Girls Hoops Tourney Opens Tonight – Monday Sports Wrap

High School

The girls basketball tournament opens tonight
• In Division Four District 98 quarterfinals…
  – Dollar Bay-Tamarack City plays at Chassell.
  – Jeffers tips off at Lake Linden-Hubbell.
  – L’Anse and Baraga have opening-round byes.

 • In Division Four District 97 quarterfinals, with both games played at Ontonagon…
  – Bessemer faces Ironwood.
  – Wakefield-Marenisco takes on Watersmeet.
  – Ontonagon and Ewen-Trout Creek have opening-round byes.

 • Division Three District 65 quarterfinals…
  – Ishpeming plays at Gwinn.
  – Calumet and Hancock have opening-round byes.

 • Division Two District 33, which includes Houghton, has only four teams, and will open play Wednesday.

There is one boys regular-season game this evening…
• Hancock entertains Republic-Michigamme in a make-up game from last Tuesday.

The matchups for next week’s boys district tournament have been released. Next Monday…
• In a Division Four District 98 Quarterfinal…
– Republic-Michigamme plays at Baraga.
– L’Anse, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City and Lake Linden-Hubbell have opening-round byes.
• In Division Four District 97 Quarterfinals at Wakefield-Marenisco…
– Ontonagon faces Watersmeet
– Bessemer takes on Ironwood
– Ewen-Trout Creek and Wakefield-Marenisco have opening-round byes.
• In Division Three District 65 Quarterfinals…
– Hancock faces Ishpeming.
– Calumet takes on Gwinn, with the broadcast on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
– Jeffers and Westwood have opening-round byes.
• In Division Two District 33 Semifinals…
– Negaunee will play Escanaba.
– Houghton will face Kingsford, with the broadcast on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.

See the full local boys tournament schedule here.

The state Alpine ski championships will be held today at Schuss Mountain. The Houghton girls will compete as a team, and Reed and Eli Heathman from the Gremlins team qualified to compete individually.

College Softball

The Finlandia University softball team began its southern season with a pair of losses yesterday in Clermont, Florida. The Lions fell to Chatham University 10-4, and Moravian University 8-0. Finlandia will face Eastern University and Elizabethtown College today.

College Baseball

The Finlandia baseball team also lost the first two games on its southern schedule, dropping both ends of a doubleheader to Chatham yesterday, 14-5 and 19-3. The Lions will play two against Northern Vermont-Lyndon today.

NHL

The Detroit Red Wings host the Carolina Hurricanes tomorrow. Coverage will begin at 7:15 on 99.3 The Lift.

NBA

Kelly Olynyk’s baseline jumper at the buzzer gave the Detroit Pistons a 127-126 victory in overtime against the Charlotte Hornets last evening. Saddiq Bey scored 28 points, and Jerami Grant added 26.

The Pistons visit the Washington Wizards tomorrow.

MLB

Major League Baseball players and team owners will meet again today to try to work out a new labor deal. The two sides are reported to be far apart on several major issues. Owners have locked out the players, and say they’ll begin canceling regular season games if an agreement is not in place by the end of the day.

Local Sports Broadcasts

• Tomorrow – boys basketball – Houghton at Jeffers – 7:00 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Wednesday – Division Two girls basketball regional semifinal – Kingsford at Houghton – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Wednesday – Division Three girls basketball regional semifinal – Westwood at Calumet – 6:40 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
• Thursday – boys basketball – Calumet at Hancock – 7:00 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
• Friday – Division Three girls basketball district final – if Calumet advances – on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
• Friday – Division Two girls basketball district final – if Houghton advances – on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Saturday – hockey quarterfinal at Marquette – Calumet v Alpena or Gaylord – 12:40 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.

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