Samsons beat Northland JV to win home opener

By JASON JUNO

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IRONWOOD — Gogebic won its home opener 75-62 over the Northland College JV team Thursday night.

The Samsons started fast and led 43-24 at halftime. They needed that margin as Northland fought back to make it a closer game in the second half.

Gogebic was playing the second night of a back-to-back after a nice win at Marshfield the night before, but it was a late trip. The Samsons, though, only played well in one half that game, the second, and they’ve generally had one good half in all of their games in the young season.

“It’s one of those things, start o...