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The Munising Baptist Bobcats played against the Mackinac Island Lakers in a tough battle on Sept. 14 at the Munising Baptist soccer field in Wetmore. For a long time it seemed to be an equal fight till the draw was settled as the Bobcats took the first goal at the Baptist school’s soccer field on Sep, 14th. Dylan Swift scored the first point in the game but then tied once the Lakers got through the Bobcat’s defenses not long after. Ultimately the Baptist Bobcats lost but not without a fight with a score of Lakers 4-2.

After a ten-year hiatus, Pictured Rocks Golf Course has a new club champion. With a two-hole lead with one hole to go, Izaak Mahoski defeated former club champion Curt Heribacka in match play on Sunday, Sept.

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It was all about the approach for Curtis Pepin. Crediting his “upshots” — the disc golf term for the second shot off the tee that will set up a putt — Pepin threw for a three-under 55 to win the inaugural Superior Pines Disc Golf Tournament in Grand Marais on Saturday, Sept.

Over a dozen teams and over 100 racers competed at the Superior Central Invite on Saturday, September 9. The 5K race was held in Eben Junction at the Superior Central Schools fitness trails and around the softball and baseball facilities on the east side of E-T Road. It was the Gladstone Braves that took both the boys and girls varsity meets, with the boys routing second-place Gwinn 34-114, while the girls kept just ahead of Stephenson in a 60-75 race to victory.

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It was another victory for one of Michigan’s top mountain cyclists on Saturday, as Jorden Wakeley won the Mountain Goat Mash presented by By George Brewing at Valley Spur on Saturday, Sept. 9. It was Wakeley’s third straight Mountain Goat Mash title.