The Kingsford Greens American Legion Baseball team will have the chance to defend the state championship it won last summer. The Greens blew past the Negaunee Senior Legion team, 12-1 and 9-2, to win the Upper Peninsula Zone Five championship Friday at Iron Town Field. The result sends the Greens to the Class A state tournament next week in downstate Adrian. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Junior Little League All-Star (age 13-14) team was eliminated from the state tournament late Wednesday night in a heartbreaking ending. Defending champion Croswell-Lexington trailed the District Ten champions, 5-4, in the sixth inning. But Cros-Lex rallied for the tying run in the bottom of the sixth inning and then scored again in the bottom of the seventh to walk it off, 6-5. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments.
The tournament run ended for the Escanaba Major Little League All-Star (age 10-12) softball team on Tuesday, but not without a lot of fireworks. Escanaba trailed Georgetown, 9-0, and were close to being mercied in the fourth inning of their state semfinal game in St. Clair. The girls put on a furious rally before coming up one run short, 9-8. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Leo Nolde, and to hear comments from Gen Fields and Coach Danicia Humbert.
The Gladstone Junior Little League All-Star softball team (age 13-14) picked up its first state tournament win Tuesday night in the 100-degree heat in central Lower Michigan, beating Three Rivers, 17-1, at Georgetown Little League. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Star softball team (age 10-12) won its third straight lopsided state tournament game on Monday, beating Grosse Pointe, 11-0, in St. Clair. The Escanaba ladies have outscored their opponents, 35-2, since the tournament-opening loss to the host St. Clair team. Click the above headline for details, interviews, photos, and videos taken by Leo Nolde.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 10-12) advanced to the Michigam state tournament quarterfinals on Sunday in St. Clair, beating Bay County, 12-2, in a game shortened to four innings by the mercy rule. The game started almost two hours late because of a long game on the field before their contest. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and videos taken by Leo Nolde.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 10-12) pounded out 15 base hits and cruised past the Petoskey All-Stars, 12-0, Saturday afternoon at the Michigan State Tournament in St. Clair. The win evened Escanaba's state finals record at 1-1, and means that a win over Bay County on Sunday would send the girls into the state quarterfinals of the 16-team event. Click the above headline to see photos, and to hear player and coach interviews.
The Negaunee Junior Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) are headed to another state tournament, and this time, they won't have to take a long trip below the Mackinac Bridge to do it. The group of boys, many of whom have played on other Little League teams that have had to compete downstate, beat Petoskey in a winner-take-all third sectional game on Saturday, 5-4, to advance to the state tournament in Felch. Click the above headline for details.
The Iron Mountain Junior Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) won the District Ten championship on Friday, beating Gladstone, 13-4, to advance to the state tournament, which will be held next weekend in Felch. The Iron Mountain (and Iron County) boys scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to break the game open. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Star (age 10-12) softball team had a rough first inning on Friday and could not come back, losing to the host St. Clair All-Stars. 4-1, in the Michigan State Tournament opener. Click the above headline for details, photos, and interviews.
The Gladstone Junior Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) kept their season alive Thursday night with a dramatic 7-6 win over Kingsford in an elimination district tournament game in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Junior Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) scored eight runs in the first inning and cruised to a 13-3 win over the Gladstone All-Stars in the district tournament opener Wednesday night in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details, photos, and post-game interviews.
The Kingsford Major Little League All-Star baseball team (age 10-12) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat Thursday night to earn a trip to the state tournament. Kingsford was down to its final out in the bottom of the final inning, but managed to score five runs to stun Iron Mountain North, 10-9, to win the district championship. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and to hear interviews with Kingsford's Luca Cory and Harvey Ellis.
