TRAVERSE CITY — Twenty-nine teams traveled to the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa to take part in the Lober Invitational on Monday in the first action of the girls golf season.

FIFE LAKE — Forest Area doesn’t have a ton of football players.

The Traverse City Pit Spitters defeated the Eau Claire Express, 3-2 on a ninth-inning rally on Friday night.

TRAVERSE CITY — A belly full of gummy bears and a newly crowned champion, Pit Spitters catcher Adam Proctor wouldn’t have it any other way.

TRAVERSE CITY — One season, one team, one championship.

TRAVERSE CITY — The best Traverse City Pit Spitters manager Josh Rebandt could hope for back in May was the players his staff signed would buy into the coaching staff’s philosophy.

ELK RAPIDS — A lot has changed for Elk Rapids football, yet not a lot has changed.

The Traverse City Pit Spitters defeated the Madison Mallards 3-2 on Wednesday, and will move onto the Northwoods League championship game on Friday.

TRAVERSE CITY — The plan was to have Jake Wilson play shallow centerfield in case a throw to home plate was needed.

TRAVERSE CITY — A whole lot of change came to Traverse City St. Francis this offseason.

The Traverse City Pit Spitters defeat the Kalamazoo Growlers, 5-4, on a ninth-inning RBI single by Mario Camilletti.

TRAVERSE CITY — Mario Camilletti felt disrespected.

Record-Eagle Sports Writer Jake Atnip will be posting live updates from Pit Spitters Park as Traverse City takes on the Kalamazoo Growlers starting at 7:05 p.m. TC is hoping for a win to finish off the playoff series and move on to the Northwoods League semifinals.

LELAND — Larry Glass, who became an area coaching legend by leading the Leland Comets girls basketball program to three state championships two decades after coaching Northwestern University’s men’s basketball program for six seasons, died Monday. He was 84 years old.

TRAVERSE CITY — Monday officially started football practice, but for Traverse City Central and schools all around northern Michigan, the work began well before that.

Salmon Classic scheduled for Aug. 30-Sept. 1; Cadillac travel baseball holding tryouts.

Traverse City Central held its first practice of the season on Monday on the school's fields.

KALAMAZOO — Homer Stryker Field enticed fans with an all-you-can-eat buffet for Monday’s Northwoods league playoff game.

NORTHWOODS LG.

KALAMAZOO — Traverse City’s stay in Kalamazoo will last a little longer than originally planned.

KINGSLEY — Everybody likes winning, and in Kingsley, the Stags have developed a knack and a taste for it.

TRAVERSE CITY — This doesn’t have a happy ending, in part because the end isn’t yet here.

CLEVELAND — Make that two Traverse City St. Francis athletes on the Cleveland Browns.

NORTHWOODS LG.

TRAVERSE CITY — The tables turned a little since the Northwoods League’s All-Star break.

TRAVERSE CITY — Two gigantic crooked numbers led the Pit Spitters to their 51st victory of the season Friday night.

GRAFTON, Wis. — The Traverse City Pit Spitters built a big lead through the middle innings of Wednesday’s battle with the Lakeshore Chinooks and held on for a 9-7 victory at Kapco Park.

ELK RAPIDS — In one whirlwind visit, Kendall Brown gained a new sport, college and roommate.

TRAVERSE CITY — Grant Buell didn’t expect this.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — A day after suffering a 14-2 defeat to the Green Bay Booyah, the Traverse City Pit Spitters responded with a 2-0 shutout over the Booyah that continues to build upon the team’s most recent Northwoods League all-time record for shutouts in one season.

TRAVERSE CITY — Going back as far as he can recall, the experience that sticks out most to Tobin Schwannecke is losing.

SAGINAW— The Manistee Saints rallied twice before coming up short of the third required to win a National Amateur Baseball Federation regional title at Saginaw Valley Lutheran High School.

TRAVERSE CITY — Mike Piposar won the 11th annual Cherry-Roubaix Gran Fondo by the slimmest of margins Saturday.