The Escanaba Cubs and Manitowoc Legion baseball teams waged a heavyweight battle Sunday afternoon at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis. The teams exchanged rallies, exchanged big hits, exchanged big pitches, and even exchanged errors and close plays, before Manitowoc emerged with a 9-8 win in ten innings. Click the above headline for details.
Tsai Cheng Tseng made a charge down the stretch to capture her first career Epson Tour victory in only her second start Sunday at the Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass in Harris. Click the above headline for the details. (Epson tour photo, story)
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team wrapped up its play at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette on Sunday the same way it started the event on Friday: with an error-filled loss. The Blues made four more errors Sunday and lost to Watertown, 13-3. The Blues ended up making 20 errors in four games. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team bounced back from Friday night's heartbreaking loss by winning two games against Wisconsin opponents at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis., on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
Upper Peninsula High School Football All-Star Week wrapped up on Saturday as the Black team beat the Red team, 48-12, in the All-Star game at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details, and to see the list of award winners.
Auston Kim fired a bpgey-free round of 64 on Saturday to take the lead after the second round of the Epson Tour ladies golf tournament at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Epson Tour. (Epson Tour photo)
The Escanaba Cubs and Marinette Legion baseball teams hooked up in an old-fashioned pitcher's duel late Friday night as the Marinette Firecracker Tournament got under way at the Pederson Ballpark. In a game where there were only five total base hits and four total walks, the Cubs lost a tough 2-1 decision. Clicm the above headline for details.
Sweetgrass Golf Club put up a fight in the First Round of the Island Resort Championship. When the last putt dropped for the day, only 47 players were able to post a red number to start their weekend. Click the above headline for details. (Epson Tour story, photo)
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team could not overcome five defensive errors on Friday, and lost the first game of the Firecracker Tournament to Green Bay Southwest, 5-4, at Pederson Ballpark in Marinette. Click the above headline for details.
Young kids from around the Upper Peninsula got quite a treat at the Xcel High School Football All-Star Week youth camp Thursday at the Superior Dome. They were paid a visit by Jake Witt, who was drafted earlier this spring by the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. Click the above headline for more, and to see photos taken by RRN's Casey Ford.
In a battle of a couple of shorthanded teams, the Gladstone Indians slipped past the Norway Vikings, 4-2, in American Legion Baseball action Wednesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
Northern Michigan University Athletic Director and former hockey coach Rick Comley has been selected to join the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. The announcement came Monday in Detroit. Click the above headline for details and to hear comments from Rick Comley.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team wrapped up its play in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament late Saturday night with a 4-1 win over the Norway Vikings at Al Ness Field. The result came after the Cubs lost earlier in the day to DePere, 7-3. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
-The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team played four tight games at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament this weekend, and ended up losing three of them. The result means Gladstone will not advance to the semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
The American Legion baseball season got under way Thursday night with yet another down-to-the-wire battle between Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians. The Indians scored five early runs to grab a 5-0 lead, but the Cubs rallied to win the game, 6-5, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Click the above headline for details.
Norse Athletics announced on Wednesday that Ross Rahoi has resigned from his position as the Head Softball Coach at Bay College. Click the abvove headline for more details.
The Gladstone High School softball team lost a tough extra-inning battle to Standish-Sterling in the state quarterfinals on Tuesday, 3-1, in Gaylord. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Gina Pepin, videos taken by Amy Sundquist, and to hear post-game interviews.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team will now join the Wildcat volleyball team on Mackinac Island this fall, as the Green and Gold will meet the Northwood Timberwolves on August 19. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won a regional championship on Saturday, beating Benzie Central, 6-4. But the Braves gave up three unearned runs in the final inning of the quarterfinal game and lost to Standish-Sterling, 5-4. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team won a MHSAA Division Three regional championship on Saturday, beating the Negaunee Miners, 6-0, and then turning back the host Elk Rapids Elks, 9-3, in the championship game. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School senior Dawson Williams was named the Upper Peninsula's best tennis player, and was an All-State selection, as the post-season awards were announced. The U.P. champion Negaunee Miners swept a bunch of awards. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association baseball post-season tournaments are in the regional rounds across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for the schedules for all Upper Peninsula teams.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association girls softball district tournaments have wrapped up across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for the schedules for all Upper Peninsula teams.
The Gladstone High School baseball team scored eight runs in the first inning and coasted past the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 17-5, in the MHSAA Division Three Regional Semifinals Wednesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Northern Michigan University men's soccer team will be adding eleven newcomers to the roster for the 2023 season including three transfers, two sophomores, and six freshmen. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team took care of business with two mercy-rule district tournament wins, 15-3 over Manistique in the semifinals, and 11-1 over Superior Central in the championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Iron Mountain High School baseball team won a district championship on Saturday, winning the same number of games they won all season long: two. IM beat both Calumet and Negaunee, and now, it's on to the regional semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
The softball battle between the state's two top-ranked Divison Two teams was not close Saturday as the Gaylord Blue Devils hit three home runs and rolled to a mercy-shortened victory over the Escanaba Eskymos, 13-1, at Gaylord High School. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 1-0, in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals on Friday, but lost a heartbreaker to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 6-5, in nine innings, in the title game. Click the above headline for details.
The Mid Peninsula High School boys golf team captured the MHSAA Division Three Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday, and it was mostly a family affair. Click the above headline for details, and to hear interviews.
