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Prep Schedule Dec. 19

Today’s games Boys’ basketball Rock Mid Peninsula at Mackinac Island, 1 p.m. Gladstone at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Menominee at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m. Rapid River at Norway, 7:30 p.m. Wrestling Powers North Central at Rhinelander, Wis., 6 p.m. Girls’ basketball Carney-Nadeau at Crystal Falls Forest Park, 7:30 p.m. Rapid River at Norway, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Wrestling Marquette Challenge, 8:30 a.m. Gymnastics Escanaba at Walled Lake Western Invitational, TBA Bowling Escanaba, Gladstone at L’Anse, 10 a.m. Hockey Saginaw Heritage at ...

Eskymos fall to Wykons in girls action

ESCANABA — Turnovers and cold shooting from the free throw line hurt Escanaba’s cause here Wednesday night in a 51-43 girls’ basketball loss to the West Iron County Wykons. Esky, which turned the ball over 25 times and finished 11-of-32 from the line in this non-conference contest, dropped to 0-3. The Wykons improved to 2-1. “That’s a big tale of the tape right there,” Esky coach Tracy Hudson said. “I thought our girls gave a great effort, which is something to build on. I’m happy with our rebounding. I thought our 1-3-1 (zone defense) and their press did a good ...

U.P. Scores for Dec. 19

U.P. scores Wednesday’s games Girls’ basketball West Iron County 51, Escanaba 43 Munising 44, Gwinn 35 Gaylord 49, St. Ignace 34 Boys’ basketball Engadine 64, Rock Mid Peninsula 50 L’Anse 77, Watersmeet 43 Houghton 71, Ontonagon 35

Today in Sports Dec. 19

1913 — Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson fights to a 10-round draw with Battling Jim Johnson in Paris. 1917 — The NHL begins play. Joe Malone of the Montreal Canadiens scores five goals in a 9-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Harry Hyland of the Montreal Wanderers scores five goals in a 10-9 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. 1943 — Harry Lumley, at 17 years and 38 days old, becomes the youngest goaltender in NHL history when he plays for the Detroit Red Wings in a 6-2 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. 1948 — The Cleveland Browns complete an ...

Big Bay de Noc junior Parker Pederson surpasses 1,000 career points

ST. NICHOLAS — Big Bay de Noc junior Parker Pederson achieved a major milestone here Tuesday night. It was Rock Mid Peninsula which earned its first victory this season, however, by rolling past the Black Bears 71-40 in a Central U.P. Conference match-up here Tuesday night. “We knew we ...

Patriots defeat Wolves in boys and girls doubleheader

CARNEY — It was a tough day on the court for the Carney-Nadeau Wolves as the girls fell 37-33 and the boys went down 53-39. In the girls game, the Wolves forced 40 turnovers but had a hard time capitalizing on those opportunities. Freshmen Mckenna Thiry led the way for the Wolves with 15 ...