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Marquette Tops Big Rapids For 2nd Showcase Win
 TRAVERSE CITY---The Marquette Redmen scored four goals in the second period, two of them on the power play, and beat the Big Rapids Cardinals, 5-1, on Saturday at the North/South Hockey Showcase in Traverse City. Marquette also won its game on Friday over Grandville by the same 5-1 score. In Saturday, Beau Bateson scored for Big Rapids in the first period before the Redmen took control in the middle 17 minutes. Captain Joe Phillips scored and assisted on two others in a seven-minute span of the second period, with Hunter Doucette scoring twice to put Marquette ahead, 3-1. Then with time running out on the period, defenseman Ryan Morissey jammed one home...a buzzer beater...giving Marquette a 4-1 lead. The only goal of the third period was a shorthanded marquer by Branden Campbell. Marquette (9-4-1) visits Escanaba Tuesday night. The junior varsity game is set for 5:00, with the varsity game set for 7:30. Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box above to see photos and videos from the weekend games.  |
