Jeffers Girls Rout DB-TC – Thursday Sports Wrap

High School

In girls high school basketball last night…

• Jeffers defeated Dollar Bay-Tamarack City 66-21.
• The Baraga game at Wakefield-Marenisco was postponed – no make-up date was announced.
• The Ewen-Trout Creek contest at Wakefield-Marenisco was canceled – no make-up plan was announced.

In girls action tonight…

• Houghton plays at Chassell.
• Hancock journeys to Ontonagon.
• Calumet tips off at Lake Linden-Hubbell.
• Dollar Bay-Tamarack City travels to Ewen-Trout Creek.
• Jeffers visits L’Anse.
• Baraga entertains Republic-Michigamme.

In boys hoops last night…

• The Calumet at West Iron County game was postponed until tonight.
• The Wakefield-Marenisco contest at Baraga was also postponed to tonight.

Also on the boys schedule tonight…

• Houghton welcomes Iron Mountain.
• L’Anse plays at Ishpeming in a make-up game from February 4th.

In high school hockey tonight…

• Houghton welcomes Escanaba. Our broadcast will begin around 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com.
• Calumet entertains Marquette.
• Jeffers will host Kingsford.

MTU/NMU

Both Michigan Tech basketball teams play at Davenport University in Grand Rapids tonight.

Both Northern Michigan University squads will play at Grand Valley State University this evening.

NHL

The Detroit Red Wings scored three goals in the third period to force overtime, but eventually lost to the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 last night. Dylan Larkin and Andreas Athanasiou each found the net twice. Anthony Mantha had three assists. Jimmy Howard gave up four goals before he was replaced by Jonathan Bernier early in the second period. The Wings will host the Minnesota Wild tomorrow. Pregame coverage will start at 7:10 on 99.3 The Lift.

NBA

The Detroit Pistons return to action tomorrow, when they visit the Atlanta Hawks.

MLB

The Detroit Tigers have found their second baseman. Former Pirate Josh Harrison has agreed to a one-year contract, pending a physical. The deal reunites him with shortstop Jordy Mercer, who was his double-play partner for the past few seasons in Pittsburgh.

Hockey Week in Calumet continues with a full slate of youth and adult games through the weekend. The big spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be held Saturday from 3:00 until 6:00 in the Colosseum ballroom. Money raised from that and other Hockey Week events supports the youth hockey program in Calumet. For the full Hockey Week schedule, click here.

This year’s Snowshoeing with Sasquatch event will begin Saturday at 5:00 at the L’Anse Township Park. Hike the two-mile trail with or without snowshoes. There is no charge, but non-perishable food or personal hygiene donations will be accepted to assist the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in L’Anse. Refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by Baraga County Trails in Motion.

Join us for a special live broadcast of 99.3 The Lift’s This Week in Finlandia Athletics today 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 basketball coverage will wrap up tomorrow night, as the Chassell boys play at Dollar Bay-Tamarack City in a game that will decide the championship of the Copper Mountain Conference Copper Country Division. The pregame show will begin around 7:00 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. Our high school basketball playoff coverage begins Monday, and our coverage of the hockey playoffs will start on Tuesday.

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