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Huskies women’s basketball holds off Tritons in St. Louis Saturday

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Michigan Tech Huskies women's basketball team won its third-straight game, and snapped a seven-game winning streak by Missouri-St. Louis, with a 68-62 win at the Mark Twain Building Saturday afternoon. The Huskies moved to 7-2 overall, while the Tritons dropped to 7-2. "I'm super proud of our team for coming away with a gritty win on the road. UMSL is a really good team and we were able to slow them down in the 2nd half," said Huskies coach Sam Clayton. "I thought Alyssa (Wypych) did a phenomenal job being physical with their post and making it tough for her ...

Gremlins girls win at home over Wykons

HOUGHTON — Mia Lawson poured in 25 points to help lift the Houghton Gremlins girls basketball team to a 65-58 win at home over the West Iron County Wykons Friday. Lawson’s 25 points led all scorers in the game. Lexi Burns added 15 and Ellie Hainault had 12.

Copper Kings girls fall to Hematites, 47-35

CALUMET — Calumet Copper Kings girls basketball coach Charlie Kemppainen knew he had his work cut out for himself Thursday as his girls faced the Ishpeming Hematites on the hardwood at home. While the Copper Kings lost, 47-35, Kemppainen was quite pleased with the effort his girls showed ...

Roundup: Copper Kings, Gremlins boys earn wins Thursday

LAKE LINDEN — The Calumet Copper Kings boys used a big second quarter to create some separation between themselves and the host Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes Thursday. They held off a big push by the Lakes late to come away with a 58-53 win. Peter Torola led the Copper Kings with 18 points, ...

Remarkable Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup downhill at age 41 to start her Olympic season

The queen of downhill skiing is well and truly back. At age 41, Lindsey Vonn is still faster than the rest and on Friday became the oldest winner of a World Cup race since the circuit started in 1967. Vonn raced to a stunningly fast win in a downhill at St. Moritz on Friday to earn her first victory in nearly eight years — and the first in her comeback with titanium implants in her right knee after a five-year retirement. The United States ski great seized the lead by an astonishing 1.16 seconds ahead of Mirjam Puchner of Austria. Even wilder was that Vonn trailed by 0.61 after ...

Kirk Cousins leads Falcons to 29-28 comeback victory over the reeling Buccaneers

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Maybe Kirk Cousins should've been starting the entire season. Cousins threw three touchdown passes to Kyle Pitts Sr., and Zane Gonzalez kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired to complete the Atlanta Falcons' rally for a 29-28 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night. Facing a third-and-28 on the Falcons' final drive, Cousins completed passes of 14 yards to Pitts and 20 yards on fourth-and-14 to David Sills V to set up Gonzalez. The Falcons (5-9) overcame a franchise-record 19 penalties and a 28-14 fourth-quarter deficit to damage Tampa Bay's ...