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Sentinels defeat Eskymos in hockey action

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WELLS — Beware of Marquette’s power play. It can be very dangerous. The Escanaba Eskymos got caught in that position here Thursday night as they dropped a 5-2 hockey decision to the Sentinels. Marquette cashed in on 3-of-5 of those while improving to 8-3-1 overall and 2-0-2 in the Great Lakes Conference with its third straight victory. “We got off to a real good start,” Esky coach Andy Johnson said. “Unfortunately, they got some power plays and their shots from the point got through. Marquette has a real good power play and we knew that going in. Marquette was also ...

Meet the Athlete: Will Ingrham

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GLADSTONE — The Gladstone Braves are preparing for the Marinette Holiday Tournament to close out the month of December. During the Braves game against Manistique Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got a chance to sit down with Ingrham to discuss a variety of topics. Adam Hinch: So Will. ...

U. P. Scores for Dec. 20

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U.P. scores Thursday’s games Boys’ basketball Hannahville 50, Big Bay de Noc 49 Norway 66, Powers North Central 23 Marquette 61, Kingsford 50 Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 70, Munising Baptist 33 Brimley 70, Alanson 28 Cedarville-DeTour 85, Kinross Maplewood Baptist 38 St. Ignace 53, Lincoln-Alcona 44 Girls’ basketball Big Bay de Noc 74, Hannahville 22 Bark River-Harris 45, Iron Mountain 44 Crystal Falls Forest Park 45, Superior Central 24 Baraga 73, Stephenson 26 Marquette 52, L’Anse 49 Wakefield-Marenisco 60, Bessemer 19 Cedarville-DeTour 42, ...

Prep Schedule Dec. 20

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Today’s games Wrestling Marquette Challenge, 8:30 a.m. Gymnastics Escanaba at Walled Lake Invitational, TBA Bowling Escanaba, Gladstone at L’Anse, 10 a.m. Hockey Saginaw Heritage at Escanaba, 2 p.m. Women’s basketball Bay College vs. St. Cloud Technical & Community College at Inver Hills (Minn.), 2 p.m. Men’s basketball Bay College vs. Dakota County Technical College at Inver Hills (Minn.), 4 p.m. Sunday’s game Hockey Fenton-Linden at Manistique, 1 p.m. Monday’s games Boys’ basketball Rapid River at Rock Mid Peninsula, 6 p.m. Girls’ ...

Mustangs trample Rockets in conference action

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RAPID RIVER — Munising boys basketball picked up a 51-40 victory over Rapid River in a Skyline Central Conference matchup here Tuesday QUARTER ONE: The game started with Munising winning the tip, this then turned into a missed lay-up and a fast break for Rapid from junior Rowen Flath, who ...

Sports Flashback Dec. 14-20

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Dec. 14, 1970 — The Trenary Comets overcame cold shooting in a 65-64 basketball victory over the Chassell Panthers. Dave Mariin led the Comets with 18 points. Gary Praznik added 16. Bill Sandstrom, who hit the game-winner in the final seven seconds, finished with 15 and Al Hager tallied 11. Dec. 15, 1970 — Chuck Crago of Escanaba rolled a national honor count 704 series at the Bowl-a-rama Lanes. Crago, who bowled the third honor count series in three weeks, hit games of 228, 254 and 222. Dec. 16, 1970 — The Holy Name Crusaders posted their fourth straight basketball victory ...