The Gladstone Braves did not play on Saturday, thanks to Mother Nature. The baseball team had its game against D.C. Everest and Rhinelander rained out. The softball team split a doubleheader with Traverse City St. Francis on Friday, winning the first game, 5-0, and losing the nightcap, 4-3. But the girls had their entire tournament in Reed City washed out on Saturday.
The Escanaba High School boys golf team had four of the top six scores on Thursday to win the championship of the Eskymo Invitational at the Escanaba Country Club. The Escanaba girls won their invitational as well, getting three of the top four best scores. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Braves managed to keep their Delta County Track Meet winning streak alive on Wednesday, but not by much. The Braves edged Escanaba by 11 points for their eleventh straight boys title. The Escanaba girls dominated their meet, more than doubling the score of the second place Braves. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone Braves scored early and often on Monday, sweeping a doubleheader from the Superior Central Cougars, 22-4 and 12-1, at Don Olsen Field. Drake Draze earned his first high school pitching win in the opener. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School Baseball team took second place at the eight-team Waupun Invitational this weekend in Wisconsin. The Eskymos beat Kenosha Tremper, 9-2, on Friday, and then beat the host Warriors, 6-4, on Saturday. Then in the championship game, Escanaba lost to Fox Valley Lutheran, 7-4. Click the above headline to see more details and photos.
The Escanaba High School softball team lost all three games at the Ashwaubenon (Wis.) Softball Invitational on Saturday. The Eskymos lost to the host Jaguars, 7-3, and then fell to Germantown (Wis.) 9-8, and Kenosha Bradford, 9-5. Escanaba opened the weekend with a doubleheader split at home on Friday against Alpena. Click the above headline for details and photos.
The Gladstone High School baseball team hit three home runs and got a pair of strong pitching performances Saturday, leading to a doubleheader sweep of the Charlevoix Rayders. The Braves won the opener, 8-4, before taking the nightcap, 9-6. Click the above headline to read more details.
Gladstone High School girl's softball team captured the championship of the Tri-County Invitational Saturday in downstate Howard City. The girls beat Paw Paw, 4-3, and then turned back Holland, 10-0. Gladstone won the championship over Williamston, 11-1, as Tinner Sharon tossed a no-hitter. The Braves are now 9-1 on the season.
The Escanaba, Marquette, Westwood, Gwinn, Newberry, and Lake Linden Hubbell boys basketball teams have all been honored for their success in the classroom by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone Braves scored four runs in the first inning and then coasted to a 5-1 win over the Norway Knights in a nine-inning baseball game Wednesday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
Christian Groleau ripped a bases-clearing triple in the fifth inning, and then pitched two scoreless innings, to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 6-4 win over the Negaunee Miners Tuesday night at frigid Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read details.
The Marquette High School track teams served notice on Tuesday that they will be the favorites at the U.P. Finals once the weather finally warms up. Marquette cruised to championships in both the boys and girls triangular meets under terrible weather conditions in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team ran into a hot-hitting team in Lower Michigan on Saturday, losing to the Essexville-Garber Dukes, 16-7 and 14-3. Click the above headline to read details. Escanaba went 1-3 on the weekend.
The Gladstone Braves finally got to play some baseball this weekend, and it was a successful debut for the team. Gladstone scored early and often and hit four home runs to sweep both ends of a doubleheader from Reed City, 12-2 and 9-0 on Friday. Then on Saturday, the Braves beat Kingsley, 5-1, before giving up seven unearned runs in a 7-6 loss to the Stags. Click the above headline to read more.
The Escanaba Eskymos, Gladstone Braves, and Rapid River Rockets all competed in the Spring Swing softball tournament this weekend at NMU's Superior Dome. Click the above headline to see how the local teams did in the two-day event.
The Escanaba High School baseball team rallied to post their first win of the season on Friday, beating Bay City Central, 6-4, in Lower Michigan. The Eskymos lost the second game of the doubleheader, however, 8-2. Click the above headline to read details.
The Kingsford High School boys track team easily won the Division One meet Tuesday at the Superior Dome with 113.5 points, easily outdistancing second place Menominee. And in the girls meet, the margin was even wider: Marquette won with 140.5 points and Menominee was a distant second place with 57. Escanaba and Gladstone finished way behind in both the boys and girls meets. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The Escanaba High School baseball team opened its 2014 season Friday with a 7-3 loss to the Appleton North Lightning in Wisconsin. The game was played in Wisconsin instead of in Escanaba because there is still snow on Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
Jerry Cvengros, who coached the Escanaba High School football team to its only state championship in 1981, died Monday night in East Lansing. He was 80 years old. Cvengros also served as EHS athletic director and as the high school principal during his 30 years in Escanaba. He also worked for the Michigan High School Athletic Association for 13 years. Click the above headline to read more.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has announced changes to how football practices will be run starting this fall. Essentially, the changes mean fewer days of full-out contact drills will be allowed before, and during, the season. Click the above headline to read the details on the new pratice rules.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced on Monday that the Newberry Indians and St. Ignace Saints will be moved from Class C to Class D for basketball and volleyball next school year. This is based on the latest enrollment figures. Click the above headline to read more.
It's late March, time for the start of practice for high school sports like baseball, softball, tennis and track. But with the piles of snow and ice out there, it may be a second straight spring with miserable conditions for U.P. teams. Click the above headline to read more.
The Upper Peninsula's two remaining high school boys basketball teams lost in the state semifinals on Thursday at Michigan State University. Negaunee fell to Detroit Consortium, 69-54, in Class C, while Cedarville lost to Adrian Lenawee Christian, 67-58, in Class D. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
Escanaba Eskymos defenseman Derek Chaillier has won the team's "Hobey Baker High School Character Award". The award has been given out in high schools across the country since 2003, and in Escanaba, it has been awarded the last several years. Click the above headline to read more about Chaillier and the award.
The North Central High School basketball team was unable to pull another game out of the fire Tuesday, losing to the Cedarville Trojans, 81-79, in the Class D state quarterfinal contest in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details.
The 2013-'14 high school boys basketball season has ended across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the all of this season's scores.
The Escanaba High School Hockey team celebrated its 2013-14 season with an awards banquet Tuesday night at the House of Ludington. The team went 16-8-3 this season, and boasted two All-State players for the first time in school history, along with four Academic All-Staters. Click the above headline to see photos from the event.
The Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans and St. Ignace Saints had their girls basketball seasons come to an end Saturday in the state finals. Forest Park lost to Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart, 56-53. And the Saints were overwhelmed by Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central, 62-40. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
The 2013-'14 high school girls basketball post-season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see all of the U.P. regular season and post-season playoff scores.
Former Escanaba High School football coach, athletic director, and teacher, Dan Flynn has been chosen for a prestigious award by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. Flynn was given the Charles E. Forsythe Award for his outstanding contributions to the interscholastic athletics community. Click the above headline to read the announcement.
