Volunteers with the Gladstone High School Baseball team spent the past week making big improvements to the Don Olsen Field. They completely re-sodded the infield and make other upgrades. Click the above headline to see some photos.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team began the 2013 season on Saturday by splitting four matches at a tournament in Sault Ste. Marie. The Braves beat the host Blue Devils and Rudyard, but lost to Brimley and Rogers City. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone High School cross-country teams opened the season on Friday by taking second at the Marquette Invitational Relays. Gladstone had two pairs of boys and one pair of girls qualify as medalists. Marquette dominated both races on the scoreboard. Click the above headline for more details.
The Marquette Royales hockey team will begin playing this fall at Lakeview Arena, and they will prepare this weekend by holding a Tryout Camp. The Royales are part of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League, which includes teams from Minnesota and six other states. Click the above headline to read more about this new hockey team.
The Rapid River High School football team began its second week of practice on Tuesday under sunny, warm conditions. The Rockets are looking to make another long run in the state's "Eight-Man" playoffs, after making the state championship game in 2011 and the state semifinals in 2012. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Upper Peninsula's high school football teams are gearing up for the start of the regular season. There are a number of rules changes that coaches, players, and fans should know about. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School Ahtheltic Hall of Fame has announced its 2013 class. It's highlighted by 1992 graduates Desi Schultz and Jude VanDamme, both of whom played Division One sports at Central Michigan University. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos still have two weeks to go before the high school football season begins. But we all got a taste of what the 2013 Eskymos will look like during an intrasquad game Friday night at the Escanaba Athletic Field. The Black Team topped the White Team, 28-21. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The 2013 high school football season officially began on Monday with the first day of practice. And the Gladstone Braves got the jump on many U.P. teams by holding a practice at 12:01 a.m. in the morning. The varsity and junior varsity kids worked on several drills, and did some conditioning during the two-hour practice. Click the above headline for details.
Our local high school football teams begin practice next Monday, but the younger guys are already practicing ahead of the fall season. The kids aged 5-to-12 are practicing without pads every afternoon at the Holy Name Catholic School's football field, which is maintained by the Upper Peninsula Youth Football League. Click the above headline to read registration details, and to see photos and videos.
The South Bend, Ind., Senior Girls (age 15-16) Little League Softball team won the World Series championship in Delaware on Saturday, beating Italy, 5-1, in the title game. And the Grosse Pointe Woods Shores Major Boys (age 11-12) won the Central Regional in Indianapolis on Saturday, 10-3, over Chicago. That downstate team won its state championship here in the U.P...in Ishpeming. Click the above headline to read how Michigan's teams did at Regionals.
Escanaba High School and Northern Michigan University graduate Jace Daniels played in his first-ever National Football League game Thursday night for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Click the above headline to read more details.
The American Legion Baseball Class A State Tournament wrapped up Saturday with a pair of white-knuckle games that left everyone on the edge of their seats at Adrian College. Escanaba beat Gladstone, 1-0, on Devin Olsen's first career no-hitter. Then Hudson held off a late Cubs rally to win the state championship, 4-3. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Gladstone Indians stayed alive in the American Legion Baseball state tournament on Friday by beating Gladwin, 10-3, and Hancock, 8-1. Meanwhile, the Escanaba Cubs were limited to two base hits and lost to the host Hudson team, 4-0. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to audio highlights and interviews.
9-10 GIRLS MINOR SOFTBALL STATE TOURNAMENT
The Escanaba Cubs used three pitchers to shut down Ida, 7-0, in their first game at the state tournament in downstate Adrian on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Gladstone Indians beat Hancock, 15-1, but then lost a heartbreaker to Hudson, 2-0. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Senior Girls (age 15-16) built an early 3-0 lead against South Bend, Ind., in Wednesday's Central Regional championship game. But the girls committed five errors leading to seven unearned runs and lost to the host team, 9-4. Earlier in the day, Escanaba beat Cicero, Ill., 10-0, in the regional semifinals. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone 10-11 boys Little League All-Star team ran into a powerhouse on Tuesday, and the kids' run through the state tournament came to an end. Midland Northeast pounded three home runs over the fence and beat Gladstone, 18-2, in downstate Parchment. Click the above headline for more details, pictures, and videos from the game.
Click the above headline to see the District Ten Little League All-Star Tournament results, and to read recaps of some of the games. Great season, Little Leaguers!
The Escanaba Senior Girls (age 15-16) won two games on Monday to qualify for the Central Regional semifinals in South Bend, Ind. Escanaba beat Fleming-Neon, Ky., 9-1, and then topped Jefferson, Mo., 11-2, to advance to the Final Four. Click the above headline to read details.
