The Yooper 9-10 Little League baseball tournament came to an end Tuesday night as Norway held off Iron Mountain North, 19-12, at Karl Dickson Field in Escanaba. Click the above headline for photos and video highlights, and hear post-game comments.
The Gladstone Indians jumped to a 7-0 lead and held off Marinette, 9-6, to finish as runners-up of the Marinette Firecracker Tournament on Sunday in Wisconsin. Caden Alworden squeezed home two runs and Ben Kelly had a two-run single to back up Carson Shea's pitching. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Cody Frappier.
The Marquette Blues pounded Pulaski, 12-0, at the Firecracker Tournament on Sunday in Marinette, Wis., while the Escanaba Cubs and Menominee Red Wave were both mercied by their opponents. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
The Upper Peninsula high school football game saw plenty of twists and turns on Saturday at the Superior Dome. The Red team scored two late touchdowns to break a 28-28 tie and beat the Black team, 42-28. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Xcel Sports.
The Gladstone Indians split a pair of games at the Marinette Firecracker Tournament on Saturday, losing to Manitowoc, 10-2, before rebounding to beat Green Bay, 9-1. Jared Crow threw a one-hitter in the late game. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Drew Rodman threw a complete game two-hitter as the Escanaba Cubs won their first game of the season on Saturday, 5-1, over the Green Bay Shockers at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette. The Cubs lost to Pulaski, 6-1. later on Saturday. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and photos from Saturday's other games.
Jake Rogers threw 6 1/3 innings of three-hit ball to lead the Gladstone Indians to a 7-1 win over Pulaski (Wis.) Friday night at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette. In the late game, the Escanaba Cubs lost to the host Marinette team, 16-8. Click the headline to read details, and see photos taken by Jarrett LaCosse.
The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team rallied from four runs down to beat the Green Bay Shockers, 13-7, Friday afternoon at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis. Menominee lost to Manitowoc, 6-1, in the other game in the afternoon session. Click the above headline to read details and see photos, videos from both games.
The U.P. Football All-Star Game is set for Saturday afternoon at the Superior Dome. This year marks the 12th anniversary of the U.P. summer football classic. Click the above headline to see the list of players and coaches for both teams.
Team USA faced Sweden in a dual Greco-Roman and women’s freestyle wrestling meet Wednesday at the Northern Michigan University Superior Dome. Team Sweden topped Team USA 22 matches to seven. Click the above headline to read details.
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 the winners, courtesy of Xcel Sports Training.
Northern Michigan University has named Matt Majkrzak as their new Head Men's Basketball Coach. He comes to Marquette from Bryant & Stratton College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Click the abive headline for more details and comments about the new coach.
The Escanaba High School softball team was the toast of the town Tuesday at a community-wide celebration of the girls' second straight state championship. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and hear interviews from the celebration.
Bay College announced the signing of eight women's basketball players for the 2019-2020 season on Monday. The Norse will look to improve on a 21-8 record from last season, under the guidance of Head Coach Rob Robinson. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association is accepting registrations online or by mail for game officials for the 2019-20 school year. Click the above headline for details.
The Midland Berryhill American Legion Baseball team came from behind twice on Sunday to win the Gregg Johnson/Al Erickson Tournament in Escanaba. Berryhill rallied to beat DePere, 8-6, in the semifinals, then did the same to beat Marinette, 5-3, in the championship game. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and videos.
Daniela Iacobelli started the final round six shots off the lead in a share of thirteenth at the 2019 Island Resort Championship. Posting a 7-under-par, 65, on Sunday was enough to put her atop the leaderboard to force a two-person playoff. Iacobelli birdied the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to defeat Cindy Ha to take home the trophy. Both women clinched spots in the LPGA event next month in France. Click the above headline to hear comments from both, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
The Escanaba Cubs finished the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Saturday with an 0-4 record after losing to Marinette, 17-2, and Bark River, 10-2, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Bark River Bucs lost their third game of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Saturday, falling to the defending World Series runners-up, Midland Berryhill, 12-3, in Gladstone. The Bucs trailed by just two runs in the fourth inning before Berryhill pulled away. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and other scores.
A big performance Saturday from Louise Stahle of 7-under par 65 launched her into sole command of the lead at the ninth annual Island Resort Championship with an overall score of 10-under par. Click the above headline for details. (Symetra Tour photo)
Four players sit tied for the lead of 5-under par in Harris, Mich. after 18 holes at the ninth annual Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline to read details. (Symetra Tour Photo, story)
The Gladstone Indians beat the Marquette Blues, 9-6, in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Friday, but lost in the evening to the Kimberly Cougars, 7-4. The results dropped the Indians to 1-2 in the event. Click the above headline for details, scores.
Third-generation driver Robby Iverson played it safe and dodged several caution periods and went on to grab the lead on a restart with two laps to go to capture the Auto Value Round I super late model main event at Norway Speedway Friday night. Click the above headline for details.
The high school softball season came to an end on Thursday with a pair of All-Star games at Negaunee's LaCombe Field. The South All-Stars won both games from the North, 11-8 and 12-6. The South team included three members of the Escanaba Eskymos, along with Rapid River and Bark River-Harris seniors, among others. (Bob Bal photo)
The Escanaba Cubs hung in there for a while, but eventually lost their first game at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament Thursday night, 11-1, to Midland Berryhill at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Nate Belleville.
The Gladstone Indians opened the American Legion baseball season with a tough 5-4 loss to the DePere Pioneers out of the Green Bay area Thursday at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament in Escanaba. Click the above headline for photos taken by Nate Belleville.
Lake Linden-Hubbell High School senior Ben Wilson has been named the 2019 Gil Heard Award winner. This is given to a local athlete who overcomes adversity to succeed. In Wilson’s case, he has been a diabetic for most of his life, wearing an insulin pump to monitor his sugar. He overcame that to win spots on the All-Conference and All-UP teams in football. It's named in honor of the late Gil Heard, who was sports information director at Northern Michigan University for 23 years and also battled diabetes.
The Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association is out with its All-State teams, and the Upper Peninsula is well-represented, with five First Team and nine Honorable Mention selections. Click the above headline to see the list. (Pictured: Gladstone's Taylor Trudeau)
The Bay College Norse Softball team finished their first ever season with a 28-9 record and were regional runners-up this past season. As a team the Norse finished in the top 25 nationally in two statistical categories: 18th in the country in triples, 17th in batting average (.365) . Individually, pitcher Rhiley Hubert finished ninth in Division 2 with a 1.69 ERA. Emily Bruntjens ended up fourth in NJCAA Division 2 with eight triples, and 25th with a .473 batting average.
A total of 39 Northern Michigan University student-athletes were named to the 2019 Spring Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic and all-Academic Excellence teams. Track & Field led the Wildcat varsity programs with 19 honorees, followed by Lacrosse with 11. Click the above headline to see the list of honorees.
