Marquette Eagle Mine Bantams youth hockey team advances to this weekend’s state tourney
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MARQUETTE -- The Marquette Eagle Mine Bantam B hockey team won its District 8 tournament championship game in the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association on Feb. 5.
The team advances to Bantam B state tournament to be held in the Detroit suburb of Fraser from Friday through Sunday.
Eagle Mine defeated Negaunee Public Service Garage-Stone Reflections 4-3 in the district championship game after each team won semifinal games earlier on Feb. 5.
The Marquette team opened the tourney with a 2-0 loss to Public Service-Stone Reflections, then defeated Calumet 5-3. Its semifinal win was a 4-3 win over Escanaba Riverside, while the Negaunee team had defeated Houghton M&M Powersports.
In addition, the Eagle Mine team also won the George Heimbuch Tundra Tussle on Feb. 26 with a 9-2 victory over the hometown Green Bay, Wis., Bobcats in the championship.
Eagle Mine won pool play games over three Wisconsin opponents -- 5-1 over Chippewa Falls and over the Sun Prairie Cardinals, and 9-0 over Arrowhead.
Information compiled by Journal Sports Writer Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@
The Marquette Eagle Mine Bantam B hockey team won its District 8 tournament and has advanced to the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association state finals this weekend in downstate Fraser. Members celebrating the district championship include, in front, John Thompson. Middle row from left, Kyle Johnson, Drew Elmhirst, Ben Gostomski, Brett Cromell, Beau Belkowski, Tommy Blemberg and Austin Ridl. Top row from left, assistant coach Andy Elmhirst, Ayden Buck, Nick Exelby, Mitchell Schieding, Dylan Baldwin, Julian Greason, Ian Larson, Sydney McCarthy, assistant coach Kevin McCarthy and head coach Tim Blemberg. (Submitted photo)