For the seventh straight year, Michigan ranked seventh nationally in high school sports participation, according to statistics for the 2014-15 school year released by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School girls gymnastics team has asked the school board to again fund the Eskymo program. But the school board Monday night was unable to get enough votes to take up that request. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Area Public Schools have a new athletic director. Jamie Tuma has resigned after serving in that role since 2009. Blaise Zimmer is coming from Saginaw to Marquette to take over that position. Click the above headline for more details.
Football practice began for varsity teams across the Upper Peninsula on Monday. The Gladstone Braves held their first practice in the evening, with new head coach Jeff Hansen in charge. The Braves open their season Aug. 28 in Gwinn. Click the above headline to read the story, and to see photos and videos from Monday night's practice.
The Gladstone Indians dropped two games to the Marquette Blues in the championships of the Class A American Legion Baseball State Tournament Saturday in Escanaba, 4-0 and 13-3. The Indians couldn't muster up any run support for starting pitcher Brandon Cooper in the opener, and Marquette came out swinging the bats early in the second game. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Gladstone Indians advanced to the championship game behind a gutsy performance on the mound by Jake Peterson and a two-run home run by Hunter Garling. Escanaba won the second game of the day over Hudson Post 180, 4-2, behind a three-run homer by Brandon Punzel and a good pitching performance by Tyler Skufca. But the Cubs ran out of pitching and were eliminated in the semifinal by Marquette, 12-4. Click the above headline for more details and photos.
The defending state champion Gladstone Indians used a pair of big innings to turn back the Escanaba Cubs, 6-3, in the opener of the American Legion Baseball Class A State Championship at Al Ness Field. Marquette turned back Hudson, 2-1 earlier in the day. Click the above headline to read more details from the tournament's first day.
Several Lower Peninsula American Legion Baseball teams have dropped out of the Class A State Tournament scheduled to begin on Thursday in Escanaba. That means that it will be just four teams involved in the double-elimination event. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians lost to the Marquette Blues in the semifinal game of the Zone Five Upper Peninsula American Legion Tourney Saturday in Menominee, 5-4. In the championship game, Escanaba pounded out 13 hits against Marquette pitcher McKinley Larson to win the title, 16-6. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs beat the Gladstone Indians, 8-5, Friday night to advance to the championship game of the U.P American Legion Zone tournament. Click the above headlines for more details, and to see photos taken by Lori Jurek.
The Escanaba Cubs and the Gladstone Indians both won their first two games of the 2015 Zone Five U.P American Legion Tournament on Thursday in Menominee. Click the above headline for details of both games.
It was a packed school board meeting Monday night in Escanaba as Jim Hansen fought for his job as a high school science teacher, and as the head coach of the Eskymo varsity football team. Hansen was fired from the football coaching job, and suspended from his teaching job, in June. Click the above headline to read the details. (WJMN-TV photo)
The Escanaba Cubs beat the Gladstone Indians in the second and final game of the regular season series Thursday night at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field, 5-0. Gladstone had plenty of chances to score runs throughout the game but couldn't cash in. Click the above headline for more game details and to see photos taken by Lori Jurek.
The Gladstone Indians scored twelve unanswered runs to rally from a 13-2 deficit Friday to beat the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox, 14-13, in the second game of a tournament in the Soo. The Indians lost earlier in the day to the Eastern U.P. Travelers. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat the Escanaba Polecats Wishigan League team, 7-6, Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos. Pictured: Austin Young (7) gets a hit for the Polecats during the seventh inning of Wednesday's game.
The U.P. Football All-Star game announced Sunday that two U.P. high school football teams will receive donations from the game's proceeds. The Stephenson and Baraga football programs will each get $1,000 to help their programs. The Escanaba and Norway High School football teams will each receive a set of practice jerseys. Click the above headline to read details about all of the Game's donations.
The Gladstone Indians beat the Ishpeming Blue Storm, 11-0, in a make-up game Sunday evening in Gladstone. Both teams get ready for the league tournament, which is being delayed until Tuesday because of a rainy forecast. Click the above headline to see the league tournament schedule, and to see photos taken by Lori Jurek on Sunday.
Brandon Punzel tossed a complete-game three-hitter to lead the Escanaba Cubs to a 4-0 win over the Gladstone Indians in American Legion Baseball Friday night at Al Ness Field. Hunter Garling allowed two earned runs on five hits in a losing effort. Click the above headline to read the details, and to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
Johnny Schlenvogt's double in the bottom of the tenth inning led the Escanaba Junior Cubs to a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Gladstone Junior Indians Friday night at Al Ness Field. Kadin Mustafa had two hits and a sacrifice fly to drive in three runs, as Escanaba rallied fro a 4-0 deficit. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Marquette Blues rode complete-game pitching performances from Trevor Bratonia and Brandon Lotterman to sweep a doubleheader from the Gladstone Indians, 8-2 and 9-2, Tuesday night in Gladstone. Marquette won all three games in the season series. Click the above headline to read the game details, and to see photos by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Cubs finally had a full squad on Tuesday, and they rolled to a 12-0 win over the Menominee Red Wave Tuesday night in Menominee. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Marinette Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament came to an end on Sunday with four games. The Escanaba Cubs made seven errors and lost to Manitowoc, 14-1. Menominee hung on to beat Green Bay, 3-1, while Watertown beat Marquette, 5-3. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the Escanaba-Manitowoc and Menominee-Green Bay games.
The Upper Peninsula High School All-Star football game was held Saturday at the Superior Dome. The North team scored twice in the fourth quarter to beat the South team, 35-25. Click the above headline for more.
The Escanaba Cubs split their two Saturday games at the 2015 Firecracker tournament. The Cubs beat the Green Bay Blue Jays 10-0 behind a strong pitching performance by Alec Slaga. But, the momentum didn't carry into the second game as they dropped the night game to Watertown 9-2. Click the above headline for more details, photos, and videos.
The Escanaba Cubs dropped their first game of the 2015 Firecracker Tournament in Marinette 5-3. Marinette Legion scored three runs in the first inning and never looked back after several comeback attempts by the Cubs. Click the above headline to see details, photos and videos.
The Upper Peninsula All-Star football game will be held on Saturday at the Superior Dome, featuring the best high school seniors from across the U.P. It was the Skills Challenge on Wednesday, and Gladstone's Justin Jurek won two events. Escanaba's Ben Larsen was also a winner. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday night to beat the Menominee Red Wave, 6-5, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos.
Twenty-nine wrestlers from downstate Allendale High School are in Marquette learning a new style of the sport at the United States Olympic Training Site. WJMN Local Three Sports reports that the wrestlers are being taught the Greco-Roman style of wrestling which tests both the strength and mental toughness of the sport. Click the above headline to see the report. (WJMN Local Three Sports photo)
The Gregg Johnson/Al Erickson Memorial Tournament came to an end in Escanaba on Sunday as DePere topped Midland Berryhill, 9-2, in the championship game. It was the latest battle between the two Midwest powers who have met many times before in recent years. Click the above headline to read game details and all tournament scores.
The Gladstone Indians dropped both of their games Saturday at the Gregg Johnson/Al Erickson Memorial Tournament, and finished the weekend with a 1-3 record. But every player and coach will tell you that mistakes and missed opportunities separated the Indians from a spot in Sunday's tournament semifinals. Click the above headline to read the details, and to see photos taken by Kammie Burks.
