Basketball

Boys

Escanaba at Marquette

MARQUETTE — The Escanaba Eskymos boy’s basketball team (6-0, 2-0 GNC) repeated their early success against the Marquette Redmen, this time on the road, winning 63-57 in Marquette.

“It felt like exactly the same kind of battle,” said Eskymos coach Tracy Hudson. “We knew it was going to be a battle and we felt like it was going to be a good step toward a GNC title.

“Everyone stepped up and I think that’s the strength of our team. I thought our kids played well as a team to get a win.”

Hudson said the Eskymos got off to a similar start to the first game against Marquette. At the end of the first quarter, Escanaba was behind 15-12.

“We didn’t think we had our best first quarter,” he said. “But we kind of settled in and won the second quarter by four.”

From there, Escanaba outscored the Redmen 18-11 in the third, and held on in the fourth –only allowing Marquette two more points than them 15-13 — to take the win.

Erik Voctorson led the Eskymos in scoring with 14 points. Right behind him was Brandon Frazer with 13.

In Freshman action, the Redman got the better of the Eskymos 61-33. The Escanaba JV squad took their game 63-49.

As Hudson puts it, the Eskymos continue the GNC gauntlet Thursday against Menominee in Escanaba.

Escanaba 12 20 18 13 — 63

Marquette 15 16 11 15 — 57

Escanaba — Victorson 14 Frazer 13, Colin Hudson 9, Carter Hudson 9, Hanson 6, Maki 6, Smale 5, Brown 1; F: 11; Fouled out: none; FT: 11-17; Fouled out: None; 3-pointer: Victorson 4 Frazer, Smale, Carter Hudson, Hanson

Marquette — Karp 18, Sager 17, Lotterman 16, Jurmu 3, DeMay 2, F: 17; Fouled out: None; FT: 1-2; 3-pointers: Karp 3, Sager 3, Lotterman, Jurmu.

Norway at Superior Central

EBEN — The Superior Central boys basketball team fell to the charge of the Norway Knights 59-28 at Superior Central Monday.

The Cougars were even with Norway through the first quarter but after is when the Knights began taking advantage. Norway outscored Superior Central 23-12 in the second to earn an 11-point cushion and seal the game.

“After the first quarter, it was 9-9, and it looked like we were in for a good game,” Superior Central coach Adam Ely said. “The middle two quarters, we really struggled to score. Couple that with a few mistakes that Norway Capitalized on, and we were down in a hurry.”

Kyle Frusti led the Cougars with 16 points and two triples.

The Knights were led by Logan Parolini with 13. He was followed by Alex Ortman with 11.

Superior Central travels to Carney-Nadeau Wednesday.

Norway 9 23 43 16 — 59

Superior Central 9 12 17 11 — 28

Norway — Parolini 13, Ortman 11, Vanholla 9, Seat 6, Peterson 6, Amundson 5, Baay 5, Anderson 3, Ochs 2; F: 10; Fouled out: none; FT: 10-13; 3-point field goals: Parolini 2, Baay 1, Anderson 1.

Superior Central — K. Frusti 16, Maki 5, Koski 3, McLaurey 2, Collier 2; F: 11; Fouled out: none; FT: 1-6; 3-point field goals: K. Frusti 2, Maki 1.

Manistique at BR-H

HARRIS — After a slow first quarter, the Bark River-Harris boys started clicking in the second quarter and rode that momentum to a 56-44 win over Manistique Tuesday at Bark River.

“We came out a little flat,” Broncos coach Marc Zawacki said. “We were playing a little complacent. It took us a little to settle down. We had a little run into the half and came back. I thought we had a nice third quarter.”

Trenton Wood-Keshick led the Broncos with 15, and he was followed by Joey Stein with 13.

“Joey Stein had a really nice game tonight for us,” Zawacki said. “Great defensive effort and he had a nice offensive night as well.”

The Emeralds were led by Sammy Warren with 17 and Wyatt Gierke with 12.

“It was a hard-fought game,” Zawacki said. “We were able to pick it up in the second quarter. It was a tough victory, but we’ll learn from this one and move on.”

Bark River hosts Stephenson today, and Manistique, which won the JV game, hosts Munising Saturday.

Manistique 11 13 11 9 — 44

Bark River 9 18 14 15 — 56

Manistique — St. John 4, sammy Warren 17, Blixt 6, Bariboune 3, Gierke 12, Zellar 2; F: 18; Fouled out: St. John; FT: 1-4; 3-point field goals: Warren 5, Blixt 2, Bariboune 1.

Bark River — Robinette 4, Javurek 10, Wood-Keshick 15, Peterson 6, Sawacki 5, Stein 13, Lippens 3; F: 13; Fouled out: none; FT: 11-22; 3-point field goals: Javurek 2, Zawacki 1.

Girls

Manistique at Munising, Ishpeming at Manistique

MANISTIQUE — The Manistique girls split a pair of basketball games this week, winning at Munising 44-21 Monday night and dropping a 40-23 decision to Ishpeming at home Tuesday.

Brooke St. John led the Emeralds with 12 points at Munising and Bailey Allour had eight against Ishpeming.

“We came back in the second quarter,” said Emeralds’ coach Jenna Bradshaw. “We just couldn’t keep it going.

Manistique visits Big Bay de Noc Monday.