November 2023

Varsity hockey drops season opener

It took less than a minute for the excitement of a new season to turn into stunned silence on Saturday inside the Little Bear West Arena in Manistique. Alpena scored on the game’s opening shift, netting a goal on the first shot fired in the new season. The Wildcats carried that momentum all the way through the contest, overwhelming the Emeralds 6-1 to start the 2023-2024 campaign.
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Swift named Co-Player of the Year

Ethan Swift, the eighth grade goaltender for the Munising Baptist Bobcats soccer team, was named Co-Player of the Year for the Northern Lights League soccer season. Standing tall in net, the goaltender impressed many with his heroics in the NLL postseason tournament, as Munising Baptist lost the championship game in penalty kicks.
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Box Scores

FOOTBALL UP Teams Playoff Results D7: North Muskegon 21 vs Menominee 32 MHSAA State Championships D1: Southfield Arts & Technology vs Belleville D2: Muskegon vs Warren De La Salle D3: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central vs Mason D4: Grand Rapids South Christian vs Harper Woods D5: Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs Corunna D6: Kingsley vs Almont D7: Menominee vs Jackson Lumen Chrisi D8: Ubly vs Ottawa Lake Whiteford 8D1: Martin 30 Indian River Inland Lakes 26 8D2: Adrian Lenawee Christian 36 Marion 18 LOCAL REC LEAGUES Pickleball Standings (as of 11/21) T1. G.
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Sports Briefs

Menominee to play in state final Only one team from the Upper Peninsula has qualified for a state championship game in football: the Menominee Maroons. Menominee will face off against Jackson Lumen Christi on Sunday, Nov. 26 at 9:30 a.m. at Ford Field.
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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor, I think that articles submitted to The Beacon from The Mackinac Center for Public Policy should be labeled as “opinion,” not presented as factual news stories. According to sourcewatch.com, The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a right-wing pressure group that was established by right-wing activists in 1987 to promote “free market,” pro-business policies.
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The placebo effect: it’s real

The “placebo effect” in medicine is a beneficial effect from taking a medication, or having a treatment, that cannot be attributed to the medication or treatment. The beneficial effect occurs primarily because of the patient’s belief that the medication or treatment will work.
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