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UP football all-stars to play Saturday in Superior Dome

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MARQUETTE — Basketball has had its all-star games, so now it’s time for high school football to take center stage. This week, a familiar slate of festivities are leading up to the 17th-annual Upper Peninsula Football All-Star Game, to be played at 1 p.m. Eastern time Saturday at the ...

Esky Cubs take 2 from UP Rangers

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ESCANABA — Strong defense and pitching continue to lead the way for the Escanaba Cubs as they defeated the South Central U.P. Rangers 6-1 and 3-2 in a baseball doubleheader here Monday. The Cubs are now 6-0 on the season. “Defense and pitching is winning these games so far,” Cubs ...

Baez homers twice as Tigers beat Pirates 7-3

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DETROIT (AP) — Javier Báez hit two of the Detroit Tigers' four home runs in a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Báez hit solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings on the day he reached 10 years of major league service. Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene also homered ...

Andrews to head tennis programs at MTU

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HOUGHTON — Iron Mountain native Mike Andrews has accepted a position as head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Michigan Technological University. Andrews comes to Houghton after one season of leading the tennis programs at Lake Superior State in Sault Ste. Marie, MTU officials said ...