The Gladstone High School baseball team battled from behind twice on Friday to capture another MHSAA Division Three district championship. The Braves beat Iron Mountain, 16-3, in the semifinals, and then topped Menominee, 8-5, in the title game. Click the above headline for details, and to see video highlights and radio replay.
The Gladstone High School softball team won three games on Saturday to take the championship of the Saginaw County Invite at Hoyt Park. Gladstone beat the two-time defending state champion Gaylord Blue Devils, 4-3, and they did it against pitcher Aubrey Jones, who has signed with Oklahoma State University. Click the above headline for details.
There was plenty of drama Thursday night as the Gladstone Braves met the Marquette Sentinels in high school baseball at Gerard Haley Field. In a game that saw more errors than base hits or runs, the Braves rallied on their final out to force extra innings and then beat Marquette, 5-3, in the eighth inning. Click the above headline for details.
Grayson LaMarche struck out 32 batters in 12 innings of softball on Tuesday, allowing no earned runs, as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves in both ends of a doubleheader, 5-2 and 8-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its list of the region’s top high school girls basketball teams, coaches, and players. The Gladstone Braves, who won their first regional championship in more than a decade in Division Two, swept the major awards. Click the above headline for details, and the entire list.
The best season in Gladstone High School girls basketball history for more than a decade came to an end Tuesday night as the Braves fell to the Frankemmuth Eagles, 56-36, in the state quarterfinals in Cheboygan. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team rolled to a regional championship Wednesday night, beating the Fremont Packers, 49-31, in Houghton Lake. The Braves were again led by Lillie Johnson, who scored a game-high 29 points. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves rolled past the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils in a Division Two girls basketball regional semifinal Monday night, 68-36, in Sault Ste. Marie. Lillie Johnson led the way again for Gladstone, scoring 31 points to add to her total as the school's all-time leading scorer. Click the above headline for details, post-game interviews.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team came through in the clutch Friday night to win a district championship, 50-47, over the Negaunee Miners in Negaunee. The Braves lost both regular season match-ups to the Miners, but Lillie Johnson scored 30 points to help the Braves advance to the regionals. Click the above headline or details, interviews.
Ten Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers finished in the top eight of their weight classes this weekend to reach the podium at the MHSAA Individual state finals at Ford Field. Two of them finished third in their weight classes. Click the above headline for details. (Photo: Breitung Township Schools photo of Max Sundquist)
Gladstone High School senior Matt Meyer advanmced to the state semifinals at the MHSAA singles bowling finals on Saturday before losing to the eventual state champion. Click the above headline to see details on how all of the U.P. bowling teams did downstate.
The third time was the charm for the Gladstone Braves against the Escanaba Eskymos Monday night in boys high school basketball. After losing both regular season games to their rivals, and falling behind again in this district tournament game, the Braves got hot late to beat the Eskymos 52-47. Click the above headline for the details.
Gladstone High School senior and U.P. Dream Team lineman Aaron Hughes will be playing football for Northern Michigan University, after making a long deliberation about going into the Air Force like his brothers did. Click the above headline to hear his story.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team rolled to a 73-31 win over the Manistique Emeralds Monday night in Gladstone. Every Braves player who suited up scored in the victory as the Braves improved to 5-11 on the season. Click the above headline for game details.
The latest battle between the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves went down to the wire again Friday night. In a game where points were at a premium, the Eskymos pulled out a 38-36 win over the Braves. Click the above headline for details. photos, videos, interviews.
Lillie Johnson scored 25 points, crossing 1,000 for her Gladstone Braves career, as she helped her team post a 51-47 win over the defending state champion Ishpeming Hematites Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and post-game reaction.
olan Bink threw four touchdown passes and the Escanaba Eskymos broke a three-year losing streak against the arch-rival Gladstone Braves, 50-7, Friday night at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone High School football team missed out on multiple chances in the red zone Friday night, and lost to the Calumet Copper Kings, 19-6, at the Marble Athletic Field. Ben Anderson scored two touchdowns and rushed for 173 yards as Calumet stayed alive in the playoff race. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone High School football team got off to a strong start Friday night in Houghton against the Gremlins, but things quickly from there as Houghton enjoyed a 42-17 win over the Braves on Parent's Night at Alumni Field. Click the above headline for details.
Tanner Theuerkauf threw two touchdwn passes and ran in two more scores as the top-ranked Menominee Maroons stayed undefeated with a 49-7 win over the Gladstone Braves on Braves Homecoming Friday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Westwood Patriots football team beat the Gladstone Braves, 42-15, Friday night, in a game featuring two teams with short benches caused by injuries. Westwood got two touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions from Karter Scherer, and the Patriots offense forced four second half turnovers. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone High School football team broke a three-game losing streak Friday night with a 36-20 win over the Hancock Bulldogs at Hancock's McAfee Field. Isaac Ketchum rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns, and Casey Alworden scored on a long pass reception and an even longer punt return. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brad Landis.
The Kingsford High School football team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 42-0 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night in Gladstone. The Braves played after losing three key starters to season-ending injuries the week before. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team picked up a 3-1 win over the rival Gladstone Braves Thursday night in Gladstone, in a battle between Delta County teams that has been dominated by the Eskymos for the past several years. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Weston Yesney rushed for 182 yards and scored three touchdowns, and the Negaunee defense completely shut down the Gladstone offense, as the Miners throttled the Braves, 28-7, Friday night at Miners Stadium. Click the above headline for details. (Brad Landis photo)
The Marquette Sentinels football team rolled up 479 yards of total offense and dominated the Gladstone Braves, 55-0, in the season-opener Thursday night in Marquette. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and photos taken by Brad Landis.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team extended its season on Friday by winning a pair of nailbiting games at the Class A state tournament in Marquette. THe Indians rallied from three runs down to beat Breckenridge, 4-3, and then outlasted Gaylord in extra innings, 8-7. Click the above headline for details, and for Jayger Quinn's photos.
The Gladstone High School softball team had its season come to an end on Wednesday, falling in the state quarterfinals to the Evart Wildcats, 9-0, in Cadillac. It ended a long stretch of softball for a group of seniors who have played together since elementary school. Click the above headline for details, and for photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
Montgomery Pepin threw two complete games to lead the Gladstone Braves softball team to a regional championship. The Braves beat Boyne City, 7-1, in the semifinals, and then pulled out a 2-0 win in the championship game over Grayling. Click the above headline for details.