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Prep Schedule Feb. 27

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Today’s games Wrestling Division 4 State quarterfinal Powers North Central vs. Hudson at Kalamazoo, noon Boys’ basketball District finals Division 2 Gladstone at Kingsford, 6 p.m. Girls’ basketball Rapid River at Engadine, 6 p.m. Saturday’s games Wrestling State semifinals and finals at Kalamazoo, 9:30 p.m. Gymnastics Regional meet at Rockford, 10 a.m. Competitive cheer regionals Division 3 (Gladstone) at Hudsonville, 10 a.m. Division 4 (Bark River-Harris) at Hudsonville, 3 p.m. Hockey State quarterfinal Division 3 Houghton at ...

U.P. Scores Feb. 27

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U.P. scores Wednesday’s games Boys’ basketball District tournaments Division 1 Marquette 66, Traverse City Central 56 Division 2 Gladstone 58, Negaunee 55 (OT) Kingsford 59, Houghton 25 Division 3 Iron Mountain 61, Bark River-Harris 46 Menominee 82, Ishpeming 50 Ishpeming Westwood 79, Painesdale Jeffers 54 West Iron County 45, Ironwood 37 Division 4 Munising 65, Superior Central 39 Felch North Dickinson 67, Rapid River 39 Crystal Falls Forest Park 80, Powers North Central 38 Norway 57, Stephenson 35 Baraga 46, L’Anse 44 Dollar Bay 72, Lake ...

Trojans take down Jets, advance to district championship

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SPALDING — Sometimes, despite your best effort, there’s a chance you still might come up short. That pretty much sums up what happened here Wednesday night as the Powers North Central boys fell to top-ranked Crystal Falls Forest Park 80-38 in a Division 4 district semifinal basketball game. The victory enables the Trojans (18-4) to host Norway (14-9) in tonight’s title contest at 6 p.m. (CST). The Jets finished 9-13. Ball security was a high priority in this contest as the teams combined for just 14 turnovers, including nine by North Central. “To do that against a team ...

Braves take down Miners in overtime

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NEGAUNEE — It took overtime to decide the winner of the district semifinal game as the Gladstone Braves game away with a 58-55 victory over the Negaunee Miners here Wednesday. The Braves jumped out to an early 9-0 lead as sophomore Will Inghram drove to the basket for a layup and Junior ...

Cougars around Rockets in conference action

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RAPID RIVER — An 8-0 run proved to be just enough for the Superior Central girls as they posted a 29-24 basketball triumph over the Rapid River Rockets here Tuesday night. The Cougars trailed 20-16 late in the third quarter of this Central U.P. Conference match-up. Junior Peyton Adams hit a layup on a pass from senior Marissa Strohm and added an eight-foot jumper to give the Cougars a 21-20 lead early in the fourth. Strohm then split a pair of free throws and scored on a layup to put them up 24-20 in a contest which both teams followed a deliberate approach on offense. This was ...

Marvelous maple

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Maples are the largest genus of Michigan trees, as measured by wood volume. Botanical classification of Lake States trees, is not, perhaps, the most interesting topic, but there exist some real gems among all the sciency stuff. Michigan sports eight species of maples (Acer spp.), with ...