The Norway Minor Boys (age 8-10) Little League baseball team had its season come to an end in the state championship game on Wednesday, falling to Greater Bay County Little League from Lower Michigan, 4-2, before a huge crowd at Marion Park. Click tha above headline to read details and see photos and video highlights from the game.
The highlight of day three for the U.P. All-Star football players Wednesday was the Skills Challenge. Events included the Fastest Man (40 yard dash), the Strongest Man (Bench Press-225 lbs), Quarterback Challenge, Receiver Challenge, Punting and Field Goal Kicking. Click the above headline to see who were on top.
The Norway Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) pulled out a dramatic 1-0 win over Midland Northeast in the state semifinals Tuesday afternoon at Marion Park. Landon "Donny" DeBakker threw a no-hitter, and got three straight outs in the final inning after the bases were loaded with no hits. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Football All-Star Week is under way in Marquette, as nearly 80 recently-graduated high school seniors checked in at the Superior Dome for a week of practices and other events before Saturday's big game. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) advanced to the state semifinals on Monday with a 16-7 win over Techumseh in a quarterfinal game in Norway. Click the above headline for details, see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team cruised to two more victories on Sunday, winning the Upper Peninsula Zone Five championship at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field. The Blues victory ended a string of "near misses" over the past several years. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and radio interviews.
A successful baseball season came to a startling end for the Dickinson County Greens American Legion team as they were disqualified from the Zone Five Upper Peninsula championships after winning their first three games. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team won two games on Friday, and the Escanaba Cubs lost a down-to-the-wire battle with the Bark River Bucs, as the second day of the Upper Peninsula Zone Five Tournament was held in Delta County. Click the above headline for details, and see photos and videos and other scores.
The Dickinson County Greens American Legion Baseball team rallied from q 3-0 deficit to beat the Gladstone Indians, 6-5, in the first game of the Upper Peninsula Zone Five tournament on Thursday. Click the above headline to read details.
Grant LaMarche threw a complete-game one-hitter, striking out 13 batters as the Escanaba Cubs upset the Marquette Blues, 1-0, in the first game of the American Legion Zone Five Tournament on Thursday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River Bucs American Legion Baseball team opened the Upper Peninsula Zone Five tournament with a 17-3 win over the Negaunee Diamonds Thursday night in Escanaba. The Bucs scored ten runs in the first inning and cruised to the win on the five-inning mercy rule. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The NJCAA released the list of Academic All-Americans for the 2020-2021 school year, which included 13 student-athletes from the Bay College Norse Athletic Department. Click the above headline to read more details.
A record 13 members of the Wildcat hockey program have been named AHCA/Krampade All-American Scholars as announced today. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star (age 9-10) softball team lost their state quarterfinal match-up on Monday, dropping a pitcher's duel with St. Clair, 2-0, in Rochester Hills. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Star (age 11-12) baseball team finished its state tournament run with a 11-1 win over Kalamazoo South Portage Monday at University Liggett High School. Brody Ison struck out eleven of the twelve outs that were recorded in the mercey-shortened game. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) fell behind early and had their comeback fall short in the final inning on Sunday, losing to Muskegon Roosevelt Park, 5-4, in the state tournament at University Liggett High School in Grosse Pointe. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star (age 9-10) softball team won two games Sunday at the state tournament in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills, beating Three Rivers in the morning, 8-4, and then topping Big Rapids, 19-1, in the evening. The girls advance to the state quarterffnals. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba Minor League All-Star softball team (age 9-10) fell behind 4-0 in the first inning and couldn't mount a comeback, losing to Bullock Creek Southtown out of the Midland area, 6-0, at the state tournament Saturday in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos.
A last-minute comeback attempt came up short for the Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) at the state tournament in Grosse Pointe on Saturday. Bay City Southwest built a 5-0 lead and went on for a 5-2 win on the artificial turf at University Liggett High School. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlighs.
ESCANABA 9-10 girls game delayed by three hours due to continued rain in Rochester Hills. Game now set for 1:30. Listen on FM-93.5 and AM-600 and RRNsports.com. Then we will hustle over to Grosse Pointe for our ESCANABA 11-12 boys game at 5:00. Same radio station.The 9-10 Minor Little League softball state tournament started Friday morning in Rochester Hills. But before the first batch of pool play games could get out of the fourth inning, heavy rain moved into the area.
Lake Superior State University has selected veteran collegiate athletics executive and Michigan native David L. Diles as its new director of athletics after conducting a national search. He succeeds Dr. David Paitson, who earlier resigned after four years to accept an assistant professor of sport management position at University of Indianapolis. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Cubs had the lead all night long Wednesday night, but had the game literally slip away when rain started pouring down in the bottom of seventh inning as the Marquette Blues took advantage for a 5-4 win at Haley Field. Click the above headline for details, post-game interviews, and photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Marquette Blues took advantage of ten walks, five errors, and three hit-battsmen to roll past the Dickinson County Greens, 10-0, Tuesday night in Marquette. Justin Wenk threw a two-hitter. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) won a district championship Monday night after beating Kingsford, 1-0 and 7-1, to advance to the state tournament in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Dickinson County Greens American Legion Baseball team raced to an 8-0 lead and rolled past the Gladstone Indians 12-5 Sunday night in Gladstone. Blake Julian drove in six runs and Caleb Johnson was in control on the mound for the Iron Mountain-Based team, which used to be called the Golds. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Zahn Anderson's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning helped the Escanaba Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League All-Stars rally past Norway, 6-5, on Sunday. Click the above headline to read detaiils, photos, video highlights.
The Kingsford and Norway Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) earned victories over their Delta County rivals in tournament action on Saturday, while the Gladstone Minor Boys (age 9-10) rallied from 12 runs down in the final two innings to stay alive in their tournament. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos.
The Eastern Upper Peninsula Wood Ducks scored seven runs in the final inning Friday to rally past Iron Mountain, 10-6, at Liuna Field in Iron Mountain. The Greens played without nine of their 18 players due to a variety of other commitments. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Menominee Red Wave, 8-4, Thursday night in Gladstone. It happened after a pre=game ceremomy in which Gladstone player Dayton Bernson was awarded a $500 scholarship named after the late Indians player Christan Groleau. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Escanaba Minor girls softball team (age 9-10) won a district championship, beating Norway, 17-0, Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
