The Escanaba Cubs got clutch pitching and timely hitting Wednesday night to beat the Menominee Red Wave, 8-2, in a Upper Peninsula U19 Baseball League game in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association responded on Wednesday to Governor Gretchen Whitmer's press conference from the day before that it move fall sports like football and volleyball to the spring to preserve social distancing. Click the above headline to see the response from MHSAA Director Mark Uyl.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling on the Michigan High School Athletic Association to move certain fall sports to next spring where social distancing is not possible. Her comments on Tuesday seemed aimed at football and volleyball, although she did not name them specifically. Click the above headline for the governor's comments.
The Marquette Blues outslugged the Menominee Red Wave, 11-6, Monday night, to break Menominee's season-opening 11-game winning streak. Also Monday, Gladstone rallied to beat Bark River in extra innings and Escanaba scored two late runs to beat Coleman in northern Wisconsin. Click the above headline to read details.
The Upper Peninsula u19 Baseball League continued with games on Sunday in Iron Mountain and Menominee. At Spies Field, the Menominee Red Wave swept the Eastern U.P. Wood Ducks from the Soo, 1-0 and 11-0, to stay undefeated on the season. And at LiUna Field, the Iron Mountain-Kingsford-Norway team beat the Copper Country Flames twice, 6-1 and 7-2. Click the above headline to see CC Flames photos taken by Kalee Parisot.
The Escanaba Cubs and Bark River Bucs played two games that went down to the wire Friday night, with Escanaba winning both. The Junior Cubs won, 10-9, and the senior Cubs eeked out a 1-0 win. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, videos.
The Gladstone Indians picked up their first Upper Peninsula Baseball League win Thursday night, beating the Marquette Blues, 6-5. Zach Hanson walked with the bases loaded to win the game. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Ginny Krouth.
In the Upper Peninsula baseball league Wednesday night, the Marquette Blues had their home opening doubleheader against the Bark River Bucs. In the opener, the blues held off the Bucs, 4-3, and then scored nine runs in the third inning of the nightcap to win going away, 12-2. Click the above headline to read game details.
Girls from Rapid River and Bark River-Harris got together for a fun game of softball Monday night in Rapid River. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips.
The Menominee Red Wave jumped to an 8-0 lead and rolled past the Gladstone Indians, 12-4, in an Upper Peninsula u-19 baseball contest Sunday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Escanaba Cubs Under-19 baseball team beat Negaunee, 11-1, in Sunday's first game at Al Ness Field, but lost a tough 8-7 decision to the Copper Country Flames later in the day. The Flames played Iron Mountain earlier in the day and had a comeback fall short, 11-8. Click the above headline for photos, videos from the action.
There will be no Upper Peninsula u19 baseball games played on Saturday as the rain is expected to last all day long. The plan now is to play six games on Sunday, with a different schedule than was previously planned. Game times in Escanaba, Gladstone, and at Bay College will be 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Click the above headline to see the new schedule.
The Escanaba Cubs scored six runs in the first inning to build a big lead, then had to hang on at the end to beat the Bark River Bucs, 9-7, in the Cubs' season opener Friday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Kyle Frusti's two-run single capped a four-run bottom of the seventh inning as the Marquette Blues stunned the Gladstone Indians, 7-6, Friday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos from the game.
The Bark River Bucs hosted the first baseball games in Delta County Wednesday night, turning back a young Niagara, Wis., team, 14-2 and 20-3 in a pair of mercy-shortened games. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The reconstituted Central Collegiate Hockey Association, which will begin play in the 2021-22 season, has named Don Lucia as Commissioner, the seven member schools announced Wednesday. Click the above headline to read details.
Northern Michigan University Women's Soccer and Head Coach Jon Sandoval has named Darian Powell to be the team's new assistant coach. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Blues kicked off its Upper Peninsula U-19 Baseball season with a come-from-behind 10-6 win over the Copper Country Flames Tuesday night in Hancock. The Blues rallied from a 6-3 deficit by scoring seven runs over the final two innings to get the win. The second game was called by darkness. Click the above headline to read details.
The Menominee Red Wave swept a doubleheader from the Copper Country Flames on Saturday, 4-0 and 6-1, at Spies Field. It was the first games for both teams as the new Upper Peninsula U19 Baseball League. Click the above headline for details.
Marquette Mountain is bringing back the summer volleyball league. Registration is under way. The 2020 season officially begins the week of June 15 and ends the week of August 17. Click the above headline to read details.
The Upper Peninsula u19 Baseball League held its first game Wednesday night as the Iron Mountain Golds played the Bark River Bucs. The Golds scored nine runs in the fourth inning to pull away to a 12-4 win. Click the above headline to read details.
High school sports are closer to resuming as the coronavirus fears ease and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer removes some of the restrictions that had been in place. Click the avove headline to read about the summer workout guidelines.
Sault Ste. Marie native Abby Roque was named the nation's top women's hockey player by USA Hockey on Wednesday. The University of Wisconsin senior had 26 goals and 58 points for the Badgers last season. Click the above headline for details. (UW Photo)
After announcing plans two weeks ago to have local baseball and softball seasons, the Escanaba and Gladstone Little Leagues both reversed course on Tuesday and decided to cancel their plans. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Norway, Kingsford, and Iron Mountain Little Leagues announced in Saturday Facebook posts that they will not be having baseball or softball seasons this summer. Click the above headline to read details.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer Friday announced appointments to the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports. One of them is Ryan Reichel of Negaunee, the girls basketball coach at Ishpeming High School. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School senior Gabi Salo has been named the Gatorade Michigan Softball Player of the Year for the 2019-20 school year. Click the above headline to read more, and to see comments from Salo and her coach/father Gary Salo.
Northern Michigan University's cross country team has signed seven athletes to attend school and run for the Wildcats this fall, including two Upper Peninsula natives. Click the above headline to read details about NMU's new recruits.
The Bay College Athletic Department announced Kaitlyn Hardwick as the recipient of the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for the 2019-2020 school year. Hardwick has been a two-sport athlete for the Norse. Click the above headline to read more.
Plans were announced Tuesday night to form an Upper Peninsula baseball team for teenagers, in place of the American Legion baseball programs that have been cancelled for the summer statewide. The U19 Upper Peninsula Baseball League plans to play an entirely Upper Peninsula schedule. Click the above headline to read details.
