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Gladstone falls to No. 1 ranked Westwood

GLADSTONE — A valiant effort came up a little short for the Gladstone boys here Monday night as they dropped a 54-49 basketball decision to top-ranked Ishpeming Westwood. The Braves were within three points with 11 seconds remaining before senior Ethan Marta all but secured the decision ...

Maroons win thriller over Braves in conference action

GLADSTONE — Twenty-one points from senior Owen Gereau and two others in double figures were not enough for Gladstone as they fell 65-62 in a Great Northern Conference matchup against Menominee here Friday. Along with 21 from Gereau, Junior Lonnie Davey scored 18 and sophomore Alex Prins ...

U.P. Scores Feb. 17

U.P. scores Friday’s games Boys’ basketball Houghton 52, Escanaba 41 Menominee 65, Gladstone 62 Manistique 65, Gwinn 28 Big Bay de Noc 62, Kinross Maplewood Baptist 59 Hannahville 33, Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 24 Rapid River 55, Rock Mid Peninsula 43 Norway 68, Powers North ...

Bay College earns sweep of Muskegon Community College

ESCANABA — The Bay College Norse continued their late-season push by posting basketball victories over Muskegon Community College here Saturday. Bay’s women clinched at least a No. 2 seed in the MCCAA North Conference tournament by defeating the Jayhawks 90-56 and the men led all the way ...

Pankonien hits program record 9 3-pointers in Braves victory

GLADSTONE — Gladstone junior Eva Pankonien hit a program record nine 3-pointers previously held by Lillie Johnson with seven as the Braves rolled past Gwinn 64-37 here Thursday. “It felt great, I had a good shootaround today,” Pankonien said. “They played a zone defense to take away ...

Sports Flashback Feb. 8-14

Feb. 8, 1961 — Bob Debelak poured a school-record 54 points as the Trenary Comets posted an 89-64 basketball victory over the Grand Marais Polar Bears. Roy Aho added 14 and Ed Lauila finished with 11. Bill Micheau scored 26 points, leading the Rapid River Rockets past the Bark River-Harris ...