Iron Mountain Sophomore Bryce Johnson tops the field during the boys 100 butterfly during Tuesday’s meet against Houghton at the Northern Lights YMCA Dickinson Center pool. Johnson also took first in the 100 backstroke. (Ron Deuter photos)

IRON MOUNTAIN – Kingsford prevailed in 17 of 24 events in its home opening swim meet against Houghton Tuesday at the Northern Lights YMCA Dickinson Center pool. The Flivver girls secured a 98-71 team victory, while the Gremlin boys – with considerably more swimmers than the Flivvers – took a 85-73 decision.

“The kids did OK for this time of year,” Flivvers head coach Jim Lindstrom said. “We were down a few swimmers for different reasons and that affected the outcome somewhat. We only had nine boys against their 15, with three of them just learning how

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