The 2019 fall high school sports seasons are under way, with girls volleyball and tennis matches starting this week, along with cross country meets and football practices. Click the above headline to see the rules changes for the various sports this season.
Northern Michigan University quarterback Ryan Johnson is back and hungrier than ever, after having his 2018 season end after just two plays from scrimmage. Click the above headline to read more about Johnson and the Wildcats heading into the 2019 season.
Bay College has announced a nine-player recruiting class for the 2019-2020 Men's Basketball Team. Six of the nine players are from the U.P. or surrounding areas, while three are from the Detroit area. Click the above headline to see who's coming to Escanaba.
Federation of International Skiing Race Director Walter Hofer and Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday the commitment to bring the FIS Ski Jump World Cup back to Iron Mountain in 2021. It will be the first time in 21 years. Click the above headline for details.
A Northern Michigan University football player is being credited with saving a man from drowning over the weekend in the Black Rocks area of Lake Superior. Ratavian Rinkles was relaxing Sunday before football practice was to begin the next day when he saw a man disappear in the water. Click the above headline for details.
The youth softball seasons have come to an end in Delta County, but there's still time to learn ways to get better at the sport in various clinics. Local girls didn't have to travel far on Monday as Saginaw Valley State University Head Coach Todd Buckingham held a clinic on the Bay College softball fields. Click the above headline for details.
Gladstone High School graduate Bryce Douglas shot four rounds at or below par and captured the Upper Peninsula Golf Association men's championship at the Terrace Bluff Golf Course. Douglas won the title by one stroke, shooting a four-under 284 for the tournament. Click the above headline to read the details. (UPGA Photo)
The eighth annual Polfus Wiffleball Tournament was held this weekend in the Menominee County town of Hermansville. Ten teams of guys played in the double elimination event Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Vulcan’s Dan Lindsley patiently sifted his way through traffic and grabbed the lead on a late race restart to grab the Werner Electric Supply $1,000 super late model feature at Norway Speedway Friday night. Click the above headline to see all of Friday's results.
Northern Michigan University Men's Basketball and Head Coach Matt Majkrzak has tabbed Keil Ganz to be the team's Assistant Men's Basketball Coach. Click teh above headline for details.
The Kingsford Minor Little League (age 9-10) All-Stars had the season come to an end on Monday with a 5-0 loss to Midland Northeast in the state quarterfinals in downstate Dexter. Click the above headline to see photos, video clips, taken by Andy Flaminio.
The high school sports seasons are right around the corner, with the Michigan High School Athletic Association reminding everyone of the dangers of heat and humidity. Click the above headline to read details on practice and game precautions.
The District Ten Little League All-Star season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules for the tournaments.
The Kingsford Minor Boys (age 9-10) Little League All-Star team lost for the first time on Sunday at the state tournament in Dexter, but will advance to the state quarterfinals with a 2-1 pool play record. Click the above headline for videos taken by Ryan Grondin.
The Kingsford Minor Boys (age 9-10) Little League All-Stars won their first two games this weekend at the state tournament in downstate Dexter. The boys beat Mattawan, 10-4, Friday night, then topped Blissfield, 6-3, on Saturday morning. Click the above headline for details, and to see video clips taken by Ryan Grondin.
The Bay College basketball program will be hosting skills camps for young players next week on the Escanaba campus. It's for both boys and girls who will be entering the third-through-eighth grades. Click the above headline for details.
Half of Michigan High School Athletic Association member high schools continued to assess sports participation fees during the 2018-19 school year, according to a survey that has measured the prevalence of charging students to help fund interscholastic athletics annually over the last 15 years. Click the above headline to see details.
Sirens in the streets of Gladstone Sunday as the Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team was honored with a parade, one day after capturing their third straight state championship. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the celebration.
The Gladstone Indians scored two runs in the bottom of the tenth inning to beat the Trenton Tribe, 6-5, to capture the American Legion Baseball Class A state championship Saturday in downstate Gladwin. It was Gladstone's third straight state championship. Click the above headline for details, interviews, photos, and video highlights.
The Escanaba Minor Little League (age 9-10) softball team went 0-3 in pool play at the state tournament in downstate Marysville. The girls fell to Edwarsburg, 15-5, on Friday, and lost to Midland Bullock Creek, 9-5, on Saturday. The girls wrapped up play on Sunday with a 21-13 loss to Hudsonville. Click the above headline to see videos.
The Gladstone Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) had their World Series dreams shattered with one swing of the bat Friday afternoon in suburban Indiianapolis. Polk City, Iowa, outfielder Maddy Simeons launched a solo home run over the center field fence in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving her team a dramatic, walk-off, 5-4 win. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
Carson Shea threw a complete-game six-hitter Friday night to lead the Gladstone Indians to a 9-4 win over the Trenton Tribe at the American Legion state tournament in Gladwin. The win moved the Indians into the state championship game as they try to win their third straight Class A title. Click the above headline to read details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team stayed alive in the state tournament on Friday with a 3-2 win over the Gladwin Lightning. But the Blues couldn't hold an 8-4 lead against Rosebush, and lost, 9-8. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Major Girls Little League (age 11-12) softball team advanced to the Central Regional semifinals on Thursday with a 12-4 win over Marion County, Kentucky. The girls scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning to take control of the quarterfinal contest. Click the above headline for interviews, photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team won a pair of games in downstate Gladwin on Thursday as the Class A state tournament got under way, beating Hudson, 14-8, and then blanking the host Gladwin team, 10-0. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) open the state tournament on Friday in downstate Marysville. The girls were part of a parade through the streets of the Blue Water community Thursday in Opening Ceremonies. Escanaba takes on Edwardsburg Friday at noon. They'll play Bullock Creek Saturday and Hudsonville on Sunday.
The Marquette Blues lost an extra innings heartbreaker to Rosebush, 2-1, as the American Legion Baseball state tournament opened on Thursday in Gladwin. Click the above headline to see the details, and see the tournament bracket.
The Gladstone Major Little League (age 11-12) All-Stars advanced to the Central Regional quarterfinals on Wednesday with a 9-7 win over Columbia, Mo., in an error-filled softball game in Fishers, Ind. Click the above headline for details, listen to interviews, and to see photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The Kingsford Minor Boys (age 9-10) completed their comeback through the loser’s bracket with a dramatic 4-3 win over Escanaba in the District Ten championship game Tuesday night at Karl Dickson Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Northern Michigan University Track & Field saw six student-athletes earn U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Academic Honors. As a team, the Wildcats also earned All-Academic Team status. Click the above headline for detai9ls.
