The Escanaba High School baseball team was two outs away from having its season end on Friday, but sophomore Bryce Bichler came through with a bases-loaded double to give the Eskymos a dramatic 5-4 win over the Kingsford Flivvers in the Division Two district final. The Eskymos also rallied to beat Negaunee in the semifinals, 3-2. Click the above headline for details. (Nate Zaremba photo)
The Escanaba High School softball team had its season come to a premature end on Friday with a 2-0 loss to the Negaunee Miners in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals at Kingsford's Lodal Park. Alyse Robar threw a complete-game three-hitter with ten strikeouts and only one walk for the Miners. Click the above headline for details and to hear comments from Eskymo Manager Andy Fields.
The Gladstone High School softball team won its 26th straight MHSAA District championship on Friday, beating the Manistique Emeralds in the Division Three semifinals, 15-0, and then topping the Menominee Maroons, 6-0, in the championship game. Click the above headline for details.
The Great Northern Conference baseball post-season awards were announced Wednesday night. The awards were voted on by the coaches from Marquette, Escanaba, Kingsford, Menominee, and Gladstone during in Marquette. Click the above heeadline for details.
In the end, the final scoreboard in Kingsford on Wednesday read: West Iron County 46, Ishpeming 28, Iron Mountain 20. But that scoreline doesn't show just how hard the Wykons had to work to capture their third straight MHSAA Division Two Upper Peninsula boys tennis championship at Kingsford High School. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team opened the post-season Tuesday night with a 12-2 win over the Manistique Emeralds at Don Olsen Field. The win in the MHSAA Division Three District 96 tournament put the Braves into the semifinals this Friday afternoon against Newberry. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game comments.
The Gladstone High School baseball team wrapped up its regular season Friday night with a wild 11-9 victory over the Menominee Maroons at Don Olsen Field. The Braves scored four runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth to rally from a 6-5 deficit, and then had to hang on in the seventh inning when the Maroons scored three times to get close. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and video highlights.
Escanaba and Gladstone met in a softball doubleheader for a second straight week on Thursday, this time at the Gladstone High School. And for a second straight week, the Eskymos swept the Braves, 13-0 and 17-6. Click the above headline to see details, listen to post-game comments, and see videos taken by Brad Landis.
Bay College men's basketball head coach Matt Johnson announced his resignation on Wednesday, leaving the program that he started nine years ago. Johnson will continue to work as Bay's athletic director. Johnson's assistant for the past four years, Gladstone native Mike Cretens, was immediately named the new Norse head coach. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team scored 13 runs in the first inning and rolled to a 16-0 win over Gladstone in the first game of the doubleheader Tuesday night at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field. In the second game, Escanaba took advantage of Braves errors and had some big hits to take a 7-0 lead and hang on for a 7-4 win. Click the above headline for details, videos, and post-game interviews.
The 15th annual Island Resort Championship returns to Sweetgrass Golf Club this summer, bringing elite competition on one of the Midwest’s most scenic and award-winning courses, along with family-friendly entertainment watching the rising stars of professional women’s golf up close. Click the above headline for a preview.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won the championship of the Kingsley Spring Classic in lower Michigan. The Braves beat the Harbor Springs Rams, 3-2, and then took down the host Kingsley Stags, 12-8. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team played its final games on the Al Ness Field for the 2026 season, and a four-year member of the Eskymos had his moment in the spotlight one last time. Senior pitcher Lenny Peacock set the Escanaba High School All-time school record for strikeouts in a career as the Eskymos beat the Norway Knights, 10-0, on an unusually-pleasant, sunny afternoon. Click the abiove headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team honored its Class of 2026 Wednesday night, and then beat the Marquette Sentinels, 11-1, at Al Ness Field. The seven seniors were recognized in the pre-game ceremony, which included the traditonal "passing of the torch", where the seniors throw a pitch to the underclassmen. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the evening.
Northern Michigan University hockey team has announced its 2026-27 season schedule. The 'Cats kick off the 50th anniversary season at home, hosting Miami University (Ohio) for opening weekend on Friday, October 2, and Saturday, October 3. Click the above headline for the details.
The Michigan Community College Athletic Association announced the post season award for Softball on Tuesday afternoon. And Norse Tim McIntyre was voted by his fellow coaches as the Coach of the Year in the Northern Conference, despite the fact that Bay did not win any games this season (0-33). Several Norse players were also honored. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves met for the second time in three days in softball on Monday, and this time, the result was different. The Braves beat the Eskymos, 1-0, to win the championship of the Escanaba tournament on Saturday, but in the return trip to Lemmerand Park on Monday, Gladstone could not repeat the feet against its rivals. Escanaba came from behind to win Monday's opener, 7-6, and then the Eskymos cruised to win the second game in six innings, 12-2. Click the above headline for details.
A good weekend of baseball for the Escanaba Eskymos as they welcomed two downstate teams to Al Ness Field for a two-day, round-robin tournament. And the Eskymos ended up taking three out of four games from Saginaw Swan Valley and Southgate Anderson, improving their record to 16-5 on the season. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
It was a full day of softball on Saturday as the Escanaba Eskymos hosted the third annual Candy Swetkis SISU Strikefest at Lemmerand Park. The championship game came down to the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves. And that one was a classic, with Lauren Pare outdueling Landry Bray to lead the Braves to a 1-0 win over the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see all of the details, tournament scoreboard, and photos.
The Gladstone Braves and Iron Mountain Mountaineers baseball teams braved the cold, windy conditions Thursday night to play a rather entertaining game at Don Olsen Field in Gladstone. The Braves trailed the whole game, but pulled it out in extra innings, 3-2. Gladstone then won the second game on the mercy rule, 11-1. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association Representative Council has decided to make changes to the football playoff procedures. Starting this fall, all regions will be seeded, based on playoff points, with seeds 1, 4, 5, and 8 going into one district, and seeds 2, 3, 6, and 7 going into another district. The council also approved a proposal to suspend any official who makes aggressive or intentional contact with a student or official. And in basketball, if a score crosses the mercy rule threshhold, the game will stay on a running clock even if the margin gets closer. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's softball season officially ended on Sunday with 18-5 and 19-6 losses to the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks, which capped off a grueling six games in three days to finish up the MCCAA North Conference schedule. Bay finished with an 0-33 record. Click the above headline to read more about the team. (Brad Landis photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos lost twice in downstate Clio on Friday. The first game was a classic, with the fourth-ranked Mustangs winning, 1-0. Pitcher Addie Taylor threw a no-hitter for Clio, and Escanaba senior Landry Bray threw a one-hitter. That one hit, by Clio's Summer Stevens, was an RBI double in the third inning. Clio also won the second game, 7-3. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners shivvered through two sloppy baseball games Wednesday night in Negaunee, and each team ended up with something to smile about....and something to complain about. The Eskymos literally gave away the first game, 6-5, by committing seven errors, but bounced back to easily win the nightcap, 10-0. Click the above headline for details, interviews, photos, videos.
Every positive moment is special when you've suffered through a college baseball season the way the Bay College Norse have in 2026. But on Saturday, the Norse baseball team got to be happy for at least one night. The Norse beat their biggest rivals, the Mid Michigan College Lakers, 4-3, with a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning. Click the above headline for details.
