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Sports Flashback Jan 25-31

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Jan. 25, 1961 — Bill LaChance hit a field goal with 30 seconds left to play as the Perkins Yellowjackets hung on for a 58-56 basketball triumph over the Nahma Arrows. LaChance finished with 21 points and Don Pomeroy led Naham with 20. The Hermansville Redskins ran their winning streak to 11 games as they defeated the Felch Forresters 57-48. Irwin Scholtz poured in 35 points for Hermansville. The Powers-Spalding Tigers won in their new gym for the first time, topping the Florence Bobcats 60-46. Bill Murray paced the Tigers with 23 points. Joe Murray added 19 and Pat Popelka ...

U.P. Scores Jan. 31

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U.P. scores Thursday’s games Girls’ basketball Houghton 70, Escanaba 29 Iron Mountain 49, Manistique 28 Norway 73, Powers North Central 45 Carney-Nadeau 41, Rapid River 26 Felch North Dickinson 53, Bark River-Harris 42 Superior Central 31, Big Bay de Noc 27 Menominee 61, West Iron County 44 Kingsford 44, Crystal Falls Forest Park 27 Newberry 48, St. Ignace 42 Rudyard 38, Pickford 29 Cedarville-DeTour 59, Engadine 8 Painesdale Jeffers 53, Dollar Bay 27 Ewen-Trout Creek 82, Watersmeet 16 Wakefield-Marenisco 58, Ironwood 53 Boys’ basketball Superior ...

Communities, researchers measure ice thickness on the Great Lakes

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Scientists are asking for help from the public this winter to measure how thick the ice is on the Great Lakes and inland lakes. Data submitted by ice fishers and other people who spend time on frozen lakes could improve the models that forecast ice cover on the Great Lakes. Satellites do a ...

Winter Trails Day invites community to ski and snowshoe

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RAPID RIVER - The Hiawatha National Forest and partners are excited to invite families to Winter Trails Day on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rapid River Ski Trail. Cross-country skis and snowshoes will be available free of charge for use during the event thanks to Brampton ...

Snow moon will soon rise in the winter sky

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ESCANABA- The snow moon is about to rise in the eastern sky! The full snow-moon will light the frigid nights with a white glow. It may bring dancing flakes of new snow. It may bring coyote love songs and owl serenades. Indigenous people often referred to the month of February as the snow ...

U.P. Scores Jan. 30

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U.P. scores Wednesday’s games Boys’ basketball Bark River-Harris 60, Powers North Central 41 Iron Mountain 62, Gwinn 15 Negaunee 68, Hancock 34 Cedarville-DeTour 75, Mackinac Island 28 Girls’ basketball Stephenson 53, Engadine 13 Ishpeming 63, Gwinn 17 Hancock 41, Lake Linden-Hubbell 31 Cedarville-DeTour 55, Mackinac Island 18 Wrestling Gladstone 52, Escanaba 30