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Prep Schedule Jan. 15

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Tonight’s games Girls’ basketball Big Bay de Noc at Hannahville, 5 p.m. Superior Central at Stephenson, 6:30 p.m. Competitive cheer Gladstone Invitational, 6 p.m. Wrestling Bark River-Harris at Powers North Central, 6:30 p.m. Escanaba at Coleman, Wis., 7:30 p.m. Boys’ basketball Big Bay de Noc at Hannahville, 6:30 p.m. Manistique at Iron Mountain, 7:15 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Rapid River, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s games Hockey Manistique at Muskegon Mona Shores, 3 p.m. Girls’ wrestling Powers North Central at Mio-AuSable Invitational, TBA Boys’ ...

Caragan Thill hits 1,000 career points

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GARDEN CORNERS — It was just another night on the basketball court, except it wasn’t for Big Bay de Noc senior Caragan Thill as she became the 21st player to hit the 1,000-point mark here Tuesday. The Black Bears took down Mackinac Island 69-38. Thill led the way for the Black Bears with ...

Flivvers cruise past Eskymos

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ESCANABA — A slow start hurt Escanaba’s chances here Monday night in a 68-36 basketball loss to the Kingsford Flivvers. Esky, which turned the ball over 10 times in the first quarter, trailed 25-6 eight minutes into this Great Northern Conference match-up. “That’s been kind of our theme,” Esky coach Tracy Hudson said. “The first quarter has been kind of a nightmare and we’re trying to solve that. They had a good ball defender (sophomore guard Aubrie Moore) which really hurt us in the first quarter. We’ve been having trouble handling the pressure early in the game, ...

U.P. Scores Jan. 14

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U.P. scores Girls’ basketball Kingsford 68, Escanaba 36 Felch North Dickinson 53, Bark River-Harris 41 Big Bay de Noc 61, Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 27 Newberry 39, Superior Central 23 Munising 71, Carney-Nadeau 30 Gwinn 37, Painesdale Jeffers 32 Ishpeming 79, West Iron County 51 Ishpeming Westwood 49, Iron Mountain 18 Houghton 53, Hancock 44 Wakefield-Marenisco 47, Ontonagon 28 Kinross Maplewood Baptist 40, Mackinaw City 35 Boys’ basketball Hannahville 41, Rock Mid Peninsula 39 Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 53, Big Bay de Noc 41 Powers North Central 47, ...

Prep Schedule Jan. 14

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Tonight’s games Women’s basketball Bay College at North Central Michigan, 5:30 p.m. Girls’ basketball Manistique at Pickford, 7:15 p.m. Men’s basketball Bay College at North Central Michigan, 7:30 p.m. Boys’ basketball Carney-Nadeau at Hannahville, 7:30 p.m. Thursday’s games Girls’ basketball Big Bay de Noc at Hannahville, 5 p.m. Superior Central at Stephenson, 6:30 p.m. Competitive cheer Gladstone Invitational, 6 p.m. Wrestling Bark River-Harris at Powers North Central, 6:30 p.m. Escanaba at Coleman, Wis., 7:30 p.m. Boys’ ...