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New Kingsford High School volleyball coach Mandie Meyer will get to take on Iron Mountain again.
The former Northern Michigan University star spent one season coaching at Negaunee. Any old scores to settle with Coach Jeanne Newberry and the Mountaineers?
"No, she's great and a really nice lady," Mandie said with a laugh. "I like her a lot."
In college, Mandie played against Lake Superior State and Jeanne's hard-hitting daughter, Brittany.
Kingsford Volleyball Camp, directed by Meyer, runs Monday through Friday. Camp times are 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., ninth through 12th grade, and 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., fourth through eighth grade ...
From Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, telling Charley Walters of the St. Paul Pioneer Press about playing for Philadelpha Phillies manager Charlie Manuel in the minor leagues: "Charlie was just himself. He was honest, up front with you, told you like it was. If you sucked, he told you that you sucked. And I appreciated that - not as many times as he told me I sucked - but I appreciated it" ...
The Pachecos will continue to roam Concordia University Wisconsin soccer fields.
Trent Pacheco, former Kingsford standout now with the North Stars U19, will take his game to Mequon.
His sisters, Emily and Anna, already know their way around campus. Emily just finished four years with the Falcons and Anna her first ...
Bessemer native Kevin Borseth will make $133,000 coaching UW-Green Bay women's basketball.
Green Bay Press-Gazette reports Borseth made more than $300,000 coaching at the University of Michigan ...
Ashley Janczewski, Goodman-Pembine basketball and softball standout, wound up sixth on the Peshtigo Times list of the top high school athletes for 2011-2012 ...
Look for "Steady Freddy" Jacobs in Sunday's Bass Run at Crystal Falls. "Steady" usually wears something fish-related for the event.
"Yours truly will be dressed to the max," he reported. "I'm going to carry gummie worms to throw for the kids while I'm out there." ...