EAST LANSING — Calumet gave up just 13 points in a valiant second-half comeback attempt, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Rochester Hills Northwest Lutheran’s big first half in Thursday’s MHSAA Division 3 state semifinal. The Copper Kings lost 43-38, their season ending at the ...

HOUGHTON — A year removed from a second-place finish in the state tournament, the Harter Auto Supply 19U Tier 3 girls hockey team was back in the championship game on Sunday. This time around, they emerged victorious with a 2-0 win over the Detroit Bulldogs at the Eddie Edgar Ice Arena in ...

MANISTIQUE — Another strong defensive effort led Calumet girls basketball to a 48-33 victory over Sanford-Meridian in a Division 3 state quarterfinal matchup here Tuesday. The Copper Kings forced 29 Mustangs turnovers which proved to be the deciding factor. “Calumet is a good team,” ...

GLADSTONE — Ewen-Trout Creek set the pace early here Tuesday night in a 47-37 girls’ basketball triumph over St. Ignace in a Division 4 state quarterfinal contest. The victory enables the No. 2 Panthers to advance to the state semifinals for the first time since 1986. They’ll face ...

Adam Hinch/For the Gazette Calumet’s Bailey Strom led the Copper Kings to a win over Sanford Meridian Tuesday night, 48-33, in a Division 3 state quarterfinal matchup in Manistique. With the win, the Copper Kings advance to East Lansing to face Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest Thursday.

HANCOCK — According to Ruth Ann Smith, activity aide at Portage Pointe nursing home, the elders are still talking about those youngsters who came to visit them on Sunday. “They are still glowing from the event,” she stated with a smile. The youngsters were around a dozen student ...