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The Grayling girls golf team opened its season with a ninth-place finish at the Houghton Lake Girls Golf Invitational Monday.    The Vikings shot a 520 in the 12-team field, with Chippewa Hills taking top honors with a 411. They were followed by Cheboygan with a 413 and Alpena with a 416...
Grayling’s varsity boys soccer team began the season with a bang – beating Sault Ste. Marie, 9-1.    Playing at the Soo Aug. 17, the Vikings dominated the Blue Devils with Drake Dunham, Brody Cobb and Alex Moore pacing the offense.    Dunham scored two goals and added three assists while...
Grayling Little League’s minor league softball all-star team (ages 8-10) clinched a state championship with six wins during a tournament in Mattawan on July 20-24.   In tournament pool play, Grayling posted a 3-0 record.   The squad won 10-0 vs. Marquette on July 20.   Torri Hofmann...
The 2023 Spike’s Challenge C-1 event featured close to record numbers this year as more than 70 paddlers raced from Grayling to Burton’s Landing on Saturday night. According to race results, 75 people finished this year’s Spike’s Challenge C-1 event. The record number of participants for the...
Canoe #2 was number one on Sunday as Christophe Proulx and Ryan Halstead took first place during the annual Spike’s Challenge C-2 event, a race from the Old AuSable Fly Shop in Grayling to McMasters Bridge that featured a record field this year with almost 100 teams. The 2023 Spike’s Challenge...
The Consumers Energy AuSable River Canoe Marathon will determine starting positions for the race’s running start with a three-day time trials competition next week, and the event will likely feature a record number of sprints with more than 100 teams signed up for this year’s race. The AuSable...
Often, when competitor numbers are up for the AuSable River Canoe Marathon, they’re also up for the Spike’s Challenge C-2 race. This year – as the AuSable Marathon celebrates a milestone with its 75th race – competitor numbers for the 120-mile non-stop race from Grayling to Oscoda are up by a...
Spike’s Challenge C-1 race organizers are expecting another large field for this year’s event. “It’s going to be big again,” said Cheryl Lucey, one of the Spike’s Challenge organizers.  Last year, the Spike’s Challenge C-1 race had a record field with 79 competitors (67 men, 10 women, and two...
The Ragnar Trail Michigan – a relay race event that is expected to feature approximately 160 eight-person teams – will return to Hanson Hills Recreation Area this week with its Ragnar Village tent city and all-day all-night running. The Ragnar Trail Michigan first came to Hanson Hills in 2019....
Grayling High School offered Esports (video game competition) for the first time during the recently ended 2022-2023 school year, and the program is looking forward to growing as Esports continue to increase in popularity. “This is our first year competing in Esports at GHS,” said Grayling High...

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