GCC looks to grow from tough early-season schedule

By JASON JUNO

sports@yourdailyglobe.com

IRONWOOD — GCC hopes a grueling schedule to start the season will make them better the rest of the way.

The Samsons start with a string of long-distance road trips — they played at downstate Petoskey over the weekend, head to Iowa Falls this weekend with trips to Milwaukee, Kansas and Escanaba before their home opener against Bay College on Nov. 26.

One of those games is against defending national champion Hutchinson CC in Kansas, which was ranked No. 1 in the Division I preseason poll. They play Rochester, ranked first in D-III next month.

“I think the...