RRNSports.com's U.P. Sports Briefs:
Eskymo Fan Club Fundraiser Scheduled In April
The Eskymo Fan Club will hold its 27th annual "Spring Fling" fundraiser on Saturday, April 10, at the Danforth Place. The proceeds from the dinner and dance will go support the Fan Club, which buys uniforms and equipment for the various Eskymo athletic teams. The cost is $35 per ticket, and former Eskymo football star Jeff Nault will be the guest speaker. Tickets are available at the Escanaba High School Activities office, at Carnes B.P. Amoco Gas Station, and at T&T Hardware. But before February 12th and you could win a special early bird prize.
Racing Will Return to U.P. State Fairgrounds in 2010
Stock car racing is returning to Escanaba for the first time in almost a decade. The Upper Peninsula State Fair Authority announced Wednesday that there will be three exhibition races held at the Fairgrounds this summer: on June 12, July 31 and August 21. The existing track will be used for these races. The plan is to have a full schedule of races in 2011, but those plans have not been finalized. The last time races were held in Escanaba was in 2001.
For more information, please visit our racing page.
Basketball Tournament Set in Menominee County
The Michigan/Wisconsin Invitational Basketball Tournament is scheduled for February 13th and 14th at various high school gyms throughout Menominee County. Invitations have been sent out to dozens of schools in both Michigan and Wisconsin. You play for a team made up of men who graduated from the high school you graduated from. The entry fee is $85. Send a roster to Paul Polfus, PO Box 55, Carney MI, 49812. Or call 639-2866.
Elevator To Be Installed In Old Calumet Armory
The federal government has approved a $50,000 grant for Calumet Township to install an elevator in the old Calumet Armory...now known as the Calumet Coliseum. Congressman Bart Stupak says the elevator will improve handicapped-accessibility to the balcony and ball-room areas of that arena. The Escanaba Eskymos will play at Calumet in February.
Women's Outdoor Sports Program Scheduled
The Michigan DNR is offering a program to teach women how to participate in certain outdoors sports. The Becoming An Outdoors Woman program is scheduled for February 26, 27, and 28 at the Bay Cliff Health Camp in Big Bay, 30 miles north of Marquette. Women will learn how to cross country ski, ice fish, snowmobile, and dogsled. Cost is $175. Call 228-6561 or click this link to register for a spot in the program.
Marquette junior Jade Ledy (12) jumps up for a pass just before burying one of her four 3-point baskets in the Redettes' 88-34 rout over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday night in Escanaba.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association's basketball tournaments are just around the corner. The pairings have now been announced for many of the district tournaments scheduled to be held across the U.P. in March.
