Sports

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.

The Munising Baptist Bobcats clashed with the Grand Marais Polar Bears in an exhilarating match on Thursday, Sept. 7 that ended with a 1-0 victory for the Bobcats. It was the first prep soccer game of the year in Alger County.

Revenge. Redemption.

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Munising alumna Hattie Cota led the Bay College Norse at its first cross country event of the season at the St. Norbert College’s Tom Barry Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 2. Cota finished 96 of 130 runners, but was the first Norse across the line in the women’s race with a time of 23:51.54.

The Munising Mustangs volleyball team defeated the Engadine Eagles 3-1 on Thursday, Aug. 30 in the Munising Middle/High School gymnasium.

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The Munising Baptist Bobcats are looking at younger players to make a big difference this season. “About half the team is sixth-ninth grade,” said Munising Baptist Head Coach Hunter MacArthur. “We have 16 kids, so our numbers are up, but we’re young.”