HERMANSVILLE — Bay College assistant women’s basketball coach Maria Wiltzius shot the lights out here Sunday, helping the Marinette Basketball Junkies earn a 60-49 victory over Cunard BAE Massage in the championship game of the 82nd Annual Gold Medal Classic tournament.

The Kingsford graduate knocked down at least a half-dozen 3-point shots in the second half and finished with 38 points.

“It’s about time,” said Wiltzius, who was selected the tournament’s Outstanding Player. “I hadn’t been shooting that well lately. My teammates set some screens, and I was able to get open. They (BAE) were tough and scrappy. We got ahead early, but their defense got them back in the game.”

Marinette led 20-11 midway through the first half but trailed 28-22 at halftime.

Sandra Boulton’s set shot from the lane gave BAE a 23-22 lead four minutes before the half.

Chevy Koski added a layup and free throw for a 26-22 cushion at 3:20, and Boulton added a buzzer-beating layup for a six-point halftime advantage.

The contest was tied at 45 with eight minutes remaining. A pass by Koski set Boulton up with a layup for a 47-45 lead.

Marinette answered with a 10-0 run, gaining an insurmountable 55-47 advantage with 2:04 left to play.

Boulton scored 15 points, and Brooke Mannor added 12 for BAE.

Menominee Dexter’s cruised to the men’s Class A title in an 81-63 conquest of Iron Mountain Bimbo’s.

Dexter’s, comprised of Michigan Tech alumni, led 53-27 at halftime.

Class A Outstanding Player Kyle Monroe hit 22 points. Bryce Heath added 15. Ben Stelzer, the tourney’s Outstanding Player Ben Stelzer scored 14, and Mike Fisher tossed in 10.

“We all played at different times at Michigan Tech,” said Stelzer. “It took us a little while for us to learn how to play with each other, and this morning we probably had one of better games playing together. They had some guys who could shoot the threes. If we left our foot off the gas pedal, they could come back in a hurry. This feels good. The most important thing is we were able to get together and play the game we love together.”

Recent Bay College cager and Outstanding Player Matt Wagner scored 21 points, leading Perronville Bloniarz Farms & Parker Food & Supply, Inc. past Escanaba 3’s Company 85-73 for the Class B title.

Justin Henderson and Jared Benson added 15 points each for Perronville. Joe Gibbs paced 3’s Company with 24. Jaden Janke had 17.

Tyler Mercier drained a pair of free throws with 16.8 seconds left to play as Powers R-Place then hung on for a 61-60 triumph over Iron Mountain Dario Soric & Son in the Class C final.

Travis Vincent led the winners with 22 points. Mercier finished with 19, and Outstanding Player Josh Granquist had 14. Cody Whitens scored 14, and Cory Johnson had 11 for Iron River.

In the Class E final, Mercier (Outstanding Player) hit 27 points, helping Hermansville CTR-44 post a 69-54 triumph over Daggett Church Ballers.

Corey Johnson chipped in with 13. Max Baumler had 18 for Daggett.

There were 14 games on Saturday, beginning with a rare 8 a.m. contest.

Behind a game-high 21 points from Mercier, R-Place zipped past Juice Promotions of Carney in a Class C contest. Joey Pontbriand led Juice with 16 points, and Justin Bloniarz chipped in 12 points.

In a Class B semifinal, 3’s Company overcame a game-high 22 points from Jordan Miller to defeat Dubey Park of Marinette, Wis., 69-63.

Former Dollar Bay standout Janke paced 3’s Company with 21 points, while teammate Tyler McDonald netted 19 points.

Class A tipped off with Juiced Apparel of Carney cruising past U.P.’s Finest of Crystal Falls, 73-64. Each Team had three players in double figures, with Justin Nyquist netting a game-high 19 points for U.P.’s Finest. Chris Dobessi led the shirt printers with 15 points.

Former Ishpeming standout Hart Holmgren poured in a tournament-high 39 points as 3’s Company’s Class A team hammered Michigan Tech’s club team, 118-87. Janke chipped in 22 points, while the MTU squad had three players in double figures led by Jack Kuckhan and Devin Schmitz with 19 points each.

Also in Class A, Superior Central graduate Jordan Chartier’s 23 points and Kyle Monroe’s 21 points powered Dexter’s past the McNeil Oilers of Crystal Falls 94-64. Bryan LaChapelle, Jr. led the Oilers with 14 points.

Former all-state Iron Mountain standout Marcus Johnson led all scorers with 28 points in a Class A game, as Bimbo’s defeated 3’s Company, 96-87. Wagner chipped in 23 points for Bimbo’s, while Ashton Janke led 3’s Company with 24 points, and Holmgren scored 22.

In the opening Woman’s Division game of the tournament, the Basketball Junkies, Wis. defeated Deno Forest Products of Wilson, 69-42. Former Kingsford All-U.P. player Wiltzius let all scorers with 23 points.

Bay College teammates Boulton and Bree Arsenault combined for 34 points, as BAE powered past Heat of Perronville, 53-39. It was Arsenault with a game-high 18 points for BAE.

In another Class A contest, Matt Curtain led McNeil’s with 16 points as they slipped past U.P.’s Finest, 65-58. Kingsford graduate Geoff Smart led all scorers with 17 points for U.P.’s Finest.

In other Class A action, Dexter’s powered past Juiced Apparel, 73-48. A combined 52 points from Curtain and former North Central star Bryce Bilski, led McNeils past 3’s Company 81-59. Curtain tallied 30 to lead all scorers.

Juiced Apparel’s Dobessi poured in 36 points to led the shirt printers past MTU Club, 78-68 in the final Class A game of Saturday’s slate.

BAE eked past Basketball Junkies, 56-55 despite a game-high 22 points from Wiltzius.

Former North Central and Lake Superior State star Shelle (Rochon) Olsen netted 20 points for BAE.

North Central senior Andie Arsenault added 14 points for BAE.