The Gladstone Indians and Bark River Bucs faced off in the championship game of the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational on Sunday, with Gladstone winning, 13-0. The Indians won six games in three days to take the title. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs made six errors, leading to 14 unearned runs and a 17-3 American Legion Baseball loss to the Gladstone Indians Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and see photos and videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament wrapped up on Sunday in Marinette, Wis., with all four Upper Peninsula teams losing their final games to Wisconsin opponents. The Gladstone Indians fell to the host Marinette team, 6-2, in a rain-shortened championship. Click the above headline for photos and a recap of Sunday's games.
The Gladstone Indians brought out the big bats to beat Manitowoc, 10-0, in five innings Saturday morning at the Marinette Firecracker Tournament. Then the Indians used small ball and pitching to turn back the Green Bay Preble Shockers, 2-1, in a tense game under blazing heat at Haase Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips.
The Gladstone Indians played "small ball" to grab an early lead and gradually pulled away to post a 10-1 win over Pulaski, Wis., in the Marinette Firecracker Baseball Tournament opener Friday night. Ben Kelly pitched a complete-game two-hitter. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
DePere and Midland Berryhill hooked up in Sunday's championship game of the Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion Baseball Tournament in Escanaba. DePere scored six runs in the sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie and take the trophy back to Wisconsin, 10-4. Bennett Olson went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and a two-run single. Matt Williams added two hits and two RBI and pitched four innings of relief for the win. Brandon Smith had a two-run homer, double, and single for Midland.
The Gladstone Indians came close, but couldn't get the big hit at the end, and lost to Midland Berryhill, 6-4, in the semifinals of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
Noah Lancour's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Escanaba Cubs surprise the Bark River Bucs, 9-8, in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament late Saturday night. The result sent Gladstone into the tournament semifinals after Ben Kelly fired a one-hitter to lead Gladstone past Marquette, 1-0, earlier in the day. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Bark River Bucs American Legion Baseball team upset the Gladstone Indians, 9-8, Friday, at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament in Gladstone. This followed a 12-0 mercy-shortened loss to Marquette. Click the above headline for details, photos, and to hear radio replays and post-game interviews of the Bark River-Gladstone game.
The Gladstone Indians scored three runs in the seventh inning on Friday, but their rally fell short, losing, 7-6, to the Eastern U.P. Travelers in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, videos from Friday's game.
The Gladstone Indians took advantage of four errors, nine walks, and six hit-battsmen and cruised to an 8-0 win over the Escanaba Cubs in their season-opener Thursday night at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament at Al Ness Field. Both teams play twice on Friday. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos from the game.
Gladstone High School graduate Tyson Seymour signed a National Letter of Intent on Tuesday to play baseball at Muskegon Community College. Seymour was a Division Two All-State selection in his senior year at Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team completed a massive comeback on Sunday by winning its fifth straight game to take its second state championship in the last four years. The Indians beat Menominee, 15-2, wrapping up a long trip through the loser's bracket. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, taken by Laura Lamberg.
The journey through the loser's bracket of the American Legion Baseball state tournament continued on Saturday for the Gladstone Indians as they beat Gaylord, 6-2, and Menominee, 9-6, to force a decisive game to determine the state champion on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, and for photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team scored seven runs in the final two innings Friday to stun the defending state champions from Hudson, 10-6, at the Class A state tournament in Gladwin. This after the Indians eliminated Copper Country, 8-0. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Copper Country Flames, 16-8, to win the Zone Five Championship Saturday afternoon in Hancock. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone Indians built a 6-0 lead and held on to beat the Escanaba Cubs, 9-6, at the American Legion Zone Five U.P. Finals on Friday in Hancock. Click the above headline to read details, and see videos and pictures taken by Laura Lamberg and Sheila Olsen.
The American Legion Baseball Zone Five Upper Peninsula championships got under way Thursday with a couple of lopsided games in Hancock. The Gladstone Indians mercied the Negaunee Diamonds, 15-0, while the Menominee Red Wave did the same to the Ishpeming Blue Storm, 16-1. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
The Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball teams finished with 2-3 records after losing in the Sault Ste. Marie Tournament on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
Four pitchers combined to throw a four-hit shutout as the Gladstone Indians beat the Escanaba Cubs, 1-0, Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, listen to interviews, and see videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team rolled to their second straight tournament championship on Sunday, beating Marinette, 13-1, in the title game of the Firecracker Tournament at Pedersen Ballpark. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and to see videos and photos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team picked up a pair of victories on Saturday at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette. The Indians beat Manitowoc, 3-2, and then topped the Green Bay Shockers, 5-2. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team gave up four runs in the first inning but rallied to beat Pulaski, 9-7, in the first game of the Marinette Firecracker Tournament Friday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone Indians battled from behind twice on Sunday, and took home the championship of the Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion Baseball Tournament. The Indians won the ten-team event with a 9-7 victory over the Eastern U.P. Travelers in the semifinals, and a 4-3 win over DePere in the final. Click the above headline for details.
Play was halted Saturday at the Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion Baseball Tournament as thunderstorms rolled through the area, followed by a steady rain. Several games were played before the storms arrived. Click the above headline to read more details, and to see the updated Sunday tournament schedule.
The Gladstone Indians and Escanaba Cubs picked up wins against a downstate team on Friday as the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament continued. The Indians beat Milford, 11-1, while the Cubs also beat Milford, 7-1. Click the above headline to see videos taken by Laura Lamberg, photos taken by Sheila Olsen, and the tournament's scores and schedules.
The Gladstone Indians jumped to a quick 7-0 lead and held on for a 10-6 win over the Escanaba Cubs in the first game of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
Three Upper Peninsula American Legion Baseball teams are still alive in the Zone Five tournament in Escanaba, and all of them will advance to the state finals later this month in Adrian. Kingsford stayed undefeated while Menominee won two games in the loser's bracket to earn their trip to Adrian, along with the Escanaba Cubs. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians and Escanaba Cubs battled for seven innings Thursday night at Al Ness Field, and it was a well-played pitcher's duel between the rivals. Gladstone won, 2-1. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
A three-day American Legion Baseball tournament wrapped up Sunday at Escanaba's Al Ness Field. Junior Legion teams from Escanaba, Gladstone, Marquette, Bark River, and Sault Ste. Marie were all in action. Click the above headline to see the scores.
