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 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.
In a one-run high school softball game between the two top teams in the State of Michigan, little things mean a lot. The top-ranked Clare Pioneers did just enough to beat the second-ranked Gladstone Braves, 1-0, in a MHSAA Division Three quarterfinal Tuesday evening at Cheboygan High School. Click the above headline for details, radio replay.
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.
It's another MHSAA Division Three regional championship for the Gladstone Braves high school softball team. The Braves dusted off Grayling, 6-2, in the semifinals, and then overwhelmed Kingsley, 9-0, in the regional final on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team cruised to another district championship on Friday, beating Cheboygan, 6-0, in the semifinals, and then crushing Menominee in the final, 15-0. Click the above headline for details and to see videos and radio broadcast.
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.
History was made for the Escanaba High School softball program during a rare Sunday game in suburban Detroit. Eskymo senior Katey Lamb hit two home runs in the same inning, and not only that, they were both grand slam homers. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team won three games on Saturday to take the championship of the Saginaw County Invite at Hoyt Park. Gladstone beat the two-time defending state champion Gaylord Blue Devils, 4-3, and they did it against pitcher Aubrey Jones, who has signed with Oklahoma State University. 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.
Bay College has a new softball coach. He's John Garris, who comes to Escanaba after being an assistant coach at the University of Maryland. Garris becomes the third softball coach in the last three years for the Norse. Click the above headline for details.
The City of Negaunee, in partnership with the Lake Superior Community Partnership, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday to mark the successful re-opening of LaCombe Softball Field. This event celebrated the completion of extensive Universal Design/Access improvements, making the field a more inclusive space. Click the abpve headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team had its season come to an end on Wednesday, falling in the state quarterfinals to the Evart Wildcats, 9-0, in Cadillac. It ended a long stretch of softball for a group of seniors who have played together since elementary school. Click the above headline for details, and for photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Escanaba High School softball team had its season come to an end in Sunday as the defending state champion Gaylord Blue Devils rolled to a 12-2 win over the Eskymos in the Division Two regional championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Montgomery Pepin threw two complete games to lead the Gladstone Braves softball team to a regional championship. The Braves beat Boyne City, 7-1, in the semifinals, and then pulled out a 2-0 win in the championship game over Grayling. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team hit five home runs and beat the Freeland Falcons, 8-4, in the MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal Saturday in Cadillac. The field was flooded by constant heavy rains, so the rest of the action was postponed until Sunday. Click the above headline for details.
Lenny Peacock pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts, but the Escanaba Eskymos lost to the Petoskey Northmen, 3-0, in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinals at Turcott Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone High School softball team had to battle countless times in their district final against Menominee, but managed, somehow, to pull through, 4-3, in eight innings, at Menominee High School. The Braves had earlier shut out Iron Mountain, and the Maroons had done the same to Manistique. Click the above healdine for photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Escanaba High School softball team swept a doubleheader from the Gladstone Braves, 5-2 and 13-3, Tuesday night at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and to see photos and videos taken by GHS student Jayger Quinn.
The Gladstone High School softball team pulled off two improbable comebacks against one of the best teams in the state Thursday night, beating the Negaunee Miners, 8-7 and 12-11. The Miners entered the doubleheader with a 19-1 record. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team won two games over the Houghton Gremlins, 10-0 and 10-5, Friday in Gladstone. The Braves improved to 9-6 on the season while the Gremlins fell to 7-6. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Bay College Norse softball team wrapped up its season with a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday, beating Alpena Community College, 10-6 and 5-2. The Norse ended their season with a bang, as sophomore Izzy Drabant smoked a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie. Click the above headline for photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Bay College Norse softball team dropped three of four games to the Delta College Pioneers out of the Saginaw area over the weekend. The Norse lost two one-run heartbreakers on Friday, 11-10 and 4-3, before winning the Saturday opener, 5-2. The Pioneers went back downstate with a 13-3 win in the finale. Click the above headline for details. (Brad Landis photo)
The Bay College Norse women's softball team picked up a huge win over the Mid Michigan College Lakers on Saturday, winning, 11-4, at the Wells Sports Complex. The Lakers won the nightcap, 14-1. Click the above headline for details, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Bay College Norse Softball Team picked up a pair of conference wins on the road Tuesday, defeating the Alpena Lumberjacks, 12-4 and 11-4. Click the above headline for details.
he Bay College Softball Team picked up its first win of the season with a 17-6 victory in the opening game of a four-game set with the Grand Rapids Community College Raiders. GRCC took the next three games by scores of 8-1, 14-12, and 11-3. 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.
