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Miners topple Braves for district championship

NEGAUNEE — It was a nightmare come true for the second-ranked Gladstone girls here Friday night as they fell to top-ranked Negaunee 47-30 in a Division 2 district basketball final. The victory sends the Miners (23-1) to Manistique where they’ll meet Petoskey (20-3) in a regional opener tonight at 7. The Braves finished 19-5. Gladstone led most of the first half, but trailed 19-18 at the intermission. The score was tied at 25 midway through the third quarter before the Miners responded with seven unanswered points. Negaunee went ahead on a three-foot jump shot by senior ...

U.P. Scores March 9

U.P. scores Friday’s games Girls’ basketball District finals Division 1 Marquette 51, Traverse City Central 43 Division 2 Negaunee 47, Gladstone 30 Petoskey 59, Sault Ste. Marie 57 Division 3 Menominee 50, Gwinn 40 Calumet 38, Ishpeming Westwood 35 Division 4 Norway 46, Felch North Dickinson 25 Ishpeming 67, Munising 27 L’Anse 61, Baraga 56 (2 OT) Ewen-Trout Creek 57, Wakefield-Marenisco 29 Newberry 45, Brimley 36 St. Ignace 61, Cedarville-DeTour 25 Hockey Division 3 State semifinal Houghton 4, Traverse Bay Area Reps 0 Saturday’s ...

Blue Bolts advance to state quarterfinals

NEGAUNEE — A 25-point outing by Dollar Bay senior Liam Tourtillott proved to be too much for the North Dickinson Nordics here Thursday night as they fell 62-46. It was the first regional championship since the 2018-19 season for the Blue Bolts who now move on to the state quarterfinals ...

Prep Schedule March 7

Today’s games Gymnastics Individual state finals at Milford, TBA Hockey State final Division 3 at Plymouth, 3 p.m. Baseball Bay College vs. Penn State-Hazelton at Myrtle Beach, S.C., 6 p.m. Bay College vs. Delaware Technical C.C. at Myrtle Beach, S.C., 9 p.m. Sunday’s games Softball Bay College vs. Joliet (Ill.) Junior College at North Myrtle Beach, S.C., 10 a.m. Bay College vs. Louisburg College at North Myrtle Beach, S.C., noon Wrestling Individual state finals at Ford Field, Detroit, 3:30 p.m.Sa Baseball Bay College vs. Delaware Technical C.C. at ...

U.P. Scores March 7

U.P. scores Thursday’s games Boys’ basketball Regional tournaments Division 1 Rockford 58, Marquette 39 Division 2 Ludington 50, Kingsford 42 Division 3 Menominee 67, Elk Rapids 50 Division 4 Dollar Bay 62, Felch North Dickinson 46 Pickford 57, Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian 30

Sports Flashback March 1-7

March 3, 1971 — The Manistique Emeralds opened Class B district basketball play by defeating the Rudyard Bulldogs 65-61. Jerry Sample paced the Emeralds with 30 points and 14 rebounds. Terry Demars added 11 points and Dave Mickelson hit 10. Greg Fitzpatrick scored 13 points for the Bulldogs. Steve Jarvie tallied 11 and John McLain had 10. The Powers North Central Jets rolled past the Bark River-Harris Broncos 66-38 in a Class D district opener. Lee Vincent scored 20 points for the Jets. Tim Pokladowski led the Broncos with 11. Tony VanDamme scored 21 points, leading the Rock ...