The Gladstone High School baseball team won its third straight regional championship on Saturday, beating Kalkaska, 5-3, and Boyne City, 7-2, to earn a spot in the MHSAA Division Three state quarterfinals. Click the above headline for the details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team managed only two base hits and gave up two unearned runs in a 2-0 loss to the Fremont Packers Saturday in the MHSAA Division Two Regional semifinals on Saturday in Gladwin. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, taken by Mike Dagenais.
The MHSAA high school baseball and softball regional tournaments are set for Saturday, and the Upper Peninsula's teams are making final preparations. Click the above headline to see the schedule, and to see photos from the Escanaba Eskymos baseball oractice in Midland. (Pictured: the Norway Knights baseball and softball teams)
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves met on the baseball field Wednesday night, but it was not the usual intense battle of rivals. The teams held a scrimmage, as both get ready to play in regional tournaments Saturday. Click the above headline to see photos.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team is getting ready for the MHSAA Division Two regional tournament, set for this Saturday in downstate Gladwin. The girls played against Marquette in a scrimmage on Tuesday. Click the above headline to read details.
The Rapid River High School boys track team won the school's first Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday, edging North Central, 72-68, in Kingsford. Ontonagon won the D-3 girls title. Click the above headline for deails, and photos taken by Lisa Anderson.
The Escanaba High School girls track and field team finished in a tie for second place Saturday at the U.P. Finals in Kingsford. The Eskymos were tied with Sault Ste. Marie with 61 points, way behind the champion Marquette Redettes. Click the above headline for details, and to see all of the Division One boys and girls results.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won its third straight district championship on Saturday, beating Alger County and Negaunee under rainy conditions at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read details, and photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone High School softball team rolled to another district championship on Saturday, beating Iron Mountain, 14-1, and Westwood, 10-0, to earn a trip to the regionals in Charlevoix. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won a Division Two district championship on Friday, beating Petoskey, 4-3, in the semifinals, and then taking down Sault Ste. Marie, 16-3, in the final. Justin Popelka willed his team to victory by getting the pitching save in the opener, and then throwing a complete game in the final. Click the above headline for details, audio highlights, and photos, videos taken by Sandi Young.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team won a Division Two district championship on Friday, beating Cheboygan, 9-1, and topping Petoskey, 3-0, in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline read details, photos and videos, and all of Friday's U.P. scores.
Hunter Eichhorn scorched carded a 75 on Thursday to lead the Carney-Nadeau Wolves to the MHSAA Division Three U.P. golf championship Thursday. It was the Wolves' second straight U.P. title, and Eichhorn's third straight. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School girls golf team rolled to an MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Thursday, breaking Houghton's five-year reign as U.P. champs. Houghton's boys won their third straight. Click the above headline for scores.
The Menominee Maroons and Negaunee Miners ended in a 16-16 tie Thursday for the championship of the MHSAA Division One boys tennis U.P. championship. Kingsford was third with 12 and Escanaba finished fourth (5). Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team closed the regular season Tuesday with a ten-inning, 5-5 tie with the Rudyard Bulldogs. This followed an eleven-inning game the night before in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, listen to interviews and audio highlights, and see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young.
The Escanaba Eskymos, Gladstone Braves, and Rapid River Rockets all won their district tournament softball openers on Tuesday, while the Bark River-Harris Broncos were eliminated. Click the above headline to see the scores, schedules.
Clay Cole was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning, and the Gladstone Braves beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-3, Monday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to hear highlights, and see photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Bark River-High School baseball team gave up five unearned runs and lost to the Menominee Red Wave American Legion team, 7-1, Saturday in Menominee. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights from the game.
The Munising Mustangs won the Skyline Conference Track Championship for both the boys and girls on Friday in Felch. Rapid River was second. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves literally slipped past the Marquette Redmen, 3-2, during a soggy baseball game Friday night at Don Olsen Field. Brandon Cooper's RBI single in the seventh inning won it. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba High School golf teams added conference championships to their hardware on Thursday, with their sights set on next week's U.P. Finals. The Esky boys beat Gladstone by 11 strokes while the Esky girls topped the Braves, and everybody else, by a wide margin. Click the above headline to see the scores. (Pictured: the Eskymo boys)
The Gladstone High School girls softball team outlasted Mother Nature, and the Manistique Emeralds, in posting a victory Thursday in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament opener. Click the above headline for game details, photos and videos.
The Menominee High School tennis team rolled to the Great Northern Conference championship during a soggy afternoon Thursday in Delta County. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights. (Pictured: Gladstone's Ross Miron)
The Marquette High School track teams won the Great Northern Conference championships in both boys and girls track on Thursday in Escanaba. The meet was held after a long rain delay. Click the above headline for the scores, photos, and videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team lost for the second time in less than a week to the Kingsford American Legion Blues on Thursday. And the score was the same as it was last weekend: 2-1. Click the above headline for details. Pictured: Eskymo Class of 2016.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team closed the regular season Wednesday with a doubleheader sweep over the Superior Central Cougars, 15-0 and 15-0, in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from Wednesday's games.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos topped the Gladstone Braves junior varsity team, 14-4, in baseball action Tuesday in Bark River. The Broncos honored seniors Jake Greenfield, Bryce Sundquist, and Drake Draze (pictured) as they played their final regular season home game. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone Braves and Escanaba Eskymos tried to play softball on Tuesday, but heavy rains forced the games to be cancelled. So, the girls had some fun on the muddy field. Click the above headline to see some photos and videos from the fun in the mud.
The Gladstone High School baseball team opened a five-game season ending homestand Monday with a pair of victories over the Houghton Gremlins, 4-0 and 8-3, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to see details, photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Iron Mountain Mountaineers played to a 4-4 draw in high school tennis action Monday afternoon in Escanaba. Iron Mountain beat Munising, 5-3, in the other half of the triangular. Click the above headline to see Monday's results.
