HOUGTON — Four local high school girls basketball teams opened the inaugural Copper Country Classic Holiday Tournament at the SDC Gym on the campus of Michigan Tech Monday. Coming out on top were the Houghton Gremlins with a 38-33 win over the Jeffers Jets and the Calumet Copper Kings. They ...

HOUGHTON — Both teams struggled out of the gates, but in the end the Houghton Gremlins boys basketball team emerged victorious with a 53-38 win Monday in the opening game of the Copper Country Classic Holiday Tournament at the SDC Gym. The Jets led 4-0 through the first four minutes of the ...

HOUGHTON — After a difficult game full of mistakes at Baraga Friday, coach Frank Bonacorsi wanted a better effort defensively Monday from his Calumet Copper Kings boys basketball team, and he got it. The Copper Kings held the Hancock Bulldogs to just 25 points in a 41-25 win in the second ...

Hancock’s Emery Chynoweth scored nine points to lead her team in the Bulldogs’ 35-24 loss to Calumet Monday. The senior is counted on as a leader with the Bulldogs this season. (David Archambeau/For the Gazette)

Michigan Tech guard Marcus Tomashek scored a season-high 39 points Saturday in the Florida Tech Christmas Classic as the Huskies rolled to a 105-67 win over Lynn in Melbourne, Florida. The senior from Green Bay, Wisconsin, made 14 of 21 shots from the floor, including 11 of 17 3-point attempts. ...

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech Huskies women’s basketball team has only played three home games this season, but sophomore guard Ella Mason has set a new career high in scoring in each of them. Friday night, she racked up 25 points as the Huskies held off the visiting Northwood Timberwolves, ...