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The Michigan Tech volleyball team has been picked to finish seventh in the GLIAC North Division this fall. Grand Valley State was ranked first in the Preseason Coaches’ Poll, followed by Ferris State. Northern Michigan was projected to finish third, with Saginaw Valley State and Wayne State rounding out the top five. Northwood was …

Tigers’ Woes Continue The Tigers’ struggles continued last night, with a 4-2 loss to the Pirates. Fill-in starter Robbie Ray was charged with all four Pittsburgh runs before leaving in the sixth inning. Detroit has lost seven of its last nine games. It’s the worst nine-game stretch the team has …

The Michigan Tech football team has been picked to finish fourth out of the eight teams in the GLIAC North Division this fall. The Huskies trailed Grand Valley State, Ferris State and Saginaw Valley State in voting by the GLIAC coaches. Hillsdale was picked to place fifth, followed by Wayne …

Tigers Fall Out of First Place The Tigers dropped out of first place in the American League Central and lost another starting pitcher last night, while losing to the Pirates 11-6. Justin Verlander gave up five runs in the first inning, before leaving with tightness in his shoulder. He’ll undergo …

Calumet High School will induct nine new Athletic Hall of Fame members next month. The new honorees are: Gene Arntsen, Carl “Scuppy” Backstrom, Larry Danbom, Gordon Frantti, Joe Galetto, Paul Lehto, George Oikarinen, Jackie Rowe, and Percy Wilcox. The installation ceremony on Saturday, September 6th, will begin at 11:00 with a coffee …

Tigers Fall Late To Beat Jays Max Scherzer pitched eight dominant innings yesterday, and turned a 2-1 lead over to closer Joe Nathan. Nathan gave up the tying run on an rbi single by Dioner Navarro… then Joba Chamberlain gave up the game-winner in the 10th… as the Tigers suffered …

Tigers Come Back to Beat Jays Nick Castellanos and Eugenio Suarez homered in the ninth inning to lift the Tigers to a 5-4 comeback victory over the Blue Jays last night. Toronto opened a quick lead, scoring four runs off Anibal Sanchez in the first two innings. Sanchez left the …

Tigers Blanked by Yanks The Tigers’ offensive swoon continued yesterday in a 1-0 loss to the Yankees. Detroit collected only five hits, and leaves the Big Apple having scored just six runs in their four-game series. Rick Porcello took the loss, giving up the only run of the game in …

Tigers Fall to Yankees The Tigers scored a run in the first inning, but were quiet the rest of the game, and lost to the Yankees 5-1 last night. Justin Verlander gave up just two runs over seven innings, and took the loss. New York’s final three runs came off …

Avila’s Homer Beats Yanks Alex Avila’s home run in the 12th inning lifted the Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Yankees last night. Avila’s blast came five innings after he had tied the game with an rbi single in the seventh. New Detroit pitcher David Price survived giving up …