The Escanaba Cubs first appearance in the American Legion Class AA state tournament in more than a decade came to an end on Friday with a 5-2 loss to Adrian Post 285 at Northwood University in Midland. The Cubs finished the tournament with a 1-2 record, and closed a successful summer season with a 17-9-2 record.
The American Legion Baseball Class Double A state tournament got under way on Thursday under scorching heat at Northwood University in Midland. The Escanaba Cubs beat Big Rapids, 14-2, in their first game, but suffered a power outage in the second game, losing 5-0 to Bay City.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star softball team (age 8-10) finished pool play undefeated on Sunday with a 4-2 win over Georgetown at the Michigan State Tournament in Cheboygan. The girls will play in the state quarterfinals on Monday.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 8-10) won their second straight game in pool play on Saturday at the Michigan State Tournament in Cheboygan. Escanaba held off Bullock Creek Southtown from the Midland area, 5-2, to take a prime undefeated spot in the pool standings.
Amaya Humbert threw a complete-game two hitter, striking out 13 batters, as the Escanaba Minor Girls (age 8-10) opened state tournament play Friday with an impressive 10-0 win over Grosse Pointe in Cheboygan. Humbert was also strong at the plate, cracking a triple and a home run. Isla McCarty also hit a home run for Escanaba, and Livvy Nolde had a triple, single, and stole three bases.
Five Delta County graduating high school softball players played their final high school game on Tuesday in the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association's All-Star games at Davenport University.
The Michigan Veterans Baseball/American Legion tournament was called off on Saturday when two batches of heavy rain fell on the Sault Ste. Marie area, making the fields unplayable. The six-team toournament managed to get all of its games played on Friday, with each team getting to play twice.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 8-10) took the District Ten championship Thursday night with a 2-1 win over Gladstone. There were just three base hits combined between the two teams in a pitcher's duel between Escanaba's Amaya Humbert and Gladstone's Maia Hughes.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team won the championship of the Marinette Firecracker Tournament for the first time ever, beating Manitowoc, 5-0, in the title game on Sunday at the Pedersen Ballpark. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team scored three runs in the fifth inning and came from behind to beat Watertown, Wis., 5-3, Saturday night, to advance to the championship game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette. Click the above headline for details.
Cooper Curtis fired the most bizarre no-hitter you will ever see in American Legion Baseball on Saturday as the Escanaba Cubs beat the Menominee Red Wave, 8-0, in the second game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion baseball team was boosted by a pitching performance from Lenny Peacock Friday as he struck out eleven batters to lead the Cubs to a 5-3 win over Marinette in the first game of the Firecracker Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team eeked out a 1-0 win over Plover on Sunday in the semifinals of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament, but in the championship game, the Cubs lost to Marinette, 6-5, on a walk-off balk. Click the above headline for details.
After turning in an embarrassing performance Friday night in their Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament opener, the Escanaba Cubs turned things around on Saturday. The Cubs needed two wins to advance to the semifinals, and they got them, 7-0 over Niagara and 3-1 over DePere. Click above headline for details, tournament scores.
It was a rough day Friday for the two Upper Peninsula teams playing at the Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion baseball tournament in Escanaba. Defensive mistakes and lack of timely hitting were the themes for the Escanaba Cubs and Kingsford Greens, as they both ended Friday's play without a victory. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team swept a doubleheader from the new South Central U.P. Rangers, 6-1 and 3-2, Monday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and post-game interviews.
The Escanaba High School softball team had its season come to an end Thursday in the state semifinals, as the Richmond Blue Devils scored two unearned runs to beat the Eskymos, 2-0, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team outlasted a strong Hudsonville Unity Christian team on Tuesday to win a splendid state quarterfinal game, 3-0, in eight innings, to earn a spot in te state semifinals. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School softball team got paybacks for two years of playoff heartbreak to the Gaylord Blue Devils on Saturday, beating the two-time defending state champions, 10-0, to win a regional title at Alma College. Click the abpve headline for videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School softball team captured a district championship on Thursday, with a 10-3 win over Sault Ste. Marie in the semifinals, and a 3-0 victory over Petoskey in the championship game. Click the above headline for videos and the radio broadcast.
The MHSAA Division One UP Finals were held Wednesday, and the Escanaba Eskymos cruised to the to the girls championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. The Eskymos beat second place Marquette by 17 strokes, 382-399. Eskymo junior Kamrie Scott won her second straight UP championship by shooting an 8-over par 80. Menominee’s Lexi Marineau was runner up after shooting a 90. Escanaba’s Dani Hughes finished third with a 93. It’s the third UP championship in four years for Escanaba.
The Marquette Sentinels edged the Escanaba Eskymos to win the MHSAA Division One boys UP championship on Wednesday at the Sage Run Golf Course. The Sentinels won by eleven strokes (311-322), to repeat as UP Champions. Junior Boden Moore shot a two-under 70 to win medalist honors. Westwood senior Tanner Annala was runner-up, finishing three strokes back with a 73, and Iron Mountain’s Cooper Pigeon was third with a 77. The Eskymos’ top golfer was sophomore Carson Artley, who was seventh after shooting a 79. (MHSAA photo)
The Escanaba High School baseball team picked up two wins on Saturday as the Eskymos hosted a triangular with Negaunee and Rudyard. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team won two of three games at a tournament in suburban Detroit on Saturday, beating Walled Lake Central and Warren Mott, before losing to the fifth ranked team in Division One, Grand Blanc. Click the above headline for details.
Grayson LaMarche struck out 32 batters in 12 innings of softball on Tuesday, allowing no earned runs, as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves in both ends of a doubleheader, 5-2 and 8-3. Click the above headline for details.
A quartet of former racers will be the 2025 inductees into the Norway Speedway Hall of Fame. Those inductees include Ryan Windell, Steve DeBakker, Ron Jenshak Sr. and Mike Reichenberger. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula high school hockey season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores for the ten U.P. teams.
The third time was the charm for the Gladstone Braves against the Escanaba Eskymos Monday night in boys high school basketball. After losing both regular season games to their rivals, and falling behind again in this district tournament game, the Braves got hot late to beat the Eskymos 52-47. Click the above headline for the details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team beat the Kingsford Flivvers Saturday night, posting a 5-2 victory that looks much wider on the scoreboard than it actually was on the ice. Click the above headline fof details. (Lizzie Taylor photos, videos).
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team rallied from ten points down in the second half to stun the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks, 63-55, Saturday in Muskegon. Anisa Longs keyed the win with a strong performance, off the bench, at both ends of the court. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
