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.
Noah Lancour smacked a pair of two-run homers Monday night to lead the Escanaba Cubs to a 8-5 win over the Gladstone Indians at Don Olsen Field. Lancour, better known by his nickname "Opie" from Andy Griffith fame, had only one home run before Monday, and that was in a Bay College scrimmage game. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
There will be basketball camps held at both Bay College and Finlandia University this summer. Click the above headline to read the details on both.
The Escanaba Cubs and Bark River Bucs American Legion baseball teams waited out a 1 hour, 44 minute rain delay Monday before the Bucs took advantage of Cubs mistakes to post a 9-1 victory at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Iron Moumtain American Legion Baseball team picked up two more wins on Friday, beating the Bark River Bucs, 10-2, and then topping a shorthanded Escanaba team, 7-0, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headlime for details, photos, video clips.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team got timely hitting and beat the Escanaba Cubs, 5-3, Thursday night at Don Olsen Field. Johnny Soderman hit his first-ever home run as part of the Indians win. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association is accepting registrations online or by mail for game officials for the 2021-22 school year. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba high school pitcher Jared Hanson on Monday committed to attend school and play baseball at Central Michigan University. Click the above headline for details.
The Marinette Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament was cancelled again on Sunday after all-night rains Saturday night flooded the fields that were already saturated from Saturday morning and afternoon rains. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team literally mucked it up on Saturday as they played the Manitowoc Legion team in the Marinette Firecracker Tournament. In a 3-hour-12 minute marathon that included time outs to dry the mound and plate, the Indians held on for a 15-12 win. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion baseball team scored four runs in the final two innings to beat Marinette, 6-2, late Friday night, in the first game of the Marinette Firecracker Tournament in Wisconsin. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team had the lead for most of the game Friday as the Firecracker Tournament began with a game against Watertown, Wis. But the Wisconsin boys put together a pair of four-run innings at the end to snatch away a 9-5 win at Pederson Ballpark. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team opened the Marinette Firecracker Tournament on Friday with an impressive 7-3 win over the Green Bay Preble Shockers. The Blues had lost to the Shockers at the Escanaba tournament last week. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department presents the 2020-21 Wildcat Awards. For the second straight year, the awards will be presented exclusively through the NMU Athletics website and social media accounts. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University has a total of 173 student-athletes that were named to the 2020-21 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic and All-Academic Excellence teams. Click the above headine to see the 173 kids who made the list.
The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team scored five runs in the fourth inning and Justin Wenk made it stand up on the mound in a 6-1 Blues win over the Escanaba Cubs on Wednesday. Marquette wrapped up its six games in Delta County with a 3-3 record. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and hear interviews.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team won its first game of the season Tuesday night with a 5-2 win over the Marquette Blues at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and photos taken by Diane LaChance.
The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department and Wildcat hockey are planning to welcome back fans to the Berry Events Center for the 2021-22 season. Click the above headline for details.
Andrew Paupore threw a complete-game six-hitter as the Iron Mountain American Legion baseball team beat Marinette, Wis., 3-1 on Sunday to win the annual Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The nine-team Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion Baseball Tournament is down to its final four teams heading into Sunday's action, with two Upper Peninsula teams joining two Wisconsin teams in the semifinals. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Rudyard High School softball team rallied from a 7-1 deficit to beat Holton in a dramatic state semifinal game Friday at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. (MHSAA Photo)
The Eastern Upper Peninsula Wood Ducks American Legion Baseball team won twice at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Friday in Delta County. The Wood Ducks beat the Copper Country Flames, 9-5, and then turned back the host Escanaba Cubs, 7-1. Click the above headline for photos and videos from both games.
Hunter Lancour threw a complete-game one-hitter with eleven strikeouts, and had the walk-off base hit in the seventh inning, leading Escanaba Cubs opened the season with a 3-2 win over the Gladstone Indians. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, interviews.
Bay College Administration and Athletic Director Matt Johnson announced that the Board of Trustees has approved the addition of Volleyball as the seventh sport to the Norse Athletics Program. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University has selected Andy Keller as head Nordic ski coach. Keller served as associate head coach during the 2020-21 season and was the Wildcats' Assistant Coach for three years prior. Click the above headline to read details.
After swapping the lead and trading paint with Jason Zdroik for several laps, former track champion Jesse Aho snuck past Zdroik for the lead on the final lap and went on to win the B Mod feature at Eagle River Speedway Tuesday night. Click the above headline for details.
American Legion Baseball is back after the 2020 season was cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus. While an Upper Peninsula league was set up and a champion was crowned, the usual statewide competition under the Legion banner didn't happen. Monday night, the Escanaba Junior Cubs beat the Marquette Junior Reds in two games. Click the above headline for photos and videos from those games.
Morgane Metraux of Lausanne, Switzerland is the winner of the LPGA Symetra Tour Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team had one bad inning on defense, and stranded eleven baserunners on offense, and lost to the Muskegon Oakridge Eagles, 5-2, in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game on Saturday at Alma College. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
