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Florence advances to WIAA sectional final

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Florence defeated Lena 50-48 on Thursday, advancing to a WIAA girls basketball matchup against Pacelli on Saturday in Pulaski. Saturday's sectional championship game will decide a berth in the state tournament that tips off Friday, March 13, in Green Bay. Florence improved to 23-4 overall ...

Flivvers’ defense leads to regional final berth

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MANISTIQUE – The Kingsford Flivvers came out of the gates quickly, building a double-digit lead early in the second quarter, and went on to defeat the Cheboygan Chiefs 56-42 in a MHSAA Division 2 Regional 9 semifinal Tuesday at Manistique High School. The Flivvers, the two-time defending ...

High School Basketball Scores

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BOYS MHSAA Regional Finals Division 1 Ann Arbor Pioneer 63, Canton 48 Auburn Hills Avondale 53, Rochester Adams 36 Birmingham Brother Rice 59, Warren Fitzgerald 29 East Lansing 68, Kalamazoo Central 39 Grand Rapids Northview 52, East Kentwood 50 Rockford 58, Marquette ...

Bobcats nipped in WIAA opener

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Playing at home, Florence took Tri-County to the wire in a WIAA Division 5 tournament opener on Tuesday before falling 59-55. "I'm proud of my team's effort and how far we came this year," Bobcats coach Bryan Bomberg said. "We asked players to play out of position, dealt with low numbers ...

Pine Mountain skiers post winning times

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Members of the Pine Mountain Ski Team participated Saturday in the King of the Mountain race hosted by Team Z Racing at Mount Zion on the campus of Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. Competing were 140 skiers from the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. The race included two runs ...

Bob Harlan, Packers’ president/CEO from 1989-2008, dies at 89

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Bob Harlan, the Green Bay Packers' president and CEO for nearly two decades as the franchise regained its status as a consistent winner, has died. He was 89. The Packers announced Thursday that Harlan died earlier that day in Green Bay after a brief illness, citing ...