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Utica knew that they’d have to put their undefeated record on the line in order to challenge themselves against high-level competition and, in turn, get better.

The Macomb Area Conference boys basketball championships were held at Anchor Bay High School on Saturday, Feb. 17.

Mason Brodi wasn’t going to let Utica’s record-setting winning streak end — especially on the Chieftains’ Senior Night. Brodi scored 14 of his game-high 30 points in the third quarter Tuesday to turn a close game into a more comfortable 65-48 victory for Utica in the Macomb Area Conference crossover contest. The win was the […]

A sign of a good basketball team is the ability to take an opponent out of its comfort zone. That’s what Utica did Tuesday in its first-place showdown with Fraser in the Macomb Area Conference Blue Division.

UTICA — They came in their junior year and lit a fire under the program, winning the school’s first league title since 2012.

It wasn’t a game to remember; a dinger, an error, three straight singles, and before you knew it, Tamaqua was down by four runs and it had yet to take its turn at bat. Yes, it was one of those outing...

Until we get a prolonged cold snap with high temperatures below freezing and low temperatures in the single digits. It’s not safe to be on the ice. "Even if you may see what appears to be a skim or a covering across a lake or pond the rule is statewide is that its not thick enough to support people and you could fall through very easily,” says Beauchene. "Once that first layer of ice gets over and then we continue to have cold weather the ice thickness will build because highs in the 30s an...