Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Hurley Northstars boys basketball team waves goodbye from the bus to other Hurley students standing in front of the school with signs of encouragement as the team leaves for the state tournament in Madison Thursday morning. At right is middle and high school principal Melissa Oja. The Northstars will play the Bangor Cardinals in the semifinals at 10:45 a.m. today.
By ZACHARY MARANO
HURLEY - The student body of Hurley K-12 School gathered in the high school gymnasium on Thursday morning to send off the Hurley Northstars boys basketball team before they headed to Madison for the state basketball tournament.
The pep rally started with a comment from Jay Aijala, mayor of Hurley, and special education associate and elementary athletic coordinator at the school.
"It has been an extremely exciting week around school and around our community," Aijala said. "It started, of course, last Saturday, with a game at Chequamegon, which is...
