Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

E-TC hosts Panther watch party

By CHARITY SMITH

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EWEN — Around 60 Panther fans who were unable to make it to East Lansing for Ewen-Trout Creek’s boys basketball team’s state semifinal game on Thursday evening gathered at the school auditorium to watch their team play on the big screen.

“We could get this at home on the computer and hook it up to the TV, but this is so much better,” said Pat Talsma. “This is life-size, practically.”

She recalled her experience taking a group of kids down to Lansing to watch the team play in the 1982 championship.

“This is a lot more fun than sitt...