Sports

The Munising Mustangs hosted the annual El Harger cross country meet at Pictured Rocks Golf Club on Tuesday, September 24. A record 23 teams attended the event not only to race, but also to preview the course before the UP Finals in two weeks. Under perfect running conditions, the Mustangs fielded a scoring boys team, but only two individuals on the girls side. The boys had mixed results with their eighth place team finish. Trevor Nolan ran a gritty race, with bib in hand, on his way to a third place finish out of 124 runners in a time of 17 minutes 30.9 seconds. Nolan Dolaskie claimed the second position on the team with a 55th place finish in 20:25.7. He was followed by Blake Lakosky (58th, 20:38.2). The usual number one runner for the team, Danny Goss, suffered a cramp in his hip which hampered his performance. He placed 60th in 20:46.5. Dylan Adkinson was next in 75th place in 21:53.7, and Nate Petersen rounded out the six-man team in 87th place in 22:31.4. For the girls, Kate Mattson finished in 39th place covering the 3.1 mile course in 24:33.0, and Elizabeth Wing was 81st with a time of 20:00.9.

After getting a week off because its opponent was forced to forfeit a game, the Munising High School football team had the opportunity to return to action last Friday. The ninth-ranked Mustangs came back with a bang, taking down host Newberry 50-18 in Great Lakes Eight Conference East action.

The Munising High School girls tennis team participated in the Great Northern Conference meet in Gladstone on Sept. 25. The Mustangs’ No. 2 doubles team of Tessa Salo and Tamryn Nolan placed fourth. No. 4 singles player Jolie Ake also claimed a fourth-place finish. Munising wrapped up its season on Wednesday at the Upper Peninsula finals meet.

The Munising Baptist volleyball team traveled over to Grand Marais for a doubleheader on Thursday, September 19. The Lady Bobcats managed to claim their first two victories of the year. They won the first contest 25-22, 25-18 and 25-19 and followed that up in the second game with a 25-14, 25-14 and 25-18 victory.

Last Saturday, on a day that had mixed results for the Mustangs, the middle school cross country girls were the big team winners at the Rapid River Cross Country Invitational. The team defended their team title from last year with an eight-point win, 47-55, over runner-up Vulcan Middle School. Emma Concklin again led the way for the team by capturing third place in a time of 13 minutes 45.9 seconds. Following Emma was Karter Goings (7th, 14:14.8), Lennon Livermore (11th, 14:53.9), Maddie Kulppi (13th, 15:12.1), Kahlan Ramsey (17th, 15:21.2), Ava Prunick (44th, 17:35.3), Payton Brey (48th, 17:55.5), Peyton Dyer (49th, 18:01.9), Miika Michelson (51st, 18:58.2), and Amber Defrancesco (57th, 19:58.3). For the boys’, Evan Kelto placed ninth in 12:52.3 and Trey Defrancesco was 52nd in 17:24.0.