Dec. 2, 1970 — Tony VanDamme scored 25 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, leading the Rock Little Giants to a 57-56 basketball triumph over the Rapid River Rockets. Tom Bailey added 11 points. Mark Sigfrids paced the Rockets with 15 points. Sam Johnson tallied 13 and Bob Kaukola and John Deneau had 12 each.
Gary Praznik’s 28 points was enough to lead the Trenary Comets past the Bark River-Harris Broncos 88-68. Dave Mariin collected 25 points and 27 boards and Ken Mills added 12 points. Bob Teal was the leading scorer for BR-H with 24 points. Loren Veeser finished with 23.
Ernie Vanlerberghe rolled this season’s first 300 game in the Escanaba Classic League at Bowl-a-rama Lanes. He added 206 and 199 games for a National Honor Count 705 series.
Dec. 5, 1970 — The Holy Name Crusaders opened t

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