The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Escanaba High School sophomore Carney Salo will serve on the MHSAA Student Advisory Council next year. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team won the Newberry Invitational on Saturday. They opened with a 3-0 win over Marquette JV and then beat Manistique in the title game, 18-3. Tyler Racicot pitched shutout in opener with 11K. Zach Robinette had two hits and two RBI. In championship game, Aidan Johnson was 4-for-4 with three RBI. Robinette drove in three runs. Max Hall pitched the win. Earlier Manistique beat Newberry 4-2, then Newberry beat Marquette JV in the third place game, 11-10.
The 2021 baseball season came to an end for the Bay College Norse on Saturday, with two more losses to Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota. DCTC won, 10-5 and 10-0. Grant Craft and Dalton Graham both drove in two runs in the opener for Bay. On Frida, DCTC won, 6-5 and 8-1. Bay led the opener 5-3 in bottom of 7th but gave up three runs and lost. Carson Shea had a 2-run single and Tanner Halvorson had 2 hits. In the 2nd game, eight different Norse players got hits but couldn’t string them together. Shea had 2 hits. Jack Bower pitched 5 2/3 innings and took the loss. Bay finished its season with a 4-33 record.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos had timely hitting and took advantage of seven Escanaba errors to post an 11-3 baseball victory Thursday at Al Ness Field. It was Escanaba's first loss of the season. Click the above headline for details.
The addition of a girls division to the Individual Wrestling Tournament series and approval of a common start date for all Fall sports highlighted actions taken by the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association during its annual Spring Meeting. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team held its post-season awards ceremony Wednesday night at the House of Ludington. The big winner was Eskymo captain Nick Kolich, who cleaned up several top awards and pocketed some college scholarship money as well. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves executed two perfect suicide squeezes in the bottom of the seventh inning Wednesday and pulled out a wild 11-10 win over the Marquette Redmen at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see Gladstone Braves photos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team stayed undefeated Tuesday night with a 6-4 win over the Gladstone Braves. Click the above headline for details. (Deanna Lawson photo)
The Bay College Norse softball team won two NJCAA Region 13 playoff games in Minnesota on Tuesday, beating Gogebic Community College, 13-4, and then pulling out a dramatic 6-5 win over Dakota County Technical College. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Women's Soccer team saw their season come to an end as they fell 3-0 to Grand Valley State University in the GLIAC Tournament Championship match on Sunday afternoon. Ava Cook scored twice for GVSU. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves high school baseball team on Saturday swept the Calumet Copper Kings, 8-1 in the opener and 17-2 in the nightcap. Braeden Sundquist threw 5 innings to get the win in the opener. Trevor Hanson and Austin Bagwell combined to pitch the second game. The Braves host Kingsford Monday, Escanaba Tuesday and Marquette Wednesday. Click the above headline to see photos courtesy of Gladstone Braves Athletics.
The Escanaba High School baseball team stayed undefeated Friday by beating a strong Peshtigo Bulldogs team, 11-4, in Wisconsin. The Eskymos scored seven runs in the fourth inning to break open a close game. Click the above headline for details.
For the first time in program history the Northern Michigan University Women's Soccer team is heading to the GLIAC Tournament Championship match. The No. 3 seed Wildcats earned the title-match nod when they defeated the No. 2 seeded Eagles 1-0 on Friday. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team improved to 5-1 in NJCAA Region 13 seeding matchups on Thursday by splitting a doubleheader with Dakota County Technical College (Minn.), The Blue Knights won the first game, 5-3, before the Norse rolled in the nightcap, 12-2. C;ick the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team lost both ends of a doubleheader on Thursday in Illinois, falling to the College of DuPage Chaparrels, 7-6 and 14-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Menominee Maroons used the home course advantage to win a pair of Great Northern Conference golf meets on Thursday at the Riverside Course. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team rolled to a pair of wins on Wednesday, beating Rapid River, 10-0 and 15-0. Click the above headline for details and photos taken by Gina Pepin.
The Escanaba High School baseball team spotted the Kingsford Flivvers a 2-0 lead but rebounded to win going away, 10-4, Wednesday evening in Quinnesec. The Eskymos remained undefeated on the season with an 8-0 record. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Women's Soccer team picked up a GLIAC Tournament win, their first since 2010, with a 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Northwood on Tuesday inside the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details.
A hearing was held Tuesday in the Michigan Court of Claims on the legality of the reuirement that Michigan teenaged athletes be tested for COVID-19 in order to play. The group "Let Them Play Michigan" says the state health department has not followed proper procedures in making the rules, so they should be voided. Click the above headline for details.
The Manistique State Savings Bank Under-14 (Bantam B) hockey team won a state championship on Sunday, turning back the Gladwin Gladiators, 5-3, in Cadillac. And Marquette teams brought home two state championships. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team broke its 23-game losing streak on Sunday with a 4-2 win over Bryant & Stratton (Wis.) College in the second game of a doubleheader. Tanner Halvorson had a home run and two doubles. They lost the opener, 5-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University men's soccer team (4-3-1) fought hard from beginning to end in a GLIAC Tournament quarterfinal match Sunday that ended 1-1 with Davenport University advancing 4-1 on penalty kicks. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Friday released the 2021 boys basketball All-U.P. teams. Iron Mountain's Foster Wonders was named Mr. U.P. Basketball. Click the above headline to see all of the winners.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves both picked up doubleheader sweeps in baseball action Thursday night. The Eskymos beat the North Central Jets 12-5 and 11-2 in Hermansville, while the Braves topped the Negaunee Miners in Gladstone, 10-2 and 12-1. Click the above headline for details. (Gladstone Braves Athletics photo)
The Escanaba High School softball team scored 12 runs in the first inning and crusied to a 22-0 win over Rapid River Wednesday evening. Click the above headline for details.
