The Escanaba High School girls tennis team stayed undefeated in dual meets Wednesday with a 7-1 win over the West Iron County Wykons in Iron River. Meanwhile, in Negaunee, the Gladstone Braves continued their early-season struggles with a 7-1 loss to the Miners. Click the above headline to see the results from both matches.
The home opener for the Escanaba High School volleyball team was a marathon Tuesday night as the Iron Mountain Mountaineers came to town. The Mountaineers won the first two sets before the Eskymos rallied to tie the match. But the visitors won the final set, 15-8. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos stayed undefeated in girls tennis dual meets Tuesday with a 6-2 win over Kingsford, sweeping all four doubles matches along the way. Meanwhile, the Gladstone Braves lost to Menominee, 5-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River-Harris High School football team practiced under the lights Monday night, and they had to make sure that nobody hit anyone too hard. That's because the Broncos have only 14 players, and have to make sure that no one gets hurt by "friendly hitting". Click the above headline for a preview of the 2015 Broncos.
The Bark River-Harris community turned out Monday night to meet the players and coaches for this fall's Bronco sports teams. The volleyball, cheerleading, and football teams turned out for "Meet The Broncos" in the high school gym. Click the above headline for pictures from the event.
The Escanaba Eskymos are off to a good start in this 2015 girls tennis season. After beating Menominee, and finishing second at the Kingsford Invitational, the Eskymos topped the Gladstone Braves, 8-0, on Monday. It was Gladstone's season-opener. Click the above headline to see the results.
The 2015 Gladstone Braves fall sports season got its official kick-off Sunday night with the annual "Meet the Braves" event at the Marble Athletic Field. The football, volleyball, tennis, cross country, and cheerleading teams all gathered for an evening of pep talks...and some hot dogs. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Nate Bellville.
The 2015 girls high school volleyball season got started on Saturday with several tournaments in the Upper Peninsula. The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves competed at a tourney in Sault Ste. Marie, while Forest Park and Calumet tangled in the finals of an event in Kingsford. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team opened the season with a soggy 7-1 win over the Menominee Maroons Thursday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details.
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.
