DOLLAR BAY — With a two straight Class D regional titles and two straight trips to the state semifinals, the Dollar Bay-Tamarack City boys basketball team is well aware of the goal of its opponents.

And that was the case Friday night when the Ontonagon Gladiators came to town to test the Blue Bolts.

“Every team we play wants to beat us,” Bolts’ coach Jesse Kentala said after his team’s 68-50 win.

“We’re pretty used to having that target on our backs,

Kentala said. “But we welcome it … it tells us that we’re doing something right here.”

DB-TC was defensively sharp in the opening half last night, rolling up a 31-12 lead.

“I thought we did a great job of flustering them (Glads) in the first half,” Kentala said. “But then we absolutely lost our focus. That’s weird for this team, they’re usually right on focus.”

Ontonagon fought back in the second half, drawing to within nine points early in the fourth period at 50-41

“I thought the kids showed a lot of heart,” Ontonagon coach Brittany Turin-Jilbert said. “Dollar Bay is a real tough team to come back on because of their quickness, but we made a nice effort.”

In the end, it was the play of the Bolts’ 1-2 punch of senior forward Ashton Janke and junior guard Davin Hill that put the finishing touches on the team’s 15th win this season.

Janke nailed 14 points (12 of those coming on triples) while Hill added five points and his usual hustling defensive work in all in the final frame.

“Those two (Janke and Hill) are tough to stop,” Turin-JIlbert said. “If you stop one, the other is going to get you.”

Janke led all scorers with 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Hill accounted for 20 more points, five steals and nine assists in an all-around showing.

Al Datto, a sophomore, netted 11 points for the Blue Bolts.

Ontonagon was paced by sophomore Luke Strasser with 13 points and eight boards.

Logan Latvis and Luke Soumis each notched nine markers for the Glads.

Kentala noted that his squad needs to keep working in order to be ready for the tournaments.

“We know there are some tough games coming up. and we’re going to have to be ready. But we’re 15-0 right now and we’ll take that.”

Ontonagon 5 7 14 24 — 50

DB-TC 11 21 15 21 — 68

ONTONAGON (50): Soumis 9, Strasser 13, Latvis 9, Walters 2, Laingren 5, Preiss 2. FT: 9-16. Rebounds: 25 (Strasser 8). F: 21: Fouled out: Strasser, Latvis). 3-point FG: Soumis 2, Laingren 1, Latvis 1, Strasser 1.

DOLLAR BAY-TC (68): Janke 29, Datto 11, LeClaire 6, Hill 20, Myllyoja 2. FT: 4-9. Rebounds: 36 (Janke 11) F:16: Fouled out: None. 3-point FG: Janke 5, Hill 4, Datto 1.

Chassell 72, Jeffers 53

CHASSELL — The Chassell cruised to a 72-53 victory on Friday night over the Jeffers Jets. The Panthers had four players in double figures. Among them was scoring leader Bill Rautiola who had 24 points including six three pointers.

Jeffers 7 17 10 19 — 53

Chassell 14 16 21 21 — 72

JEFFERS (53): Andrew Kinnunen 15, Heinonen 2, Frahm 10, Hocking 6, Mattila 7, Kangas 9, Schutz 4. 3-point FG: 4 (Andrew Kinnunen 3, Kangas 1). F. 14. FT 9-15.

CHASSELL (72): K. Rautiola 10, Pietila 14, Holmes 13, B. Rautiola 24, Usitalo 4, Kytta 5. Kilpela 2. 3-point FG: 6 (B. Rautiola 6). F: 21 FT: 10-13.

L’Anse 54, LL-H 47

LAKE LINDEN — The L’Anse Purple Hornets pace themselves to seven-point 54-47 victory over the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes.

The Purple Hornets averaged more than 13 points for four quarters. Paul Jacobson led the scoring for L’Anse with 15 points including three triples.

L’Anse 12 16 15 11 — 54

LL-Hubbell 11 16 8 12 — 47

L’ANSE (54): Jacobson 15, Reed 9, Allen 8, Laitila 1, Hochstein 6, Kissell 11, Ostermeyer 4. 3-point FG: 4 (Jacobson 3, Reed 1). F: 4. FT:5-11.

LAKE LINDEN-HUBBELL (47): Sutherland 9, Hill 4, Cole Gregoire, Caleb Gregoire 20, Codere 6, Mahrley 6. 3-point FG: 4 (Caleb Gregoire 4, Sutherland 1). F: 11. FT 1-5.

Girls: L’Anse 77, Wakefield-Marenisco 21

L’ANSE — The L’Anse Purple Hornets averaged more than 19 points per quarter as they defeated the Wakefield-Marenisco Cardinals 77-21 on Thursday.

As well they had four girls in double figures. Addison Mattson and Maija Rice led the scoring with 20 points each for the Purple Hornets.

Wakefield 6 8 5 2 — 21

L’Anse 25 11 17 21 — 77

WAKEFIELD-MARENISCO (21): Torro 2, Yon 7, Ahonen 6 Hewitt 2, Keast 2, Lemerand 2. 3-point FG: 1 (Yon). F: 4 FT: 0-0.

L’ANSE (77): Sanregret 7, Swanson 8, Voskuhl 11, Rice 20, Mattson 20, Martinez 11. 3 -point FG: 9 ( Mattson 4, Rice 2, Voskuhl 1, Martinez 1, Sanregret 1. F: 4. FT: 0-2.

Chassell 44, Dollar Bay 26

CHASSELL — The Chassell Panthers started out slow but came alive in the third and fourth quarters to down the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts 44-26 on Thursday.

Up by just two points at half time, the Panthers outscored the Blue bolts 28-12 in the second half.

“We came out slow and lethargic tonight,” said Chassell head coach Bill Sleeman. ” Dollar Bay did a good job of taking care of the ball and getting Ashlea Datto open for shots. We played a much better third and start of the fourth.”

Paige Sleeman had 35 points and had 10 rebounds for Chassell.

Dollar Bay 10 4 5 7 — 26

Chassell 7 9 15 13 — 44

DOLLAR BAY (26): Datto 18, Kangas 4, Myllyoja 2, McCrum 2. 3-point FG: 2 (Datto 2) F: 12 FT: 0-1.

CHASSELL (44): Holombo 2, Sleeman 35, K. Huhta 2, Rantamaki 4, L. Huhta 1. 3-point FG: 3 (Sleeman). F: 11. FT 9-11.

Calumet 64, WIC 63

CALUMET — Elli Djerf scored 31 points to lead Calumet in a 64-63 win over West Iron County on Friday.

Djerf hit six 3-pointers and had nine rebounds to lead the Copper Kings. Ellen Sturos had 10 points and six rebounds.