EAST LANSING — Quietly, without much notoriety, Michigan State football lost one of its biggest weapons from the past two years.

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And the Spartans ’ quest to replace their graduated kicker remains among their biggest question marks heading into the Aug. 29 season opener against Western Michigan.

Chad Wilt, MSU’s special teams co-coordinator, said both redshirt freshman Martin Connington and third-year sophomore Tarik Ahmetbasic are working through nagging injuries that have at times limited their participation in preseason camp. Walk-on Blake Sislo , who spent three seasons in Division II but was out of football last year, has handled much of the kicking duties on field goals and kickoffs in August.

From a steady, sixth-year specialist to three kickers with o

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