Two poll leaders tumble after losses
Streaking Jets stay No. 1 in D
ESCANABA — A pair of teams tumbled from atop their respective basketball polls in voting done by the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association this week.
Negaunee lost twice and fell into a tie for third place in the boys Class A-B-C poll conducted by a six-man panel while Baraga also dropped to third in the Class D girls basketball poll, leaving Forest Park alone atop that division.
Negaunee lost to new poll leader Norway and to No. 2 Marquette. Gladstone, an upset victim at Menominee, slipped a spot to sharing fifth with Sault Ste. Marie.
Baraga lost to fourth ranked Jeffers to tumble from the top.
Three area teams are ranked in the boys Class D poll, led by unchallenged front-runner North Central. The Jets have won 64 straight games and tonight host Mid Peninsula in a quest to equal Chassell’s state-record 65-game win streak. If the Jets win they host Bark River-Harris Friday in an attempt to set a new state record.
BR-H is second but its’ status could change next week after getting drilled 71-47 at Escanaba Monday night. Carney-Nadeau shares No. 4 with Ewen-Trout Creek.
No area girls teams are ranked in the poll.
U.P. cage poll
Boys
Class ABC
1. Norway (6) 10-0 30
2. Marquette 9-1 24
3. Iron Mountain 9-1 15
3. Negaunee 7-2 15
5. Gladstone 6-2 3
5. Sault Ste. Marie 7-0 3
Class D
1. North Central (6) 9-0 30
2. Bark River-Harris 9-1 24
3. Brimley 7-3 11
4. Carney-Nadeau 6-3 10
5. Ewen-Trout Creek 6-4 6
Others receiving votes: Pickford (6-3) 4, Dollar Bay (5-2) 2, Jeffers (7-3), Cedarville 1.
Girls
Class ABC
1. Houghton (3) 11-0 26
2. Munising (1) 10-0 21
3. Norway (2) 10-0 20
4. Marquette 10-1 16
5. St. Ignace 9-1 4
Others receiving votes: Ishpeming (9-1) 2, Sault Ste. Marie (7-3) 1.
Class D
1. Forest Park (5) 8-2 29
2. Cedarville (1) 9-1 22
3. Baraga 8-2 13
4. Jeffers 6-4 11
5. Engadine 7-2 8 4
Others receiving votes: Chassell (7-2) 5, Pickford (8-3) 2.