The Gladstone Braves and Bark River-Harris Broncos met in a friendly baseball scrimmage Tuesday night, as both teams get ready for Saturday's regionals. Click the above headline to see photos from the event, and listen to interviews with both managers.
The Gladstone Braves exploded for three home runs and beat the Negaunee Miners, 11-1, to win the MHSAA Division Three district championship on Saturday in Negaunee. The win came after Jared Crow threw a no-hitter as the Braves beat Calumet, 3-0, in the semifinal game. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos.
The Rapid River High School boys track team won its second straight MHSAA Division Three Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Kingsford, edging Bessemer, 108-104. Pickford was a distant third. Click the above headline to see the results.
Marquette swept the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula track and field team titles on Saturday in Kingsford, but Escanaba's Jeny Brandt, and Gladstone's Sydney Mills and Adam Bruce took home individual first place honors. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team won its first-ever district championship on Friday, beating Stephenson in the semifinal, 8-0, and then beating Norway, 3-2, in a heartstopping title game. Click the above headline for interviews, photos and videos.
The Rapid River High School girls softball season came to an end in the districts for the second straight year on Friday, as the Rockets were upset by the Munising Mustangs, 6-5, in Bark River. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Hunter Eichhorn won his fourth straight MHSAA Division Three Upper Peninsula golf championship on Thursday, and his Carney-Nadeau Wolves lifted the trophy for a third straight year. DeTour won the girls championship. Click the above headline for the details.
The Escanaba High School golf teams won both the boys and girls Division One Upper Peninsula championships on Wednesday in Marquette. The boys edged Gladstone by one stroke while the girls beat Houghton by 18 strokes. Click the above headline for details.
Brittany Schwartz struck out 14 batters, and Richelle Vandeville had three hits and scored three times, as the Rapid River Rockets beat Bark River-Harris, 6-1, in the districts Thursday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos. (Pictured: Erica Rubick)
The Negaunee Miners won the MHSAA Division One boys tennis Upper Peninsula title on Wednesday, with Kingsford second and Marquette third. Escanaba had two doubles teams reach the finals. Click the above headline for the details. (Pictured: Escanaba's Paul Carne)
The Escanaba High School baseball season came to an end on Tuesday, after a 2-1 loss to the Petoskey Northmen in the MHSAA Division Two District Tournament in Cheboygan. The Eskymos stranded ten base runners and struck out 13 times. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Escanaba High School softball team jumped to a big early lead and freshman Gabi Salo struck out eleven batters in four innings of pitching as the Eskymos beat Petoskey, 8-2, in an MHSAA Division Two District tournament game on Tuesday. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Gladstone High School baseball team had to hang on for dear life Tuesday, beating the Alger County Athletics, 4-2, in the MHSAA Division Three District tournament opener in Eben Junction. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
Gladstone High School graduate Justin Jurek was the starting pitcher this weekend for Delta College as the Pioneers faced Niagara (N.Y.) County College in the opening game of the NJCAA-III Baseball World Series. Click the above headline to read details, and see pictures taken by Lori Jurek. This photo (Jurek is at right) is from the NJCCA broadcast.
Jared Crow allowed two hits over five innings of work to lead the Gladstone Braves to an 8-0 win over the Marquette Redmen in the first game of a doubleheader on Friday. The Redmen won the nightcap, 3-2. Click the above headline to see photos by Brenda Crow.
C.J. Barron and Jeny Brandt took the top two awards as the Escanaba High School held its annual senior awards banquet on Wednesday. And Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein paid a visit. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team swept a doubleheader from the Menominee Maroons, 6-3 and 6-0, Friday in Rapid River. The Rockets also took two from Superior Central on Thursday. Click the above headline to read details of both twinbills.
Owen Hanson hit a two-run double in the sixth inning, and then pitched out of jams in the final two innings, leading the Gladstone Braves to a 3-1 win over the Escanaba Eskymos on Thursday. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School boys golf team won the Great Northern Conference championship on Thursday, edging Escanaba by four strokes, behind a 72 from Bryce Douglas and 74 from Rudy Peterson. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The Escanaba High School girls golf team cruised to the Great Northern Conference championship on Thursday as Paxton Johnson, Megan Dagenais, and Sam Henderson all shot in the 80's. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Gladstone High School boys golf team won the championship of the Marquette Invitational on Wednesday. The Braves won with a team score of 320. Bryce Douglas was the medalist with 73 and Rudy Peterson took third with 76. In the girls meet, Gladstone's Megan Lukezich was fourth with a 111. The Braves host the GNC meet on Thursday.
The Escanaba High School softball team completed a sweep of the season series from the Gladstone Braves on Tuesday, winning 6-0 and 5-1 at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba High School baseball team honored its three seniors Tuesday night and split a doubleheader with the North Central Jets, losing the first game, 1-0, before winning the nightcap, 6-2. Click the above headline for details, photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Marinette Marines managed to play four innings of baseball on Monday before Mother Nature got the upper hand in a game that ended in a 5-5 tie. Click the above headline to see photos of the game and of Eskymo Parents Night.
The Escanaba High School tennis team beat the Iron Mountain Mountainers, 7-1, Monday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read the scores.
Justin Popelka threw 6 1/3 innings of shutout ball, and he had three hits and drove in two runs at the plate, leading the Escanaba Eskymos to a 6-0 win over the Rudyard Bulldogs in the final of the Esky Invitational on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School boys and girls track teams rolled to MHSAA Division One regional championships on Friday in Escanaba, while several other track finals were also held across the U.P. Click the above headline to see all of the results, plus photos, videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos came from behind to beat the Rudyard Bulldogs, 6-5, Friday, at Al Ness Field. Josh Bruntjens had the walk-off base hit with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning won it. Click the above headline for details, and Sandi Young's photos.
The Rapid River High School boys track and field team used the "home track advantage" to win an MHSAA Division Three Regional Championship on Thursday. The girls title went to Engadine. Click the above headline for more. (Lisa Anderson photo)
Dane Quigley has been hired as the new varsity boys basketball coach in Gladstone after serving for the past seven years as the junior varsity coach. He takes over a team that won 18 of 24 games last season. Click the above headline for details, and our interview.
