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Meet the Athlete: Ben Knauf

Local Sports

RAPID RIVER — The Bark River-Harris boys basketball team was sitting at 4-5 on the season coming into last night's matchup against the Norway Knights. Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got a chance to catch up with junior Ben Knauf to discuss a variety of topics. Adam Hinch: So Ben. When ...

U.P. Scores for Jan. 20

Local Sports

U.P. scores Friday’s games Girls’ basketball Escanaba 55, Bark River-Harris 47 Crystal Falls Forest Park 65, Powers North Central 40 Norway 42, Felch North Dickinson 36 Munising 40, Newberry 37 Negaunee 46, Ishpeming Westwood 36 Brimley 52, Rudyard 49 Cedarville-DeTour 52, ...

Gladstone dominates at U.P. wrestling championship meet

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MARQUETTE —- The Gladstone Braves didn’t let anything stand in their way here Saturday as they ran away with the Upper Peninsula wrestling championship with 224½ points. They were followed by Escanaba 147, Sault Ste. Marie 139, Marquette 132½ and last year’s champ Kingsford ...

Bark River-Harris boys hold on to beat Escanaba

Local Sports

ESCANABA — A basketball game which appeared to have the makings of a blowout early in the fourth quarter turned into a burn-barner here Friday night as the Bark River-Harris boys hung on for a 53-50 triumph over the Escanaba Eskymos. Senior Brayden Derouin drained a pair of free throws with ...

Prep Schedules Jan. 20

Local Sports

Tonight’s games Wrestling Manistique at Ishpeming Westwood, 5 p.m. Powers North Central, Norway at Iron Mountain, 6 p.m. Boys’ basketball Big Bay de Noc at Munising Baptist, 5:30 p.m. Powers North Central at Rock Mid Peninsula, 6 p.m. Escanaba at Marquette, 7 p.m. Gladstone ...

Where the wind whispers and the birds sing

Outdoors

“And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles; they can always fly away from this rain and this cold; you can hear them singing out their telegraph code; all the way down the Telegraph Road,” – Mark Knopfler The wind kicks up snow dust and swirls it around my head as I walk. I ...