The MHSAA Division One U.P. Golf Finals were held Wednesday in Houghton. The Gremlins won the girls meet while the Marquette Redmen won the boys trophy. Escanaba and Gladstone finished in third and fourth place in both meets. Click the above headline to see the results.
The weather was frightful on Thursday as the Great Northern and Mid Peninsula Conferences held their championships in Escanaba and Ishpeming, respectively. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
Nine Upper Peninsula high school golf teams braved cold, windy conditions to shoot 18 holes Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. Norway edged Escanaba to win the boys championship, while the Eskymos cruised to the girls title. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School golf team finished fourth out of eight teams Tuesday at the Marinette Ryder Cup Invitational in Wisconsin. Eskymo freshman Dylan Gauthier was in action in an Eskymo uniform for the first time since his hockey injury during February. Click the above headline to see how he did.
Escanaba High School freshman Dylan Gauthier was severely injured while playing hockey for the Eskymos on February 7th in downstate Chelsea. But after several surgeries and weeks of rehab, Gauthier is back in action, playing for the Eskymo golf team. Click the above headline to read more about Gauthier's remarkable comeback.
U.P. school administrators and coaches are reacting with sadness after the traffic crash that killed three people in northern Lower Michigan on Monday, including the head coach and a player of the Grayling High School Boys Golf team. Click the above headline to read more details.
Manistique High School graduate Mike Nagy won the Michigan Junior Amateur Golf Tournament championship Thursday in Flint. He defeated Otto Black of Pinckney Michigan 3-and-1 to win the title of the 34th annual event. The 18-year-old Nagy will attend the University of Tennessee this fall on a golf scholarship. Click the above headline for more details.
Leah Wigger opened her final round at the Island Resort Championship with back-to-back birdies and never looked back en route to a three-stroke victory at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Victoria Elizabeth, Victoria Park and Nicole Jeray all tied for second place. Click the above headline to read the details. Picture and story courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
Leah Wigger shot a 6-under 66 in the second round of the Island Resort Championship on Saturday to take a two-shot lead over Aimee Neff. Wigger, Sara Brown and Victoria Park all shot 6-under for the day and broke the 18-hole tournament scoring record. Click the above headline to see more on the tournament at Sweetgrass. (Pictured: Kristie Smith)
It's a crowded leaderboard after the first round of the Island Resort Championships LPGA 'Futures' Symetra Tour event at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Aimee Neff, Courtney Massey, Laura Martin, and Michelle Shin all shot two-under-par 70's on Friday. Five other golfers are one stroke back. Click the above headline to see all of the first round details.
Some of the best ladies golfers in the world have returned to the Upper Peninsula this week for the Symetra Tour's Road to the LPGA at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. There are 144 golfers entered in the 54-hole event, which runs Friday-Sunday. Click the above headline to see more details, and to listen to audio comments from golfer Nicole Smith of Riverside, California.
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 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 Gladstone High School girls golf team cruised to an easy victory on the links Tuesday, winning the Negaunee Invitational by 21 strokes over second-place Marquette. In the boys meet, Westwood edged the Braves by three strokes to win the title. Escanaba finished in fifth place amongst the eight teams in both the boys and girls tournaments. Click the above headline to see all of the scores.
Kevin Gendron burned up the Menominee North Shore golf course on Monday, carding a 74 to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a third place finish at the Menominee Invitational. Marinette won the six-team invite, while Marquette took second. As a team, the Eskymos shot a 331, six shots behind Marinette. The Gladstone Braves finished fifth with 347 strokes. Gladstone's girls won first spot, with Escanaba second. Click the above headline to see all results.
Manistique High School Senior Mike Nagy is in the spotlight as the Michigan High School Athletic Association chose him as its top story for the week. Nagy is a golfer, and he is the best in the Upper Peninsula this spring. He has signed to play college golf at the University of Tennessee. Click the above headline to read the story, written by the MHSAA's Geoff Kimmerly.
The Escanaba High School boys golf team won its own invitational on Thursday, edging the Gladstone Braves by one stroke to win the five-team event. But Gladstone cruised to the victory in the girls meet, easily outdistancing second place Marquette and third place Escanaba. Marquette golfers won the medalist honors in both the boys and girls meets. Click the above headline to see details.
The Escanaba High School boys golf team finished in fifth place at the Kiwanis Invitational Tuesday at the Wawonowin Golf Course near Ishpeming. There were 13 teams at the event. The Eskymos had 349 strokes, one behind fourth place Houghton. Eskymo senior Kevin Gendron shot a 79, good for second place overall behind medalist Mike Nagy of Manistique, who shot a 74. Click the above headline to see all of Escanaba's scores.
The LPGA Futures Tour returns to the Upper Peninsula in late June, with some of the world's best lady golfers comping to compete for money...and a possible spot on the main LPGA Tour next year. There will be 150 golfers representing at least 30 countries at the Island Resort and Casino Championship, which will be held June 29th through July 1st at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Click the above headline to read more, and to listen to audio soundbytes from one of the golfers who was in Escanaba on Thursday to promote the event.
The conditions were less than ideal, but four high school golf teams managed to get in a quadrangular meet Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. In the girls meet, Escanaba edged Gladstone 207-208, with Marquette third and Kingsford fourth. In the boys meet, Marquette won with 316 strokes. Escanaba was second with 331.Kingsford was third and Gladstone was fourth as the boys shot the "back nine" twice in the rain. Click the above headline for all of the results.
The Escanaba High School boys golf team opened the 2012 season on Monday placing first in the eight-team Gladstone Invitational. The Eskymos had 317 strokes, five better than second-place Marquette. Menominee was third with 335 strokes. Manistique's Mike Nagy and Nick LaFave were the medalists in the scramble format, shooting a 71. Escanaba's Kevin Gendron and Phil LaMarch were second with 73's. Gladstone's Drew Scheeneman and Jake Peterson were tied for second with 73's.
It was the one night of the year where members of all of the Escanaba High School spring sports teams were able to gather in one place. The annual "Meet The Eskymos" event was held Wednesday night at the Escanaba High School Commons. The players and coaches for the baseball, softball, tennis, track, and golf teams were all on hand to talk about their teams. Click the above headline to see more pictures from the event, courtesy of Lisa Dagenais.
