Miners counting on motivated seniors

By JASON JUNO

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BESSEMER --- The Gogebic Miners have some experienced seniors at key roster spots.

The benefits have been showing up throughout the preseason. Bode Lynott, for instance, gave rides to teammates for summer weightlifting sessions. Coach Nick Heikkila hasn’t had to rehash a lot of things from last year with the veterans picking up where they left off during these August practices.

Plus they’re motivated to keep it going once the season kicks off.

“It’s nice, we’ve got these seniors, these seniors have goals,” Heikkila said. “They want to hit the playoffs, t...