The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team lost its opener of the Marinette Firecracker Tournament on Friday, 6-2, to Green Bay Southwest. The game was played in a steady moderate rain which caused for slick conditions. Click the above headline for details.
Former Northern Michigan University hockey player Dave Shyiak has been named his alma mater's fourth head hockey coach, announced by Athletic Director Rick Comley on Wednesday. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Upper Peninsula High School All-Star football game, resurrected by the fitness gym AdvantEdge, went off without a hitch on Saturday in the Superior Dome, with the Red team knocking off the Black team, 49-25. Click the above headline for photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
Soo Bin Joo rallied from four strokes behind to win the rain-shortened Island Resort Championship on Sunday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. The LPGA Epson Tour event was reduced from 54 to 36 holes because of the weather. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team won its second straight game in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament Friday night, beating the Niagara Legion team, 8-0, in six innings, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details. (Jayger Quinn photo)
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team picked up its first win of the season late Friday night, rallying from five runs down to beat the Plover (Wis.) Black Sox, 9-7, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team opened its play in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Friday with a pair of wins over UP teams, 13-2, over the Eastern U.P. Wood Ducks, and 7-4, over the Copper Country Flames. Click the above headline for details.
Anne Chen carded the joint-lowest round that the Island Resort Championship has ever seen in just her third Epson Tour event, firing a 9-under-par 63 to take the lead after the first round at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Epson Tour.
The Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians battled in another tight game Thursday night as the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament got under way in Delta County. The Indians pulled out a 7-6 victory as the Cubs lost a one-run game for the third straight time, losing a lead in all three. Click the above headline for photos taken by Jayger Quinn, and to see videos.
The Norwy Vikings American Legion Baseball team scored seven unanswered runs in the final three innings to rally from a 7-1 deficit and stun the Escanaba Cubs, 8-7, Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team made quick work of the Niagara Legion team Tuesday night, rolling to a 14-1 win at Don Olsen Field. Tyler Darmogray led the way with three hits, while Cooper Sanville and Austin Pepin both drove in three runs. Click the above headline for details, and for photos, videos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The search continues for a new head hockey coach at Northern Michigan University, after the abrupt resignation of Grant Potulny last week. An advisory committee met for the first time on Monday to go over the applications. Click the above headlie for details.
The weather was perfect for racing under the lights Saturday night at the Escanaba Speedway. Click the above headline for reaults and to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The American Legion Baseball season officially began for Delta County's teams Friday night, as the Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians faced each other at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field. The Cubs built an 8-3 lead, but could not hang on, and lost to the Indians, 9-8, on Tyler Darmogray's steal of home plate to end the game. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway Knights baseball team ran into the defending state champions and a dominating pitcher on Saturday, and its dream season came to an end with a 10-0 loss to the Beal City Aggies in the MHSAA Division Four state title game at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA photo)
The Gladstone Junior Indians American Legion baseball team slipped past the Escanaba Junior Cubs, 6-4, Friday night, at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Norway Knights baseball team advanced to the state championship game for the first time in school history on Friday with a dramatic 3-2 win over Marine City Cardinal Mooney at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University Athletics has announced that head hockey coach Grant Potulny will be stepping down to pursue a position at the professional hockey level and athletic director Rick Comley will be taking over as interim head coach, effective immediately. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team had its season come to an end on Wednesday, falling in the state quarterfinals to the Evart Wildcats, 9-0, in Cadillac. It ended a long stretch of softball for a group of seniors who have played together since elementary school. Click the above headline for details, and for photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Escanaba High School softball team had its season come to an end in Sunday as the defending state champion Gaylord Blue Devils rolled to a 12-2 win over the Eskymos in the Division Two regional championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Montgomery Pepin threw two complete games to lead the Gladstone Braves softball team to a regional championship. The Braves beat Boyne City, 7-1, in the semifinals, and then pulled out a 2-0 win in the championship game over Grayling. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway High School baseball team had its biggest day in program history on Saturday, winning a regional championship, and then dominating the quarterfinal game to advance to the state finals at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team hit five home runs and beat the Freeland Falcons, 8-4, in the MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal Saturday in Cadillac. The field was flooded by constant heavy rains, so the rest of the action was postponed until Sunday. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team had its season come to an end on Saturday, falling to the Charlevoix Rayders, 12-1, in six innings, in the regional championship game at Traverse City Central High School. Click the above headline for details.
Lenny Peacock pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts, but the Escanaba Eskymos lost to the Petoskey Northmen, 3-0, in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinals at Turcott Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Petoskey Northmen sat out a lengthy rain delay on Wednesday in Sault Ste. Marie, and then after the field was almost ready for baseball, another downpour sent both teams home. The MHSAA Division Two regional semifinal game was postponed, and will be played on Thursday. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway High School baseball team battled several rain delays, and then beat a tough Painesdale-Jeffers Jets team in come-from-behind fasion, 4-3, in the MHSAA Division Four Regional Semifinal at Norway's Marion Park. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team scored three runs in the sixth inning and held off the Houghton Gremlins, 6-3, in the MHSAA Division Three regional semifinals Wednesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for interviews, videos and photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Gladstone High School softball team had to battle countless times in their district final against Menominee, but managed, somehow, to pull through, 4-3, in eight innings, at Menominee High School. The Braves had earlier shut out Iron Mountain, and the Maroons had done the same to Manistique. Click the above healdine for photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Escanaba High School baseball team slipped past the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils and Cheboygan Chiefs on Saturday to win the Eskymos' first district championship in three years. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
