West Iron’s Brock Hopkins takes it to net, bowling over Forest Park’s Lee Graff in the process Jan. 17. Trailing the action are FP’s Raymond Tomasik (25), Austin Snell (3), Derek Aberly (35) and West Iron’s Austin Waara.
IRON RIVER—That Thursday night fiasco at Forest Park didn’t do West Iron’s basketball team any good, but 24 hours later they rallied from behind in the fourth quarter, earning a 63-58 win at L’Anse Jan. 18.

The Trojans’ Derek Aberly goes up for a shot during Forest Park’s Jan. 14 game with Bark River-Harris, as the Broncos’ Kyle Kleiman defends.
CRYSTAL FALLS—Forest Park’s boys basketball team made a whole bunch of demons disappear last week.

CRYSTAL FALLS—With winter weather finally settling in and a lot more ice around, Forest Park’s girls basketball team nearly took a nasty spill at North Central Jan. 18.
The Lady Trojans found themselves down by 11 points midway through the first quarter against the Jets. They rallied to win 46-44 and stay undefeated, but it was easily their closest game of the year—and their lowest point total.

IRON RIVER—West Iron’s girls team split a pair of games last week, defeating Ewen-Trout Creek at home 56-45 on Jan. 14 before losing to West Pac Conference power Houghton 64-45 on Jan. 18.
West Iron now has a 4-6 record overall and is 1-3 in West Pac play.

Megan Miatech fires a close-in shot during West Iron’s Jan. 8 game against North Dickinson. Miatech scored 23 points and had 14 rebounds against Hancock two nights later.
IRON RIVER—After a gauntlet of games against the likes of Houghton, Kingsford and Forest Park, West Iron girls Coach Mike Dallavalle said, “These girls needed a couple wins this week,”