The Escanaba Major Little League softball team (age 11-12) won its state tournament opener on Friday, outlasting Grandville, 9-6, in seven innings, in St. Clair. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and see photos, videos taken by Caron Salo.
The Escanaba Minor Girls (age 9-10) won their second straight district tournament game on Friday, while the Escanaba 9-10 boys topped Gladstone in their district opener. Also, Kingsford and Portage Lake both won Major Boys (age 11-12) district championships on Friday. Click the above headline to read details.
Two longtime Little Leaguers have been appointed to the Upper Peninsula Little League Hall of Fame. Charlie Nebel of Munising (pictured, center), and John Norrington of Manistique (right), were honored for their decades of service to Little League in the U.P.: Nebel in coaching, and Norrington as an umpire. They are pictured here with District Ten Administrator Don Howes. Nebel's Munising Major Boys lost a heartbreaker to Norway, 11-10, in the loser's bracket final Thursday night in Gladstone.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) have arrived in downstate St. Clair for the start of the state tournament. The 16 teams from across Michigan took part in a parade and opening ceremonies Thursday night, and games begin on Friday. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from Thursday's events.
Jesse Neuman launched a three-run homer as Norway's Major Boys (11-12) Little League team beat Iron Mountain North, 9-5, Wednesday in Gladstone. Norway faces Munising on Thursday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
The Iron Mountain North Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League team got plenty of offense on Monday and stayed alive in the district tournament with an 11-1 win over Tri-County. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Kingsford Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League team got off to a slow start, but roared back to beat Munising, 23-5, Monday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Norway Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League All-Stars erased an 8-0 deficit and stunned Gladstone, 13-9, in an elimination district tournament game on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Major Girls (age 11-12) Little League softball team beat Norway, 13-0, to win the District Ten championship on Sunday. Click the above headline to read details, and to see the schedule for next weekend's state tournament in St. Clair.
It was Alger County 2, Delta County 0, in the Major Boys (age 11-12) district tournament on Saturday in Gladstone after Munising beat Gladstone, 6-1, and Tri-County topped Escanaba, 7-4. Click the aove headline for details, and to see photos.
The Major Little League (age 11-12) All-Star baseball season got under way on Friday with a pair of games at Gladstone's Howes Field. Gladstone topped Escanaba, 16-5, and Munising outlasted Tri-County, 15-14. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the games, and see scores of other local Little League games.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) opened district tournament play Thursday with a 9-0 win over Norway at Escanaba's Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
A group of Upper Peninsula softball players brought some hardware home from a tournament in Wisconsin over the weekend. “906 Fastpitch”, sponsored by Team Electronics, beat Johnstown, Iowa, 10-4, to win the Wisconsin North America Fastpitch Association state championship. The team has six girls from Escanaba High School, and one each from Gladstone, Rapid River, Negaunee, and Westwood High Schools.
The Norway 9-10 boys rallied from an 11-3 deficit to take a one-run lead in the sixth inning, but Iron Mountain scored twice in the bottom of the inning to win the Yooper Tournament final, 13-12, in Escanaba. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gold Medal Classic Independent Basketball Tournament has set the dates for its annual event in the Menominee County town of Hermansville. The tournament will run March 30th thru April 9th. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Riverside Bantams took second place in a nine-team tournament this weekend in Shawano. Escanaba defeated Oregon, Wis., 8-0, Dodgeville, Wis., 9-4, and Verona, Wis., 5-4. Shawano won the championship, 2-1, in overtime. Click the above headline to see the team and its trophy!
A new press box has been built on the James Cannon Baseball Field at the Gladstone Sports Park. The project was funded by a grant from the Community Foundation of Delta County. Click the above headline to read more about the project. (Rich Gagnon photo)
The Escanaba Big League Girls were honored by their community Thursday evening after competing in the Little League World Series in Delaware. The group of 16, 17, and 18 year-old girls made the quarterfinals. Click the above headline to read more, and to see photos, videos.
The World Series run for the Escanaba Big League Girls (age 16-18) came to an end on Friday with a 14-1 loss to the West Monroe, La., All-Stars in the quarterfinal round. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and see photos, videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The District Ten Little League All-Star Baseball and Softball tournaments have ended for the summer. Click the above headline to see the all of the summer's results.
Sixty kids from across Michigan...including one from the U.P...ages six to 12...will join Detroit Lions’ mascot Roary and members of the Lions youth programming staff for on-field activities and a player meet-and-greet on August 18th. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Big League Girls (age 16-18) were shut out in their final World Series pool play game on Thursday, losing to the Chinese National Champions, 8-0, in Roxana, Del. Escanaba will play the defending World Series champions from West Monroe, La., in the quarterfinals on Friday. Click the above headline for details, plus photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The tournament run ended for the Escanaba 10-11 boys Little League All-Star team Monday night with a 16-0 loss to Hudsonville in the state quarterfinals at Grand Rapids Southern. Then on Wednesday, Hudsonville beat Grosse Pointe, 4-3, to win the state championship. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Micky LaMarch.
The Escanaba Big League Girls (age 16-18) took a lead late into the game against Ft. Myers (Fla.) at the World Series on Tuesday, but gave up ten unanswered runs in the final two innings and lost. 12-3. Click the above headline to read details, see videos taken by Mary Gauthier, and to listen to interviews. (Pictured: Taylor Segorski after her two-run double)
The Escanaba Big League Girls (age 16-18) won their second straight World Series game early Tuesday morning, beating the Canadian champions from Windsor, Ontario, 15-0. The game started at 11:35 p.m. after a day of heavy rains, and ended just before a 1 a.m. curfew was going to take effect. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Escanaba Big League Girls (age 17-18) jumped to a 7-0 lead and held on for a 8-6 win over Lancaster, Calif., in the opening game of the Big League World Series late Sunday night in Roxana, Delaware. Click the above headline to read details, to see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier, and to hear player interviews and radio replays.
The Escanaba 10-11 year-old boys lost their final pool play game on Sunday, falling to Traverse City East, 7-2, in Grand Rapids. But the boys' 2-1 record is good enough for a spot in Monday's quarterfinals. Click the above headline to see photos by Deanna Lawson and Micky LaMarch.
The Delta County Junior Girls (age 13-14) lost to Poland, Ohio, 4-3 in the Central Regional Championship Game Thursday evening in South Holland, Ill. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the game.
The Delta County Junior Girls (age 13-14) built a four-run lead and then held on to beat Melrose Park, Ill., 4-3, Wednesday at the Central Regional Tournament in South Holland, Ill. Click the above headline to read details, listen to interviews, and see photos and videos.
The Delta County Junior Girls (age 13-14) pounded out 17 hits and Gabi Salo pitched as no-hitter as part of a 17-0 win over the Millard (Neb.) girls at the Central Regional Tournament on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details, and for photos, videos taken by Cheri Lehto.
