Lucas LaCosse threw a three-hit shutout and had four base hits at the plate to lead the Gladstone Braves to an 8-0 win over the Superior Central Cougars in the second game of a doubleheader Monday afternoon in Eben. The Braves also won the opener, 9-4. Click the above headline to read more details about the games.
The Escanaba School Board Monday approved the hiring of Christa Erickson as the new varsity volleyball coach, and Dena Fedell as the new varsity girls basketball coach. Click the above headline to read more about the hirings.
Escanaba Eskymos won three of their four games Saturday at Lemmerand Park, while Rapid River won two of its three games. And the Gladstone Braves won four games to take the championship of the Tawas Softball Invitational. Click the above headline to see all of the details, photos, and video highlights.
The Alpena Wildcats baseball team beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-3, Saturday in the championship game of the Binks Coca-Cola Invitational in Escanaba. The Gladstone Indians American Legion team, filled with mostly middle-school kids, surprised the Negaunee Miners, 14-3, to take third place. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Alpena Wildcats tuned up for Saturday's baseball tournament by splitting a doubleheader Friday night in Escanaba. The Wildcats held on to win the first game, 4-3, then the Eskymos took advantage of Alpena mistakes to win the nightcap, 10-9. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
The Gladstone Braves won the MHSAA Division One boys regional championship on Thursday with a dominating performance in both field events and in the short races. And the Marquette Redettes won by an even bigger margin in the girls regional. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Gladstone Braves made several key errors and lost the first game of a doubleheader to the Negaunee Miners, 7-5, on Wednesday. But Gladstone salvaged the second game, 4-2, with help from seldom-used Jack Carey. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos and videos, and listen to audio.
The Escanaba High School tennis team beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-1, on Wednesday. The win happened about 18 hours after the Escanaba School Board voted to eliminate the program as a budget cut. Click the above headline to read more.
The Gladstone Braves took advantage of ten Escanaba Eskymo errors and posted a pair of softball victories Tuesday afternoon. The Braves won the opener, 4-1, and took the nightcap, 6-2. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos won three of the four singles matches, but the Marquette Redmen got the clean sweep in doubles and the Redmen posted a 5-3 win Monday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos, Gladstone Braves, and Rapid River Rockets managed to play a little softball on Saturday before Mother Nature and Old Man Winter won again. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Norway Knights won the championship of their own tournament Saturday at Marion Park. After sitting through a snow delay, the Knights beat Stephenson, 7-0, and then topped Negaunee, 5-2, in the championship game. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High baseball team committed five errors and made other assorted mistakes in a 10-5 loss to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils Friday in Gladstone. But the Braves played better in the second game and earned a doubleheader split, 13-3. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School tennis team lost to the West Iron County Wykons, 7-1, Friday in Iron River. The #1 doubles team of Jake Eastin and Dave Fix managed to get a win for the Eskymos. Click the above headline for details.
Nine Upper Peninsula high school golf teams braved cold, windy conditions to shoot 18 holes Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. Norway edged Escanaba to win the boys championship, while the Eskymos cruised to the girls title. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played for three hours and three minutes under cold, windy conditions Thursday night. In the end, the Eskymos were made the final push and posted a 14-8 victory. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos fielded a line-up full of underclassmen Wednesday and beat the Marquette Redmen, 11-2, at Marquette's Gerard Haley Field. Alec Slaga and Andrew Sedlar combined to pitch a six-hitter and the Eskymo offense produced eleven base hits. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, and listen to audio highlights.
Ben Kleiman pitched a complete-game four-hit shutout, and was helped along by several stellar defensive plays, as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Marinette Marines, 2-0, Tuesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team bounced back from Saturday's loss to Escanaba by sweeping the Norway Knights, 4-3 and 7-1, Monday, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read more details, see pictures, and listen to audio interviews and radio replays.
The Escanaba High School golf team finished fourth out of eight teams Tuesday at the Marinette Ryder Cup Invitational in Wisconsin. Eskymo freshman Dylan Gauthier was in action in an Eskymo uniform for the first time since his hockey injury during February. Click the above headline to see how he did.
The Escanaba High School baseball team continued its long homestand with a doubleheader sweep of the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox, 14-4 and 13-3, Sunday afternoon at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details.
Escanaba High School freshman Dylan Gauthier was severely injured while playing hockey for the Eskymos on February 7th in downstate Chelsea. But after several surgeries and weeks of rehab, Gauthier is back in action, playing for the Eskymo golf team. Click the above headline to read more about Gauthier's remarkable comeback.
The Escanaba Eskymos played for the first time this season at Al Ness Field on Saturday. The boys beat the Marquette Redmen, 16-0, and then topped the Gladstone Braves, 5-1, in the Lions Club/Crawford Funeral Home Invitational. Earlier in the day, Gladstone beat Negaunee, 4-2. Click the above headline to read the tournament details.
The Gladstone Braves won three games at the Reed City Softball Invitational on Saturday, wrapping up a 5-0 trip below the Mackinac Bridge over the weekend. Click the above headline to read more details from the downstate trip. Pictured: Tinner Sharon pitches.
The Escanaba High School tennis team tied Munising, 4-4, and then beat Iron Mountain, 5-0, under poor weather conditions on Thursday. Click the above headline to read more details about the matches.
Christian Groleau pitched a four-hitter and Blake Ballard hit a grand slam home run to help the Gladstone Braves beat the Marquette Redmen, 10-2, Thursday night in Gladstone. The second game was rained out. Click the above headline for more details.
Hayden Hardwick's two-run hit in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Gladstone Indians a 9-7 win over the Marquette High School team Wednesday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read more about the game.
The Escanaba Eskymos swept all doubles flights Tuesday and beat the Gladstone Braves, 6-2, in a Great Northern Conference tennis match in Escanaba. The Braves got singles wins from Aaron Parmet and John Hammar. Click the above headline to see all of the scores, and photos.
U.P. school administrators and coaches are reacting with sadness after the traffic crash that killed three people in northern Lower Michigan on Monday, including the head coach and a player of the Grayling High School Boys Golf team. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos gave up four runs in the first inning and then came within one out of being victims of a no-hitter on Monday, losing to the DePere Redbirds, 5-1, in Wisconsin. Alec Slaga and Andrew Sedlar came off the bench to get base hits in the final inning. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.