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Mid-Peninsula Conference Composite Basketball Schedule: March 9th – March 15th

Senior Ellie Olsen got the last laugh with most of her conference peers, by claiming Gwinn’s first district title in nearly 20 seasons!

MARQUETTE, MI – 3/9/2015 – As both regular seasons have come to an end now, we’re in full playoff mode.  Only two MPC teams remain in the playoffs, as Iron Mountain was able to take out Norway in triple overtime, and Gwinn’s momentum as the hosts knocked off, both Ishpeming and Negaunee in their own gym to claim their first district title in nearly 20 years!

On the boys’ side of things, the Negaunee Miners and Iron Mountain Mountaineers met on March 3rd for a de facto district title game.  With the Miners’ win on Tuesday, they clinched a share of the MPC Title, and then avoided the let down by dismantling Gwinn 60-43 on Thursday to claim their fifth straight conference championship.  Now it’s time for the playoffs, and with four teams finishing .500 or better in the conference (and Gwinn was just one game under), it should be a very competitive district week for all MPC teams involved!  Let’s take a look:

MONDAY 3/9

Girl’s Basketball

  • No Games

Boy’s Basketball

  • Westwood Patriots vs. Norway Knights (@ I.M.) WW: 46  NOR: 38

The Gwinn ModelTowners & Iron Mountain Mountaineers are the only MPC teams left in Class C Girl’s Basketball… and they could face each other in Escanaba on Thursday for the Region 24 Championship!

TUESDAY 3/10

Girl’s Basketball

  • Calumet Copper Kings vs. Iron Mountain Mountaineers CAL: 41  IM: 36
  • Gwinn ModelTowners vs. Harbor Springs Rams GWN: 40  HS: 33

Boy’s Basketball

  • No Games

WEDNESDAY 3/11

Girl’s Basketball

  • No Games

Boy’s Basketball

  • Westwood Patriots vs. West Iron County Wykons WW: 56  WIC: 43
  • Iron Mountain Mountaineers vs. Carney-Nadeau Wolves IM: 65  C-N: 53
  • Negaunee Miners vs. Gwinn ModelTowners  NEG: 54  GWN: 44
  • Ishpeming Hematites vs. Manistique Emeralds  ISH: 60  MAN: 32
Ishpeming Hematites vs. Kingsford Flivvers January 2, 2015

The home of the District 94 playoffs: Ishpeming High School

THURSDAY 3/12

Girl’s Basketball

  • Region 24 Championship:  Calumet Copper Kings vs. Gwinn ModelTowners CAL: 34  GWN: 25

Boy’s Basketball

  • No Games

FRIDAY 3/13

Girl’s Basketball

  • No Games

Boy’s Basketball

  • Disctrict 95 Championship @ Iron Mountain:  Iron Mountain Mountaineers vs. Westwood Patriots
  • District 94 Championship @ Ishpeming:  Negaunee Miners vs. Ishpeming Hematites

 

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Five straight MPC Titles for Negaunee, will they also claim their fifth straight district title? Ishpeming, Gwinn, & Manistique stand in their way.

MPC FINAL STANDINGS

Girl’s Basketball

  1. Ishpeming Hematites (17-4; 11-2)*   (MPC CHAMPIONS)
  2. Iron Mountain Mountaineers (13-10; 10-3)*
  3. Gwinn ModelTowners (16-8; 9-5)
  4. Norway Knights (13-9; 6-7)*
  5. Negaunee Miners (9-13; 7-7)*
  6. Westwood Patriots (4-16; 3-10)*
  7. Manistique Emeralds (2-19 0-13)*

Boys Basketball

  1. Negaunee Miners (18-3; 12-1)  (MPC CHAMPIONS)
  2. Iron Mountain Mountaineers (19-2; 10-2)
  3. Ishpeming Hematites (14-7; 8-5)
  4. Westwood Patriots (13-9; 7-6)
  5. Gwinn ModelTowners (10-11; 5-8)*
  6. Norway Knights (5-16; 2-11)*
  7. Manistique Emeralds (4-17; 1-12)*

Good luck to Iron Mountain & Gwinn in the Regional 24 tournament on the girls’ side, and good luck to all teams alive in the boys’ side!  It’s been a great year, and it’s only getting better!

-Carl Leander Johnson

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