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Sports Flashback Feb. 8-14

Feb. 8, 1961 — Bob Debelak poured a school-record 54 points as the Trenary Comets posted an 89-64 basketball victory over the Grand Marais Polar Bears. Roy Aho added 14 and Ed Lauila finished with 11. Bill Micheau scored 26 points, leading the Rapid River Rockets past the Bark River-Harris Broncos 90-61. Dwight Harwood pumped in 16. Sam Boyer tallied 15 and Dwayne Johnson had 11. Jerry Sundquist paced the Broncos with 21. Feb. 9, 1961 — John Fassbender hit four goals and Ed Jacques scored a hat trick as the Marquette Flyers skated to a 10-3 hockey triumph over the Gladstone ...

Braves wrestling, wins 17th consecutive district title

GLADSTONE — The Gladstone wrestlers cleared their first post-season hurdle, claiming their 17th consecutive district title by defeating Boyne City 52-30 and Cheboygan 77-6 here Wednesday night. Gladstone’s strength in the upper weight classes proved to be the difference against the ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 13

Today’s games Boys’ and girls’ basketball NLL tournament at Sault Ste. Marie (LSSU), TBA Hockey Escanaba at Calumet, 6 p.m. Boys’ basketball Escanaba at Houghton, 6:30 p.m. Menominee at Gladstone, 7:15 p.m. Rock Mid Peninsula at Rapid River, 7:30 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Iron Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Norway at Powers North Central, 7:45 p.m. Carney-Nadeau at Felch North Dickinson, 8 p.m. Girls’ basketball Ishpeming vs.Manistique at Bay College, 7:15 p.m. Saturday’s games Boys’ wrestling Individual districts Division 2 (Escanaba) at Gaylord, ...

U.P. Scores Feb. 13

U.P. scores Wednesday’s games Wrestling Team districts Division 2 Escanaba 41, Marquette 36 Petoskey 52, Sault Ste. Marie 21 Petoskey 39, Escanaba 35 Division 3 Gladstone 52, Boyne City 30 Gladstone 77, Cheboygan 6 Menominee 39, Ishpeming Westwood 30 Negaunee 42, Kingsford 41 Negaunee 60, Menominee 24 Division 4 Powers North Central 40, Bark River-Harris 33 Powers North Central 66, Munising 18 Boys’ basketball Ishpeming 67, Manistique 50 Florence, Wis. 68, Powers North Central 38 Felch North Dickinson 63, Gwinn 32 L’Anse 64, Ontonagon ...

Big Bay de Noc girls and boys teams each earn wins

GARDEN CORNERS — It didn’t take long for senior Parker Pederson to establish a new boys’ career scoring record at Big Bay de Noc High School here Tuesday night. He got it on a layup less than three minutes into this non-conference basketball game, helping the Black Bears earn a hard-fought 42-39 triumph over Rock Mid Peninsula. Pederson, who scored 20 points in this match-up, pushed his career total to 1,290 which is 20 more than the previous record by Scott Farley in 1992. “Parker is an excellent player,” Big Bay coach Gunnar Mickelson said. “That’s quite an ...

Droubie wins MCCAA Northern Conference Player of the Week

ESCANABA, MI – Bay College's Emerson Droubie has been named the MCCAA Northern Confernce Player of the Week for his play during the week of February 2-8. Droubie (FR, Cambridge, MN) helped lead the Norse to a pair of wins over the week. On Wednesday Bay beat North Central Michigan College by a score of 98-37. Droubie scored 33 points on 11 of 20 shooting from the floor and had eight rebounds, five steals, and a blocked shot. On Saturday at Montcalm Community College he helped lead the Norse to a tightly contested 59-48 victory. He scored eight points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and ...