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Snowfall and shadows under the cedar trees

“Some quiet evening, I sit by your side and we’re lost in a world of our own,” – Ben Raleigh and Sherman Edwards It was that instant mashed potato flake kind of snow – soft and fluffy, and it was piling up high as the nighttime moved slowly past. I was looking out the upstairs ...

Sports Flashback Feb. 15-21

Feb. 16, 1966 — Spencer Bichel scored 23 points to go with 20 rebounds as the Carney-Nadeau Wolves upset the Powers-Spalding Tigers 70-67 in a Big Seven Conference basketball match-up. Brian Forgette added 15 points. Richard Piche paced the Tigers with 20. David Smith finished with 15. Feb. 17, 1966 — Darrel LaVigne poured in 37 points, leading the Garden Jets past the Perkins Yellowjackets 97-78. Brent Rochefort added 28. Art VanDamme led Perkins with 26 and Reggie Depuydt tallied 21. Feb. 19, 1966 — Dave Nyquist tossed in 17 points as the Escanaba Eskymos rolled past the ...

U.P. Scores Feb. 21

U.P. scores Wednesday’s games Wrestling Team regional Division 4 Powers North Central 42, Indian River Inland Lakes 39 St. Ignace 39, Gwinn 36 Powers North Central 43, St. Ignace 32 Thursday’s games Wrestling Team regional Division 3 Gladstone 60, Negaunee 18 Hockey regional Division 3 Marquette 5, Kingsford 1 Girls’ basketball Gladstone 67, Iron Mountain 35 Big Bay de Noc 70, Engadine 17 Munising 60, Rapid River 21 Superior Central 30, Stephenson 21 Felch North Dickinson 56, Carney-Nadeau 29 Crystal Falls Forest Park 45, Bark ...

Jets defeat Soaring Eagles in Non-Conference action

HANNAHVILLE — A pair of double digit scoring runs were key for the North Central Jets as they knocked off the Hannahville Soaring Eagles 66-53 here Thursday. The first run came after Hannahville took an early 7-2 lead. The Jets responded with a 15-5 run as junior Riley Cretens knocked down ...

Team completes UP moose collaring and capture effort

A cooperative moose research team, including the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Northern Michigan University and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, has concluded its efforts to capture and collar moose in the core moose population area in the western Upper Peninsula for this ...