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Braves roll past Emeralds

MANISTIQUE — A stingy man-to-man defense set the tone for the Gladstone girls here Thursday night as they rolled to a 75-19 basketball victory over the Manistique Emeralds. The Braves led 24-5 after the first quarter and 49-13 at halftime of this non-conference game. “Our focus was on defense,” Braves’ coach Andy Cretens said. “We worked on our rotation and made sure they weren’t one step ahead of us. We need to get better with our ball pressure and force some turnovers.” Gladstone committed just five turnovers which was pleasing to Cretens. “I’m happy to see ...

Eskymos hockey defeats Grandville improves to 13-6

ESCANABA - The Escanaba boys hockey team rolled to a 5-1 victory over Grandville here Thursday. Senior Nolan Bink led the way for the Eskymos as he scored the first goal with 1:42 in the first quarter on assists by Graham Johnson and Henry Sholten to put the Eskymos up 1-0 and scored again with 13:37 to go in the third period unassisted to put the Eskymos up 3-1. "Nolan played a really good game for us," Eskymos coach Andy Johnson said. "Graham did a good job of making good passes in the slot and getting the puck across ice and Nolan did a great job of executing." With 12:47 to go ...

Braves topple Emeralds in girls action

MANISTIQUE — A stingy man-to-man defense set the tone for the Gladstone girls here Thursday night as they rolled to a 75-19 basketball victory over the Manistique Emeralds. The Braves led 24-5 after the first quarter and 49-13 at halftime of this non-conference game. “Our focus was on defense,” Braves’ coach Andy Cretens said. “We worked on our rotation and made sure they weren’t one step ahead of us. We need to get better with our ball pressure and force some turnovers.” Gladstone committed just five turnovers which was pleasing to Cretens. “I’m happy to see ...

U.P. Scores Jan. 24

U.P. scores Thursday’s games Boys’ basketball Menominee 63, Gladstone 54 Bark River-Harris 57, Gwinn 38 Crystal Falls Forest Park 71, Escanaba 57 Kingsford 52, Negaunee 40 Norway 57, West Iron County 28 Ishpeming Westwood 66, Iron Mountain 41 Girls’ basketball Gladstone 75, Manistique 19 Powers North Central 39, Superior Central 36 Norway 55, Carney-Nadeau 27 West Iron County 38, Gwinn 34 Newberry 49, Brimley 26

Bay College sweeps Alpena Community College

ESCANABA —- The Bay College women' s basketball team reaped the benefits of a balanced attack here Wednesday night, overwhelming Alpena Community College 119-40. Bay scored eight in double digits, led by freshman guard Jillian Fraser’s career-high 25 points in a reserve role in this ...

Esky girls fall to Wykons

IRON RIVER — The Escanaba girls basketball team trailed 10-6 at the end of the first quarter here Wednesday night in a tight game that the Eskymos had opportunities in but could not capitalize. "I wasn't that upset with our beginning," Eskymos coach Tracy Hudson said. "We got two of our best scorers in foul trouble in Landry Bray and Susie Moberg. We kept it at a four or six-point game we just could not get that big run to give us that push and turnovers were also a problem for us tonight." The Wykons led 21-14 at halftime and Ava Stalboerger led the way for the Eskymos with ...