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US opens with 5-1 win over Latvia

National Sports

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 ...

Flivvers prevail in playoff preview

Local Sports

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 ...

Photo finish keeps Baumgartner from Olympics finals

Local Sports

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 ...

High School Basketball Scores

Local Sports

Thursday, Feb. 12 BOYS Bark River-Harris 56, Munising 45 Ironwood 76, Watersmeet Gogebic 48 Westwood 65, Calumet 17 Kingsford 55, Peshtigo, Wis. 39 Ontonagon 49, Ewen - Trout Creek 40 Painesdale Jeffers 55, Chassell 45 West Iron County 49, Stephenson 37 Laona-Wabeno 78, ...

Norway girls ski team qualifies for state meet

Local Sports

THOMPSONVILLE – The Norway Knights girls alpine ski team finished third in the regional round Monday at Crystal Mountain and advanced to the MHSAA Skiing Finals for third straight season and fourth time in the last six years. With their performance, the Norway girls will compete in the ...

Wykons dominate Bessemer for sixth win

Local Sports

IRON RIVER – The West Iron County Wykons embarked on a 30-0 run bridging the first and second quarters and recorded their sixth win of the season Tuesday, a 64-11 rout of Bessemer at Charles Greenlund Gymnasium. “This was a night where all the kids got to score,” WIC coach Eric ...