The Superiorland men’s league championship game was held in the rain Monday night in Escanaba, and the host Mikey D’s Beer Cave team won the championship in six innings, 11-1, over the Channing Railroaders.
The Escanaba Polecats Mikey D’s Beer Cave baseball team won the Superiorland Baseball championship Monday night over the the top-seeded Channing Railsplitters, 6-0, in northern Dickinson County. Bark River-Harris graduate and Bay College alum Jack Bower threw a complete game. Escanaba graduate and former Norse Jake LaFave had three hits at the plate. Escanaba earned the right to play against Copper Country Twilight League champion Stanton Building Supply in the U.P. championship game, which will be played next month.
Sawyer Pugh pitched 6 2/3 innings of two-hit, shutout baseball, as the Channing Railsplitters defeated the Escanaba Polecats, 3-2, in men's league action Monday night. Jackson Bower went the distance and took the loss for Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos rallied from eight points down to force a fifth game, and the held off the Manistique Emeralds in the decisive fifth game to pull out another wild 3-2 match before a pair of raucous student sections Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and hear post-game interviews.
The Marquette County Mavericks avenged two earlier losses to the Escanaba "Mikey D Beer Cave" Polecats to win the Superiorland Baseball championship Monday night, 10-5, in Gwinn. Jeff Krejcik had a home run, double, and five runs batted in for Marquette. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
A rally designed to convince Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to allow indoor contact sports to immediately begin was held in Lansing on Saturday, with hundreds, perhaps thousands, in attendance. And there were U.P. kids, coaches, and parents on hand. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Polecats built a big lead and then held on to beat the Channing Railroaders, 10-6, in a Wishigan League game Wednesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the game. (Pictured: Sean Bissell hit by pitch)
The Escanaba Polecats baseball team built a 6-1 lead after four innings, but the Channing Railroaders rallied for an 8-7 victory in a Wisigan League game Wednesday at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Escanaba Polecats baseball team scored five runs in the second inning and pulled away for an 11-1 win over the Tri-City (Ishpeming/Marquette/Negaunee) North Stars Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos. Pictured above: Escanaba's Austin Young after a two-run double.
The Escanaba Polecats played their Wishigan League home opener on Wednesday, and it was a successful debut. After splitting a doubleheader in Peshtigo on Sunday, the Polecats beat the Tri-City North Stars of Negaunee, 4-1. Jon Bintner pitched the whole way for the win and Jared Dagenais paced the offense with three hits.
The Escanaba Polecats fell behind 3-0 early on in Wednesday's Wishigan League game against the Felch Rangers, and the Dickinson County team didn't even hit the ball out of the infield. Four errors hurt the Polecats as they eventually fell behind, 5-0, and lost, 8-5, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, see pictures, and a couple of videos from the game.
The Escanaba Polecats rallied from two runs down and beat the Ishpeming-Marquette-Negaunee North Stars, 4-3, in Wishigan Men's League baseball Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Team Coach Jon Bintner got the game-winning hit and also pitched the final three innings in relief of starting pitcher Josh Brodersen.
