BARAGA — Playing at home on Thursday, the Baraga Vikings girls basketball team earning a season-opening victory over the visiting Ontonagon Gladiators in a game Gladiators coach Tim Routheauxreferred to as more of a playoff game than a season-opener.

“The refs let the kids play like the playoffs,” he said. “It was a good season opener. (It) did not feel like a season-opener, more like a playoff game.”

Routheaux felt his girls made some mistakes that they should be able to fix as the season goes along.

Maddie Pollard led the way for the Gladiators with 13 points. She hit three 3-pointers on the night.

For the Vikings, Kylie Michaelson was tough to stop in the first half, where she racked up 12 of her game-high 20 points. Corina Jahfetson added 10 points in the contest, including two 3-pointers in the third quarter.

Scoring

ONT 10 9 9 10 – 38

BAR 11 9 12 10 – 42

ONT – Bobula 6, McIntyre 5, Pollard 13, K. Uotila 7, M. Uotila 7; Fouls: 10; Fouled out: None; 3-pointers: Pollard 3, McIntyre 1, K. Uotila 1.

BAR – Hendrickson 6, Larson 4, Michaelson 20, Ky. Jahfetson 10, Ki. Jahfetson 2; Fouls: 11; Fouled out: None; 3-pointers: Michaelson 2, C. Jahfetson 2, Larson 1.

Panthers fall to Nimrods

CHASSELL — Despite 12 points from Trisha Pietila, the Chassell Panthers could not stop the Watersmeet Nimrods from coming away from the Ed Helakoski Gym with a win, 46-38, Thursday night.

Ontionna Brunk led the Nimrods with 15 points in the win.