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87th Gold Medal Classic resumes after Winter Storm Elsa

HERMANSVILLE — The 87th Gold Medal Classic resumed Tuesday night after being postponed for two days due to Winter Storm Elsa. The two-day postponement was the first one in the tournaments history. The Action picked back up with the Got Milk junior high boys team from Stephenson defeating ...

Prep Schedule March 19

Tonight’s game Girls’ basketball Division 4 State semifinal At MSU-East Lansing Morenci vs. Ishpeming or Indian River Inland Lakes, 5:30 p.m. Friday’s games Baseball Bay College vs. Alpena C.C. at Sandusky, Ohio, 11 a.m. Bay College vs. Mid Michigan College at Sandusky, Ohio, 4 p.m. Softball Bay College vs. Alpena C.C. at Sandusky, Ohio, 2 p.m. Bay College vs. Mid Michigan College at Sandusky, Ohio, 4 p.m.

Today in Sports March 18

1945 — Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season during a 4-2 triumph over the Boston Bruins in the final game of the season. 1950 — CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship. 1953 — Don Schlundt scores 30 points to lead Indiana to a 69-68 victory over Kansas for the NCAA basketball championship. 1990 — Jeff Fryer’s 41 points leads Loyola Marymount to a 149-115 victory over defending national champion Michigan in the highest-scoring game in NCAA tournament history. 1993 — Santa Clara beats Arizona 64-61 to ...

Michigan lags US in outdoor economy growth, report says

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan’s outdoor recreation economy is growing, but not as fast as it is for much of the rest of the country. The US Bureau of Economic ...

Isaiah Miller earns top honors at Youth Pool Tournament

ESCANABA — Twelve-year-old Isaiah Miller of Manistique took another step up the ladder, the one he needed to earn top honors in the age 8-12 division of the 36th Annual Great Lakes Youth Pool tournament here Saturday. This was the fifth appearance in this tournament for Miller, who placed third in 2024 and second a year ago and gained his first title in a hard-fought, three-set victory over 10-year-old Camden McGuire of Stephenson. “It took a lot of practice and four months of preparation to get here,” Miller said. “He put up a pretty good fight. I knew I had to play really ...