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Miners Beat Braves With Inside Game, Free Throws
 GLADSTONE---No matter what they did, the Gladstone Braves could not get ahead. In Tuesday night's boys basketball game against the Negaunee Miners, that statement is more of a compliment to the Miners than it is a criticism of the Braves.  The Miners won Tuesday's game, 55-45. Lori scored 22 points and Roy added 16, with much of the damage done at the free throw line. Negaunee made 22 of its first 24 foul shots and finished the game 23-of-30. By contrast, Gladstone got to the line just eight times, making four of those shots. "When you're really good offensively, generally, you're really efficient at the line too," Gladstone Coach Dale Hongisto said. "Negaunee is known for being efficient on the line, effiicient offensively, efficient defensively. That's how I describe them. Efficient." Negaunee led, 12-10, after the first quarter, as Gladstone was able to hang in there.  
Jay Lori drives and scores for Negaunee.
The Braves fell behind by twelve points in the third quarter, but they didn't fold. A Joe Gibbs three-pointer with 1:08 left in the quarter brought the Braves to within 36-31, and after a Negaunee basket, Tyler Wells scored off of a Justin Jurek bounce pass as time expired in the quarter. That brought Gladstone to within 38-33.  Negaunee led, 46-33, and Gladstone could not dip into that lead, despite three-pointers by a pair of seniors...Wells and Jake Peterson. The Braves came up short, but Hongisto was not disapppointed in the effort. "I told my guys that there's not too many times where, after a loss, where you feel good about a lot of stuff," Hongisto said. "I tell you what. If we defend and do some of the stuff like we did tonight, something good's coming. It's getting down to crunch time." Wells led the Braves with 23 points. No one else scored more than seven points. 
Andy Olesak scores off Justin Jurek feed.
Negaunee improved to 12-3 on the season, while Gladstone fell to 7-8. Gladstone hosts Negaunee Friday night, and then it's possible that Sault Ste. Marie might be in town on Saturday for a make-up game. A decision on that is expected on Wednesday. The Braves open the districts in March, at home, against Menominee. Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box to see photos taken by Lori Jurek and videos taken by Nate Bellville.  |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Record |
12/19 |
7:30 PM |
at Escanaba Eskymos
|
54 - 40 (W)
|
1-0
|
12/22 |
7:15 PM |
Mid Peninsula Wolverines
|
62 - 47 (W)
|
2-0
|
1/3 |
3:00 PM |
at St. Ignace Saints
|
64 - 62 (W)
|
3-0
|
1/8 |
7:30 PM |
at Mid Peninsula Wolverines
|
45 - 41 (W)
|
4-0
|
1/10 |
3:00 PM |
Marquette Redmen
|
27 - 48 (L)
|
4-1
|
1/12 |
7:46 PM |
at Ishpeming Hematites
|
51 - 61 (L)
|
4-2
|
1/13 |
7:45 PM |
at Rapid River Rockets
|
56 - 29 (W)
|
5-2
|
1/15 |
7:15 PM |
Kingsford Flivvers
|
45 - 57 (L)
|
5-3
|
1/20 |
7:15 PM |
Gwinn Model Towners
|
53 - 58 (L)
|
5-4
|
1/23 |
8:00 PM |
at Menominee Maroons
|
48 - 30 (W)
|
6-4
|
1/27 |
7:15 PM |
Ishpeming Hematites
|
46 - 63 (L)
|
6-5
|
2/2 |
7:15 PM |
Big Bay deNoc Black Bears
|
60 - 50 (W)
|
7-5
|
2/10 |
7:20 PM |
at Marquette Redmen
|
24 - 46 (L)
|
7-6
|
2/12 |
8:00 PM |
at Kingsford Flivvers
|
48 - 58 (L)
|
7-7
|
2/17 |
7:15 PM |
Negaunee Miners
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45 - 55 (L)
|
7-8
|
2/20 |
7:15 PM |
Menominee Maroons
|
43 - 49 (L)
|
7-9
|
2/23 |
7:30 PM |
at Westwood Patriots
|
54 - 60 (L)
|
7-10
|
2/27 |
7:30 PM |
Escanaba Eskymos
|
51 - 50 (W)
|
8-10
|
3/3 |
7:30 PM |
at Manistique Emeralds
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44 - 54 (L)
|
8-11
|
3/5 |
7:15 PM |
Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils
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30 - 44 (L)
|
8-12
|
3/11 |
7:00 PM |
Menominee Maroons
|
52 - 50 (W)
|
9-12
|
3/13 |
7:00 PM |
Escanaba Eskymos
|
30 - 32 (L)
|
9-13
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