The Escanaba High School softball team scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat the Freeland Falcons, 2-0, in the state quarterfinals Tuesday at Central Michigan University. Click the above headline for photos, videos, radio replays, interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos earned a return trip to the state quarterfinals on Saturday with a dramatic 1-0 in over Muskegon Oakridge in the MHSAA Division two regional championship game on Saturday in Petoskey. This followed a 10-0 win over Remus Chippewa Hills in the regional semifinal. Click the above headline to read more details.
Taylor Trudeau slugged a solo home run and added an RBI double to help the Gladstone Braves beat the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 6-2, in the MHSAA Division Three softball district championship game on Saturday. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos softball team continued their defense of last year's state championship by winning twice on Saturday to take the MHSAA Division Two district title. Escanaba blanked Kingsford, 6-0, then beat Petoskey, 7-1, in the title game. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights, taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
Gabi Salo pitched a perfect game and hit a home run as the Escanaba Eskymos opened district tournament play with a 7-0 win over the Cheboygan Chiefs Tuesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
Gabi Salo threw another no-hitter, then clubbed a two-run homer, to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a doubelheader sweep over the Gladstone Braves, 6-0 and 10-0, on Tuesday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
Bay College Norse Athletics has announced their postseason awards. They include various honors selected by each team, academic awards, Region XIII awards, the Student-Athlete of the Year Award, the Male Athlete of the Year Award, and the Female Athlete of the Year Award. Click the above headline for details.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 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.
The Escanaba High School softball team won three games on Saturday to take the Ashwaubenon Invitational on a chilly day in suburban Green Bay. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, video clips from Saturday's first game.
The Bay College Norse softball team swept four games from the Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights this weekend. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone High School softball team rolled to four wins in Lower Michigan this weekend by a combined score of 58-7. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team swept a doubleheader from the Rapid River Rockets on Wednesday, winning 10-0 in six innings and 11-0 in five innings, at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read details, photos, videos.
The Bay College softball team rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Finlandia Lions, 7-6, in the second game of a doubleheader Monday in Wells Township. Finlandia won the opener, 9-6. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and video clips.
The Bay College Norse softball team completed a four-game sweep over Gogebic Community College with two more wins on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Rapid River High School softball team overwhelmed the Munising Mustangs in a doubleheader sweep on Thursday, winning both games by 15-0 scores. The first game went four innings, the nightcap went three innings. Natalie Belanger pitched two perfect games, not allowing a baserunner all afternoon. She had 19 strikeouts altogether. Kirsten Goodacre was 6-for-6 at the plate with four runs batted in, including a three-run homer. Cecilia Pilon had four hits in the doubleheader while Jaden Schwartz had a triple and three RBI in the nightcap. The Rockets host Negaunee on Monday.
The Bay College Norse softball team finally played at home on Tuesday, and swept a doubleheader from Finlandia University, 9-1 and 2-0, in Wells Township. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Jeff Wright, and hear post-game interviews.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team opened the season Tuesday with two wins over Superior Central, 14-7 and 14-4. The games were played two days early due to the pending winter storm. Click the above headline for details. (Rapid River team photo)
The Bay College Norse women's softball team lost twice to Bryant & Stratton College on Saturday in Wisconsin, 17-9 and 12-11. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team rallied to beat the Wisconsin Lutheran JV Warriors, 5-4, in eight innings, Friday in suburban Milwaukee. The Norse also won the nightcap, 12-3. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, video clips.
The Bay College women's softball team wrapped play at a tournament in Minnesota on Saturday by beating Lake Region State (ND), 12-3, to finish the tournament with a 2-2 record. Click the above headline for details.