The Gladstone Braves and Norway Knights played a pair of tight low-scoring games Monday night, and the Knights won them both, 2-0 and 1-0, to stay undefeated on the season. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Escanaba High School Baseball team finished a perfect weekend with a doubleheader sweep of the Shawano Hawks, 12-2 and 11-1, Saturday, in Wisconsin. The Eskymos also battered Negaunee, 14-1, on Friday. Click the above headline to read details, listen to interviews and highlights, and see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team returned across the Mackinac Bridge with another tournament championship on Saturday. The Eskymos won one game on Friday and three more on Saturday to take the title of the Alpena Invitational. Click the above headline to read details, and to see action photos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Gladstone High School junior varsity girls softball team won three games Saturday at a tournament in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read the details.
Peshtigo Bulldog pitchers Austin and Tyler Marquardt combined to throw a one-hitter to lead their team to a 2-0 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday evening at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, plus photos and videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Escanaba Eskymos showed their strength in singles, and the Iron Mountain Mountaineers were strong in doubles. The result on Thursday afternoon was a 4-4 dual meet tie in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline to see the results from the match.
The Gladstone High School baseball team made the plays when they needed to and posted a pair of victories Thursday, beating the Marquette Redmen, 1-0 and 5-2, in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone Braves won two marathon matches by 10-8 scores Wednesday to earn their first team tennis victory of the season, beating the Marquette Redmen, 5-3, in Marquette. Click the above headline to see results. (Pictured above: Braves #2 singles Ross Miron).
Rain fell throughout Upper Peninsula on Tuesday, but some local high school girls softball games were played. Click the above headline to see Tuesday's game results.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves managed to play one inning of baseball on Tuesday before the rains made the field unplayable. The game was tied at 3-3 when it was called. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 6-1, in boys tennis Monday at Pfotenhauer Park. But several of the matches were tough, three-set affairs. Click the above headline to see the results, and to see photos and video highlights from the match.
The Gladstone Braves won the boys championship of its home golf meet on Monday, while the Escanaba Eskymos easily took the girls meet. Click the above headline to read details.
The Rapid River Rockets swept a softball doubleheader from the Bark River-Harris Broncos on Monday, winning 10-0 and 14-3. The Rockets got a perfect game from Erika Schwartz in the first game, and Erica Rucbick (pictured) hit two home runs in the nightcap. Click the above headline for more details. (Michelle Rubick photo)
The Gladstone High School junior varsity baseball team played its first-ever home game Monday night, and beat the Stephenson Eagles varsity team, 7-4, in nine innings at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to see photos from the game.
The Escanaba High School softball team won three games at the Michigan Stars Tournament in downstate Grand Blanc on Saturday. And the biggest win came against the state's top-ranked team: Livonia Ladywood. Click the above headline for details, photos.
The Gladstone High School baseball team had a tough weekend in Wisconsin, dropping all three games to tough opponents. Click the above headline for details.
Marquette is officially Hockeyville USA. The community and Lakeview Arena have been named the winners of a national contest that saw 85,000 communities enter. Marquette was announced the winner on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details.
C.J. Barron scattered three base hits over seven innings to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 7-0 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Friday in Escanaba. Brandon Punzel (pictured) had three base hits for the Eskymos. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team scored four runs in the seventh inning and stunned the Traverse City St. Francis Gladiators, 4-3, Friday in Traverse City. Tasi Martinez's three-run homer was the winner. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Norway Knights kept their perfect early-season record intact Thursday by beating the Gladstone Braves, 4-3, at Don Olsen Field. The Knights scored a run in the top of the seventh inning and then held on for the win. Click the above headline for details.
Justin Popelka carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and settled for a one-hitter as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Negaunee Miners, 9-0, Thursday at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young.
The Escanaba High School softball team got strong pitching performances from Katie Ross and Taylor Rathe and cruised to 4-0 and 10-0 victories over the Rapid River Rockets Wednesday in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Escanaba High School Baseball team swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Alger County Athletics, 12-0 and 12-2, Wednesday at Al Ness Field. The A's include kids from Superior Central, Munising, and Mid Peninsula. Click the above headline for details.
Tyson Seymour had a home run and a bases-loaded double, and he pitched five innings to help the Gladstone Braves beat the Negaunee Miners, 14-6, Tuesday evening in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg and Nate Belville.
The Bark River-Harris High School Baseball team swept a doubleheader from the Alger County Athletics, 5-0 and 14-8, Tuesday in Eben Junction. Click the above headline to read the details.
Marquette’s Lakeview Arena is now a finalist for the chance to be named “Hockeyville USA 2016”. Marquette is up against the Rushmore Thunderdome in Rapid City, South Dakota, for the grand prize. Click the above headline for details on how you can cast your vote.
The Gladstone High School baseball team nearly knocked off the Appleton North Lightning for the first time in school history, but lost a heartbreaker, 3-2, Saturday in Appleton. The Lightning also won the second game of the doubleheader, 9-3. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the twinbill.
The Gladstone High School baseball program now has a junior varsity team. The JV Braves played their first games on Saturday at Appleton North, Wis., and lost both games, 13-3 and 7-1. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the first-ever contest.
The Escanaba High School baseball team made sure it didn't come home empty-handed from the Waupun (Wis.) Invitational on Saturday by posting a 3-2 win over Seymour (Wis.). This after the Eskymos lost their first two games from the event. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
Six Upper Peninsula high school softball teams converged on the Gladstone High School for a tournament Saturday, with Escanaba walking away with the championship. Click the above headline to see the scoreboard. Pictured: Norway pitcher Harley Castor.
