Second Team last year as a junior. She ...