The Bay College Norse baseball team stepped onto the big stage Tuesday afternoon, playing a doubleheader against the Bryant & Stratton College Bobcats from suburban Milwaukee at Fox Cities Stadium near Appleton. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves and Negaunee Miners hooked up in a pair of tightly-contested baseball games Thursday evening at Don Olsen Field. The Braves pulled out both games, 2-0 and 4-1, as the Miners stranded 16 baserunners in the doubleheader. Click the above headline for details.
It was an historic evening on Thursday for the Iron Mountain High School baseball program as the Mountaineers faced the L'Anse Purple Hornets. Senior pitcher Niko Burgoon tossed a perfect game, retiring all 15 batters he faced in the five-inning game. He struck out 14 of those batters. It was the first perfect game ever thrown by a Mountaineer pitcher. Iron Mountain won the game easily, 11-0, for its first win of the season (1-3).
The Bay College Norse baseball team's playoff push ran into a roadblock on Tuesday after the Norse won the first game of a doubleheader, but coughed up a late lead in the nightcap, in Alpena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse baseball team played four non-conference games on the road this weekend, and brought home two victories heading into a crucial doubleheader Tuesday in Alpena. Click the above headline for details. (Bay College photo)
The Escanaba High School baseball team opened its season with a 12-3 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Ben Johnson and Brian Boutilier both drove in two runs in an eight-run fifth inning that put the game away. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The high school baseball season got underway on Tuesday as the Gladstone Braves swept a doubleheader from the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 17-2, and 6-1, at Don Olsen Field. It was a rematch of last spring's regional semifinal game, but there were a lot of new faces on the field for both teams on Tuesday. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Baseball Team lost all four games this weekend to the Grand Rapids Community College Raiders by scores of 10-1, 7-2, 11-4, and 6-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team scored six unanswered runs in the final two innings to rally past the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks, 11-9, in the opening game of a four-game conference series Thursday in Muskegon. Blake Julian's three-run double in the seventh inning won it. Click the above headline for details. (Cohen Thompson photos)
The Bay College Norse baseball team finished its trip to South Carolina by winning seven of the nine games they played, the best start in program history. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Bay College Sports Information. (Bay Photo)
The American Legion Baseball Class A state championship game was a nailbiter to the end on Saturday in Gladstone, and the Trenton Steel took home the hardware with a dramatic 11-9 win over the Gladstone Indians at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos taken by Brad Landis, and to hear post-game interviews.
The defending state champion Trenton Steel scored six runs in the first inning and cruised to a 10-2 win over the Gladstone Indians, and the Norway Vikings lost a heartbreaker on Friday during Day Two of the Class A Michigan American Legion Baseball state tournament in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team opened state tournament play Thursday night with a 12-2 win over the Hudson Post 180 Hellcats from southern lower Michigan. Tyler Darmogray battled through five innings that included rain and a small strike zone, and the Indians had timely hits to build an early lead. Click the above headline for details.
The brand new Norway Vikings American Legion baseball team made quick history on Sunday, winning the Upper Peninsula Zone Five Championship at Marquette's Haley Field. They advance to the state tournament in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
Four teams advanced to the Upper Peninsula Zone Five semifinals in American Legion Baseball on Friday after a long day of eight games played on two separate fields. Click the above headline for all of the scores and for game details.
The American Legion Baseball Zone Five tournament will not start on Thursday after all. The weather forecast calls for rain, and with teams traveling from all over the U.P. to get to Marquette County, the decision was made to delay the start of the tournament until Friday. Click the above headline to see the new schedule.
The Marquette Reds American Legion Baseball team won the Junior Association championship on Sunday, winning a war against Norway, 2-1, in the semifinals, and then rolling over Kingsford, 12-0, in the championship game. Click the above headline for photos, videos, listen to interviews, and how some Marquette players broadcasted the game.
Tyler Darmogray pitched 6 2/3 innings and had four hits at the plate as the Gladstone Indians routed the Escanaba Cubs, 10-3, Friday night at Al Ness Field. Damogray has now had ten hits in his last twelve at-bats. Click the above headline for details.
Aedan Creten hit a three-run homer and Issac Ketchum tossed 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief as the Gladstone Indians beat the Marquette Blues, 6-2, Wednesday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion baseball team shook off Friday night's extra inning loss by winning two games on Saturday at the Wood Ducks Tournament in Sault Ste. Marie. Meanwhile, at the same tournament, the Marquette Blues suffered a pair of lopsided losses after winning their first game Friday night. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team hung on to earn a win in Wisconsin Friday night, while the Marquette Blues won on a walk-off and the Escanaba Cubs lost a wild game in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline to read the details.
Alex Ortman struck out eleven batters and pitched a complete game as the Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Marquette Blues, 5-4, Wednesday night in Norway. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The third time was the charm for the Niagara American Legion Baseball team on Sunday as they pulled out a 5-2 win over the Norway Vikings in the championship game of the Felch Tournament. Norway had defeated Niagara in each of the last two meetings in the past seven days, both on walk-offs. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team won a pair of games on Saturday, beating the Copper Country Flames, 6-4, and then rallying for a walk-off win over Niagara, 4-3, at the Felch Holiday Tournament at historic Felch Field. Click the above headline for details.
Somehow, Christian Groleau may have reached onto Don Olsen Field and helped his Gladstone Indians win one more baseball game late Friday night as the Indians picked up an improbable 5-4 win over the Escanaba Cubs. Click the above headline for the details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team bounced back from last weekend's rough weekend in Wisconsin by posting a home win Thursday night, 8-4, over the Escanaba Cubs, at Haley Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Escanaba Cubs and Manitowoc Legion baseball teams waged a heavyweight battle Sunday afternoon at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis. The teams exchanged rallies, exchanged big hits, exchanged big pitches, and even exchanged errors and close plays, before Manitowoc emerged with a 9-8 win in ten innings. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team wrapped up its play at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette on Sunday the same way it started the event on Friday: with an error-filled loss. The Blues made four more errors Sunday and lost to Watertown, 13-3. The Blues ended up making 20 errors in four games. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team bounced back from Friday night's heartbreaking loss by winning two games against Wisconsin opponents at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis., on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs and Marinette Legion baseball teams hooked up in an old-fashioned pitcher's duel late Friday night as the Marinette Firecracker Tournament got under way at the Pederson Ballpark. In a game where there were only five total base hits and four total walks, the Cubs lost a tough 2-1 decision. Clicm the above headline for details.
