Lexi Winling pitched a complete-game and Maddy Griffin drove in three runs with a single, double, and triple, to lead the Bay College women's softball team to a 5-1 win over the Spoon River (Ill.) Snappers on Thursday in Florida. This followed an 8-0 loss earlier in the day to DuPage (Ill.) College. The Norse finish the spring trip with a 8-2 record. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Bay College women's softball team won two more games on Wednesday, beating the College of DuPage (Ill.), 8-0, and pulling out a dramatic 5-4 victory over Owens (Ohio) Community College. Click the above headline to read details from the doubleheader.
The Bay College women's softball team spent ten hours at the softball field on Monday as the team's first-ever Florida trip continued, and it was a productive day as the Norse won two of the three games they played. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse women's softball team won the first three games of its Florida trip this weekend, beating Central Lakes (Minn.), 7-2 on Saturday, and then sweeping both ends of a doubleheader from Itasca (Minn.), 10-6 and 19-4, on Sunday. Click the above headline to read details and see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
Gladstone High School third baseman Sydney Herioux has signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball at Saginaw Valley State University. Herioux is a three-sport athlete at Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and interview.
The Bay College Norse softball team is ready to kick off its inaugural season as the ladies are now into their third week of fall practices. Click the above headline to read more about the team, and hear from Coach Heidi Charon and captains Lexi Winling and Emily LaFave.
A great tournament run came up a run short for the U.P. 906 Fastpitch 14u softball team Sunday night at the Northern Nationals in Eden Prairie, Minn. The Escanaba-based team lost in nine innings, 10-9, to the Minnesota Magic. Click the above headline for details.
The U.P. high school softball All-Star games were held in Norway on Wednesday, the final games for 34 girls in their schools' uniforms. The North won the opener, 13-9, and the South won the nightcap, 15-7. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
A member of the state champion Escanaba Eskymos has signed a National Letter of Intent to play college softball. Shortstop Taylor Gauthier signed Monday afternoon to play with the University of Detroit-Mercy Titans. Click the above headline for more.
The Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association is out with its All-State Teams for the 2018 season. Escanaba pitcher Gabi Salo (pictured) and second baseman Claire McInerney were both named to the Division Two First Team. In Division Four, Rapid River catcher Richelle Vandeville and first baseman Lexi Trombley were both First Team selections. The Upper Peninsula All-Star games are set for next Wednesday in Norway.
The Escanaba community gathered Monday night to celebrate the Eskymo softball team's state championship. The girls won the Division Two state title on Saturday at Michigan State University, 5-0, over South Haven. Click the above headline for photos, interviews.
Gabi Salo fired a three-hit shutout and Dakota Cloutier blasted two run-scoring doubles as the Escanaba Eskymos won their first-ever softball state championship, 5-0, over South Haven Saturday. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Gabi Salo allowed just one baserunner over the final five innings and the Escanaba Eskymos slipped past the Eaton Rapids Greyhounds, 2-0, in a Division Two state semifinal game Thursday at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team rolled into the state semifinal round on Tuesday with a 9-1 win over Saginaw Swan Valley at Central Michigan University. Gabi Salo did the job in the circle, and she got plenty of help as Maddy Griffin and Lexi Chaillier both hit home runs. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Mary Gauthler.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team rolled to its fourth straight Division Two regional championship on Saturday in Gaylord, beating Muskegon Oakridge, 10-0, in the semifinals, and Remus Chippewa Hills, 12-0, in the final. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Escanaba High School softball team will look for a fourth straight regional championship on Saturday in Gaylord. The Eskymos will face Muskegon Oakridge in a regional semifinal at 10 a.m. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay College women's softball program has added ten women to play for the first-ever Norse team next spring. Four of them are former Escanaba Eskymos, with one from Gladstone, one from Bark River, two from Stephenson, and one each from Lower Michigan and Wisconsin. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: Kennedy Tharp)
The Escanaba High School softball team made its first step toward a third straight trip to Michigan State University by winning a Division Two district title on Saturday in Petoskey. The Eskymos beat Cheboygan, 4-0, in the semifinals, then mercied Petoskey, 11-1 in six innings, in the title game. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Rapid River High School softball team won a Division Four district championship on Friday, beating Stephenson 17-0 and Norway 7-2 at Norway's Marion Park. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Rapid River High School softball team improved to 27-8 on the season with a doubleheader sweep on Friday in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School seniors Scout Wunder and Taylor Gauthier won both the Photenour/Gessner (top athletes) and the Abrahamson (most athletic letters) awards Wednesday night at the Honors program for graduating Seniors. (Polly Wunder photo)
Three Escanaba High School graduates have signed National Letters of Intent to play softball at Bay College. Emily Bruntjens, Emily LaFave, and Aubree Saunders all signed to play next year on the first-ever Norse softball team. They join current Escanaba senior Maddy Griffin as players for Norse Coach Heidi Charon, who is an Escanaba grad.
Gabi Salo tossed a no-hitter and allowed just one baserunner as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-0, in high school softball action on Tuesday. Salo then came on to get the final four outs of the second game as the Eskymos completed the sweep, 5-2. Click the above headline to see details, and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Rapid River High School softball team won three games on Saturday before losing in the championship game of the Tawas Invitational in Lower Michigan. The tournament was played under rainy conditions. Click the above headline to read details.
The Rapid River High School softball team beat the Marquette Redettes twice on Wednesday, 3-1 and 6-1, in Rapid River. Click the above headline to read details.
Gabi Salo threw a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts, and the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-0, Tuesday in Escanaba. The Eskymos also won the nightcap, 13-3, as Nicole Kamin threw four perfect innings before the Braves scored three kate runs. Click the headline for photos, videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Bark River-Harris High School softball team swept the Stephenson Eagles, 8-1 and 15-5, Monday afternoon in Bark River. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Rapid River High School softball team swept both ends of a doubleheader Monday from the Munising Mustangs, 7-1 and 18-1, getting a bit of revenge for the upset loss the Rockets suffered to the Mustangs in last year's districts. Click the above headline for details.
Two of the state's best high school softball teams met in Escanaba on Saturday, and the Millington Cardinals left the U.P. with a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Eskymos in a much-anticipated batte at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team lost two of three games on Saturday at the ten-team Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament in Escanaba. The girls beat Ishpeming, but lost to Millington and Marshfield. Click the above headline to see details and photos.
