Hoops wrap: Flivvers handle Nordics 76-16
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KINGSFORD -- Coming off an intense win over rival Iron Mountain on Tuesday, the UPSSA Division 1-3 No. 3 ranked Kingsford Flivvers showed no signs of let-up as they scored 28 points in the opening quarter and went on to 76-16 non-conference victory over visiting North Dickinson on Thursday.
Nic Nora scored nine points, Ben Trevillian posted eight and Brody Kopp added seven during Kingsford's first-quarter blitz. The Flivvers, who have won six straight, scored 22 more in the second quarter to go up 50-15 at halftime of the boys varsity matchup.
"We were able to jump out to an early lead in the first quarter after applying some full-court pressure," Kingsford coach Dan Olkkonen said. "We did a nice job sharing the ball in our offense creating a lot of open shots. We got everyone some good minutes."
Eleven players, including three junior varsity members, scored in the game for Kingsford (7-1). Nora led the way with 15, Kopp added 13 and Trevillian chipped in with 10.
Sophomore Wyatt Glasheen scored 10 points for the Nordics (0-9). Glasheen scored all eight of his team's points in the first quarter.
"It was nice to see him breakout of sort of a shooting slump," North Dickinson coach Chris Mattson said of Glasheen.
The Nordics' season-long struggle to score continued, however. Through nine games, North Dickinson is averaging only 26.2 points per game.
"We played a decent first half for us, we just got overwhelmed in the second half," Mattson said of his injury-plagued team.
"Our kids fought hard," he added. "(But) we have to be able to score the ball better."
IM gets back on winning track
IRON MOUNTAIN -- The Iron Mountain Mountaineers sank 10 3-pointers on their way to a 68-34 rout over Manistique on Thursday in a Mid-Peninsula/West Pac Conference game at Mountaineer Gym.
Freshmen Oskar Kangas and Ian Marttila hit three triples each and scored 19 and 17 points, respectively, to lead the Mountaineers (5-2). Reese Kangas also buried three shots from beyond the arc and finished with 13 points. Freshman Gerald Sampoll-Torres recorded 11 points in the varsity victory.
Iron Mountain had a steady offensive output in the contest, scoring 15 in both the first and second quarters and then 19 in both the final two periods.
"Nice win, four guys in double figures," Iron Mountain coach Harvey "Bucky" Johnson said.
Patriots garner seventh win
TOMAHAWK, Wis. -- Ryan Ehlert scored 21 points, Boone Larison recorded 16 and Landon Kalkofen added 15 to lead Goodman-Pembine boys varsity squad to a 69-58 non-conference road win at Tomahawk on Thursday.
The victory was Goodman-Pembine's fifth in its last six games.
Ehlert produced 14 of his points in the first half to lead the Patriots (7-2) to a 36-29 edge. Kalkofen registered 10 points in the second half to help Goodman-Pembine finish off the win.
No. 2 Houghton jumps on Wykons
IRON RIVER -- The UPSSA Division 1-3 No.2 ranked Houghton Gremlins leapt to a 24-8 lead after the first quarter en route to their 73-47 West Pac Conference girls basketball victory over West Iron County Thursday at Charles Greenlund Gymnasium in Iron River.
Houghton, coming off a 66-49 defeat at top-ranked Calumet on Tuesday, won for the 11th time in 12 games.
Stella Wickstrom scored eight of her 16 points in the first quarter to get Houghton started.
"We struggled with their quick transition game," West Iron coach Eric Shamion said. "Our girls battled but they were just too much for us tonight."
The Wykons (2-8) had a productive second half offensively, scoring 29 points.
Danica Shamion led West Iron with 17 points while Kali Harty scored a career-high 14 points for the Wykons. Harty's output was the first time someone other than Shamion has scored in double figures for West Iron.
Lady Badgers fall to Cougars
NIAGARA, Wis. -- The Niagara girls varsity basketball team has recently alternated wins and losses over its last six games now, including Thursday night's 40-30 setback to Coleman in a M&O Conference contest at Niagara High School.
Since dropping a game at North Dickinson to start the new year, the Lady Badgers (9-6) have won and then lost three times in a row. They've defeated Goodman-Pembine twice and Lena once, while losing to Gillett, Oneida Nation and now Coleman.
Niagara trailed just 19-17 after the first half, but went cold from the field in the second, scoring just 13 points over the final 18 minutes.
Mallory Sanicki was the lone double-digit scorer for Niagara, finishing with 12 points.
Sanicki also recorded her team's only 3-point make in the game.
Jerry DeRoche can be reached at 906-774-2772, ext. 247, or at jderoche @ironmountaindailynews.com.