The Gladstone High School boys golf team saved its best for last. The boys have been "middle of the pack" for most of the season everywhere they played, but at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division One Finals on Friday, the Braves were on the leaderboard.
Gladstone finished in a three way tie for first place by shooting a 329, but ended up losing in a tiebreaker to the Houghton Gremlins. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Norway Knights hosted a baseball district for the first time on Friday, and took full advantage by winning the championship with wins over Stephenson and Newberry. Meanwhile, in Division Three, Pickford knocked off Superior Central before being blasted by defending champion Negaunee. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the Pickford-SC game.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association says that its member schools have overwhelmingly approved a change to the association's age-limit rule, which will allow kids with disabilities to apply for waivers to be able to play sports even if their 19th birthday falls before September 1st. This will likely mean that Ishpeming High School student Eric Dompierre, who has Down Syndrome and has been fighting for a chance to play basketball in his senior year, will be allowed to play. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Battle of Delta County went down to the wire again as the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Indians met Wednesday night. The Indians got a complete-game pitching effort from Matt Weyers and the Tribe held on for a 4-3 win on Escanaba's Senior Day. Click the above headline to read the game story, see more pictures and videos and listen to audio highlights.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association's Division 3 U.P. Golf Finals were held on Thursday in Delta County. But it was teams from opposite ends of the U.P. that took top honors on the links. Cedarville won the girls championship in Gladstone, and Painesdale-Jeffers won the title in the boys meet in Bark River. Click the above headline to see the scores.
The Negaunee High School boys tennis team wrapped up the season with a dominating performance at the U.P. Finals Wednesday in Marquette. The Miners won championships in six of the eight flights. Escanaba's best effort came from the #3 doubles team of Hunter Bradford and Carter Murray. Click the above headline to see the details.
The opening day for the Michigan High School Athletic Association's girls softball district tournaments did not have much drama on Tuesday. The Division Three districts in Gladstone saw a forfeit and another game that was mercied after three innings of play. The Division Four districts in Norway featured three games that ended on the mercy rule. Click the above headline to see Tuesday's scores.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team managed to get just two base hits, but took advantage of five Ishpeming errors to post a 4-0 win Tuesday at Don Olsen Field.
The game was halted in the third inning because of a rainstorm, and after a 25-minute delay, the game was finished on a muddy field. Click the above headline to read the game story, and to see more pictures and videos.
The Escanaba High School tennis team closed the regular season by posting a 5-2 win over the West Iron County Wykons Tuesday night in Iron River. The #4 singles match was rained out. Escanaba won three of the four doubles matches, and the Eskymos got wins from Tyler Myrick and John Brant at #2 and #3 singles, respectively.
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The Escanaba High School baseball team blew a 4-0 lead and lost to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 6-5, Saturday at the Sault Baseball Invitational in the eastern U.P. The loss followed a 9-0 win over the Alpena Wildcats and a 6-5 loss to the Shepherd Blue Jays. Click the above headline to read the game story, see pictures and videos from the games.
The post-season gets underway for some of the Upper Peninsula's high school girls softball teams on Tuesday. Division Three games will be held in Gladstone, while Division Four games take place in Norway. Both are hosting districts for the first time. Click the above headline to see all softball/baseball schedules.
The British are coming, the British are coming!
They're coming to teach our kids how to play soccer this summer. Challenger Sports holds summer soccer camps in all 50 states, as well as in Canada. And they will come to four Upper Peninsula cities this year: Munising, Manistique, Iron Mountain, and St. Ignace.
Click the above headline to read more about the camps, see registration information, and hear audio soundbytes from A.J. Nwosu describing the goal of the camps.
The Gladstone High School boys track team followed up its MHSAA regional championship victory by easily capturing the Great Northern Conference championship on Thursday in Marquette. The Braves won the team title with 151 points, while Kingsford was a distant second. Escanaba finished fifth.
Marquette easily won the girls championship, with Escanaba finishing third and Gladstone fourth. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The Marquette Redmen ran away with the Great Northern Conference tennis title on Thursday, but the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves left the meet feeling good about their performances. The Eskymos got two doubles flights into the finals and the Braves got a GNC championshiop from senior Dan Williams at #2 singles. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The winds were so strong at Iron Town Field Thursday that routine fly balls turned into extra base hits, and the players were being pelted with pebbles that were swirling around with every gust. The Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners managed to battle through it, though, and the Eskymos left town with a 15-8 victory.
