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Copper Kings girls shoot past Wykons

CALUMET — High school postseason basketball continued on Wednesday as the Calumet girls welcomed the West Iron County Wykons to their gym for a Division 3 District 65 semifinal game. The Copper Kings (9-11) downed the Wykons, 69-44, just as they did twice during the regular season. They won ...

No. 20 Huskies hockey excited to get second look at Falcons in CCHA Tournament

HOUGHTON — If you ask the No. 20-ranked Michigan Tech Huskies hockey coach Bill Muckalt, he will tell you that his team has already played in playoff games this season. Their regular season finale series against the Bowling Green State Falcons felt like a playoff series, one where the Huskies ...

Blue Bolts boys open regionals with win over Cardinals

HOUGHTON — Last season, the Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Blue Bolts boys basketball team got this far, but no farther. While the Houghton gym was technically neutral ground for a Division 4 Region 25 semifinal game on Tuesday between the Blue Bolts and the Wakefield-Marenisco Cardinals, Dollar ...

Houghton girls shoot past Escanaba in districts

HOUGHTON — The Houghton Gremlins girls basketball team opened up postseason play with a win Monday. They downed the Escanaba Eskymos, 56-30, in Division 2 District 33 action in the Houghton gym. It was a game in which they led the whole time. “I liked our start and how we hit the ...

Prep Athlete of the Week

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City boys basketball senior Liam Tourtillott scored 34 points Tuesday as the Blue Bolts defeated Wakefield-Marenisco to advance to the Region 25 championship game Thursday against North Dickinson in Negaunee. The four-year starter for the Blue Bolts was named the Copper ...

Jack Anderson Named CCHA Defenseman of the Month

HOUGHTON — For the second straight month, Michigan Tech Huskies senior defenseman Jack Anderson has been named the CCHA Defenseman of the Month. The alternate captain paced conference blueliners with eight points across six games in February, scoring five goals with three assists and ...