NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Goalie Jimmy Howard feels really, really comfortable playing at Bridgestone Arena.
Howard made 32 saves with a handful early and a flurry late to help the struggling Detroit Red Wings beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 Tuesday night to snap a three-game ...
Tonight’s games
Wrestling
Team regionals
Division 2
At Gaylord
Escanaba vs. Gaylord, 6
Flint Kearsley vs. St. Johns, 6
Championship match, 7:30
Division 3
Ar Grayling
Gladstone district winner vs. Grayling, 6
Benzie Central vs. Remus Chippewa Hills, 6
Championship ...
Boys basketball
Bessemer 44, E-Trout Creek 43
Chassell 71, Ontonagon 58
Area cage
postponements
ESCANABA — All area prep basketball games were called off Tuesday due to weather. Updates on each game:
Girls basketball
Rapid River at Forest Park, ppd. to tonight at 8
Bark River-Harris at Superior Central, ppd. to Feb. 27
Boys basketball
Mid Peninsula ...
ESCANABA — The Gladstone girls basketball team has come a long ways since starting the season 0-6. Monday night, the Braves took another step in showing that against arch-rival Escanaba.
Sophomore Alaina Trudeau hit two three-pointers in the final three minutes, and the Braves held off a ...
GLADSTONE — Isaac Tyson has come a long way this wrestling season.
The freshman grappler did his part Monday night, helping Gladstone retain its Division 3 district championship.
“Isaac has been winning a lot of matches lately,” said Braves’ coach Dan Seronko. “He picked it up in ...
ST. NICHOLAS — The Mid Peninsula girls basketball team was able to shake off the rust and sprint past the Rapid RIver Rockets 45-26 here Monday in a Skyline Central conference game.
The first quarter is where it began for the Rockets as they went 0-of-10 from the field for a scoreless ...
ALPENA — A strong fourth quarter push by Bay College was too much for the Alpena Community College women’s basketball team to overcome on Monday.
Jordan Kraemer scored 20 points and the Norse toppled the Lumberjacks 57-49 at Park Arena.
Both teams played to a 41-41 tie through three ...
Girls
Division 1-3
1. West Iron County (5) 12-2 29 1
2. Westwood (1) 15-1 22 2
3. Negaunee 12-2 19 3
4. Marquette 13-2 14 4
5. Kingsford 8-5 3 5
Others receiving votes: Sault Ste. Marie (9-4) 2, Bark River-Harris (12-2) 1.
Division 4
1. St. Ignace (6) 16-0 30 1
2. Ewen-Trout ...
Tonight’s games
Girls’ basketball
Munising Baptist at Hannahville, 5
Rapid River at Forest Park, 8
Boys’ basketball
Mid Peninsula at Big Bay, 6
Munising Baptist at Hannahville, 6:30
Negaunee at Gladstone, 7:15
Munising at Rapid River, 7:30
Engadine at Manistique, ...
Wrestling
Team districts
Division 3
Gladstone 42, Menominee 6
Kingsford 42, Negaunee 36
Gladstone 48, Kingsford 17
Division 4
Iron Mountain 63, BR-Harris 6
Girls’ basketball
Gladstone 53, Escanaba 52
Iron Mountain 55, Manistique 33
Carney-Nad. 56, Stephenson 40
N. ...
POWERS — The fifth-ranked North Central girls got out of the gates quickly here Monday night in a 53-34 basketball triumph over the North Dickinson Nordics.
North Central led 14-5 after the first quarter and 27-16 at halftime of the Skyline Central Conference contest.
“We didn’t force ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — A big fourth quarter was the difference for Superior Central in a boys basketball victory over Forest Park here Monday.
The Cougars trailed 29-28 entering the final quarter before erupting for 25 points in the Skyline Central Conference contest.
“Most of the fourth ...
HARRIS — The Bark River-Harris girls basketball team defeated the Norway Knights 57-35 here Monday in a Skyline Central Conference game.
The first quarter was the deciding factor as the Broncos threatened to run away with the game.
Bark River limited Norway’s offense and capitalized to ...
MANISTIQUE — The Manistique girls basketball team turned the game over to the Iron Mountain Mountaineers 55-33 here Monday.
The Mid-Peninsula Conference game was decided by turnovers. Manistique turned the ball over 17 times in the first half and had 24 total. Iron Mountain had just 13. ...
MUNISING — Senior Logan Waldron sank four 3-pointers while scoring a game-high 22 points in Munising’s 85-47 boys basketball victory over visiting Big Bay de Noc on Monday night.
The Mustangs (11-3), who moved into a tie for third in Upper Peninsula Division 4 rankings today, raced out to ...
GARDEN CORNERS — The Big Bay de Noc girls basketball team posted its third win in a row, coming from behind to upend Superior Central here Monday in a Skyline Central Conference game.
The Black Bears (4-6, 2-6 SC) trailed by six after the first quarter and 29-27 after the third frame before ...
STEPHENSON — The Carney-Nadeau girls picked up the pace slightly in the second half here Monday night, surging to a 56-40 basketball triumph over the Stephenson Eagles.
Stephenson led 23-22 at halftime, but the Wolves led 36-26 after the third quarter of the Skyline Central Conference ...
ESCANABA — Perfection. That’s the only way to describe Jordan Kraemer’s performance against Bryant & Stratton College.
Kraemer finished a combined 21-of-21 from the field and free throw line for a season-high 31 points to lead the Norse past the Bobcats 76-58 here Saturday. It was ...
ESCANABA — In a game of runs, one second half run was too much to overcome for the Bay College men’s basketball team here Saturday. The Norse fell behind No. 25 Bryant & Stratton early in the second half and couldn’t overcome their deficit, falling to the Bobcats 88-75.
The Norse ...