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It was a typcial Escanaba vs Gladstone match-up as the two teams met in softball Tuesday at Lemmerand Park. There was strong defense and good pitching by both teams, but the Braves managed to pull out a pair of victories: 2-0 and 1-0.
Christine Sharon and Alison Austin each picked up pitching victories for Gladstone, while Codi Jenshak (pictured) took the loss in both games for Escanaba.
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The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves tennis teams both had tough assignments on Tuesday, as they both played against powerhouse teams from Marquette County.
And the result was the same for both Delta County teams. The Marquette Redmen beat the Eskymos, 7-1, while the Negaunee Miners swept the Braves, 8-0.
Click the above headline to read details from both matches. Pictured: Gladstone's Neal Sabin had a good match at #3 singles, despite the loss to Negaunee's Kevin Price.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team had its nine-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday as the boys lost to the Marquette Blues, 5-2, in Marquette. The loss left a bitter taste in the mouth of Indians Manager Jim Groleau, who objected to a play on the bases that left first baseman Hayden Hardwick's arm in a sling.
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Jamie Iverson picked up yet another victory as the racing season began over the weekend at Norway Speedway. But a Gladstone boy who just turned 14 this spring stole the show.
Jordan Ives debuted in the Late Model division race, and he won his heat and semi-feature race, racing against some men triple his age. He finished 13th in the main event. Click the above headline to read more about him, and to see more pictures.
The Rapid River Rockets got 12 strong innings from Heather Sanderson and a clutch hit from Sam Peterson to sweep a doubleheader from the Negaunee Miners, 1-0 and 9-3, Monday in Rapid River. At the same time, in St. Ignace, the Manistique Emeralds split a pair of games with the Saints. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Escanaba High School tennis team enjoyed sunny conditions and posted a 7-1 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers on Monday. All four doubles teams won on the high school courts, while three of the four singles players won their matches in Ludington Park. Click the above headline to read more.
The Escanaba High School baseball team made three cruicial errors in the final two innings and lost to the Petoskey Northmen, 4-2, in the Binks Coca Cola Invitational Saturday at Al Ness Field. And then the boys needed a last-second rally to top the Negaunee Miners, 6-3, in a wild third place game.
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It's been quite a week for the Escanaba and Gladstone High School softball teams. Both have played multiple games in a short period of time, and both have had success on the diamond. The Braves won twice in downstate Tawas on Saturday before falling to the host team in the semifinals. And the Eskymos hosted their own tournament on Saturday and won three out of four games. Click the above headline to read the details for both the Eskymos and Braves.
The Gladstone Indians improved to 9-0 on the season by posting two wins over the Channing Railroaders, 12-2 and 9-1 in Dickinson County. Matt Weyers got the pitching win in the opener, and Blake Ballard shared pitching duties with Christian Groleau in the nightcap. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Manistique High School softball team has now won six straight games. The Emeralds won the championship of its "Pink Tournament" on Saturday, beating Munising, 4-2, and Norway, 9-3. The Emeralds made just one error in the doublehader. "You can't go wrong when you get defense like that," Manistique Coach Dave McNeil said. Haley MacGregor got the pitching victory in both games.
The Gladstone Indians posted an easy 10-1 American Legion baseball victory in Ishpeming on Friday. Cody Frazer continued his hot hitting by getting four more hits in the game. Click the above headline to see more details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team needed a better performance on Friday after suffering through two poor efforts in Marinette and Kingsford. Junior pitcher David Falish provided that boost by throwing a complete-game four-hitter, and the defense was good behind him as the Eskymos beat the Alpena Wildcats, 8-2, at Al Ness Field.
The Escanaba High School softball team bounced back from Thursday's losses to Gladstone by sweeping a doubleheader from the Cheboygan Chiefs, 8-2 and 10-0, Friday, at Lemmerand Park. Pictured: Codi Jenshak earned the win in the circle for the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see more pictures and watch video highlights.
The Gladstone High School boys track team used its "home track" advantage to power past five other teams and win the MHSAA Division One regional championship on Thursday. Jared Vuksan broke the school record in the shot put and Justin Pederson won two field events and was part of winning relay team. Marquette won the girls championship and was second in the boys event. Escanaba's girls took second. Esky's boys were fifth. Click the above headline to see more scores and photos. The team scores of other track meets held across the region are also posted there.
Cody Frazer got a concussion in gym class and Dan Williams was sick. Munising was short a couple of kids, too, so what did the Gladstone Braves and Munising Mustangs do for their tennis match on Thusrday? They went "old school". They went to three singles and three doubles matches, and the Braves pulled out a 4-2 win on a windy afternoon in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see the scores.
