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Todat in Sports Feb. 10

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1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Jack Palmer in the fourth round to defend his world heavyweight title in London. 1949 — Joe Fulks of Philadelphia scores 63 points in a 108-87 win over Indianapolis to set an NBA scoring record which would last for nearly a decade. 1952 — The Baltimore Bullets play the 48-minute game without making a single substitution and beat the Fort Wayne Pistons 82-77. 1962 — Jim Beatty becomes the first American to break the 4-minute mile indoors with a 3:58.9 in Los Angeles. 1968 — Peggy Fleming wins the women’s Olympic figure skating gold medal in ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 10

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Tonight’s games Boys’ basketball Rock Mid Peninsula at Big Bay de Noc, 6 p.m. Gladstone at Negaunee, 7:15 p.m. Rapid River at Munising, 7:30 p.m. Superior Central at Engadine, 7:30 p.m. Escanaba at Menominee, 7:30 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Carney-Nadeau, 7:30 p.m. Felch North Dickinson at Powers North Central, 7:45 p.m. Hockey Manistique at Kingsford (Iron Mountain), 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s games Wrestling Team districts Division 2 At Sault Ste. Marie Escanaba vs. Marquette, 5 p.m. winner vs. Sault Ste. Marie, 6:30 p.m. Division 3 At ...

Hannahville and Ojibwe Charter put on three-point barrage

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HANNAHVILLE — This wasn’t a three-point shooting contest, but the Hannahville and Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter shot the lights out in a Northern Lights League basketball match-up here Saturday. That was especially true in the third quarter when they combined for 11 of their 25 trifectas en route to Hannahville’s 76-61 triumph which wrapped up the No. 2 seed in this weekend’s Northern Lights League tournament at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie. “This was a big weekend for us,” Hannahville coach Jon Bintner said. “We set a goal with these games. It makes a ...

U.P. Scores Feb. 9

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U.P. scores Friday’s games Boys’ basketball Escanaba 44, Norway 41 Hannahville 63, Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 41 Bark River-Harris 54, Superior Central 44 Stephenson 76, Carney-Nadeau 42 Marquette 68, Felch North Dickinson 34 Negaunee 69, Ishpeming 43 Ishpeming Westwood 55, Menominee 52 Iron Mountain 84, Gwinn 55 West Iron County 67, Calumet 40 Bessemer 65, Chassell 51 Wakefield-Marenisco 84, Ontonagon 54 Dollar Bay 77, L’Anse 61 Florence, Wis. 70, Ewen-Trout Creek 29 Kinross Maplewood Baptist 56, Beaver Island 38 Pickford 77, Brimley ...

Eskymos fall to Copper Kings

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CALUMET — The Escanaba Eskymos girls basketball team played there best game of the season despite falling 42-35. The Eskymos trailed 35-34 with 1:20 to go in the fourth quarter before senior Landry Bray fouled out with 13 points. The Copper Kings outscored the Eskymos 7-1 from that point on to earn the win. Senior Susie Moberg had her best game of the season on defensive side of the ball as she held Calumet’s Bailey Strom to six points as she also fouled out in the fourth quarter. “I was really proud of the way our girls fought tonight,” Eskymos coach Tracy Hudson said. ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 9

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Tonight’s games Girls’ basketball Stephenson at Carney-Nadeau, 6 p.m. Escanaba at Gladstone, 7:15 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Norway, 7:30 p.m. Manistique at Iron Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Powers North Central at Felch North Dickinson, 7:30 p.m. Boys’ basketball Manistique at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s games Boys’ basketball Rock Mid Peninsula at Big Bay de Noc, 6 p.m. Gladstone at Negaunee, 7:15 p.m. Rapid River at Munising, 7:30 p.m. Superior Central at Engadine, 7:30 p.m. Escanaba at Menominee, 7:30 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Carney-Nadeau, 7:30 ...