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Adams rocks Niagara for 35 in Knights’ win

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NORWAY – Norway senior guard Lauren Adams poured in 35 points to lead the Knights to a 66-53 victory over visiting Niagara on Tuesday. Adams scored 13 of her points in the second quarter when UPSSA Division 4 fifth-ranked Norway turned a 12-11 deficit after one period into a 38-23 lead ...

Bobcats power past Jets, Nordics take down Gwinn

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Florence pulled away from North Central in the second half for a 68-38 boys basketball win Wednesday. The Bobcats led 29-18 at halftime and improved to 9-10 on the season. "I want to credit North Central," said Florence coach Bryan Bomberg. "I think they play tough defense and play hard ...

US opens with 5-1 win over Latvia

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MILAN (AP) — The U.S. goal song — "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd — blared seven times during over arena speakers on Thursday night. Twice, the celebration was only short-lived. Bouncing back from having a pair of goals wiped out by coach's challenges, the U.S. opened the Olympics by ...

Photo finish keeps Baumgartner from Olympics finals

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LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria and Canada's Eliot Grondin repeated as gold and silver medalists in men's snowboardcross at the Winter Olympics after another close finish between the rivals. Iron River's Nick Baumgartner was seventh overall after placing third in a ...

Flivvers prevail in playoff preview

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IRON MOUNTAIN – In a preview of an opening round playoff game set for next week, Kingsford fought off a pesky Manistique squad 3-1 Tuesday evening at Mountain View Ice Arena. The Flivvers (11-12-0) received a go-ahead goal from senior captain Will Murvich in the opening moments of the ...