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Everything you need to know about 'One Minute': The Iron Mountain Basketball documentary

1/11/2020 | Feature | By Staff

Recently, we announced our collaboration with Mountain Media Works to shoot a documentary entitled 'One Minute,' where we look to tell the story of the Iron Mountain boys basketball team as it looks to capture a state title following last season's runner-up finish. We understand that some may have questions, or may be looking to contribute, so we compiled this...

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Toughness, development of new core key for Marquette

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Toughness, development of new core key for Marquette

12/13/2019 | By Eden Laase

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Equipped with wisdom of mentors, Bonacorsi is ready to coach Cal

12/13/2019 | By Jason Sutherland

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2019-20 Boys Top 25 Rankings

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2019-20 Boys Top 25 Rankings

12/12/2019 | By Staff

Toughness, development of new core key for Marquette

12/13/2019 | Feature | By Eden Laase |

If you’re looking for familiar faces from Marquette’s rotation last season, the list is short. It starts with Drew Wyble, ends with John Thomson and has no one in between. With the graduation of Marius Grazulis, Raffy Millado, Bryce Brazeau,...

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Equipped with wisdom of mentors, Bonacorsi is ready to coach Cal

12/13/2019 | Feature | By Jason Sutherland |

Frank Bonacorsi, in his first season as head coach of the Calumet Copper Kings basketball program, is anything but inexperienced. Although it is his first official varsity basketball coaching gig, he has spent his days learning from what could be...

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2019-20 Boys Top 25 Rankings

12/12/2019 | Feature | By Staff |

For the second year in a row, Upbeat conducted a preseason player rankings poll to rate the top 25 boys and girls basketball players in the UP. Four coaches and Bryce Derouin and Eden Laase of Upbeat ranked the boys...

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Ironwood's Pete Lewinski retires as school's all-time leading winner

6/22/2020 | Feature | By Jason Juno (Daily Globe) |

Three years after Pete Lewinski moved back home to Ironwood, both the girls and boys varsity coaching jobs opened up. That was in 1992. Some 28 years, seven conference coach of the year awards, eight district championships, six conference titles and two UP teams of the year later, and Lewinski is calling it a career. What a career it was....

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My First Year: Brittany Turin-Jilbert

5/31/2020 | Feature | By Eden Laase |

First-year coaches may meet some of the unexpected challenges high school basketball presents. So this offseason, Upbeat will check in with head coaches to have them reflect on their first varsity basketball head coaching experience and discuss how they will use that to shape the program going forward. Brittany Turin-Jilbert has coached boys basketball since she was in college, but...

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Seeding changes made at MHSAA spring meeting

5/8/2020 | Feature | By Staff |

The MHSAA elected to give byes to top-seeded basketball teams during its Spring Meeting on May 4. Any existing byes will be awarded to the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, in that order if multiple byes are part of the bracket. The rest of the teams will be placed based on the draw process.

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My first year: Calumet's Frank Bonacorsi

5/4/2020 | Feature | By Bryce Derouin |

First-year coaches may meet some of the unexpected challenges high school basketball presents. So this offseason, Upbeat will check in with head coaches to have them reflect on their first varsity basketball head coaching experience and discuss how they will use that to shape the program going forward. First up is Calumet coach Frank Bonacorsi, who took over for Mike...

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Counting down the top five buzzer-beaters from 2019-20: Part 2

4/30/2020 | Feature | By Bryce Derouin |

On Monday we analyzed five of the best buzzer-beaters in 2019-20 with a five-category scoring system. Now, we’re back to finish the list and break down the top game-winners from this past season. For a refresher, here are the categories:

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Counting down the top buzzer-beaters from 2019-20: Part 1

4/27/2020 | Feature | By Bryce Derouin |

The cancellation of postseason tournaments robbed us of opportunities to witness one of the most exciting plays in sports: the buzzer-beater. The game-deciding shots have become synonymous with drama and emotion in March and deliver instant gratification or heartbreak. And while we will be left to wonder what type of late-game heroics we missed out on, the 2019-20 season had...

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