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U.P. Scores Feb. 23

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U.P. scores Friday’s games Hockey Regional playoffs Division 2 Traverse City Central 3, Alpena 2 (OT) Division 3 Escanaba 9, Sault Ste. Marie 1 Calumet 4, Painesdale Jeffers 3 Houghton 5, Hancock 0 Girls’ basketball Ewen-Trout Creek 72, Ironwood 30 Sault Ste. Marie 52, Traverse City West 44 Rudyard 59, Cedarville-DeTour 46 St. Ignace 63, Pickford 13 Boys’ basketball Gladstone 56, Escanaba 52 Superior Central 52, Rock Mid Peninsula 24 Saturday’s games Girls’ basketball Negaunee 67, Houghton 49 Wakefield-Marenisco 72, Lake Linden-Hubbell 56

Gladstone rallies to beat Eskymos

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ESCANABA - The Gladstone Braves used a 16-1 run over the last 3:00 of the third and the whole fourth quarter to erase an 11-point deficit to defeat the Escanaba Eskymos 56-52 here Friday. “We challenged the guys at halftime,” Gladstone coach Jake Keisby said. “We told them it was the ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 23

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Tonight’s games Wrestling Team regional Division 3 At Gladstone Kingsley vs. West Branch Ogemaw Heights, 5 p.m. Winner vs. Gladstone, 6:15 p.m. Boys’ basketball District tournaments Division 2 Houghton at Escanaba, 6 p.m. Division 3 Gwinn at Bark River-Harris, 6 p.m. Manistique at Ishpeming, 6 p.m. Division 4 Rock Mid Peninsula at Munising, 6 p.m. Big Bay de Noc at Rapid River, 6 p.m. Carney-Nadeau at Powers North Central, 6 p.m. Hannnahville at Stephenson, 6 p.m. Tuesday’s games Women’s basketball Bay College at Mid Michigan College, ...

Escanaba takes down Sault Ste. Marie to advance in playoffs

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WELLS — Are you ready for some hockey? The Escanaba Eskymos were as they skated to a convincing 9-1 triumph over the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils in a Division 3 regional semifinal here Friday night. Junior forward Brody Levesque scored a hat trick and senior forwards Graham Johnson and Keagan Braun were playmakers in their final home appearance at the Hannahville Ice & Turf Complex. The victory sends the Eskymos (18-9-1) to the regional final at Lakeview Arena where they’ll face host Marquette (18-7-3) in Wednesday’s title contest at 7:30 p.m. The winner advances to the state ...

Gladstone defeats Negaunee in regional action

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GLADSTONE — The Gladstone wrestlers continued their winning ways here Thursday night as they posted a 60-18 triumph over the Negaunee Miners in a Division 3 team regional opener. “They all wrestled hard,” Braves’ coach Ryan Harrenstein said. “They’re a well coached team. Their coach (Andy Asikainen) is a good friend of mine. There’s a lot of good wrestlers on that team. They were training with us all week and we saw them a lot during the year.” Kingsley and West Branch Ogemaw Heights also qualified for the regional, but were unable to complete their trip to Delta ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 21

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Today’s games Swimming U.P. Finals at Marquette, 9 a.m. Competitive cheer districts Division 2 (Escanaba) at Mount Pleasant), 10 a.m. Division 3 (Gladstone) at Alma, 10 a.m. Boys’ wrestling Individual regionals Division 2 (Escanaba) at Cadillac, 10:30 a.m. Division 3 (Gladstone) at Boyne CIty, 10:30 a.m. Division 4 (North Central, BR-H, Manistique) at Charlevoix, 10:30 p.m. Women’s basketball Bay College at Delta College, 1 p.m. Men’s basketball Bay College at Delta College, 3 p.m. Sunday’s games Girls’ wrestling Individual regional at ...