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Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School In the girls’ high school basketball tournament Friday night… – In Class B, Houghton won the District title with a 42-28 victory over Escanaba. The Gremlins’ defense held the Eskymos to just two points in the first quarter, and never …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School In the Regional semifinals of the state high school hockey tournament last night, Houghton defeated L’Anse 7-1. Dawson McKay scored twice for the Gremlins. Calumet shut out Jeffers 8-0. The Gremlins and Copper Kings will meet for the Regional title …

Houghton dominates the 2014-2015 WestPAC All-Conference roster. Player of the Year:  Nate Gockenbach – Houghton senior forward Coach of the Year:  Jared Lawson, Houghton First Team Jack Hyrkas – Calumet junior guard Sean Hyslop – Houghton junior guard, Brett Mattson – L’Anse junior center Brad Ohtonen – Houghton junior center Chad …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School Calumet won the girls’ Class C District title last night with a 45-37 victory over Hancock. The Copper Kings will face Iron Mountain in the Regional semifinal Tuesday night at Escanaba. The Mountaineers advanced with a 64-59 triple-overtime victory over …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School Houghton shut out Hancock 2-0 in the opening game of the high school hockey tournament last night. Spencer Donnelly scored the game-winner in the second period, Cale Markham added a late empty-netter. Marcus Gloss earned the shutout in goal. The …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School The girls’ high school basketball tournament opened last night. In Class D at Baraga… – The Copper Country Conference champion Jeffers Jets overcame a slow start, and eliminated Dollar Bay 43-30. The Blue Bolts led by six after the first …

Escanaba senior forward Levi Wunder leads the Great Lakes Hockey Conference All-Conference selections announced this morning. Wunder was named Player of the Year, and was selected to the First Team. Houghton coach Corey Markham was named Coach of the Year. FIRST TEAM – Levi Wunder – Escanaba senior – Forward …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. Laboda Wins CopperDog 150 Dennis Laboda overcame a slow start, and claimed his first victory in the CopperDog 150 yesterday. Laboda was the runner-up in 2010 and 2013. He was sixth after the opening stage Friday night… but climbed to third after …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School In high school hockey, Jeffers won the first Lake Superior Conference Tournament Saturday with a 5-1 victory over Negaunee. Kingsford took third place with a 9-1 win over L’Anse in the consolation match. On Friday, in the first semi-final game, …

The Western Peninsula Athletic Conference has announced its 2014-2015 Girls’ Basketball All-Conference teams: Player of the Year: Sydney Dillinger ‐ Houghton Junior Coach of the Year: Julie Filpus ‐ Houghton FIRST TEAM – Taylor Pertile, Hancock Junior – Guard – Lexi Rowe, Calumet Senior – Guard – Maija Sebbas, Hancock …