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High School
In high school hockey last night…
- Hancock scored the first five goals of the game, then held on to defeat Kingsford 5-3. Colton Salani, Petr Anderson, Todd Anderson, Austin Salani and Kyle Maki scored for the Bulldogs, who outshot the Flivvers 42-15.
In girls basketball last night…
- L’Anse lost to West Iron County 70-55.
In girls action tonight…
- Dollar Bay-Tamarack City tips off at Jeffers in a game that was rescheduled from December 12th.
- Baraga hosts Wakefield-Marenisco in a contest that was rescheduled from February 4th.
In boys hoops last night…
- Houghton downed Lake Linden-Hubbell 75-65.
- Chassell outscored Baraga 74-51.
- Ontonagon shut down L’Anse 81-32.
- Ewen-Trout Creek stopped Watersmeet 72-56.
On the boys schedule tonight…
- Calumet plays at West Iron County, in a game that was postponed from February 8th.
Finlandia
Finlandia University has added two new soccer recruits. Megan Strom from Iron River will join the women’s team. She played club soccer in Marquette. Fernando Palomares will join the men’s squad. He’s from Norwalk, California.
NHL
The Detroit Red Wings will host the Chicago Blackhawks tonight. Pregame coverage will start at 7:10 on 99.3 The Lift.
NBA
The Detroit Pistons return to action Friday, when they visit the Atlanta Hawks.
Fishing
The Chassell VFW Post will hold its annual ice fishing tournament on Portage Lake Saturday. Fishing for northern pike, walleye, crappie and perch in the adult tournament will begin at 7:00 am. The youth tournament will conclude at 1:00, and the adult tournament at 7:00 pm. Sign up at the Chassell VFW during regular business hours this week, or Saturday morning between 7:00 and 10:00.
Join us for a special live broadcast of This Week in Finlandia Athletics tomorrow at noon at Tadych’s Econo Foods. Meet Finlandia players and coaches, and our Rick Allen, the Voice of the Lions. Our Finlandia University Athletics coverage will continue this weekend on 99.3 The Lift and 993TheLift.com, with four softball games from the Dome Tournament in Marquette.
Our regular-season high school hockey coverage wraps up tomorrow night, when Houghton hosts Escanaba. The pregame show will begin around 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. W’ll broadcast all of the playoff games for our local teams beginning Tuesday.
Email sports stories and game results to mornings@up.net.
