The Escanaba High School softball team got paybacks for two years of playoff heartbreak to the Gaylord Blue Devils on Saturday, beating the two-time defending state champions, 10-0, to win a regional title at Alma College. Click the abpve headline for videos, interviews.
It's another MHSAA Division Three regional championship for the Gladstone Braves high school softball team. The Braves dusted off Grayling, 6-2, in the semifinals, and then overwhelmed Kingsley, 9-0, in the regional final on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Negaunee High School baseball team battled hard on Saturday, but could not get over the hump in a MHSAA Division Three regional championship game against perennial powerhouse Traverse City St. Francis, losing, 4-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Negaunee Miners made history Wednesday night, picking up their first regional win in school history, 12-0, in a MHSAA Division Three semifinal over the Gladstone Braves. Tristan Slater threw four innings of no-hit ball and he drove in the first run of the game for Negaunee. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and radio replay.
The Kingsford High School baseball team won its first-ever district championship on Friday, beating the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 9-1, and the Escanaba Eskymos, 7-1, at Escanaba's Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for video highlights and radio replays.
The Gladstone High School softball team cruised to another district championship on Friday, beating Cheboygan, 6-0, in the semifinals, and then crushing Menominee in the final, 15-0. Click the above headline for details and to see videos and radio broadcast.
The Gladstone High School baseball team battled from behind twice on Friday to capture another MHSAA Division Three district championship. The Braves beat Iron Mountain, 16-3, in the semifinals, and then topped Menominee, 8-5, in the title game. Click the above headline for details, and to see video highlights and radio replay.
The Escanaba High School softball team captured a district championship on Thursday, with a 10-3 win over Sault Ste. Marie in the semifinals, and a 3-0 victory over Petoskey in the championship game. Click the above headline for videos and the radio broadcast.
The MHSAA Division One UP Finals were held Wednesday, and the Escanaba Eskymos cruised to the to the girls championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. The Eskymos beat second place Marquette by 17 strokes, 382-399. Eskymo junior Kamrie Scott won her second straight UP championship by shooting an 8-over par 80. Menominee’s Lexi Marineau was runner up after shooting a 90. Escanaba’s Dani Hughes finished third with a 93. It’s the third UP championship in four years for Escanaba.
The Marquette Sentinels edged the Escanaba Eskymos to win the MHSAA Division One boys UP championship on Wednesday at the Sage Run Golf Course. The Sentinels won by eleven strokes (311-322), to repeat as UP Champions. Junior Boden Moore shot a two-under 70 to win medalist honors. Westwood senior Tanner Annala was runner-up, finishing three strokes back with a 73, and Iron Mountain’s Cooper Pigeon was third with a 77. The Eskymos’ top golfer was sophomore Carson Artley, who was seventh after shooting a 79. (MHSAA photo)
The North Central Jets won their third championship in four years on Wednesday at the Escanaba Country Club behind the surprise performance from sophomore Nathan Pipkorn, who fired a 76 to win medalist honors. It was six strokes better than his previous best score of the season. Mid Peninsula freshman Christian VanDamme was runner-up after shooting an 81. NCA won the team score with a 343. Lake Limden-Hubbell was second with 353.
The Northern Michigan University Department of Athletics announces the newest inductees to the NMU Sports Hall of Fame. The 2025 class includes former basketball head coaches Dean Ellis and Troy Mattson. Click the above headline to read about all of the inductees.
Michigan Tech University has abruptly changed its head hockey coach. Joe Shawhan is out after eight years in charge, and with one year left on his contract, Bill Muckalt is the new coach. Click the above headline for details.
The 14th annual Island Resort Championship returns to Sweetgrass Golf Club June 20-22, and Tuesday was Media Day as tour officials, golfers, and others came to town to promote the event. Click the above headline for details and to listen to interviews.
History was made for the Escanaba High School softball program during a rare Sunday game in suburban Detroit. Eskymo senior Katey Lamb hit two home runs in the same inning, and not only that, they were both grand slam homers. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team won three games on Saturday to take the championship of the Saginaw County Invite at Hoyt Park. Gladstone beat the two-time defending state champion Gaylord Blue Devils, 4-3, and they did it against pitcher Aubrey Jones, who has signed with Oklahoma State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team picked up two wins on Saturday as the Eskymos hosted a triangular with Negaunee and Rudyard. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team won two of three games at a tournament in suburban Detroit on Saturday, beating Walled Lake Central and Warren Mott, before losing to the fifth ranked team in Division One, Grand Blanc. Click the above headline for details.
There was plenty of drama Thursday night as the Gladstone Braves met the Marquette Sentinels in high school baseball at Gerard Haley Field. In a game that saw more errors than base hits or runs, the Braves rallied on their final out to force extra innings and then beat Marquette, 5-3, in the eighth inning. Click the above headline for details.
Grayson LaMarche struck out 32 batters in 12 innings of softball on Tuesday, allowing no earned runs, as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves in both ends of a doubleheader, 5-2 and 8-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team took its show on the road, again, this weekend, to face another tough Lower Peninsula team in preparation for the upcoming district tournament. The Eskymos played the Saginaw Swan Valley Vikings, and competed hard before losing both ends of the doubleheader, 4-2 and 4-1. Click the above headline for details.
It was All Hands on Deck Saturday for the Gladstone Braves baseball team as it hosted the Bark River-Harris Broncos. Five players were out of the line-up, so other guys needed to step up, and they did, as the Braves posted an 8-4 victory. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Marquette Sentinels baseball teams combined for 30 runs and 30 base hits on Wednesday, as a swarm of gnats hung over Al Ness Field. Escanaba won the game, 20-10, in six innings. Click the above headline for details, and to hear Ashton Rymkos interview.
The track at Munising High School collapsed Monday night after heavy weekend thunderstorms weakened the structure. The track is now off-limits to the public, and this Friday's popular "under the lights" meet has been cancelled. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University on Monday announced that it has hired Adam Wilson as the new women's wrestling head coach. He comes to NMU from Albion College in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline, with a story courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Northern Michigan University lacrosse team fell to Grand Valley State 15-9 in the GLIAC Championship match on Sunday. It's the third straight year that NMU lost to Grand Valley in the conference final. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse baseball team split a doubleheader with the Mid Michigan College Lakers on Saturday, putting them in a must-win situation in Sunday's season-closing doubleheader. Click the above headline for details and post-game comments. (Cohen Thompson photo)
The Bay College Norse baseball team lost both games of their doubleheader to 13th ranked Lansing Community College, 6-2 and 10-3, Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see post-game comments from three Norse players.
Perhaps the biggest football event ever held in Green Bay was held Thursday at Lambeau Field as the National Football League put on its annual Players Draft. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell estimated that 125,000 people jammed into the Lambeau area, a number that is more than the entire normal population of Green Bay. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department is proud to present the 2024-25 Wildcat Awards. The award show took place on Thursday night at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline to see who won which awards.
