The Gladstone High School Baseball team lost a tough 2-1 decision to Beaverton at the Cadillac Invitational on Saturday before rebounding to beat Big Rapids, 4-0, in the third place game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team won twice on Friday in Sault Ste. Marie, and then took two of three games at a tournament in Tawas on Saturday. The Braves will host Escanaba on Tuesday for a doubleheader. Click the above headline for more details.
Ben Schwalbach had a pair of run-scoring doubles, but the Gladstone Braves baseball team made too many errors and lost to Traverse City St. Francis, 5-3, Friday evening. Click the above headline for details, plus photos and videos taken by Rob Cooper.
The Gladstone High School junior varsity baseball team scored five runs in the first inning and rolled to a 9-1 win over Traverse City St. Francis Friday in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos and videos from the game.
The Rapid River High School boys track team won the Division Three regional championship in Munising, with Dan Blair having a big day several events. Munising won the girls meet. Click the above headline for details, and for photos by Lisa Anderson.
The Gladstone High School boys tennis team beat the Munising Mustangs, 7-1, Thursday at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline for the scores, photos, and video highlights.
Justin Popelka threw a three-hit shutout as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Norway Knights, 2-0, Wednesday night, at Al Ness Field. Norway pitcher John Edwardsen allowed just five hits but took the loss. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young, and listen to radio interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team swept both ends of a doubleheader in Negaunee, 5-0 and 4-2, Wednesday at IronTown Field. Click the above headline to read game details.
The Rapid River Rockets won two more games on Wednesday against a tough opponent: the Marquette Redettes. The Rockets kept their late-season roll going with 6-2 and 7-0 victories. Click the above headline to read game details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played for the second time this season on Wednesday, and the result was the same as it was earlier this month: an Eskymo win. This time, the Braves won the first two singles matches, but the Eskymos won every other flight and posted a 6-2 victory. Click the above headline to see all of the scores.
The Escanaba High School softball team hit five home runs Tuesday and beat the Gladstone Braves, 10-0, in the first game of a doubleheader at Lemmerand Park. The Eskymos also won the second game, 6-0. Click the above headline to read details, listen to highlights, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville and Mary Gauthier.
The Rapid River High School boys and girls track teams both won the championships of the Bark River Invitational Tuesday afternoon. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Lisa Anderson. (Pictured above: the start of the boys 1600 run)
The Gladstone High School girls basketball program will have a new head coach for the first time in more than a decade with the hiring of Eric Lundin. Click the above headline for more details. Pictured: Lundin, right, in the girls huddle last season.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team picked up two huge victories Monday, beating the Marquette Redettes, 6-2 and 3-2, in nine innings, at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos from the doubleheader opener.
The Escanaba High School boys tennis team swept all four doubles flights and rolled to a 6-2 win over the Marquette Redmen Monday afternoon. Click the above headline for scores.
The Escanaba High School baseball team overcame frigid temperatures and their own mistakes to beat Sault Ste. Marie, 9-8, and Houghton, 6-2, to win the championship of the Lions Club Invitational Saturday at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, hear radio replays, and to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos baseball team lost two games Saturday at the Escanaba Lions Club Invitational, but one bright spot was the program's first-ever home run by Mike Hall. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
It was an emotional day Saturday for the Gladstone High School girls softball team at the Escanaba Softball Challenge. The girls won two games before losing to the host Eskymos, 10-0. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos from the day.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team rolled to three victories on Saturday after losing to Rapid River at the Eskymo Softball Challenge at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team had a successful weekend at the Eskymo Softball Challenge in Escanaba. The Rockets won three of four games, including a stunning 6-1 upset over the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see photos, video.
The Gladstone High School Baseball team swept the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 4-0 and 5-3, in a baseball doubleheader Friday evening at Don Olsen Field. Freshmen Jared Crow and Daniel Martin led the Braves in the opener, and junior Ben Schwalbach clubbed a two-run homer in the nightcap. Click the above headline to read details, listen to highlights, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
Elliot Danhoff and Justin Popelka hooked up in a dramatic pitcher's duel Thursday night as the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves did battle. In the end, Danhoff and the Braves came through with a 2-1 win in eight innings at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys and golf teams both won the championship of the Northern Michigan Bank Invitational Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. Gladstone's boys finished second, and Marquette's girls were runners-up. Click the above headline for scores, and to see photos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Big Bay deNoc School will hold a 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday, May 21, at the school in Garden Corners. It's for both boys and girls, grades 5-12. The money raised will support the Big Bay deNoc High School basketball programs. The entry cost is $75 per team. Register at www.facebook/bigbay3on3 or call 644-2150.
The Escanaba High School tennis team won all four singles matches and beat the Munising Mustangs, 6-2, Wednesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team used a pair of big fifth innings to rally past the Marquette Redmen twice on Wednesday. The Eskymos won the first game, 9-4, in six innings, and took the nightcap, 8-5, in five innings. Click the above headline for details.
The Escababa High School boys golf team edged the Negaunee Miners by one stroke Tuesday to win the Kiwanis Invitational at the Wawonowin Country Club. The Escanaba girls finished second behind Houghton. Click the above headline to see the scores.
The Kingsford High School tennis team won six of eight flights Tuesday in a victory over the Escanaba Eskymos in Escanaba. Click the above headline for scores, photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School softball team rolled to two more victories on Tuesday, 15-1 and 12-0, over the Kingsford Flivvers in Kingsford. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Mary Gauthier, and to see scores of Tuesday's other softball games.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos hung with the Escanaba Eskymos for three innings Monday, but later ran out of pitching and the Eskymos rolled to a 15-1 victory. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
