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Bay women defeat Muskegon Community College

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ESCANABA — The Bay College women wasted little time taking charge here Tuesday night in a 100-45 basketball rout of Muskegon Community College in a Great Lakes District C quarterfinal game. The victory sends the Norse (24-5) to Mott Community College at Flint to face Grand Rapids Community College (20-9) in a semifinal match-up Friday at 11 a.m. The Jayhawks finished 11-14. “This feels really good,” Bay sophomore guard Lauren Zawada said. “This was a special game. I played for all my family.” Bay extended its lead to 18-2 on Zawada’s jump shot from the lane with 3:59 ...

Wisconsinite nabs huge pike near Vagabond

Outdoors

DELTA COUNTY — A lifelong angler fishing on Little Bay de Noc for the first time caught a whopper of a pike this week. On Tuesday, Seth Pearson, age 44, of Webster, Wis. pulled a 43.5-inch-long northern pike (Esox lucius) from beneath the ice on the northern part of the bay near Vagabond ...

Jets Hold on to beat Wolves

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SPALDING — They call this March Madness for a reason and two area girls’ basketball teams showed why here Monday night. Powers North Central stayed alive by hanging on for a 46-42 triumph over Carney-Nadeau in a wild and wooly Division 4 district opener. The victory enabled the Jets (10-10) to advance to tonight’s semifinal contest at Norway (17-4) at 6 p.m. (CST). The Wolves finished 7-15. Sophomore Addy Otradovec gave the Jets a 37-18 cushion on a pair of free throws with 75 seconds remaining in the third quarter. The Wolves, however, refused to go away as they responded ...

Flivvers defeat Braves for district title

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GLADSTONE - A 15-0 run was not enough for the Gladstone Braves here Friday as they fell 49-43 to the Kingsford Flivvers. The Braves started their 15-0 run in the second quarter as Teagan Reynolds knocked down a pair of free throws and Will Inghram drove to the basket for a layup to cut the ...

Tiring of snow

Outdoors

“One more cup of coffee before I go to the valley below,” – Bob Dylan By this time, in late February, the winter’s falling snow dancing on the wind before landing on every available surface, has lost its charm. In these days, especially those when the snow continues to pile up, I ...

Trojans defeat Knights for district championship

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CRYSTAL FALLS — The Crystal Falls Forest Park boys prefer to play uptempo basketball. They can also play more deliberately as they did in the first half of their 73-38 triumph over the Norway Knights in a Division 4 district final here Friday night. The victory enabled the Trojans to earn ...