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Gladstone Loses Heartbreaker In District Semifinal
 KINGSFORD---It's hard to beat a team three times in the same season. You've pr0bably heard that statement made so many times over the years that it has become a cliche. But on Monday night in Kingsford, the Gladstone Braves found out the hard way that this statement is not a cliche. The Braves missed seven of their eight free throw attempts in the fourth quarter and the Menominee Maroons pulled out a 47-46 Class B District Semifinal win. 
Gladstone's Sadie Strasser on the drive.
Gladstone had defeated Menominee, 49-39, on Jan. 31 in Gladstone. And the Braves beat the Maroons in triple overtime, 49-47, on Feb. 9 in Menominee. But not this time. The game was tied at 44-44 entering the final minute, when Menominee's Taylor Roman sank two free throws to put her team in front. After Tinner Sharon missed a shot on the baseline, the Maroons got the ball, but Amanda Pederson missed two free throws. So, it was still a 46-44 game. The Braves tried a baseline bounce pass, and it was picked off by Menominee's Karli Barley. She got fouled by Callie Jensen and made one free throw, so it was a 47-44 Maroons lead.  
Menominee's Amanda Pederson scores.
The problem for the Braves is that they had no time outs left. The Maroons did not have to make an inbounds pass in under five seconds, and so Menominee won. "I don't think that's a bad score, getting that put-back," Dollhopf said. "But they (Menominee) made a smart move not inbounding it. Yeah, we would have liked an attempt at a 'three' there, but at that point, we had had our opportunities at three's and they didn't go. That's just the type of game that it was." 
Gladstone's Callie Jensen scores on fast break.
Menominee had a strong start early in the third quarter as Alexys Christian scored twice. That gave the Maroons a 29-24 lead, but Gladstone scored seven straight points (five of them by Alexis St. Cyr) and the Braves had a 31-29 lead. 
Gladstone's only senior, Alison Austin.
"We struggled at the line," Dollhopf said. "But the key was, we wanted to get there. And be the aggressor. We accomplished that. It was just a matter of finishing it." Amanda Pederson scored 17 points to lead the Maroons. Christian scored 11 points and Roman added ten. Sharon had 13 points and Beaudry added 10 for Gladstone. Gladstone, with just one senior (Alison Austin) finished with a 10-11 record. The Maroons improved to 10-10 and will play Kingsford for the district championship. Click the thumbnails in the "ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS" box to see videos from the game. Thanks to Mike Dagenais for the camera work!  |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Record |
11/27 |
7:45 PM |
at Negaunee Miners
|
45 - 56 (L)
|
0-1
|
11/30 |
7:15 PM |
Gwinn Model Towners
|
43 - 37 (W)
|
1-1
|
12/4 |
7:15 PM |
Marquette Redmen
|
37 - 45 (L)
|
1-2
|
12/6 |
7:15 PM |
at Ishpeming Hematites
|
45 - 35 (W)
|
2-2
|
12/11 |
8:00 PM |
at Kingsford Flivvers
|
44 - 51 (L)
|
2-3
|
12/18 |
7:15 PM |
at Big Bay deNoc Black Bears
|
78 - 29 (W)
|
3-3
|
12/27 |
3:00 PM |
Houghton Gremlins
|
50 - 52 (L)
|
3-4
|
1/4 |
7:15 PM |
Escanaba Eskymos
|
35 - 33 (W)
|
4-4
|
1/11 |
7:30 PM |
at Manistique Emeralds
|
52 - 33 (W)
|
5-4
|
1/15 |
7:20 PM |
at Marquette Redmen
|
31 - 66 (L)
|
5-5
|
1/24 |
7:15 PM |
Big Bay deNoc Black Bears
|
56 - 19 (W)
|
6-5
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1/31 |
7:15 PM |
Menominee Maroons
|
49 - 39 (W)
|
7-5
|
2/5 |
7:15 PM |
Ishpeming Hematites
|
44 - 48 (L)
|
7-6
|
2/7 |
7:15 PM |
Westwood Patriots
|
51 - 22 (W)
|
8-6
|
2/9 |
3:00 PM |
at Menominee Maroons
|
49 - 47 (W)
|
9-6
|
2/12 |
7:30 PM |
at Escanaba Eskymos
|
46 - 47 (L)
|
9-7
|
2/13 |
7:15 PM |
Negaunee Miners
|
49 - 53 (L)
|
9-8
|
2/16 |
2:30 PM |
at Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils
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47 - 39 (W)
|
10-8
|
2/20 |
7:30 PM |
Kingsford Flivvers
|
51 - 58 (L)
|
10-9
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2/21 |
6:45 PM |
at Iron Mountain Mountaineers
|
41 - 51 (L)
|
10-10
|
2/25 |
8:00 PM |
at Menominee Maroons
|
46 - 47 (L)
|
10-11
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