UP HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES/SCHEDULES
June 12, 2021The 2021 high school girls softball playoffs are winding down across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the scores/schedules.
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Baseball
U.P. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCORES/SCHEDULES
June 12, 2021The 2021 high school baseball playoffs have wrapped up for Upper Peninsula teams. Click the above headline to see scores.
Golf
Chung, Leblanc Share 1st Round Lead At Sweetgrass
June 11, 2021Canadian Maude-Aimee LeBlanc and American Karen Chung are tied for the lead after the first round of the Symetra Tour Island Resort Championship golf tournament at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Both shot a seven-under-par on the opening 18 holes of the tournament. Kristin Coleman is one stroke back in third place at minus six. Four other golfers are tied for fourth at 5 under par. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
NOT DONE YET: Eskymos Hold Off Petoskey, 3-2
June 09, 2021The Escanaba High School baseball team pulled out another dramatic win on Wednesday, beating the Petoskey Northmen, 3-2, in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinal at Petoskey's Turcott Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Baseball
Big Inning Helps Norway Knights Drop Ironwood
June 09, 2021The Norway Knights scored five runs in the third inning to break a 1-1 tie and they cruised to a 9-4 win over the Ironwood Red Devils Wednesday in a MHSAA Division Four regional semifinal game in Bark River. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Eskymo Baseball Team Wins First District Since '16
June 05, 2021The Escanaba High School baseball team hoisted its first district championship trophy since 2016 on Saturday after a posting a dramatic 5-4 win over Cheboygan in the semifinals, and then topping Marquette, 9-5, in the championship game. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
Baseball
'THIS ONE MEANS A LOT' Braves Win 7th District
June 04, 2021The Gladstone Braves won their seventh straight baseball district championship on Friday, beating the Newberry Indians, 18-1, and then holding off the Superior Central Cougars, 6-3, under windy and hot conditions in Eben Junction. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Tennis
THE WAIT IS OVER: Eskymos Win UP Tennis Title
June 02, 2021The Escanaba Eskymos won their first MHSAA Division One boys tennis championship in 14 years on Wednesday. They waited out two very long rain delays to end Negaunee's multi-year reign. Click the above headline to read more details.
Football
Escanaba Eskymos Hold Football Lineman Camp
June 02, 2021The Escanaba Eskymos football team’s lineman camp wrapped up on Wednesday. It was put on by Michigan Tech University assistant coach Jace Daniels, and former Central Michigan/Finlandia Coach Travis Wilzius. They are both former Eskymos. The Escanaba HIgh School coaching staff also helped to instruct at the two-day camp.
Baseball
Redmen Get Playoff Win; Will Host Semifinals Sat.
June 01, 2021The Marquette Redmen scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday night and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-2, in Quinnesec. It was a double win for the Redmen as the MHSAA has moved the rest of the district tournament from Quinnesec to Marquette this Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Escanaba Closes Regular Season With 5-1 Victory
June 01, 2021The Escanaba Eskymos and Norway Knights played a tune-up game on Tuesday to close the regular season. The Eskymos got two-run base hits from Riley Lamb and Nick Kolich, and three pitchers combined to throw a three-hitter as Escanaba beat Norway, 5-1, at Marion Park. Click the above headline for details, photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
Wrestling
NMU Greco-Roman Wrestlers Make World Team
May 28, 2021Northern Michigan University National Training Site Greco-Roman wrestlers Benji Peak, Alston Nutter and David Stepanian topped the podium at the U23 Nationals yesterday in Lincoln, Nebraska. All three earned a spot on USA Wrestling's U23 World Team and will compete in Belgrade, Serbia this November. Click the above headline for details.
Track & Field
RUNNIN' WITH THE 'CATS: Larson Signs Letter
May 28, 2021Gladstone High School senior Ahna Larson signed her National Letter of Intent Friday to attend school at Northern Michigan University. She will join the Wildcat Track & Field team this fall. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Norway Wins Error-Filled Game Over Gladstone 8-7
May 27, 2021The Norway Knights and Gladstone Braves combined to make 13 errors in a back-and-forth baseball game Thursday night at Marion Park. The final error of the night cost the Braves as the Knights picked up a 8-7 win in eight innings. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
MARATHON VICTORY: Cougars Top Broncos in 11
May 26, 2021The Superior Central Cougars scored seven runs in the top of the eleventh inning to beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 10-3, on Wednesday. It is believed to be the longest game in both schools' history, and it lasted three hours and 29 minutes. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
Baseball
ONE LAST TIME: Braves Win On Senior Night, 7-4
May 24, 2021The Gladstone High Schoool baseball team played its final home game Monday night, honoring its seven seniors and then hanging on for a 7-4 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos under the lights. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Baseball
BASEBALL IS BACK: Timber Rattlers Playing Again
May 23, 2021After more than 600 days with no baseball at Fox Cities Stadium near Appleton, the Boys of Summer are back on the field as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers minor league team has begun the 2021 season. Click the above headline to hear from CEO Rob Zerjav, and see photos and videos from this weekend's Rattler games against the West Michigan Whitecaps.
