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U.P. Scores Feb. 9

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U.P. scores Friday’s games Boys’ basketball Escanaba 44, Norway 41 Hannahville 63, Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 41 Bark River-Harris 54, Superior Central 44 Stephenson 76, Carney-Nadeau 42 Marquette 68, Felch North Dickinson 34 Negaunee 69, Ishpeming 43 Ishpeming Westwood 55, Menominee 52 Iron Mountain 84, Gwinn 55 West Iron County 67, Calumet 40 Bessemer 65, Chassell 51 Wakefield-Marenisco 84, Ontonagon 54 Dollar Bay 77, L’Anse 61 Florence, Wis. 70, Ewen-Trout Creek 29 Kinross Maplewood Baptist 56, Beaver Island 38 Pickford 77, Brimley ...

Eskymos fall to Copper Kings

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CALUMET — The Escanaba Eskymos girls basketball team played there best game of the season despite falling 42-35. The Eskymos trailed 35-34 with 1:20 to go in the fourth quarter before senior Landry Bray fouled out with 13 points. The Copper Kings outscored the Eskymos 7-1 from that point on to earn the win. Senior Susie Moberg had her best game of the season on defensive side of the ball as she held Calumet’s Bailey Strom to six points as she also fouled out in the fourth quarter. “I was really proud of the way our girls fought tonight,” Eskymos coach Tracy Hudson said. ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 9

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Tonight’s games Girls’ basketball Stephenson at Carney-Nadeau, 6 p.m. Escanaba at Gladstone, 7:15 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Norway, 7:30 p.m. Manistique at Iron Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Powers North Central at Felch North Dickinson, 7:30 p.m. Boys’ basketball Manistique at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s games Boys’ basketball Rock Mid Peninsula at Big Bay de Noc, 6 p.m. Gladstone at Negaunee, 7:15 p.m. Rapid River at Munising, 7:30 p.m. Superior Central at Engadine, 7:30 p.m. Escanaba at Menominee, 7:30 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Carney-Nadeau, 7:30 ...

Eskymos fall to DePere on senior night

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ESCANABA — Escanaba hockey found themselves on the womg side of the scoreboard here Friday night as they fell 8-5 to DePere The Eskymos got off to a fast start as senior Graham Johnson scored in the first minute of the game off assists by Owen LaBonte and Nolan Bink to put the Eskymos up ...

Patriots defeat Emeralds in non-conference action

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MANISTIQUE — A solid second quarter wasn’t nearly enough for the Manistique girls here Friday night as they dropped a 58-23 basketball decision to Ishpeming Westwood. Both teams scored 13 points in the second frame, although Westwood led 26-16 at halftime The Patriots were up 26-13 after senior Niila Nurmi sank a pair of free throws 51.9 seconds before the intermission. Sophomore Pressley Spettel, however, drained a 23-foot set shot to bring the Emeralds within 10 points at the break. “We’re starting two freshmen and a sophomore,” Emeralds’ coach Dan Giles said. “We ...

Overcast skies, snow piled high

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“Sixteen miles to seven lakes way up among the pines, in some hidden valley where the twirlin’ river twines,” – Gordon Lightfoot On another winter morning, overcast with skies the color of dirty mop water, the sunshine is on vacation somewhere down south. The maples, birches and ...