The Escanaba High School baseball team picked up a couple of come-from-behind victories in Marquette on Monday, winning the opener, 4-3, in nine innings, and taking the nightcap, 7-5. Click the above headline to read details, and hear post-game interviews.
The Gladstone Braves softball team won the Tawas Invitational on Saturday. The Braves beat the Tawas Braves, 9-2. Jenna Tardiff had RBI doubles in each of the first two innings and Taelor Zeise singled in two runs in the first inning and doubled home two more runs in the sixth. Andie Balenger pitched a complete game eight hitter and had an RBI hit at the plate. Gladstone beat Ogemaw Heights, 13-5. Taylor Trudeau had a grand slam home run and Sydney Herioux had three hits and two RBI. Zeise had a double and three RBI.
The Escanaba Eskymos Softball team ran into a buzzsaw on Saturday in rainy Ann Arbor, losing to the top ranked Division One team in Michigan, Clarkston, 5-0. Gabi Salo was charged with five runs (one earned) on ten base hits. Esky made four errors. The Eskymos did not get a base runner, as pitcher Olivia Warrington threw a perfect game. Escanaba did better on Friday. The Eskymos shut out South Lyon, 3-0, as Gabi Salo threw another no-hitter. She struck out 13 batters and allowed just one walk. Later, Escanaba topped Saine, 6-2. Lexi Chaillier had four hits in the doubleheader.
The Gladstone Braves hit five home runs, two of them by Cody Frappier, as they rolled to a doubleheader sweep over the Marquette Redmen, 6-1 and 10-0, Friday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Escanaba High School baseball team posted a 9-3 victory over the Menominee Maroons Thursday night at Spies Field as Noah Lancour threw five innings of no-hit ball. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, video highlights.
Bill Sall is leaving Northern Michigan University after six seasons as the Wildcats' men's basketball coach. Sall was announced Wednesday as the new head coach at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, his alma matter. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team got revenge for a pair of earlier losses to the Negaunee Miners on Wednesday with two lopsided victories, 14-2 and 11-2, at Negaunee's IronTown Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored three runs in the first inning to beat the Gladstone Braves in high school softball on Monday, 3-0, in Gladstone. But the Braves rallied from four runs down to take the nightcap, 8-5. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt and Nate Belleville.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team stayed undefeated in Great Northern Conference play with a pair of wins on Monday over the Menominee Maroons, 4-2 and 13-3, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for photos and videos taken by Nate Belleville.
The Escanaba High School baseball team gave up five unearned runs in the first inning and lost the opener of a doubleheader to the Kingsford Flivvers, 5-1, Tuesday at Lodal Park. The Eskymos regrouped to pound the Flivvers in the nightcap, 13-0. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves scored three runs in the fifth inning to rally past the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-1, in a pitching battle between the two Delta County rivals. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Belleville.
The Escanaba High School softball team bounced back from Friday's tough loss by posting a pair of wins on Saturday, while the Gladstone Braves lost to the state's two top-ranked teams. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won both of its games at its home tournament on Saturday, turning back Sault Ste. Marie, 10-4, and Cheboygan, 6-0. Kingsford split its games at the event. Click the above headline for photos, video clips.
Gabbi Sherman struck out 15 batters and allowed just one hit as the Millington Cardinals beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 3-0, in a high school softball showdown on Friday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has approved the addition of seeding at the district level in basketball and is making big changes to how the football playoff teams are selected. The representative council also approved using instant replay at Finals events. Click the above headline to read those and other changes.
Northern Michigan University Ice Hockey has released their 2019-20 season schedule which features renewing an old rivalry, four opponents who reached the 2019 NCAA Tournament, 18 games inside the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves swept a softball doubleheader from the Rapid River Rockets on Tuesday, 8-2 and 5-2, in Rapid River. Click the above headline for photos, video clips.
Jake LaFave hit a two-run homer with two out in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie and lift the Escanaba Eskymos to a 3-1 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Monday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
The first season in Bay College softball history came to a soggy end on Sunday as the women lost to five-time defending regional champion Dawson Community College, 15-3, in Glendive, Montana. The Norse pounded Dakota County Technical College earlier in the day, 26-7, to get their shot at the host Bucs. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team had its season come to an end on Saturday with 13-2 and 8-1 losses to the Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights.Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Garrett Finkbeiner.
The Gladstone High School baseball team swept a doubleheader from the Calumet Copper Kings, 1-0 and 6-0, on Saturday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team wrapped up a perfect weekend on Saturday with two victories at a tournament in Wisconsin. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay College Norse softball team lived to fight another day at the NJCAA Regional Tournament on Saturday, winning two games to advance to the Final Three of the event in Glendive, Montana. Bay defeated Gogebic Community College, 20-3, in five innings, and then powered past Region Lake State College, 8-2. Click teh above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team could not a timely hit on Friday, losing both games to Dakota County (Minn.) Technical College, 3-1 and 5-0, in Wells Township.Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Garrett Finkbeiner.
The Bay College Norse softball team fell into the loser’s bracket of the NJCAA Regional Tournament in Montana Friday, with a 5-3 loss to Dakota County Technical College. DCTC scored three times in the sixth inning to win it. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Escanaba Eskymos, 10-0 and 12-2, on a chilly Tuesday evening in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Softball Team will be the number 2 seed in the six-team Region XIII Tournament to be held in Glendive, Montana this weekend. The Norse will receive a bye in the first round of games. Click the above headline to read details.
Northern Michigan University Football has released their 2019 season schedule which features five home games. The season kicks off at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 7 with the Wildcats hosting McKendree University. Click the above headline for details.
Former Escanaba High School golfer Johnny Kositzky finished his sophomore season of college golf on Monday with a career-best as his Wisconsin Lutheran College team competed in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference championships in Aurora, Ill. Kositzky shot a 73, good for one over par, and a 12th place finish for the tournament. He finished with a four-day total of 315 strokes (85-81-76-73). Kositzky (left) is pictured with teammate Derek Disch.
The Escanaba High School baseball team bounced back from Thursday’s losses to the Negaunee Miners by posting a 10-2 win over Green Bay Southwest on Saturday in Green Bay. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, video highlights.
