The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team dropped two games on Saturday at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette. The Cubs lost to the Green Bay Shockers, 11-3, and to Pulaski, 10-7. Click the above headline for game details, photos, videos.
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 Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team split its games on Saturday at the Marinette Firecracker Tournament, beating the host team, 4-3, before losing to Manitowoc, 5-4. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team waited for nearly two hours to play ball, then lost to Marinette, 12-2, in five innings late Friday night at the Firecracker Tournament. Click the above headline for details, and photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
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 Menominee Red Wave American Legion team won its first game of the Marinette Firecracker Tournament on Friday, beating Manitowoc (Wis.), 6-2. Stephenson High School graduate Bryce Tharp needed just 67 pitches to toss a complete game five-hitter. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
Marquette High School won the most MHSAA state championships of any school in Michigan in the 2016-17 school year, while several downstate schools won their first-ever state titles. Click the above headline to read the school year recap.
The Norway 9-10 boys rallied from an 11-3 deficit to take a one-run lead in the sixth inning, but Iron Mountain scored twice in the bottom of the inning to win the Yooper Tournament final, 13-12, in Escanaba. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Justin Popelka scattered three hits and struck out 17 batters as the Escanaba Cubs beat the Bark River Bucs, 4-0, in American Legion Baseball action Tuesday night in the first game of a doubleheader. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Cubs took a 6-0 lead in the third inning on the way to a 9-4 win over Niagara in American Legion Baseball action Monday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
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.
Emma Talley finished up her second round on Sunday at the Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass, and then watched the rains fall again. This time, it was too much for the course to take and the third round was called off, and Talley collected the trophy and winner's check. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Symetra Tour.
After a scoreless first half, the U.P. High School Football All-Star game saw plenty of excitement in the second half, with Team Black edging Team Red, 19-14, Saturday afternoon at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details and photos courtesy of WJMN-Local Three News.
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 Island Resort Championship Symetra Tour ladies golf event was halted by rain on Saturday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Emma Talley shot three under par on nine holes of golf to take the lead at -9. Click the above headline to details, courtesy of Symetra Tour.
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.
Symetra Tour rookie Ruixin Liu fired a career-best round of 7-under par 65 on Friday in the first round of the seventh annual Island Resort Championship. Second-year Symetra player Emma Talley is one stroke back. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula High School All-Star football game is set for this Saturday at the Superior Dome, and the Skills Challenge was held Wednesday afternoon. The Red team won six of the nine events. Click the above headline to read about the winners.
