David Colburn
FIELD TWP— For a team sporting a lineup heavy on freshmen and sophomores, the North Woods girls basketball team has had an unenviable draw to close out its regular season.
Mt. Iron-Buhl, Cherry, and South Ridge are the top-ranked teams in Section 7A and Cook County and Floodwood aren’t far behind in sixth and seventh positions. MIB and Floodwood were the first to score wins over the Grizzlies, and this past week Cook County and Cherry picked up where they left off.
Friday’s home loss to Cook County, 75-59, gave a good glimpse into the Grizzlies’ potential. The game was a nail-biter up until the final seven minutes, when North Woods inexplicably faltered, scoring just two buckets the rest of the way.