Baseball
PITCHER'S DUEL: Eskymos Fall In Wisconsin, 3-1
May 21, 2021The Escanaba High School baseball team faced perhaps its toughest opponent of the season Friday night, and was on the wrong end of a pitcher's duel, losing to the Coleman Cougars, 3-1, in Wisconsin. Click the above headline for details, photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
Baseball
Lancour, Eskymos Slip Past Mistake-Prone Knights
May 20, 2021Hunter Lancour threw four no-hit innings and the Escanaba Eskymos took advantage of four Norway errors and the Eskymos cruised to a 5-0 win over the Knights Thursday night. The Eskymos had only two base hits and Norway had just three. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Gladstone Braves Outlast Young Negaunee Miners
May 19, 2021The Gladstone High School baseball team bounced back from Tuesday's extra inning loss in Menominee by taking two games from the Negaunee Miners on Wednesday, 7-2 and 11-7, at Iron Town Field. The Miners hung in there despite having a roster with no seniors and ten freshmen. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Girls Softball
Mott, Eskymos Roll Past Braves In Rivalry Softball
May 18, 2021McKayla Mott threw a two-hit shutout and the Escanaba Eskymos broke a scoreless tie with a seven-run third inning on the way to a 13-0 mercy-shortened win over the Gladstone Braves on Tuesday. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and inetrviews.
Baseball
Eskymos Pull Away From Flivvers In Sloppy Contest
May 18, 2021The Escanaba Eskymos rode the pitching of Riley Lamb and took advantage of seven Kingsford errors in an 11-2 sin in a game that was close until the sixth inning. Hunter Lancour drove in four runs for Escanaba. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Baseball
RIVALRY SPLIT: Eskymos, Braves Take Close Wins
May 15, 2021The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played a pair of one-run games on Saturday, with each Delta County rival taking home a win. The Eskymos won the opener, 4-3, before the Braves took the nightcap, 7-6. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Baseball
UNDER THE LIGHTS: Esky Cruises Past Emeralds
May 14, 2021The Escanaba High School baseball team tuned up for their Saturday showdown with Gladstone by beating the Manistique Emeralds, 8-4, Friday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
Baseball
WALK-OFF WINNER: Trombley Hit Rallies Braves
May 13, 2021The Gladstone Braves scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to stun the Iron Mountaineers, 6-5, in high school baseball action on Thursday. Owen Trombley had the game-winning hit. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
Golf
Marquette Boys, Menominee Girls Win Golf Meets
May 13, 2021The Marquette High School golf team won the third of five Great Northern Conference meets on Thursday in Escanaba, while the Menominee Maroons cruised to the team victory in the girls meet. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
Baseball
Escanaba, Menominee Split Baseball Doubleheader
May 13, 2021The Escanaba Eskymos and Menominee Maroons split a doubleheader Thursday night in Escanaba, with the Eskymos winning the opener, 4-2, and the Maroons taking the nightcap, 5-3. Click the above headline to read details and see photos, videos.
Baseball
Eskymos Break Skid With 6-2 Win Over Marquette
May 12, 2021The Escanaba High School baseball team broke a three-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Marquette Redmen Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Trent Lawson pitched a complete game to earn the victory. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Baseball
LONG TIME COMING: Kingsford Beats Gladstone
May 11, 2021The Kingsford High School baseball team beat the Gladstone Braves for the first time in program history Tuesday night, 7-6. Nolan Lavarnway's two-run, walk-off base hit gave the Flivvers the win in a sloppy game. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Girls Softball
Norse Softball Pulls Upset Before Falling In Finals
May 10, 2021The Bay College Norse softball team pulled a big upset on Monday in the NJCAA Region 13 semifinals before losing in the championship game to Miles Community College (Montana), 13-2, in suburban Minneapolis. Click the above headline for details.
