David Colburn
FIELD TWP- The North Woods girls donned their home blues for a Saturday tilt against perennial powerhouse Mt. Iron-Buhl, and they were singing the blues after the Rangers ran roughshod over them in a 104-30 blowout.
While the Grizzlies were coming off a 77-52 win against Northeast Range, the Rangers were smarting from a 69-57 loss to Class AA Roseau and eager to get back on a winning track.
At the outset, the Grizzlies looked like they might make a game out of it. Hannah Kinsey hit the game’s first basket for a 2-0 lead, and after two MIB buckets a three-pointer by Helen Koch gave North Woods a 5-4 lead. Five minutes into the game, the Grizzlies looked sharp and locked in as a free throw from Madison Spears knotted the score at 6-6.