Katie Ross allowed one hit over six innings and the Escanaba Senior Little League All-Stars (age 15-16) cruised to an 11-1 win over Kingsford Friday in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Escanaba Senior Little League All-Stars (age 15-16) were sluggish for a few innings in their district tournament opener Thursday night, but the girls got going late in the game to post a 10-0 win over the Norway All-Stars at the new Northside Field in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details; and see photos, and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Delta County Junior Girls (age 13-14) Little League All-Star softball team won a district championship Wednesday, beating the Kingsford All-Stars, 17-3, at Lemmerand Park. The win puts the DC girls into the sectional tournament on Saturday against District 11 Champion Negaunee. Click the headline above to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat the Escanaba Polecats Wishigan League team, 7-6, Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos. Pictured: Austin Young (7) gets a hit for the Polecats during the seventh inning of Wednesday's game.
The Little League All-Star District Tournaments got under way Tuesday, after rain washed out Monday's contests. In Escanaba, the Delta County Junior Girls (age 13-14) opened with a 15-0 win over Kingsford as Gabi Salo threw a no-hitter, striking out 14 batters. Click the above headline for details.
The U.P. Football All-Star game announced Sunday that two U.P. high school football teams will receive donations from the game's proceeds. The Stephenson and Baraga football programs will each get $1,000 to help their programs. The Escanaba and Norway High School football teams will each receive a set of practice jerseys. Click the above headline to read details about all of the Game's donations.
The Gladstone Indians beat the Ishpeming Blue Storm, 11-0, in a make-up game Sunday evening in Gladstone. Both teams get ready for the league tournament, which is being delayed until Tuesday because of a rainy forecast. Click the above headline to see the league tournament schedule, and to see photos taken by Lori Jurek on Sunday.
Brandon Punzel tossed a complete-game three-hitter to lead the Escanaba Cubs to a 4-0 win over the Gladstone Indians in American Legion Baseball Friday night at Al Ness Field. Hunter Garling allowed two earned runs on five hits in a losing effort. Click the above headline to read the details, and to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
Johnny Schlenvogt's double in the bottom of the tenth inning led the Escanaba Junior Cubs to a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Gladstone Junior Indians Friday night at Al Ness Field. Kadin Mustafa had two hits and a sacrifice fly to drive in three runs, as Escanaba rallied fro a 4-0 deficit. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Last weekend's Island Resort Championship tournament played at Sweetgrass Golf Club – hosted near-record crowds and continued its tradition of supporting local non-profit organizations, prompting organizers to call it the most successful week in the five-year history of the tournament. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Polecats baseball team built a 6-1 lead after four innings, but the Channing Railroaders rallied for an 8-7 victory in a Wisigan League game Wednesday at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Marquette Blues rode complete-game pitching performances from Trevor Bratonia and Brandon Lotterman to sweep a doubleheader from the Gladstone Indians, 8-2 and 9-2, Tuesday night in Gladstone. Marquette won all three games in the season series. Click the above headline to read the game details, and to see photos by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Cubs finally had a full squad on Tuesday, and they rolled to a 12-0 win over the Menominee Red Wave Tuesday night in Menominee. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
Casey Bray hit a home run and added a two-run double at the plate, and he came within one out of pitching a no-hitter Monday as Escanaba beat Kingsford, 7-0, to win the championship of the Yooper 9-10 Boys Little League Baseball Tournament. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from Monday night's game.
The Upper Peninsula racing community is in shock today after the sudden death of Dale Peterson. Peterson won his late model dirt car race Saturday night at the Upper Peninsula International Raceway, but died Sunday morning. Click the above headline to read more.
Sweden's Dani Holmqvist birdied on the final hole to avoid a playoff and win the LPGA Symetra Tour's Island Resort Championship by one stroke on Sunday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Canadian Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) finished second, while fellow Canadian Brooke Henderson (Smith Falls, Ontario) took third. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of the LPGA Symetra Tour.
The Marinette Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament came to an end on Sunday with four games. The Escanaba Cubs made seven errors and lost to Manitowoc, 14-1. Menominee hung on to beat Green Bay, 3-1, while Watertown beat Marquette, 5-3. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the Escanaba-Manitowoc and Menominee-Green Bay games.
The Upper Peninsula High School All-Star football game was held Saturday at the Superior Dome. The North team scored twice in the fourth quarter to beat the South team, 35-25. Click the above headline for more.
The Escanaba Cubs split their two Saturday games at the 2015 Firecracker tournament. The Cubs beat the Green Bay Blue Jays 10-0 behind a strong pitching performance by Alec Slaga. But, the momentum didn't carry into the second game as they dropped the night game to Watertown 9-2. Click the above headline for more details, photos, and videos.
Anne-Catherine Tanguay (Quebec, Canada) will take a one-shot lead over Dani Holmqvist (Stockholm, Sweden) into the final round of the Island Resort Championship. Tanguay shot a 67 in Saturday's second round at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline to read more details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
Four golfers share the lead after the first day of the LPGA Symetra Tour event at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Dani Holmqvist, Lee Lopez, Lauren Doughtie, and Giulia Molinaro all shot five under par on Friday. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
The Escanaba Cubs dropped their first game of the 2015 Firecracker Tournament in Marinette 5-3. Marinette Legion scored three runs in the first inning and never looked back after several comeback attempts by the Cubs. Click the above headline to see details, photos and videos.
The Island Resort Championship LPGA Symetra Tour begins Friday morning at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Defending champion Molly Aronsson is back in town, and says she has fought off a hip injury to get back into contention for another title. Click the above headline to read details.
The Upper Peninsula All-Star football game will be held on Saturday at the Superior Dome, featuring the best high school seniors from across the U.P. It was the Skills Challenge on Wednesday, and Gladstone's Justin Jurek won two events. Escanaba's Ben Larsen was also a winner. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday night to beat the Menominee Red Wave, 6-5, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba Little League regular season is wrapping up, with the All-Star tournaments set to start in two weeks. In Escanaba Monday night, Detroit Tigers great John Hiller was on hand to watch the game at Karl Dickson Field. Click the above headline to read our story, and to see game photos.
Brooke Henderson from Smiths Falls, Ontario carded a 3-under 69 to win the 2015 Four Winds Invitational by three shots at 10-under 206 Sunday in South Bend, Indiana. She then petitioned the Symetra Tour Commissioner to allow her to play this weekend in the Island Resort Championships at Sweetgrass. Click the above headline to read more.
Twenty-nine wrestlers from downstate Allendale High School are in Marquette learning a new style of the sport at the United States Olympic Training Site. WJMN Local Three Sports reports that the wrestlers are being taught the Greco-Roman style of wrestling which tests both the strength and mental toughness of the sport. Click the above headline to see the report. (WJMN Local Three Sports photo)
The Gregg Johnson/Al Erickson Memorial Tournament came to an end in Escanaba on Sunday as DePere topped Midland Berryhill, 9-2, in the championship game. It was the latest battle between the two Midwest powers who have met many times before in recent years. Click the above headline to read game details and all tournament scores.
The Gladstone Indians dropped both of their games Saturday at the Gregg Johnson/Al Erickson Memorial Tournament, and finished the weekend with a 1-3 record. But every player and coach will tell you that mistakes and missed opportunities separated the Indians from a spot in Sunday's tournament semifinals. Click the above headline to read the details, and to see photos taken by Kammie Burks.
