ESCANABA — Turnovers and cold shooting from the free throw line hurt Escanaba’s cause here Wednesday night in a 51-43 girls’ basketball loss to the West Iron County Wykons.
Esky, which turned the ball over 25 times and finished 11-of-32 from the line in this non-conference contest, ...
Today’s games
Boys’ basketball
Rock Mid Peninsula at Mackinac Island, 1 p.m.
Gladstone at Escanaba, 7 p.m.
Menominee at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m.
Rapid River at Norway, 7:30 p.m.
Wrestling
Powers North Central at Rhinelander, Wis., 6 p.m.
Girls’ ...
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U.P. scores
Wednesday’s games
Girls’ basketball
West Iron County 51, Escanaba 43
Munising 44, Gwinn 35
Gaylord 49, St. Ignace 34
Boys’ basketball
Engadine 64, Rock Mid Peninsula 50
L’Anse 77, Watersmeet 43
Houghton 71, Ontonagon 35
ST. NICHOLAS — Big Bay de Noc junior Parker Pederson achieved a major milestone here Tuesday night.
It was Rock Mid Peninsula which earned its first victory this season, however, by rolling past the Black Bears 71-40 in a Central U.P. Conference match-up here Tuesday night.
“We knew we ...
CARNEY — It was a tough day on the court for the Carney-Nadeau Wolves as the girls fell 37-33 and the boys went down 53-39.
In the girls game, the Wolves forced 40 turnovers but had a hard time capitalizing on those opportunities. Freshmen Mckenna Thiry led the way for the Wolves with 15 ...