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High School Volleyball Tourney – Weather Permitting
– In the high school volleyball tournament, Lake Linden-Hubbell will face Forest Park in the Regional semifinal this evening at 6:00 at Negaunee. Stephenson will play Munising in the other Regional semifinal.
– In Class C tournament play, Calumet will face Iron Mountain in the regional semifinal tonight at 7:00 in L’Anse. Gwinn will face Indian River Inland Lakes in the other regional semifinal. If Gwinn and Calumet win tonight, the regional final will be played Thursday at Negaunee. If Indian Lakes and Calumet win tonight, the regional final will be played Thursday at Indian River.
Note that both host schools – Negaunee and L’Anse – are closed today because of the weather.
MTU Soccer Makes Tournament
The MTU soccer team has earned a berth in the NCAA tournament. The Huskies are seeded third in the Midwest Region, and will face the sixth-seeded Bellarmine University Knights Friday at 7:00 at Grand Valley State in Allendale.
The Michigan Tech hockey team climbed to number-five in this week’s USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. The Huskies are 8-0, and hold the longest winning streak in the nation. It’s Tech’s best start since 1972.
Michigan Tech’s football victory over Ashland Saturday has pushed the Huskies up to third place in the NCAA Super Region Four rankings. Six teams from the region make the playoffs, but four spots generally go to the champions of the four conferences included in the rankings. GLIAC North leader Ferris State is ranked first in the Super Region. Tech needs a victory Saturday against Lake Erie to bolster its bid for an at-large berth.
NHL – Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are off until Friday, when they host the Blackhawks. Pavel Datsyuk skated with the team yesterday, and said his groin injury is improving. He may be ready to rejoin the lineup on Friday.
NBA – Pistons
The Detroit Pistons erased a 19-point halftime deficit, but wound up losing to the Bulls 102-91 last night. Detroit closed the gap to two points with three minutes remaining, but couldn’t complete the effort. Josh Smith led Detroit with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Andre Drummond scored 12, and grabbed 15 rebounds, even though the Pistons spelled his name wrong on his game jersey – see a picture on today’s sports wrap at KeweenawReport.com. The Pistons play at Washington tomorrow night. That’ll give the team enough time to get Drummond a new shirt.
NFL
The Eagles blew out the Panthers 45-21 in last night’s NFL game. If you played the Wolf Pro Football Challenge, you must have picked at least 10 games correctly to be eligible to become our weekly winner.
Our high school hockey coverage begins a week from tonight, when Houghton skates at Negaunee. Hear the Copper Country’s most complete hockey and basketball coverage this winter on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com.
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