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U.P. Scores Feb. 9

U.P. scores Friday’s games Boys’ basketball Escanaba 44, Norway 41 Hannahville 63, Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 41 Bark River-Harris 54, Superior Central 44 Stephenson 76, Carney-Nadeau 42 Marquette 68, Felch North Dickinson 34 Negaunee 69, Ishpeming 43 Ishpeming Westwood 55, Menominee 52 Iron Mountain 84, Gwinn 55 West Iron County 67, Calumet 40 Bessemer 65, Chassell 51 Wakefield-Marenisco 84, Ontonagon 54 Dollar Bay 77, L’Anse 61 Florence, Wis. 70, Ewen-Trout Creek 29 Kinross Maplewood Baptist 56, Beaver Island 38 Pickford 77, Brimley ...

Patriots defeat Emeralds in non-conference action

MANISTIQUE — A solid second quarter wasn’t nearly enough for the Manistique girls here Friday night as they dropped a 58-23 basketball decision to Ishpeming Westwood. Both teams scored 13 points in the second frame, although Westwood led 26-16 at halftime The Patriots were up 26-13 after senior Niila Nurmi sank a pair of free throws 51.9 seconds before the intermission. Sophomore Pressley Spettel, however, drained a 23-foot set shot to bring the Emeralds within 10 points at the break. “We’re starting two freshmen and a sophomore,” Emeralds’ coach Dan Giles said. “We ...

Kingsford wins thriller over Gladstone

GLADSTONE — Kingsford’s Blake and Drew Tomasoski are brothers, both of whom wear basketball uniform number 24. Both of them also hit game-winning shots here Thursday night. Blake, who’s a junior, drained a 12-foot jumper from a tough angle on the right baseline at the buzzer to lift the fourth-ranked Flivvers to a 51-49 victory over the fifth-ranked Gladstone boys in this Great Northern Conference varsity contest. Drew is a freshman who sank a five-foot jumper in the closing moments of the fourth overtime in the jayvee game, also won by Kingsford 60-59. “You always believe ...

U.P. Scores Feb. 7

U.P. scores Thursday’s games Girls’ basketball St. Ignace 73, Manistique 23 Big Bay de Noc 42, Rapid River 19 Powers North Central 51, Stephenson 31 Norway 56, Iron Mountain 15 West Iron County 41, Crystal Falls Forest Park 38 Munising 50, Felch North Dickinson 34 Houghton 58, Hancock 53 Baraga 64, Ontonagon 43 L’Anse 74, Dollar Bay 40 Ewen-Trout Creek 60, Ironwood 10 Watersmeet 39, Bessemer 14 Boys’ basketball Kingsford 51, Gladstone 49 Crystal Falls Forest Park 72, Superior Central 27 Newberry 58, Manistique 44 Houghton 71, Hancock ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 7

Today’s games Girls’ basketball Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter at Hannahville, 8:30 a.m. Big Bay de Noc at Mackinaw City, 11 a.m. Boys’ basketball Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter at Hannahville, 10 a.m. Gymnastics Bark River-Harris, Escanaba at Coldwater Invitational, TBA Competitive cheer Gladstone at Midland Bullock Creek Invitational, 10 a.m. Women’s basketball Bay College at Montcalm C.C., 1 p.m. Hockey Manistique at Cheboygan, 2 p.m. Men’s basketball Bay College at Montcalm C.C., 3 p.m. Monday’s games Girls’ basketball Stephenson at ...

Norse roll past Timberwolves

ESCANABA — The Bay College Norse took care of business here Wednesday night as the women’s team defeated North Central Michigan College (NCMC) 96-38 while the men’s team won 98-37. In the women’s game the Norse jumped out to a 7-2 lead as sophomore Mckenzie Hoffmeyer scored 5 of the ...