Bay College Softball Team Opens Exhibition Season
September 29, 2019The Bay College women's softball team opened the exhibition season over the weekend by playing six games on the road. Click the above headline to read details.
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Girls Softball
BACK TO WORK: Norse Softball Starts Fall Practice
September 04, 2019The Bay College Norse softball team is back in campus and has begun its fall practices. The Norse will try to build on a successful first season last year, with a 28-9 record and a spot in the regional championship game. Click the above headline to see details.
Girls Softball
Delta County Softball Players Get Advice At Clinic
August 12, 2019The youth softball seasons have come to an end in Delta County, but there's still time to learn ways to get better at the sport in various clinics. Local girls didn't have to travel far on Monday as Saginaw Valley State University Head Coach Todd Buckingham held a clinic on the Bay College softball fields. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Softball
CELEBRATION TIME! Community Greets Eskymos
June 25, 2019The Escanaba High School softball team was the toast of the town Tuesday at a community-wide celebration of the girls' second straight state championship. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and hear interviews from the celebration.
Girls Softball
ALL-STAR FUN: South Tops North In Softball DH
June 20, 2019The high school softball season came to an end on Thursday with a pair of All-Star games at Negaunee's LaCombe Field. The South All-Stars won both games from the North, 11-8 and 12-6. The South team included three members of the Escanaba Eskymos, along with Rapid River and Bark River-Harris seniors, among others. (Bob Bal photo)
Girls Softball
Fourteen UP Softball Players Earn All-State Honors
June 18, 2019The Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association is out with its All-State teams, and the Upper Peninsula is well-represented, with five First Team and nine Honorable Mention selections. Click the above headline to see the list. (Pictured: Gladstone's Taylor Trudeau)
Girls Softball
Bay College Softball Among Nation's Best Statistics
June 17, 2019The Bay College Norse Softball team finished their first ever season with a 28-9 record and were regional runners-up this past season. As a team the Norse finished in the top 25 nationally in two statistical categories: 18th in the country in triples, 17th in batting average (.365) . Individually, pitcher Rhiley Hubert finished ninth in Division 2 with a 1.69 ERA. Emily Bruntjens ended up fourth in NJCAA Division 2 with eight triples, and 25th with a .473 batting average.
Girls Softball
CHAMPIONS AGAIN! Escanaba Softball Wins Title
June 15, 2019The Escanaba High School softball team won a second straight state championship on Saturday, outlasting the Stevensville-Lakeshore Lancers, 7-3, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews, radio replays.
Girls Softball
U.P. SOFTBALL PLAYOFF SCORES
June 14, 2019The high school softball post-season is wrapping up across Michigan. Click the above headline for scores, schedules.
Girls Softball
HEART-STOPPING! Kamin Bomb Rallies Eskymos
June 13, 2019Nicole Kamin hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift the Escanaba Eskymos to a 2-1 win over the North Branch Broncos in the MHSAA Division Two state semifinals Thursday at Michigan State. Gabi Salo threw a one-hitter, striking out 14 batters. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and hear replays and interviews.
Girls Softball
RETURN TO MSU: Salo, Eskymos Outlast Freeland
June 11, 2019The Escanaba High School softball team scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat the Freeland Falcons, 2-0, in the state quarterfinals Tuesday at Central Michigan University. Click the above headline for photos, videos, radio replays, interviews.
Girls Softball
WALK-OFF WINNER: Eskymos Take Regional, 1-0
June 08, 2019The Escanaba Eskymos earned a return trip to the state quarterfinals on Saturday with a dramatic 1-0 in over Muskegon Oakridge in the MHSAA Division two regional championship game on Saturday in Petoskey. This followed a 10-0 win over Remus Chippewa Hills in the regional semifinal. Click the above headline to read more details.
Girls Softball
DISTRICT CHAMPS AGAIN: Trudeau Leads Braves
June 01, 2019Taylor Trudeau slugged a solo home run and added an RBI double to help the Gladstone Braves beat the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 6-2, in the MHSAA Division Three softball district championship game on Saturday. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Girls Softball
TITLE DEFENSE CONTINUES: Eskymos Win Two
June 01, 2019The Escanaba Eskymos softball team continued their defense of last year's state championship by winning twice on Saturday to take the MHSAA Division Two district title. Escanaba blanked Kingsford, 6-0, then beat Petoskey, 7-1, in the title game. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights, taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
Girls Softball
Salo Perfect Again; Eskymos Take District Opener
May 28, 2019Gabi Salo pitched a perfect game and hit a home run as the Escanaba Eskymos opened district tournament play with a 7-0 win over the Cheboygan Chiefs Tuesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
Girls Softball
OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION: Eskymos Sweep Braves
May 21, 2019Gabi Salo threw another no-hitter, then clubbed a two-run homer, to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a doubelheader sweep over the Gladstone Braves, 6-0 and 10-0, on Tuesday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
Girls Softball
Bay College Wraps Up Season With Athletic Awards
May 20, 2019Bay College Norse Athletics has announced their postseason awards. They include various honors selected by each team, academic awards, Region XIII awards, the Student-Athlete of the Year Award, the Male Athlete of the Year Award, and the Female Athlete of the Year Award. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Softball
Gladstone Girls Capture Tawas Softball Invitational
May 18, 2019The Gladstone Braves softball team won the Tawas Invitational on Saturday. The Braves beat the Tawas Braves, 9-2. Jenna Tardiff had RBI doubles in each of the first two innings and Taelor Zeise singled in two runs in the first inning and doubled home two more runs in the sixth. Andie Balenger pitched a complete game eight hitter and had an RBI hit at the plate. Gladstone beat Ogemaw Heights, 13-5. Taylor Trudeau had a grand slam home run and Sydney Herioux had three hits and two RBI. Zeise had a double and three RBI.
