HOUGHTON — For the first 13 minutes of the championship game Tuesday of the inaugural Copper Country Holiday Tournament, the Calumet Copper Kings boys punched back hard for every swing they took from the Houghton Gremlins, keeping the Gremlins to just a three-score advantage. Then the doors ...
HOUGHTON — In the consolation game of the inaugural Copper Country Holiday Tournament, the Jeffers Jets boys got contributions from eight of the 10 players they put on the floor in a 59-29 win over the Hancock Bulldogs Tuesday at the SDC Gym. For the Jets, the game was a golden opportunity ...
HOUGHTON — The Houghton Gremlins girls basketball team made history Tuesday as the inaugural winners of the Copper Country Classic Holiday Tournament held at the SDC Gym on the campus of Michigan Tech. They defeated the Calumet Copper Kings, 46-37. In the consolation game, the Hancock ...
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 game before the Gremlins finally broke the ice. Gremlins coach Jared Lawson joked that his team might have still been sleeping during the first quarter. “Iit really felt like one of those November tournaments where there's college teams, you're in Maui, and no one's watching you,” Lawson ...
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 semifinal of the Copper Country Classic Holiday Tournament at the SDC Gym. Bonacorsi was all smiles after the game, excited by how hard his team worked to show their coach their ears were open. “Friday night against Baraga wasn't a good showing, and I was just telling them after the game (Monday), ...
