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Bloniarz pours in 35; Juiced Apparel outlasts 3’s Company, 99-89, in 3OT

HERMANSVILLE — Night No. 2 of the men’s portion of the 82nd Gold Medal Classic had a triple overtime Class C game in the 8 p.m. time slot Thursday night.

Behind a game-high 35 points from former Bark River-Harris standout Justin Bloniarz, Juiced Apparel of Carney defeated 3’s Company of Gladstone, 99-89. Zack Rose and Ashton Janke each netted 28 points to pace 3’s Company.

Jacob Polfus netted 15 points for Juiced, with Joe Gibbs tallying the same amount for 3’s Company. Joey Pontbriand chipped in 13 points for Juiced.

The first game of the night, a Class E matchup, was between two Menominee County teams. Max Baumler canned a game-high 20 points as the Church Ballers of Daggett slipped past the Stephenson Strollers, 59-52. Bryce Kuenhneu led the Strollers with 17 points.

Josh Granquist poured in a game-high 33 points in the 7 p.m. game, as Wildwood Restaurant powered past Jim’s Plumbing of Wallace, 86-39. Jordan Belec led the Plumbers with 18 points, while Jason Stein netted 17 points and Tom Granquist added 15 points for Wildwood.

Also on Thursday night, Tournament Director Bryan Maule presented Gerald Whitens of Powers with a lifetime dedication plaque. Whitens has been involved with the tournament as a player or official for more than 35 years.

Maule also presented two other awards Thursday night: Stein and Tom Granquist of Powers were awarded with 25 year participation plaques.

The final two games of Thursday night were Class C games, and the results weren’t available by press time.

Five games are on the docket for tonight, beginning with two Class E games at 6 and 7 p.m.

The 6 p.m. game is CTR44 versus Wildwood Restaurant, both of Hermansville. The winner of CTR-Wildwood will play Premium Mulch of Powers at 9 p.m in a Class E semi final game.

The 7 p.m. game will feature Wendricks Truss of Hermansville taking on the Church Ballers of Daggett in a Class E semifinal game.

Class B gets started at 8 p.m. with Bloniarz Farms of Perronville taking on Arms of Angels from DePere, Wis. Past Gold Medal participants, former University of Wisconsin-Green Bay cager Jeff Norgard and former St. Norbert’s College player Adam Lemorande are on the Arms of Angels roster.

At 10 p.m., a Class C game pits Gatien Farm & Forest against the Church Ballers of Daggett.

There will be 14 games played on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. Class A tips off at 10 a.m. with U.P.’s Finest of Crystal Falls taking on Juice Promotions of Carney.

The McNeil Oilers of Crystal Falls will clash with Dexter’s of Menominee at noon in a Class A game on Saturday.

The woman’s division, which has four entries this year, will have two preliminary games on Saturday, back-to-back at 2 and 3 p.m.

The rest of the weekends schedule and Class A and B roster rundowns will be published in Saturday’s Daily News.

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