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Meet the Athlete: Riley Cretens

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ST NICHOLAS - With the boys basketball season past it's midway point, Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got the opportunity to catch up with North Central junior Riley Cretens to discuss a variety of topics. Adam Hinch: So Riley, when did you get into basketball? Riley Cretens: My whole ...

Eskymos take down Blue Devils for season sweep

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ESCANABA — The Escanaba boys got a much needed win here Saturday, topping the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils 59-48 in a non-conference basketball match-up on Parents’ Day. Esky, which had dropped six straight games, improved to 4-9. Sault dropped to 2-9. “That’s a nice win,” Esky ...

Lessons from snow, storms and shelter

Outdoors

“The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous; we chopped through the night, and we chopped through the dawn,” – Bob Dylan The persistent and deepening snow and cold of late has signaled primal feelings of survival within me. Just walking to the mailbox and back is an adventure ...

Braves roll past Emeralds

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MANISTIQUE — A stingy man-to-man defense set the tone for the Gladstone girls here Thursday night as they rolled to a 75-19 basketball victory over the Manistique Emeralds. The Braves led 24-5 after the first quarter and 49-13 at halftime of this non-conference game. “Our focus was on ...

Protecting Michigan’s bats

Outdoors

Jutting out into Lake Superior is the Keweenaw Peninsula, home to Michigan’s Copper Country. This is where the earliest known metalworking in North America originated, with objects crafted by Indigenous peoples from Keweenaw copper becoming so prized that they have been discovered in ...

Braves topple Emeralds in girls action

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MANISTIQUE — A stingy man-to-man defense set the tone for the Gladstone girls here Thursday night as they rolled to a 75-19 basketball victory over the Manistique Emeralds. The Braves led 24-5 after the first quarter and 49-13 at halftime of this non-conference game. “Our focus was on ...