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Tiring of snow

Outdoors

“One more cup of coffee before I go to the valley below,” – Bob Dylan By this time, in late February, the winter’s falling snow dancing on the wind before landing on every available surface, has lost its charm. In these days, especially those when the snow continues to pile up, I ...

Jets defeat Rockets in conference action

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RAPID RIVER — North Central girls found themselves on the right side of the scoreboard here Thursday night as they knocked off the Rapid River Rockets 32-20. The Jets jumped out to an early 4-0 lead as senior Dalyn Otradovec and sophomore Natalie Willa each had layups. The Rockets went on ...

Northern Lights League All-Conference Teams

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ESCANABA — The Northern Light league has released its All-Conference selections for the 2025-26 season for boys and girls. Sam Beaver from Hannahville was Player of the Year for the boys and Caragan Thill from Big Bay de Noc was player of the year for the girls. Here are the All-Conference ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 28

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Today’s games Wrestling State semifinals and finals at Kalamazoo, 9:30 p.m. Gymnastics Regional meet at Rockford, 10 a.m. Competitive cheer regionals Division 3 (Gladstone) at Hudsonville, 10 a.m. Division 4 (Bark River-Harris) at Hudsonville, 3 p.m. Hockey State ...

U.P. Scores Feb. 28

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U.P. scores Thursday’s games Girls’ basketball Sault Ste. Marie 49, Escanaba 30 Negaunee 41, Gladstone 36 Big Bay de Noc 61, Carney-Nadeau 32 Bark River-Harris 69, Manistique 33 Powers North Central 32, Rapid River 20 Norway 62, Stephenson 22 Kingsford 48, Ishpeming ...

Great Northern Conference All-Conference Teams

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ESCANABA — The Great Northern Conference released its individual and team awards and here is a look at how things turned out this season. Coach of the Year: Sam Larson, Menominee Team of the Year: Menominee Player of the Year: Tanner Theuerkauf, Menominee Defensive Player of the Year: ...