The Post 44 White Diamonds from Marquette County completed their journey through the loser's bracket Sunday by beating the Menominee Red Wave, 7-6, in eight innings, to win the 17-and-under state championship of the new Michigan Veterans Baseball league.
Cooper Curtis fired the most bizarre no-hitter you will ever see in American Legion Baseball on Saturday as the Escanaba Cubs beat the Menominee Red Wave, 8-0, in the second game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team salvaged the final game of the Marinette Firecracker Tournament on Sunday, beating the Menominee Red Wave, 14-4, in six innings, in the tournament's seventh place game. Click the above headline for details.
It was a long day for the Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team on Saturday, but it was a successful one, as the Cubs won three games to advance to the championship game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette. Click the above headline for details.
The Zone Five American Legion Tournament got underway on Thursday as Gladstone defeated Iron Mountain 11-4, Escanaba beat Eastern UP 10-6, Marquette rolled Ishpeming 17-4, and Copper Country escaped 6-5 against Menominee. Click the above headline for details.
Travis Mack threw a complete-game two hitter as the Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team whipped the Menominee Red Wave, 10-1, Thursday at Spies Field. The Indians won their second straight game after losing seven in a row. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs and Menominee Red Wave finished their road trip on Sunday with single games in Sault Ste. Marie, after each team played three games in Gaylord. Menominee ended up with a win while Escanaba took a loss. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Cubs, Menominee Red Wave, Gaylord Post 180, and Northern Michigan Patriots American Legion baseball teams did battle on Saturday in Gaylord. Click the above headline for more details.
The Menominee Red Wave topped the Northern Michigan Patriots in extra innings, 8-6 on Friday evening at Gaylord St. Mary High School. Click the above headline for more details, photos, and videos.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball program honored its 2019 state champions, and then the '22 version of the Indians smashed three home runs to beat the Menominee Red Wave, 9-5, Wednesday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Iron Mountain Golds beat the Menominee Red Wave, 5-2, Wednesday night at Spies Field. IM scored all five runs in the first two innings. Chase Carlson had a pair of doubles and drove in a run. Evan Haferkorn had a two-run single. Jimmy Coldren had two hits for the Red Wave. Three IM pitchers threw: Isaac Lorenzoni, Henry McRoberts, and Carson Chartier. Kennison Boivin took the loss for the Red Wave. Menominee won the nigtcap, 10-5.
The Menominee Red Wave American Legion baseball team salvaged the final game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, beating the Green Bay Preble Hornets, 1-0, in nine innings, on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The four Upper Peninsula American Legion teams taking part in the Marinette Firecracker Tournament took losses to their Wisconsin counterparts on Friday as the eight-team tournament got started. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Iron Mountain Golds, Copper Country Flames, and Marinette Legion baseball teams all went 2-0 on the first day of the Gregg Johnson Memorial tournament on a windy Friday in Delta County. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Menominee Red Wave American Legion baseball team rode the pitching and hitting of Adrian Mercier and beat the Marquette Blues, 6-0, Tuesday night, in a match-up of two of last year's state tournament participants. Click the above headline for details.
The Menominee Red Wave American Legion baseball team had its season come to an end on Friday, losing to Rosebush out of Mount Pleasant, 9-2, in the state tournament in Marquette. Menominee had stayed alive earlier in the day with a 6-2 win over Blissfield. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos.
The Marinette Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament was cancelled again on Sunday after all-night rains Saturday night flooded the fields that were already saturated from Saturday morning and afternoon rains. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians and Marquette Blues have advanced to the American Legion Baseball Zone Five championship after winning their semifinal games on Saturday. The championship game was rained out and will be played Sunday. Both teams qualified for the state tournament in Gladwin. Click the above headline for details, videos highlights.
The temperatures were hot and so was the baseball on Friday as the Upper Peninsula Zone Five American Legion Tournament continued in Delta County. The eight team field was cut to the final four, with Gladstone, Menominee, Marquette, and Copper Country advancing to Saturday's action. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Alex Hanson pitched 6 1/3 innings of five-hit ball as the Menominee Red Wave topped Marinette, 3-1, in American Legion Baseball action on Thursday. Trey Bretl took the tough loss for Marinette. Click the above headline for details, and see photos, videos.
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 Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team won its second straight Class A state championship on Sunday, beating the Menominee Red Wave, 11-4, at Spies Field. It was the second straight summer that the Indians beat the Red Wave from the loser's bracket. Click the above headline for interviews, photos, videos taken by Cole Hansen.
The Gladstone Indians won two games at the state tournament in Menominee on Saturday, beating Gaylord, 6-4, then topping Menominee, 9-7, to force a winner-take-all championship game on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos taken by Cole Hansen, and listen to interviews and a replay fo Gladstone's big rally.
The Menominee Red Wave American Legion baseball team rallied from five runs down to beat the Gladstone Indians, 9-7, in a wild state tournament game Friday night in Menominee. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Cole Hansen.
Tyson Seymour pitched a complete-game five-hitter to lead the Gladstone Indians to a 6-1 American Legion Baseball win over the Menominee Red Wave Wednesday in Gladstone. Bryce Tharp threw five solid innings for the Red Wave in a losing effort as last year's state finalists met for the final time in the regular season. Click the above headline for details.
The Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament wrapped up on Sunday in Marinette, Wis., with all four Upper Peninsula teams losing their final games to Wisconsin opponents. The Gladstone Indians fell to the host Marinette team, 6-2, in a rain-shortened championship. Click the above headline for photos and a recap of Sunday's games.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team completed a massive comeback on Sunday by winning its fifth straight game to take its second state championship in the last four years. The Indians beat Menominee, 15-2, wrapping up a long trip through the loser's bracket. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, taken by Laura Lamberg.
The journey through the loser's bracket of the American Legion Baseball state tournament continued on Saturday for the Gladstone Indians as they beat Gaylord, 6-2, and Menominee, 9-6, to force a decisive game to determine the state champion on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, and for photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Menominee Red Wave American Legion Baseball team overcame a shaky start Friday night and beat the Gaylord Strikers, 8-6, to advance to the Class A State Championship Game in downstate Gladwin. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Menominee Red Wave American Legion baseball team will return to the state tournament this summer after beating Sault Ste. Marie, 7-3, Saturday, at the U.P. Zone Tournament in Hancock. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
