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Prep Schedule March 5

Today’s games Men’s basketball Great Lakes District C semifinal Bay College vs. Lansing Community College at Mott C.C., 11 a.m Boys’ basketball Regional finals Division 1 Rockford vs. Marquette at Lake City, 7 p.m. Division 2 Ludington vs. Kingsford at Gaylord, 7 p.m. Division 3 Elk Rapids vs. Menominee at Newberry, 7 p.m. Division 4 Felch North Dickinson vs. Dollar Bay at Negaunee, 7 p.m. Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian vs. Pickford at Cheboygan, 7 p.m. Friday’s games Women’s basketball Great Lakes District C semifinal Bay College vs. ...

Bay women defeat Muskegon Community College

ESCANABA — The Bay College women wasted little time taking charge here Tuesday night in a 100-45 basketball rout of Muskegon Community College in a Great Lakes District C quarterfinal game. The victory sends the Norse (24-5) to Mott Community College at Flint to face Grand Rapids Community College (20-9) in a semifinal match-up Friday at 11 a.m. The Jayhawks finished 11-14. “This feels really good,” Bay sophomore guard Lauren Zawada said. “This was a special game. I played for all my family.” Bay extended its lead to 18-2 on Zawada’s jump shot from the lane with 3:59 ...

Bay men defeat Kirtland Community College

ESCANABA — Bay College and Kirtland Community College men’s basketball teams split a pair of close games during the regular season. The post-season meeting was different, however, as the Norse rolled past Kirtland 98-57 in a Great Lakes District C quarterfinal contest here Wednesday night. Kirtland won the first meeting 69-62 in Grayling Jan. 28 and the Norse took the second game 87-83 at Delta College Feb. 22. Bay, which ran its winning streak to eight games, improved to 23-6. The Norse are at Mott Community College in Flint today where they’re meeting Lansing Community ...

Jets Hold on to beat Wolves

SPALDING — They call this March Madness for a reason and two area girls’ basketball teams showed why here Monday night. Powers North Central stayed alive by hanging on for a 46-42 triumph over Carney-Nadeau in a wild and wooly Division 4 district opener. The victory enabled the Jets (10-10) to advance to tonight’s semifinal contest at Norway (17-4) at 6 p.m. (CST). The Wolves finished 7-15. Sophomore Addy Otradovec gave the Jets a 37-18 cushion on a pair of free throws with 75 seconds remaining in the third quarter. The Wolves, however, refused to go away as they responded ...

Flivvers defeat Braves for district title

GLADSTONE - A 15-0 run was not enough for the Gladstone Braves here Friday as they fell 49-43 to the Kingsford Flivvers. The Braves started their 15-0 run in the second quarter as Teagan Reynolds knocked down a pair of free throws and Will Inghram drove to the basket for a layup to cut the ...

Trojans defeat Knights for district championship

CRYSTAL FALLS — The Crystal Falls Forest Park boys prefer to play uptempo basketball. They can also play more deliberately as they did in the first half of their 73-38 triumph over the Norway Knights in a Division 4 district final here Friday night. The victory enabled the Trojans to earn ...