Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Hurley's Colton Dowd passes the ball as Mellen's Caleb Delegan, right defends and Jordan Koosman (41) trails the play at the Hurley K-12 School Thursday.
HURLEY - The Hurley Midgets picked up their fourth win in their last five games, 67-54 over Mellen Thursday.
The Granite Diggers led 48-47 going into the fourth quarter where the Midgets outscored them 20-6.
"Ugly, but we came out on the good side," Hurley coach Mike Swartz said. "Right now, we're not picky. We'll take wins anyway we can get them."
And the Midgets played well in the fourth quarter, making good decisions and making 7 of 10 free throws.
"We definitely have a lot of work to do. We've got to be hungrier, put in a little more energy," Swartz said. "I like how the kids responded in the fourth quarter. Down by one, they buckled down, played good defense, held them to six points. We played more aggressive and looked to attack. That propelled us to a win."
James Sukanen led Hurley with 21 points and Mitchell Maki scored 13.
Davin Stricker paced Mellen with 21 pionts. Dakota Zakovec scored 16 and Ahpahnae Thomas totaled 10.
Hurley (4-6, 3-2) goes to Washburn Tuesday.
Mellen - Davin Stricker 21, Kaeden Jones 1, Jordan Koosman 2, Dakota Zakovec 16, Ahpahnae Thomas 10, Calven Zakovec 4. FTs: 16-33. Fouls: 22. Fouled out: Calvin Zakovich. 3-pointers: Stricker 2.
Hurley - Jake Tenlen 9, Kohl Manzanares 8, Tandrell Foster 4, L.J. Kutz 4, James Sukanen 21, Mitchell Maki 13, Jacob Saari 4, Chris Rye 2. FTs: 18-27. Fouls: 24. Fouled out: None. 3-pointers: Manzanares 1, Sukanen 1, Maki 3.
Mellen 13 28 48 54
Hurley 19 34 47 67