Girls Softball
Escanaba Softball Shut Down By #1 Clarkston, 5-0
May 18, 2019The Escanaba Eskymos Softball team ran into a buzzsaw on Saturday in rainy Ann Arbor, losing to the top ranked Division One team in Michigan, Clarkston, 5-0. Gabi Salo was charged with five runs (one earned) on ten base hits. Esky made four errors. The Eskymos did not get a base runner, as pitcher Olivia Warrington threw a perfect game. Escanaba did better on Friday. The Eskymos shut out South Lyon, 3-0, as Gabi Salo threw another no-hitter. She struck out 13 batters and allowed just one walk. Later, Escanaba topped Saine, 6-2. Lexi Chaillier had four hits in the doubleheader.
Girls Softball
DOING THE SPLITS: Eskymos, Braves Swap Wins
May 14, 2019The Escanaba Eskymos scored three runs in the first inning to beat the Gladstone Braves in high school softball on Monday, 3-0, in Gladstone. But the Braves rallied from four runs down to take the nightcap, 8-5. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt and Nate Belleville.
Girls Softball
Escanaba Bounces Back; Braves Fall To Cardinals
May 11, 2019The Escanaba High School softball team bounced back from Friday's tough loss by posting a pair of wins on Saturday, while the Gladstone Braves lost to the state's two top-ranked teams. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos.
Girls Softball
Millington Shuts Down Esky In Softball Showdown
May 10, 2019Gabbi Sherman struck out 15 batters and allowed just one hit as the Millington Cardinals beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 3-0, in a high school softball showdown on Friday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
Girls Softball
STAYING HOT: Braves Softball Rolls Past Rockets
May 07, 2019The Gladstone Braves swept a softball doubleheader from the Rapid River Rockets on Tuesday, 8-2 and 5-2, in Rapid River. Click the above headline for photos, video clips.
Girls Softball
END OF THE LINE: Norse Lose In Regional Finals
May 05, 2019The first season in Bay College softball history came to a soggy end on Sunday as the women lost to five-time defending regional champion Dawson Community College, 15-3, in Glendive, Montana. The Norse pounded Dakota County Technical College earlier in the day, 26-7, to get their shot at the host Bucs. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Softball
Salo, Kamin Pace Eskymos In Two More Victories
May 04, 2019The Escanaba High School softball team wrapped up a perfect weekend on Saturday with two victories at a tournament in Wisconsin. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Softball
STAYING ALIVE: Norse Softball Wins At Regionals
May 04, 2019The Bay College Norse softball team lived to fight another day at the NJCAA Regional Tournament on Saturday, winning two games to advance to the Final Three of the event in Glendive, Montana. Bay defeated Gogebic Community College, 20-3, in five innings, and then powered past Region Lake State College, 8-2. Click teh above headline for details.
Girls Softball
Norse Softball Drops Regional Tournament Opener
May 03, 2019The Bay College Norse softball team fell into the loser’s bracket of the NJCAA Regional Tournament in Montana Friday, with a 5-3 loss to Dakota County Technical College. DCTC scored three times in the sixth inning to win it. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Softball
BIG SKY-BOUND: Bay Softball Ready For Regional
April 30, 2019The Bay College Softball Team will be the number 2 seed in the six-team Region XIII Tournament to be held in Glendive, Montana this weekend. The Norse will receive a bye in the first round of games. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Softball
CHALLENGE MET: Esky Takes Three In Wisconsin
April 27, 2019The Escanaba High School softball team won three games on Saturday to take the Ashwaubenon Invitational on a chilly day in suburban Green Bay. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, video clips from Saturday's first game.
Girls Softball
Bay College Softball Rallies; Wins Four In Minnesota
April 27, 2019The Bay College Norse softball team swept four games from the Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights this weekend. Click the above headline to read details.
