First Negaunee, now Ishpeming. Just the latest MPC team to pull out a 3-point victory over the Lady Eskimos!MARQUETTE, MI – 12/21/2014 –It was another great week of MPC basketball. There were close games, blowouts, and upsets alike. A lot of teams, such as the Negaunee Miners boys, have yet to face a conference opponent, while others, like the Norway girls have already faced off against three. If you’d like to see how things went last week, CLICK HERE! Christmas break gives a lot of coaches the chance to get things together, implement new game plans, work on conditioning, and whatever else he/she feels their team is lacking at the moment. The schedule is pretty sparse, so we’re going to just finish out the 2014 portion of this season here and now! Here’s what’s coming up in the MPC the rest of 2014.
MONDAY 12/22
- Girls Basketball
- Superior Central Cougars @ Ishpeming Hematites ISH: 59 SC: 12
TUESDAY 12/23 – SUNDAY 12/28
- ALL ATHLETICS SUSPENDED FOR CHRISTMAS
MONDAY 12/29
- Girls Basketball
- Escanaba Eskimos @ Gwinn ModelTowners GWI: 46 ESKY: 41
- Manistique Emeralds @ Newberry Indians NEW: 62 MAN: 26
- Boys Basketball
- Kingsford Flivvers @ Westwood Patriots KING: 43 WW: 30
“We feel like we’re an associate of the Great Northern Conference.” -Negaunee boys head coach Dan Waterman after playing three straight GNC opponents to start off the season.TUESDAY 12/30
- Boys Basketball
- Negaunee Miners @ Manistique Emeralds NEG: 64 MAN: 29
- Superior Central Cougars @ Gwinn ModelTowners GWI: 59 SC: 34
- Negaunee Miners @ Manistique Emeralds NEG: 64 MAN: 29
Here is a look at the current MPC standings through December 21st:
GIRLS BASKETBALL
- Ishpeming Hematites (3-1, 2-0)
- Negaunee Miners (3-2, 2-0)
- Norway Knights (4-2, 2-1)
- Iron Mountain Mountaineers (2-2, 1-1)
- Westwood Patriots (1-4, 1-1)
- Gwinn ModelTowners (2-3, 0-2)
- Manistique Emeralds (0-4, 0-3)
The Mountaineers have jumped out to an impressive 3-0 start in the MPC, and will look to keep that going come 2015.BOYS BASKETBALL
- Iron Mountain Mountaineers (4-0, 3-0)
- Norway Knights (2-2, 1-1)
- Gwinn ModelTowners (1-1, 1-1)
- Manistique Emeralds (1-3, 0-3)
- Westwood Patriots (2-0, 0-0)*
- Negaunee Miners (1-2, 0-0)*
- Ishpeming Hematites (0-0, 0-0)*
*Have yet to play a conference game.
There you have it. Six games left in 2014 MPC basketball. Where did the time go? The standings don’t really mean too much, but they still are the standings. Be sure to keep up with all of your MPC sports with us, Marquette’s newest voice in sports: Fox Sports Marquette!
-Carl Leander Johnson