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Braves earn second place finishes in both ends of triangular

ESCANABA — Gladstone swimming and diving teams placed in the middle of a triangular meet here Thursday. The Houghton boys edged the Braves 128-112 and third-place Manistique scored 52 points. Houghton’s girls had 142 points, followed by Gladstone 78 and Manistique 54. “The meet started a little rough for us as three of our four teams were disqualified for early starts,” Braves’ coach Tom Desy said. “This was our second meet of the year and it showed that we have some things to work on. It was a good, competitive meet for our swimmers. Manistique brought some very fast ...

Prep Schedule Dec. 8

Boys’ basketball Big Bay de Noc at Kinross Maplewood Baptist, 6:30 p.m. Iron Mountain at Manistique, 7:15 p.m. Norway at Escanaba, 7:30 p.m. Powers North Central at Superior Central, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday’s games Swimming Kingsford, Gladstone at Manistique, 5 p.m. Girls’ basketball Big Bay de Noc at Kinross Maplewood Baptist, 5 p.m. Kingsford at Gladstone, 7:15 p.m. Superior Central at Carney-Nadeau, 7:30 p.m. Hockey Hancock at Escanaba, 6 p.m. Wrestling Negaunee, Escanaba, Kingsford at Iron Mountain, 6 p.m. Gwinn, Menominee at Bark River-Harris, 6:30 ...

Fazer finds success during this hunting season

U.P. scores for Dec. 6

U.P. scores Thursday’s games Boys’ basketball Marquette 60, Gladstone 57 Rudyard 57, Manistique 49 Rapid River 45, Powers North Central 40 Felch North Dickinson 65, Carney-Nadeau 43 Stephenson 49, Munising 45 Crystal Falls Forest Park 56, Norway 44 Hurley, Wis. 78, Ironwood 37 Wakefield-Marenisco 53, Ontonagon 51 Lake Linden-Hubbell 65, Baraga 58 Dollar Bay 41, Hancock 26 Houghton 67, L’Anse 44 Newberry 74, Kinross Maplewood Baptist 53 Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 53, Munising Baptist 26 Cheboygan 62, St. Ignace 52

Marquette uses late run to get past Braves

GLADSTONE — The Gladstone boys fell victim to Marquette’s late run here Thursday night, dropping a 60-57 basketball decision to the Sentinels. Gladstone led 55-49 following a 23-foot jump shot by junior guard Lonnie Davey with 2:35 remaining in this Great Northern Conference opener. Marquette answered with a 11-0 run, gaining a 60-55 advantage on a pair of free throws by senior Ford Richardson with 19 seconds left to play. Sophomore forward Will Inghram sank a jumper from the lane to bring the Braves within the final three-point margin with 6.3 seconds remaining. The Braves, ...

Sports Flashback Nov. 30-Dec. 6

Dec. 2, 1970 — Tony VanDamme scored 25 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, leading the Rock Little Giants to a 57-56 basketball triumph over the Rapid River Rockets. Tom Bailey added 11 points. Mark Sigfrids paced the Rockets with 15 points. Sam Johnson tallied 13 and Bob Kaukola and John Deneau had 12 each. Gary Praznik’s 28 points was enough to lead the Trenary Comets past the Bark River-Harris Broncos 88-68. Dave Mariin collected 25 points and 27 boards and Ken Mills added 12 points. Bob Teal was the leading scorer for BR-H with 24 points. Loren Veeser finished with 23. ...