Not even a great Gladstone pitching effort, a long lightning delay, or a live bat in the dugout could stop the Escanaba Major Little League All-Star (age 10-12) softball team from punching its ticket for the state tournament. Escanaba lost to Gladstone, 2-0, in a typical rivalry match-up Tuesday night at Escanaba's Lemmerand Park. That forced a winner-take-all championship game, and Escanaba scored nine runs in the first inning and posted a 15-5 victory. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Cold Weather Baseball Coaches Alliance has announced its All-U.P. selctions for the 2026 high school baseball season. The coaches picked an eleven-member Dream Team as the top eleven players in the U.P., regardless of the school's division. They also picked a First Team and Second Team, both for Divisions 1-3 and for Division 4. Click the above headlne for details. (Pictured: Escanaba's Lenny Peacock)
Kaleya Romero of San Jose California won the championship of the Island Resort Championship Epson Tour event. She defeated Leekee Zeng of China in a playoff round after the two tied at 16 under par 200 for the three rounds. Romero handled the 18th hole better than most on this sunny, pleasant day at the Sweetgrass Gold Course. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Epson Tour. See photos by RRN's Caleb Gordon.
The Marinette Firecracker American Legion Baseball tournament wrapped up on Sunday at the Pederson Ballpark. Manitowoc won the championship, 4-3, over Watertown. Marinette took the third place game. As for the Upper Peninsula's teams, the Escanaba Cubs lost to the Sault Ste. Marie (Canada) Black Sox, 3-1, in the seventh place game, and in the fifth place game, the Menominee Red Wave lost to Green Bay Southwest, 11-1. Click the above headline for details.
Moving Day lived up to its name as 144 athletes competed in the second round of the Island Resort Championship presented by Delta County Chamber on Saturday at Sweetgrass Golf Club. The cut was made at 4-under par with the top 60 and ties now preparing for the final round. 18-hole leader, Kelly Xu felt more confident heading into the second round, than her fellow first round opponents, and her scorecard proves just that. Click the above headline for details. (Epson Tour photo, story)
The annual Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament got under way on Friday in Marinette, and both of the Upper Peninsula's teams took losses. The Escanaba Cubs lost to Marinette, 6-1, as Jake Farley threw six innings of no-hit ball. Earlier, the Menominee Red Wave hung with the Watertown team, trailing just 7-5 in the fourth inning. But the errors started piling up, and the Red Wave had a 15-5 loss. Click the above headline for details.
-With the first two weeks of the Pure Michigan Cup complete, athletes teed up this morning and afternoon in the first round of the Island Resort Championship presented by Delta County Chamber. As the third full field event of the season was underway, a plethora of athletes took advantage of the calmer winds resulting in a party at the top of the leaderboard, with a three-way tie for first place through round one. Click the above headline for details. (Epson Tour photo of Kelly Xu, story)
Megan Schofill recorded her first career Epson Tour hole-in-one Friday to jumpstart an 8-under 64 in the opening round of the Island Resort Championship presented by Delta County Chamber. The 25-year-old aced the 154-yard, par-3 12th hole at Sweetgrass Golf Club with a 7-iron. Click the above headline for details, photo, courtesy of Epson Tout.
pson Tour rookie Kaleiya Romero shot a 7-under-par 65 during the opening round of the Island Resort Championship presented by Delta County Chamber on Friday afternoon, highlighted by both an eagle and her first-ever tournament hole-in-one.
The Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame High School basketball all-star games were held last night at Bay College in Escanaba. In the girls game, Gladstone's Lillie Johnson was named the MVP. She scored 19 points as the South All-Stars beat the North 71-66. Click the above headline for details, and to hear RRN's post-game interview with Lillie Johnson.
The Negaunee Senior Legion Baseball team rallied from a 4-0 deficit Wednesday night to beat the Escanaba Cubs, 10-4, at Al Ness Field. Both teams used multiple pitchers as they prepare to compete in tournaments this weekend. Click the above headline for details, videos, and interviews.
The 40th Annual U.P. Sports Hall of Fame All-Star Basketball Classic is scheduled for Wednesday night, and will be held at Bay College in Escanaba for the second year in a row. Click the above headline to see the evening's schedules, and all of the team rosters.
