Manistique is 2-8 against Ishpeming since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit  on Tuesday. The Manistique Emeralds will be staying on the road  to face off against the Ishpeming Hematites at 7:15  p.m.  on February 20th. Manistique will have to bring their A-game into this one,  as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Michigan Rankings (they are ranked 354th, while Ishpeming is ranked 13th).
 Last Thursday, Manistique came up short against Stephenson  and fell  51-40.
 Meanwhile, Ishpeming strolled past Escanaba with  points to spare on Thursday, taking the game  61-46. The  win made it back-to-back wins for Ishpeming.
 Manistique's loss was  their third straight on the road, which  dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Ishpeming, their win bumped their record up to 17-1.
 Manistique was dealt a bruising  61-24 defeat at the hands of Ishpeming in their previous matchup  back in January. That  contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Manistique was down  38-14.
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