The Gladstone High School baseball team had its season come to an end on Saturday, falling to the Charlevoix Rayders, 12-1, in six innings, in the regional championship game at Traverse City Central High School. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team scored three runs in the sixth inning and held off the Houghton Gremlins, 6-3, in the MHSAA Division Three regional semifinals Wednesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for interviews, videos and photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Gladstone High School softball team had to battle countless times in their district final against Menominee, but managed, somehow, to pull through, 4-3, in eight innings, at Menominee High School. The Braves had earlier shut out Iron Mountain, and the Maroons had done the same to Manistique. Click the above healdine for photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won its tenth straight district championship Friday evening, beating the Superior Central Cougars, 5-2, and topping the Manistique Eneralds, 11-1, to advance to the regional semifinal round. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team pounded out 18 base hits Tuesday evening, with six different guys getting two hits apiece, and the Braves beat the Menominee Maroons, 16-2, in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament opener at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by GHS student Jayger Quinn.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team avenged an earlier-season loss to the rival Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night, 6-0, at Don Olsen Field. The game was shortened to five innings when heavy rains rolled through the area. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Marquette High School baseball team scored four runs in the first two innings and held on to beat the Gladstone Braves, 4-3. Click the above headline for details, listen to post-game interviews, and see photos and videos taken by GHS student Jayger Quinn.
The Escanaba High School softball team swept a doubleheader from the Gladstone Braves, 5-2 and 13-3, Tuesday night at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and to see photos and videos taken by GHS student Jayger Quinn.
Iron Mountain senior pitcher Niko Burgoon pitched a gem and he got big help from freshman third baseman Connor Pickett on Thursday, and the duo led the Mountaineers to a 3-1 upset win over the Gladstone Braves at Ranger Field. Gladstone came back to take the nightcap, 17-6. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone High School softball team pulled off two improbable comebacks against one of the best teams in the state Thursday night, beating the Negaunee Miners, 8-7 and 12-11. The Miners entered the doubleheader with a 19-1 record. Click the above headline for details.
The Southgate Anderson High School baseball team began a four-game Delta County road trip with a pair of victories over the Gladstone Braves on Friday, winning 14-3 and 11-2, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, and to hear coach and player interviews.
The Gladstone High School softball team won two games over the Houghton Gremlins, 10-0 and 10-5, Friday in Gladstone. The Braves improved to 9-6 on the season while the Gremlins fell to 7-6. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
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.
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.
Gladstone High School junior Matt Meyer became just the third Upper Peninsula high school bowler ever to qualify for the state championship match last weekend at the MHSAA Division Three state finals in Jackson. Click the above headline to read his story.
Fifteen Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers reached the podium and earned medals Saturday at the MHSAA Individual State Finals at Detroit's Ford Field. Three wrestlers finished as state runners-up, with another finishing third and two finishing fourth. Click the above headline to see how all 36 U.P. wrestlers did. (Pictured: Gladstone's Drew Hansen).
Sophomore Lillie Johnson scored 37 points as part of another double-double, and the Gladstone Braves rallied from ten points down to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 60-51, Monday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details. (Gladstone Athletics photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves met for the second time in five days on the wrestling mat, and the result was the same Monday night in Gladstone. The Braves beat the Eskymos by an even larger score than last time, 63-12. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team fell behind early on the scoreboard but used their depth to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 51-30, Wednesday night in Escanaba. The Eskymos led, 24-0, after the first four matches, but then the Braves took control from there. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone High School football team fell behind early and never could recover Friday night, losing to the Kingsley Stags, 51-27, in the MHSAA Division Six regional championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves football team ended four years of playoff frustration by beating the Negaunee Miners, 28-14, Friday night, at the Marble Athletic Field. The Braves took down the defending state runners-up, and the team that had ended their season in each of the past three playoffs. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Gladstone High School football team opened MHSAA Division Six playoff action Friday night with a workmanlike 28-7 win over the Boyne City Ramblers at the Marble Athletic Field. Eli Berthume rushed for three touchdowns and the Braves defense pitched a shutout until the back-ups allowed a score in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves raced to a 27-0 lead in the first half and cruised to a 30-0 victory over the Escanaba Eskymos Friday night, ending Escanaba's season and sending the Braves into the playoffs as a No. 1 seed. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to beat the Calumet Copper Kings, 28-21, Friday night in the Copper Country. Eli Berthaume scored all four touchdowns for the Braves. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves scored three touchdowns in the second half, and the defense pitched a shutout, as the Braves pulled away from the Houghton Gremlins on Homecoming, 31-8, Friday night. Eli Berthaume scored three touchdowns in that second half, and the defense forced twqo fumbles, as the Braves improved to 5-2. Click the above headline for details.
The Maroons won their sixth straight game Friday night as Landan Bardowski rushed for four touchdowns and Trevor Theuerkauf passed for two more scores in a 44-26 win over the Gladstone Braves. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team won its first match in two years Tuesday night, beating the Westwood Patriots, 3-0, by scores of 25-15, 25-10, and 25-23. Click the above headline for details, and interviews. (Freddy VanBrocklin photo)
The Gladstone Braves football team earned an easy 49-8 win over the Westwood Patriots Friday night in West Ishpeming, but the Braves paid a heavy price for the win when senior running back Austin Solis suffered a leg injury that may sideline him for the rest of the season. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team swept the Gladstone Braves, 3-0, Tuesday night, butthe third set was a marathon, with the Eskymos winning, 31-29. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and to see pictures taken by RRN's Freddy VanBrocklin.
The Gladstone High School football team bounced back from last week's tough loss in Kingsford Friday night by dominating the Hancock Bulldogs, 45-16, at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos, interviews, and a broadcast replay.
