ESCANABA – The Escanaba Eskymos Quarterback Club will recognize six people Friday that played a major role in Escanaba high school football. Rusty Bluse says they will be added to the Wall of Fame under the grandstands.
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Veterans recognized at Escanaba Eskymo football game
ESCANABA – Tonight is veterans appreciation night at the Escanaba Eskymo football game. Rusty Bluse with the Escanaba Fan Club said all area veterans are welcome for a picnic and recognition during the game.
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LPGA Symetra Tour golfers get ready for Island Resort Championship
HARRIS – Lee Lopez is ranked 7th in the LPGA Symetra Tour in her rookie year and will be competing this weekend in the Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. After four years at UCLA, she is working to get on the main tour.
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Marquette Sentinels Girls Hockey Team heads to nationals
MARQUETTE – The Marquette Sentinels junior girls hockey team is headed to Amherst, New York, for the U16 AA National Championships. The team won the state championship in Dearborn on March 16. Hannah Riesland of Marquette is the goalie of the state championship team.
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Escanaba’s Dan Flynn named Charles E. Forsythe Award winner
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Dan Flynn of Escanaba has advocated for Michigan high school student-athletes both in the Upper Peninsula and throughout Michigan during his more than 40 years as a coach, official and athletic administrator. In recognition of his service, Flynn has been named the 2014 recipient of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Charles E. Forsythe Award.
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Olympic luge medal could spark interest in the sport, former U.P. luge athlete says
ESCANABA – A former National Luge Champion from the Upper Peninsula says Arin Hamlin’s bronze medal in the luge competition in Sochi will increase interest in the sport in the U.S. Hamlin was the first American to ever medal in the singles event.
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Land purchase expands Noquemanon Trail Network
MARQUETTE – The Noquemanon Trail Network Council (NTN) is entering into an agreement to purchase a 100 foot wide trail easement and approximately 40 acres of land from Plum Creek with local funding received from the Cliffs Natural Resources/Eagle Mine Marquette County Community Fund.
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Former NMU football player makes NFL practice squad
TAMPA BAY – Former Escanaba and Northern Michigan University football player Jace Daniels was cut Saturday from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but resigned to the practice squad Sunday.
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Royales to hold hockey tryout camp
MARQUETTE – The Marquette Royales will host the franchise’s inaugural Main Tryout Camp, Aug. 24-25 at the Berry Events Center on the campus of Northern Michigan University.
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