The Gladstone High School girls volleyball team dropped all three games during their match Monday night in Stephenson. The Eagles beat the Braves, 3-0, (25-18, 25-22, and 25-17). Click the above headline for more details. Photo courtesy of Paul Gerard.
The Gladstone High School football team scored 27 unanswered points and beat the Roscommon Bucks, 41-12, Saturday night in Gladstone. The win gave the Braves a 2-0 record after the team had lost 16 games in a row going back to the 2012 season. Click the above headline to read the details, and to see photos and videos.
Ethan Campbell ran for two touchdowns and passed for another as the Traverse City Central Trojans beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 50-14, Friday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
The high school volleyball season is under way for our Class D teams. Rapid River and North Central met in a CUP match Thursday, and the Jets rallied to post a 3-2 victory. NCA won the decisive fifth game, 15-7. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School tennis team threw a shutout Wednesday as the girls topped the Gwinn Model Towners, 7-0, in Gwinn. Click the above headline to read all of the individual scores from the match.
The Escanaba High School girls volleyball team won its first home match of the season on Tuesday, beating the Negaunee Miners, 3-0. The scores were 25-12, 25-20, and 25-21. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team kept its unbeaten streak alive on Tuesday by beating the Gladstone Braves for the second time this season, 6-2, in Escanaba. The Eskymos improved to 6-0-1 on the season. Click the above headline for photos and scores.
The Gladstone Braves scored four unanswered touchdowns and beat the Gwinn Model Towners, 34-8, in the football season opener Thursday at the Marble Athletic Field. Tyler Wells scored two touchdowns on the ground and threw for three more scores as the Braves broke a 16-game losing streak. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos taken by Ron Jurek, videos taken by Nate Bellville, and listen to replays and interviews.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team beat the West Iron County Wykons, 5-3, Wednesday, in a match-up of two of the Upper Peninsula's top teams. Across the bay, the Gladstone Braves fell to the Negaunee Miners, 7-1. Click the above headline to see results.
The Escanaba Eskymos literally ran away with the championships of the Munising Invitational Tuesday afternoon at Valley Spur. The Eskymos used their depth to win the 13-team boys meet with 39 points, and the girls meet with 46 points. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School tennis team picked up its first win of the season on Tuesday, beating Menominee, 5-3, in Menominee. The Braves won all four of the singles flights. Meanwhile, Escanaba and Kingsford played to a 4-4 tie in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos turned in their most dominating performance of the young tennis season on Monday, beating the Gladstone Braves, 7-1, in Gladstone. Escanaba won six flights in straight sets, and Escanaba took a marathon victory at #1 doubles. Click the above headline for details.
The high school volleyball season began on Saturday as the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves competed at the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational. Both Delta County teams came home without a win. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners got in about an hour of work Friday as they get ready for the start of the high school football season. The teams played a scrimmage at the Escanaba Athletic Field, with the Eskymos scoring six times and the Miners cracking the end zone three times. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School cross-country teams opened the season Friday at the Marquette Relays. The Braves girls finished second behind the near-perfct Redettes, while the Gladstone boys were third behind Negaunee and Marquette. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone High School girls tennis team opened its season Thursday with a 5-3 loss to the Marquette Redettes at Pfotenhauer Park. The Braves won the top two singles flights and won at #1 doubles, but Marquette had more depth and won the match. Click the above headline to see details.
The high school girls tennis season began on Wednesday in the Upper Peninsula. The Escanaba Eskymos got off to a good start with a 6-2 win over the Marquette Redettes. Click the above headline to see photos, taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Escanaba High School football team had its first day of practice with hitting on Friday, and the boys held an intrasquad game to show off their talents. The team broke down into Orange and Black practice squads, and it was a 22-22 draw at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Five people will be added to the Gladstone High School Athletic Hall of Fame this fall. The ceremony is set for October 18th at the Terrace Bay Inn. Click the above headline to see who will be a part of the fourth class to the Hall of Fame.
The Gladstone High School football team went 0-9 in 2013. But the Braves are looking for better things under a revamped offense. The Braves held their first practice Monday morning at just past midnight, the very first moment allowed under MHSAA rules. Click the above headline for details.
The two best Class A American Legion Baseball teams in Michigan reside in Delta County. The Gladstone Indians won their first-ever state championship on Saturday, beating the Escanaba Cubs, 4-0, in Gladwin. The Cubs are state runners-up for a second straight year. Click the above headline to read all of the details, see photos taken by Sheila Olsen, and hear the call of the final out and post-game interviews.
The Gladstone Indians used the shutout pitching of Jake Peterson to post a 7-0 win over the host Gladwin Lightning Friday evening. Meanwhile, the Escanaba Cubs beat Hudson, 6-1, and then rallied past Petoskey, 10-6. Click the above headline to read game details and to see photos.
The American Legion Baseball Class A State Tournament got off to a rough start on Thursday for the Upper Peninsula’s teams. The Escanaba Cubs dropped a 14-5 decision to Petoskey, while the Marquette Blues lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to Hudson. But the Gladstone Indians managed to get a 4-0 win over Petoskey. Click the above headline for more details, photos, and videos.
Three Upper Peninsula American Legion Baseball teams will play for a state championship this weekend in downstate Gladwin. The U.P. Zone Five Champion Gladstone Indians, runners-up Escanaba Cubs, and third place Marquette Blues are in the six-team field. Click the above headline to see the tournament schedule, and to see photos and videos from the Gladstone Indians practice. (Pictured above: Jake Pearson in the cage)
The Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians are both headed back to the American Legion Baseball State Tournament. Both qualified for a trip to Gladwin on Saturday at the U.P. Finals in Marquette. Gladstone beat Escanaba, 5-3, to win the U.P. Zone Five championship, but the Cubs, and Marquette Blues, both advanced to states. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians both advanced to the Final Four of the Upper Peninsula Zone Five Tournament Friday in Marquette. The Indians beat Hancock, 5-0, and then dominated Ishpeming, 15-2. The Cubs beat Menominee, 4-3, before losing to Marquette, 15-5. But Escanaba was still the top seed in its pool. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians played another tight game on Thursday as the American Legion Baseball's Zone Five Tournament began in Marquette. Gladstone's Sam Pouliot outdueled Escanaba's Devin Olsen and the Indians won the Battle of Delta County, 3-2. Click the above headline to read more details.
Escanaba High School has a new athletic director. EHS alum Nick Nolde has been hired to take over the department, two months after the resignation of Dave Wilson. Nolde has been the athletic director at Bark River-Harris High School the past couple of years. Click the above headline to read more details and hear from Nolde on his hiring.
Graham Morrison drove in his cousin, Christian Groleau, in the top of the 14th inning as the Gladstone Indians beat the Escanaba Cubs, 4-3, in a marathon game at Al Ness Field. Groleau had four successful bunts and scored three runs as the Indians swept the season series from their cross-bay rivals. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone Indians won twice on Saturday at the Lynn Auto Parts Invitational in Sault Ste. Marie, including one win without an adult coach. Meanwhile, the Escanaba Cubs lost both of their games on Saturday to finish the tournament 2-2. Click teh above headline to read all of the details.
