The Menominee Red Wave American Legion baseball team rallied from five runs down to beat the Gladstone Indians, 9-7, in a wild state tournament game Friday night in Menominee. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Cole Hansen.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team beat two downstate squads on Thursday at the state tournament in Menominee. Gladstone beat Trenton, 10-0, then topped Hudson, 5-3, in eight innings. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Bark River Bucs American Legion Baseball team gave up three unearned runs and lost to Gaylord, 4-1, in the state tournament opener at Spies Field in Menominee. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association says that more students are participating in more than one sport at their respective schools. Marquette and Gladstone led the way last year with 82.6 and 83.8 percent of their athletes playing more than one sport, respectively. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone Indians repeated as American Legion Zone Five champions on Sunday with a 6-3 win over the Bark River Bucs at Don Olsen Field. Both teams, however, qualify for the state tournament next week in Menominee. Click the above headline for details.
Jared Crow pitched a complete game one-hitter on Saturday to lead the Gladstone Indians to a 4-0 win over the Marquette Blues at the U.P. Zone Five Tournament in Escanaba. Cody Frappier went 4-for-4 at the plate. The Indians advanced to the U.P. championship game, and clinched a spot in next week's state tournament. Click the above headline for details, videos, and photos taken by Brenda Crow.
Zach Englund threw 5 2/3 innings of no-hit ball and his older brother Duane got things started with a solo home run as the Bark River Bucs beat the Gladstone Indians, 4-1, at the U.P. Zone Tournament Friday in Gladstone. Later, Duane Englund threw 6 2/3 innings as the Bucs beat Menominee, 7-6. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Indians bounced back from an afternoon loss to Bark River with a nighttime 8-1 win over the Copper Country Flames to keep their state title defense alive. Tyson Seymour pitched a complete game, sending the Indians into Saturday's U.P. semifinal against Marquette. Click the above headline for details, photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Upper Peninsula Zone Five American Legion Baseball tournament got under way on Thursday with lots of rain dampening the action in Delta County. Two games were played in Escanaba, but two in Gladstone were not. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos from the Escanaba win over Negaunee, and Marquette's win over Sault.
Tyson Seymour pitched a complete-game five-hitter to lead the Gladstone Indians to a 6-1 American Legion Baseball win over the Menominee Red Wave Wednesday in Gladstone. Bryce Tharp threw five solid innings for the Red Wave in a losing effort as last year's state finalists met for the final time in the regular season. Click the above headline for details.
The Junior Little League softball tournament wrapped up on Monday in Gladstone, with the St. Clair All-Stars repeating as state champions. Kingsford, the lone U.P. team, was eliminated in the semifinals. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team kept rolling along on Sunday, sweeping a doubleheader from the Eastern U.P. Travelers, 6-1 and 5-1, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details and photos.
The Northern Lights YMCA will be offering a new Basketball Camp later this month, coached by Escanaba High School graduate Olivia Nash and former Gladstone Braves basketball Coach Clayton Castor. Click the above headline for details about the camp, and listen to our interview with Nash and YMCA Sports Coordinator Boston Hood.
The Gladstone Indians scored five runs in the fourth inning to break open a close game and beat the Bark River Bucs, 13-6, Tuesday night in Bark River. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights taken by Laura Lamberg. (Pictured: Bark River's Zach Englund is tagged out at the plate by Gladstone's Cole Hansen)
The Gladstone Indians and Bark River Bucs faced off in the championship game of the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational on Sunday, with Gladstone winning, 13-0. The Indians won six games in three days to take the title. Click the above headline for details.
Carney-Nadeau High School graduates Preston Lauscher and Jordan Janofski have signed National Letters of Intent to attend college and play basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Marinette. The two made it official at a signing ceremony Friday night at the Carney-Nadeau Gym, attended by family, friends, and Bucs Coach Bryan Wickstrom.
The Escanaba Cubs made six errors, leading to 14 unearned runs and a 17-3 American Legion Baseball loss to the Gladstone Indians Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and see photos and videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament wrapped up on Sunday in Marinette, Wis., with all four Upper Peninsula teams losing their final games to Wisconsin opponents. The Gladstone Indians fell to the host Marinette team, 6-2, in a rain-shortened championship. Click the above headline for photos and a recap of Sunday's games.
Escanaba Eskymo Logan Carroll scored a touchdown on the ground and Bark River-Harris Bronco Ryan Arndt caught a TD pass as Team Black defeated Team Red, 14-7, in the Upper Peninsula High School Football All-Star Game Saturday in Marquette. BR-H Coach Al Stenberg was the winning coach. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Indians brought out the big bats to beat Manitowoc, 10-0, in five innings Saturday morning at the Marinette Firecracker Tournament. Then the Indians used small ball and pitching to turn back the Green Bay Preble Shockers, 2-1, in a tense game under blazing heat at Haase Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips.
The Escanaba Cubs lost a pair of games on Saturday at the Marinette Firecracker Tournament, 5-1 to the Green Bay Shockers and 13-0 to Pulaski, Wis. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos from several of the U.P. teams' action.
The Escanaba Cubs stranded the bases loaded twice and eventually lost to Marinette, 10-0, in the Marinette Firecracker Tournament opener Friday night. The Cubs were limited to three hits, but walks and errors gave them scoring chances that they could not capitalize on. Click the above headline to read details and see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Gladstone Indians played "small ball" to grab an early lead and gradually pulled away to post a 10-1 win over Pulaski, Wis., in the Marinette Firecracker Baseball Tournament opener Friday night. Ben Kelly pitched a complete-game two-hitter. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The U.P. high school softball All-Star games were held in Norway on Wednesday, the final games for 34 girls in their schools' uniforms. The North won the opener, 13-9, and the South won the nightcap, 15-7. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Skills Challenge was held on Wednesday as part of U.P. Football All-Star Week at the Superior Dome. Escanaba's Logan Carroll and Johnny Schlenvogt both won events. Click the above headline for details and a list of winners. (Xcel Sports Training photo)
The Bark River Bucs American Legion Baseball team paid back the Escanaba Cubs in a big way on Monday, 16-0, in seven innings, at Al Ness Field. The Cubs had stunned the Bucs in a nine-inning marathon game late Saturday night. Click the above headline foe details.
It was an emotional night in the Gladstone High School tonight as the baseball team celebrated the most successful season in the six year history of the program. The Braves won a school record 32 games. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
A member of the state champion Escanaba Eskymos has signed a National Letter of Intent to play college softball. Shortstop Taylor Gauthier signed Monday afternoon to play with the University of Detroit-Mercy Titans. Click the above headline for more.
DePere and Midland Berryhill hooked up in Sunday's championship game of the Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion Baseball Tournament in Escanaba. DePere scored six runs in the sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie and take the trophy back to Wisconsin, 10-4. Bennett Olson went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and a two-run single. Matt Williams added two hits and two RBI and pitched four innings of relief for the win. Brandon Smith had a two-run homer, double, and single for Midland.
The Gladstone Indians came close, but couldn't get the big hit at the end, and lost to Midland Berryhill, 6-4, in the semifinals of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
