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Flivvers cruise past Eskymos

ESCANABA — A slow start hurt Escanaba’s chances here Monday night in a 68-36 basketball loss to the Kingsford Flivvers. Esky, which turned the ball over 10 times in the first quarter, trailed 25-6 eight minutes into this Great Northern Conference match-up. “That’s been kind of our ...

U.P. Scores Jan. 14

U.P. scores Girls’ basketball Kingsford 68, Escanaba 36 Felch North Dickinson 53, Bark River-Harris 41 Big Bay de Noc 61, Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 27 Newberry 39, Superior Central 23 Munising 71, Carney-Nadeau 30 Gwinn 37, Painesdale Jeffers 32 Ishpeming 79, West Iron County ...

Prep Schedule Jan. 13

Today’s games Girls’ basketball Mackinac Island at Big Bay de Noc, 4 p.m. Manistique at Munising, 6 p.m. Rapid River at Hannahville, 6 p.m. Marquette at Gladstone, 7:15 p.m. Escanaba at Menominee, 7:30 p.m. Carney-Nadeau at Goodman-Pembine, Wis., 7:30 p.m. Florence, Wis. at ...

Meet the Athlete: Lonnie Davey

KINGSFORD — After hitting 10 3-pointers against Escanaba to set a new school record Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got the opportunity to sit down with Davey and discuss a variety of topics. Adam Hinch: So Lonnie, when did you first get into basketball? Lonnie Davey: I started ...

Lady Braves cruise to victory over Emeralds

GLADSTONE — The Gladstone girls left nothing to chance here Friday night as they took care of business quickly in a 74-27 basketball victory over the Manistique Emeralds. Gladstone featured a potent 1-2 offensive punch in this Mid-Peninsula Conference outing as senior Lillie Johnson poured ...

Bay women victorious men fall in defeat

ESCANABA — A balanced scoring attack helped the Bay College women roll to a 113-48 basketball triumph over Montcalm Community College here Saturday. The Bay men weren’t so fortunate as they dropped a 71-54 decision to the Centurions. Bay’s women scored six in double digits and turned ...