The Marinette Firecracker American Legion Baseball tournament wrapped up on Sunday at the Pederson Ballpark. Manitowoc won the championship, 4-3, over Watertown. Marinette took the third place game. As for the Upper Peninsula's teams, the Escanaba Cubs lost to the Sault Ste. Marie (Canada) Black Sox, 3-1, in the seventh place game, and in the fifth place game, the Menominee Red Wave lost to Green Bay Southwest, 11-1. Click the above headline for details.
The annual Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament got under way on Friday in Marinette, and both of the Upper Peninsula's teams took losses. The Escanaba Cubs lost to Marinette, 6-1, as Jake Farley threw six innings of no-hit ball. Earlier, the Menominee Red Wave hung with the Watertown team, trailing just 7-5 in the fourth inning. But the errors started piling up, and the Red Wave had a 15-5 loss. Click the above headline for details.
The Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion Baseball Tournament wrapped up on Sunday in Escanaba as Sheboygan completed a perfect weekend to take the trophy back home to Wisconsin. Sheboygan got Kingsford, 5-3, in the semifinal, and then blew past Marinette, 11-5, in the championship game. Three different Sheboygan players hit home runs during Sunday's two wins. Click the above headline for details.
A ten-team American Legion Baseball tournament got under way Friday in Delta County. The Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament, which has been held every year for more than three decades, saw five games on the Escanaba Al Ness Field and five games on the Bay College field in Wells. Click the above headline for scores, details, and for Saturday's schedule and radio schedule.
The latest match-up between the Menominee Maroons and Marinette Marines boys basketball teams Saturday night went the same way most recent M&M games have gone: into the Menominee win column. The Maroons won their tenth straight game, beating the Marines for the second time this season, 92-67. Tanner Theurkauf led the Maroons with 23 points, all but one of them in the second half. Kaden Ducane had 20 points ane eight rebounds for the Marines. Menominee improved to 10-1 on the season while Marinette fell to 4-11.
The Marinette High School boys basketball team came up short Thursday night against the Freedom Irish, falling, 80-44, in Marinette. Connor Eastman led the Marines again with 13 points. Donovan Davis had a double-double of 14 points and ten rebounds for Freedom. Marinette fell to 4-10 on the season.
The Marinette Marines boys beat Sevastopol, 63-50, Friday night. Connor Eastman had 29 points for Marinette and Kaden Ducane added 14 points and nine rebounds. The Marines improved to 3-6 on the season, breaking a six-game losing streak. The Pioneers fell to 6-3 on the season. Marinette is back in action Monday night at Southern Door. (Eric Bergstrom photo)
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team got off to a slow start Tuesday night at the Border Battle in Menominee, but the Braves clamped down on defense in the second half to beat the Marinette Marines, 41-28. In Tuesday's second game, Menominee crushed the Green Bay West Wildcats, 90-52, as Tanner Theuerkauf scored 29 points. Click the above headline for details and interviews.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion baseball team was boosted by a pitching performance from Lenny Peacock Friday as he struck out eleven batters to lead the Cubs to a 5-3 win over Marinette in the first game of the Firecracker Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team eeked out a 1-0 win over Plover on Sunday in the semifinals of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament, but in the championship game, the Cubs lost to Marinette, 6-5, on a walk-off balk. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs and Marinette Legion baseball teams hooked up in an old-fashioned pitcher's duel late Friday night as the Marinette Firecracker Tournament got under way at the Pederson Ballpark. In a game where there were only five total base hits and four total walks, the Cubs lost a tough 2-1 decision. Clicm the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team had five players score in double figures, including an emotional Lukas Weaver, as they held off a tough Marinette Marines team, 79-73, Monday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The four Upper Peninsula American Legion teams taking part in the Marinette Firecracker Tournament took losses to their Wisconsin counterparts on Friday as the eight-team tournament got started. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Iron Mountain Golds won their second straight Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament championship on Sunday in Escanaba, rallying past the Copper Country Flames, 11-7, in the semifinals, and then holding off Marinette in the title game, 10-8. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and radio interviews.
The semifinals are set for the Gregg Johnson American Baseball Memorial Tournament in Delta County. Click the above headline for all of the scores and photos.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team opened a triangular meet Wednesday night with a 48-34 win over the Marinette Marines from Wisconsin. Click the above headline for details, and for photos and video highlights from those seven matches.
Alex Hanson pitched 6 1/3 innings of five-hit ball as the Menominee Red Wave topped Marinette, 3-1, in American Legion Baseball action on Thursday. Trey Bretl took the tough loss for Marinette. Click the above headline for details, and see photos, videos.
