In a game that was suspended by rain Tuesday night, the Gladstone Indians jumped on the Marquette Blues quickly Thursday and posted a 6-0 win at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline and see pictures from the game.
The Escanaba Major Girls opened their state tournament with a 10-0 win over Lac St. Clair, while Negaunee's girls lost to Rogers City, 13-3. Click the above headline to read more details, and to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba Major Girls (age 11-12) have arrived in Lower Michigan for the state of the Michigan Little League State Tournament. The girls open tournament play on Thursday against Lac St. Clair. Click the above headline to read more.
The Gladstone Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) won their third straight tournament game on Tuesday, turning back Tri-County, 10-0. The win sends Gladstone into the district finals. Click the above headline to read details, listen to highlights, and see pictures.
The Gladstone Indians and Marquette Blues had a pretty good game going Tuesday night but in the end, Mother Nature won out, and the teams will have to finish what they started. The Indians had a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when heavy rains rolled into Gladstone, and so the game was suspended and it will be finished Thursday night. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos from the game.
The Gladstone Major Boys (age 11-12) stayed alive in the district tournament for the second straight day on Monday, beating Schaffer, 20-1, in four innings. Meanwhile, Munising and Norway advanced to next weekend's district finals with victories. Click the above headline for more.
Escanaba and Gladstone faced each other on Sunday for a trip to the Michigan Little League State Tournament. Gladstone won a tense 3-2 decision to force an additional game, before Escanaba emerged with a 2-1 win in extra innings to win the district championship. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos.
The Gladstone Indians fell into a big hole during the first inning of their Mid Pen League game with Hancock on Sunday. But the Tribe got the wake-up call and ended up pounding the visitors, 13-3, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Gladstone Major Boys (age 11-12) scored nine runs in the first two innings and cruised to a 12-0 win over Escanaba in the district tournament Sunday afternoon. Click the above headline to see photos from the game.
The District Ten Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League tournaments began on Saturday. Munising outlasted Gladstone, 7-5, in nine innings, and then Tri-County mercied Escanaba, 14-2. Click the above headline to read the details and see photos.
The Marquette Blues topped the Escanaba Cubs, 9-6, in American Legion Baseball action Friday night in Marquette. The game saw plenty of emotion as the Cubs became frustrated with the officiating, leading to two coaches and one player being ejected from the game. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars advanced to the district championship game with a 2-0 win over Gladstone Wednesday night at Kingsford's Lodal Park. Click the above headline to read more details.
Christian Tackman and Justin Jurek combined to pitch a two-hitter as the Gladstone Indians beat the Escanaba Cubs, 3-1, in a well-played rivalry game Wednesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Indians scored in every inning and got a combined pitching shutout pitching performance from Christian Groleau and Lucas LaCosse, and the Indians beat the Ishpeming Blue Storm, 14-0, Tuesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba and Gladstone Major Girls (age 11-12) both took care of business in the Little League Softball District Tournament on Tuesday. Escanaba beat Kingsford, 16-0, while Gladstone topped Iron Mountain North, 14-4. Click the above headline for details.
The Little League All-Star Tournament season got under way Monday night as the Gladstone Major Girls (age 11-12) beat Norway, 16-5, in four innings at Kingsford's Lodal Park. Click the above headline to read the details.
Iron Mountain North beat Kingsford, 8-5, to win the champiosnhip of the Yooper 9-10 Little League boys baseball tournament Monday night in Escanaba. The Iron Mountain North kids celebrate their tournament championship in the above photo.
Kim Kaufman won the championship of the Island Resort Championships on the LPGA Symetra Tour Sunday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. She had to battle from behind in the final round, and then defeated Mitsuki Katahira in a sudden-death playoff hole to win the event. Click the above headline to read the Symetra Tour story.
The Escanaba Cubs lost to Manitowoc, 11-1, Sunday, to finish the Marinette Firecracker Tournament with a 1-2 record. Click the above headline to read the game story and to see photos.
The Gladstone Indians won one and lost one at a tournament in Newberry on Sunday. The Indians beat the Onaway Cardinals, 10-1, after losing to Hancock, 3-2, earlier in the day. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula High School Football All-Star game went down to the wire on Saturday, before the East team held on to beat the West, 19-13, at the Superior Dome. The East team included three Escanaba Eskymo players and one Gladstone Brave. Click the above headline to read game details.
Ben Kleiman pitched a complete-game shutout and drove in the game's only run as the Escanaba Cubs beat Watertown (Wis.), 1-0, Saturday at the Marinette Firecracker Tournament. This win came after the Cubs lost to the Green Bay Blue Jays, 7-6. Click the above headline for details.
Garrett Phillips and Mitsuki Katahira managed to navigate through tough scoring conditions at Sweetgrass Golf Club on Saturday to take the lead heading into Sunday’s final round of the Island Resort Championship. The pair sits at 2-under and holds a one-shot lead over Sue Kim, Marina Alex and Taylor Collins. Click the above headline for details.
The Symetra Tour Island Resort Championship is underway at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. After Day One, rookie Jenni Jenq is the leader after firing a five-under 67 on Friday. Click the above headline to read all the details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
The Gladstone School Board on Thursday hired Cody Kangas to be the Braves' new varsity football coach. The 24-year-old Kangas is a former All-U.P. quarterback from Manistique who also played two seasons at Northern Michigan. Click the above headline to read more and to hear our interview.
The Gladstone Indians capitalized on a key error to post a 4-3 victory over Newberry Wednesday night. The second game ended up in a 2-2 tie after six innings as heavy thunderstorms rolled into Gladstone. Click the above headline to read the details and to see game photos.
The Escanaba Polecats played their Wishigan League home opener on Wednesday, and it was a successful debut. After splitting a doubleheader in Peshtigo on Sunday, the Polecats beat the Tri-City North Stars of Negaunee, 4-1. Jon Bintner pitched the whole way for the win and Jared Dagenais paced the offense with three hits.
There wasn't much hitting on display Tuesday night when the Escanaba Cubs hosted the Gladstone Indians at Al Ness Field. The pitching was solid and the defense was pretty good by both teams, and the Indians emerged with a 3-0 victory. Click the above headline to see the game story, pictures, videos.
When the Milwaukee Brewers host the Chicago Cubs Tuesday night at Miller Park, an Upper Peninsula man will be on field. Marquette native Adam Hamari will make his Major League Baseball umpiring debut during this game. Click the above headline to read more.
The Marquette Electricians hockey team has a new head coach. Jim Jackson, a member of the Electricians' 1996 state championship team and a four-year defenseman for Northern Michigan University, will take over the AAA Midget program. Click the above headline to read details.
