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HERMANSVILLE -- Recent Negaunee basketball star and current Negaunee High School senior Dre Tuominen scored 13 points but it wasn't enough for his Oven King Pizza team of Escanaba to overcome Lee's Greenery of Powers in the Class B championship game of the 79th annual Gold Medal tournament on Sunday.
Lee's won 77-59 with a strong second half after holding a narrow 37-35 halftime lead. Lee's was led by Outstanding Player Travis Vincent, who joined teammate Curt Schommer in scoring 16 points.
Damien Richmond joined Tuominen in also scoring 13 points for Oven King, which defeated Jim's Plumbing of Wallace in the semifinals behind 35 points from Joe Gibbs.
Tuominen was named to the Class B all-tournament team, joining Vincent, Schommer, Gibbs, Marcus McKenney of Oven King and Hunter Eichhorn of Jim's.