The West Iron County Wykons won the Great Northern Conference tennis championship on Thursday. The Wykons won with 43 points. Escanaba and Kingsford tied for second with 34 points. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights.
Escanaba High School seniors Scout Wunder and Taylor Gauthier won both the Photenour/Gessner (top athletes) and the Abrahamson (most athletic letters) awards Wednesday night at the Honors program for graduating Seniors. (Polly Wunder photo)
Three Escanaba High School graduates have signed National Letters of Intent to play softball at Bay College. Emily Bruntjens, Emily LaFave, and Aubree Saunders all signed to play next year on the first-ever Norse softball team. They join current Escanaba senior Maddy Griffin as players for Norse Coach Heidi Charon, who is an Escanaba grad.
Gabi Salo tossed a no-hitter and allowed just one baserunner as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-0, in high school softball action on Tuesday. Salo then came on to get the final four outs of the second game as the Eskymos completed the sweep, 5-2. Click the above headline to see details, and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
Zach Hanson tossed a no-hitter on Tuesday to lead the Gladstone Braves to an 8-0 win over the Rudyard Bulldogs in the second game of a doubleheader in the Eastern U.P. Cody Frappier ripped his first Braves home run in the win. Earlier, Jared Crow was in control as the Braves won the opener, 8-1. Gladstone improved to 25-2 on the season and will travel to Green Bay Preble for a single game on Thursday. (Pictured: Zach Hanson)
Grant LaMarche hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 3-2 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Monday at Al Ness Field. The Eskymos had carried a 2-0 lead into the late innings as Escanaba's Noah Lancour and BR-H's Ryan Arndt both pitched well. Kadin Mustafa was able to work out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning, but the Eskymos got the winner in the ninth. It was LaMarche's second walk-off hit of the season, and the Eskymos avenged an earlier 5-0 loss to the Broncos.
Payton Thompson hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning to help the Norway Knights beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 6-4, in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday. The Broncos won the opener, 7-1. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos beat the Munising Mustangs, 7-1, in high school tennis action on Monday. Meanwhile, the Gladstone Braves topped the Menominee Maroons, 4-3. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos from the Esky #1 singles win.
The Rapid River High School softball team won three games on Saturday before losing in the championship game of the Tawas Invitational in Lower Michigan. The tournament was played under rainy conditions. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team split a doubleheader on Saturday, beating Ashwauenon, 17-6, before losing the nightcap, 2-1. Johnny Schlenvogt had a home run and four RBI in the opener. Click the above headline for details and Sandi Young's photos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team began a three-game roadtrip on Friday with a 6-1 loss to the Peshtigo Bulldogs in Wisconsin. The Eskymos will visit Ashwaubenon on Saturday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Gladstone High School baseball team outlasted the Marquette Redmen, 12-6, Thursday night at Don Olsen Field. It was the Braves' final home game of the season, and it was Parents Night. Click the above headline for details, and Brenda Crow's photos.
The Gladstone Braves and Munising Mustangs played to a 4-4 tie on Thursday in the Braves' final match on the home court of Pfotenhauer Park. The Mustangs were without their #1 singles player due to track regionals. Also Thursday, Escanaba won at Menominee, 7-1. Click the above headline for details, and photos from Gladstone.
Gladstone High School seniors Danny Pederson and Sean Holm finally got to play together on Wednesday as the Braves took on the Escanaba Eskymos in tennis. The Braves' top two singles players were at #1 doubles against Escanaba's Addam Claes and Brandon Kangas. The Esky duo won a three-set marathon. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Rapid River High School softball team beat the Marquette Redettes twice on Wednesday, 3-1 and 6-1, in Rapid River. Click the above headline to read details.
Gabi Salo threw a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts, and the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-0, Tuesday in Escanaba. The Eskymos also won the nightcap, 13-3, as Nicole Kamin threw four perfect innings before the Braves scored three kate runs. Click the headline for photos, videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has made major changes to the rules governing transfer student eligibility. Click the above headline for details, as well as a full rundown of other actions taken by the representative council at the meeting.
The North Central Jets outlasted the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 11-9, in an error-filled baseball game on Monday in Bark River. The second game of the twinbill ended in a 5-5 tie. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the opener.
The Gladstone High School baseball team beat the Menominee Maroons, 13-4, Monday night in Gladstone, honoring its four seniors in the process. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Brenda Crow, and listen to interviews with the seniors.
The Bark River-Harris High School softball team swept the Stephenson Eagles, 8-1 and 15-5, Monday afternoon in Bark River. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School tennis team got its first win of the season on Monday, beating the Gwinn Model Towners, 7-1. The Escanaba Eskymos also won on Monday, 7-1, over Marquette. Click the above headline for details.
The Rapid River High School softball team swept both ends of a doubleheader Monday from the Munising Mustangs, 7-1 and 18-1, getting a bit of revenge for the upset loss the Rockets suffered to the Mustangs in last year's districts. Click the above headline for details.
Two of the state's best high school softball teams met in Escanaba on Saturday, and the Millington Cardinals left the U.P. with a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Eskymos in a much-anticipated batte at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won twice on Saturday, ending a week that started with a pair of disappointing losses. The Eskymos held on to beat Sault Ste. Marie, 6-4, and then turned back Kingsford, 8-4. Click the above headline for details and photos.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team split a pair of games on Saturday at the Escanaba Invitational. The Broncos lost to Sault Ste. Marie, 6-1, in the opener. It was the first setback of the season fo BR-H. Sam Hall took the loss on the mound. In the afternoon game, the Broncos rolled past mistake-prone Kingsford, 14-0, in five innings. Brad Vandermissen pitched the Broncos to the win. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team lost two of three games on Saturday at the ten-team Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament in Escanaba. The girls beat Ishpeming, but lost to Millington and Marshfield. Click the above headline to see details and photos.
The Rapid River High School softball team came from behind to beat the Negaunee Miners, 6-3, in the final game of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Saturday. The Rockets trailed, 3-2, with one out in the seventh inning, when Richelle Vandeville launched a three-run homer. Natalie Belanger later added an RBI single. Brittany Schwartz pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Rapid River also beat Kingsford, 8-1, Saturday.
The Gladstone Braves got strong pitching performances from Carson Shea and Zac Hanson and turned back the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 3-0 and 11-3, Friday in Gladstone. Jared Crow brought in all three runs in the opener. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
Marquette won both the boys and girls championships in a four-team track meet on a blustery afternoon Thursday in Gladstone. The Braves were second in both meets, with Escanaba third and Norway fourth. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone Braves scored ten unanswered runs and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 11-3, Thursday night at the Gladstone Sports Park. Jared Crow's home run started the comeback after Jake LaFave's three-run shot put Escanaba in front. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and see photos taken by Brenda Crow.