Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Watersmeet's Bethany Baldwin, right, goes to the basket as Bessemer's Caitlin Lynch (20) defends Monday night at Nimrod Nation in Watersmeet.
WATERSMEET - Watersmeet coach Brent Besonen was a bit worried the pressure of getting to 2,000 career points might get to Bethany Baldwin on the opening night of the tournament Monday.
She put those fears to rest in a hurry.
The senior scored 17 in the first quarter, surpassed the milestone in the third quarter and finished with 41 points, leading the Nimrods past the Speedgirls 64-46 in the first round of the MHSAA Class D District 127 tournament. The Nimrods will host Wakefield-Marenisco in a semifinal Wednesday night.
"I tell you what, she stepped up just amazingly tonight," Besonen said.
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