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Shooting woes plague Esky boys in loss to Blue Devils

ESCANABA — There were high and lows, peaks and valleys, positives and negatives. No matter how you put it, Esky boys’ basketball fell 47-44 to Sault Ste. Marie on Saturday in a tale of two polar opposite halves. “We have to bounce back. We have no time to rest now,” Esky coach Scott ...

Local schedule 1/27/24

Today’s games Girls’ basketball Beaver Island at Big Bay de Noc, TBA Hockey Escanaba vs. Grosse Ile at Chelsea, 9 a.m. Petoskey at Manistique, 1 p.m. Gymnastics Escanaba at Antigo, Wis. Invitational, 10 a.m. Wrestling Northern Michigan Championships at Gaylord, 10 ...

Coming Monday

Look for the following game stories that missed our 10:30 p.m. deadline online and in print on Monday, Jan. 29: Manistique boys vs Negaunee Bark River-Harris girls vs Grystal Falls Forest Park

Local scoreboard from 1/25/24

Girls’ basketball Gladstone 39, Manistique 20 Escanaba 71, West Iron County 46 Powers North Central 43, Superior Central 25 Boys’ basketball Hannahville 54, Wetmore Munising Baptist 41 Gwinn 43, Bark River-Harris 29

U.P. scoreboard from 1/25/24

Girls’ basketball North Dickinson 52, Stephenson 49 L’Anse 59, Ontonagon 45 Baraga 35, Ironwood 17 Lake Linden-Hubbell 76, Watersmeet 13 Ewen-Trout Creek 59, Chassell 11 Wakefield-Marenisco 42, Painesdale Jeffers 39 Brimley 65, Engadine 26 Boys’ basketball Norway 66, ...

North Central girls beat Cougars for first win of the season

SPALDING — There’s a saying ‘all good things are worth waiting for.’ Such was the case for the North Central girls’ basketball team as it broke into the win column for the first time this season in a 43-25 conquest of Superior Central here Thursday night. Senior Gracie Kleikamp ...