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EWEN - Opponents don't often leave Ewen with 34-point victories. But Lake Linden-Hubbell already is playing like the U.P. top-five Little 5 team it was last year and Ewen-Trout Creek is adjusting to an inexperienced team that is playing one of the toughest schedules of anyone in the U.P. Lake Linden won 84-50 on Saturday night. Even the Panthers' JV team went 18-2 last year and the E-TC varsity team hasn't finished under .500 since the 2004-05 season, so nobody was used to playing from that far...
BESSEMER — The Bessemer Speedgirls swept Ewen-Trout Creek 25-18, 25-8, 25-10 in Monday’s Porcupine Mountain Conference match on Senior Night at the House of Noise. “The seven seniors played a great night of volleyball in their last home game in the House of Noise,” Bessemer coach Shelly Mettler said. Stats for the seniors were: Sarah Trudgeon tallied seven aces, three kills and five assists. Brenna Bogaczyk had seven kills and a block. Allyson Hansen totaled four assists and three aces. Mikha...
One of the premier matchups of the early part of the high school football season takes place Saturday in Lake Linden when Hurley heads north for a Great Western Conference battle. The Gogebic Miners are headed to the Superior Dome to take on Rudyard Friday while Ironwood heads to Washburn. Both Ontonagon County teams are home Friday night — Ontonagon plays Northland Pines; Ewen-Trout Creek hosts Engadine. Rudyard vs. Gogebic Miners at the Superior Dome, Marquette, Friday — JV, 5 p.m., varsity, 7...
WAKEFIELD — Wakefield-Marenisco started the volleyball season with a 3-0 sweep of defending Porcupine Mountain Conference champion Ewen-Trout Creek Tuesday night. The Cardinals won 25-17, 25-11, 25-16. “The girls have been working really hard over the last 2.5 weeks,” W-M coach Jessica Novascone said. “They’re very excited about this season. To come out here and be 3-0, they never really had a lull point in the game. They always kept that momentum up. To be able to come here and do that from...
DETROIT (AP) — Daniel Alfredsson is joining the Detroit Red Wings to make perhaps his final run at an elusive championship, and Stephen Weiss is in it for the long haul in the Motor City. “I’m really excited to get this opportunity at this stage of my career to go for a Stanley Cup and fulfill a longtime dream,” the 40-year-old Alfredsson said on a conference call. Detroit got a $5.5 million, one-year deal done with Alfredsson on Friday afternoon, mere minutes after NHL teams could sign free ag...
Ewen-Trout Creek senior Dillon Gordon and Ironwood junior Adam Mackey were named to Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan all-state teams. Mackey made the Class C team after leading the Red Devils to an 18-4 season. Gordon is on the Class D team, after averaging 28.5 points per game for the 17-5 Panthers. Gordon also made the Class D all-state Second Team in the Detroit News. Mackey was an honorable mention in Class C in the News. Crystal Falls Forest Park junior Lexi Gussert made the all-class elite teams from BCAM, the Detroit News an...
MARQUETTE — Dillon Gordon had a Dream career, now he’s on the Dream Team. Gordon, a Ewen-Trout Creek senior, was named to the all-class All-U.P. Dream Team. Voting was conducted at the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association ‘s 63rd annual boys basketball meeting Wednesday on the campus of Northern Michigan University. Mid-Peninsula’s 20-20 player Brett Branstrom was named Class D Player of the Year, beating Gordon on a 14-9 vote. Both players certainly had a case. —Branst...
MARQUETTE — Three for three. Ironwood junior Adam Mackey made the All-U.P. team for the third year in a row. It is his second consecutive season on the Class ABC First Team. He was Second Team as a freshman. Mackey finished in sixth place in voting for the five-person Dream Team this year. Voting was held at Wednesday’s 63rd annual boys basketball meeting of the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Mackey averaged 17.8 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. He led the Devils in eight statistical categories: points sco...
EWEN — It’s official. Ewen-Trout Creek senior Dillon Gordon is going to play basketball at Michigan Tech. Gordon committed Tuesday in a meeting at Houghton. “I’m extremely excited,” Gordon said. “I can’t wait to see what the next level brings. They’ve been recruiting me throughout the whole year and it seemed like a great place to go. Great education. I think it’s a great option for me.” Gordon finished his high school career at 1,797 points, the second most in E-TC history. “I’m just very, ver...