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.
The start of the 2024 high school football season is one week away, and there were multiple scrimmages held across the Upper Peninsula on Thursday. One of them saw the Bark River-Harris Broncos make their annual trip to Escanaba to face the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear comments from kids on both teams.
The Gladstone Indians and Escanaba Cubs turned in another white-knuckle performance on Saturday in the semifinals of the Upper Peninsula Zone Five Tournament at Al Ness Field. The Indians won in extra innings, 3-2, while the Eastern UP Wood Ducks outlasted Norway in the other semifinal, 7-5. Click the above headline for details.
The Escasnaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team jumped to a 4-0 lead and advanced to the Zone Five semifinals with a 6-3 win over the Post 44 Legion Blues Friday night. Cannon Arnt pitched a complete game for the Cubs. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team won the championship of the Wood Ducks tournament Sunday in Sault Ste. Marie, beating the Soo Canada Black Sox, 8-0, and then topping the host EUP Wood Ducks, 11-5. Click the above headline for details.
It was another Escanaba vs Norway baseball battle that went right down to the wire, and then some. The Escanaba Cubs and Norway Vikings met Wednesday night at Mike Maule Field, with the Cubs winning in extra innings, 6-4. Click the above headline for details, and to hear the radio broadcast of the game. (Kimberly Erickson photo)
The Kingsford Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) opened district tournament play Friday night with a resounding 18-3 win over Escanaba at the Quinnesec Field. The Kingsford boys took advantage of multiple walks, errors, and wild pitches, to easily advance to the second round against Schaffer. Click the above headline for details.
The fireworks started early for the Escanaba Cubs American Legion baseball team as the Cubs faced the Gladstone Indians for the third time this season. Unlike the first two meetings, the Cubs jumped to a big lead and did not blow it, winning 10-3 behind a grand slam home run and 6 1/3 innings of pitching from Eli Gardner. Click the above headline for details.
It was a long day for the Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team on Saturday, but it was a successful one, as the Cubs won three games to advance to the championship game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team scored six runs in the third inning to take a 6-2 lead over the Marinette Legion squad late Friday night at the Marinette Firecracker Tournament. The game was called in the top of the fifth inning because of continued heavy rain. It will be completed on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team picked up its first win of the season late Friday night, rallying from five runs down to beat the Plover (Wis.) Black Sox, 9-7, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians battled in another tight game Thursday night as the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament got under way in Delta County. The Indians pulled out a 7-6 victory as the Cubs lost a one-run game for the third straight time, losing a lead in all three. Click the above headline for photos taken by Jayger Quinn, and to see videos.
The Norwy Vikings American Legion Baseball team scored seven unanswered runs in the final three innings to rally from a 7-1 deficit and stun the Escanaba Cubs, 8-7, Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The weather was perfect for racing under the lights Saturday night at the Escanaba Speedway. Click the above headline for reaults and to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The American Legion Baseball season officially began for Delta County's teams Friday night, as the Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians faced each other at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field. The Cubs built an 8-3 lead, but could not hang on, and lost to the Indians, 9-8, on Tyler Darmogray's steal of home plate to end the game. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Junior Indians American Legion baseball team slipped past the Escanaba Junior Cubs, 6-4, Friday night, at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Escanaba High School softball team had its season come to an end in Sunday as the defending state champion Gaylord Blue Devils rolled to a 12-2 win over the Eskymos in the Division Two regional championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School softball team hit five home runs and beat the Freeland Falcons, 8-4, in the MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal Saturday in Cadillac. The field was flooded by constant heavy rains, so the rest of the action was postponed until Sunday. Click the above headline for details.
Lenny Peacock pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts, but the Escanaba Eskymos lost to the Petoskey Northmen, 3-0, in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinals at Turcott Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Petoskey Northmen sat out a lengthy rain delay on Wednesday in Sault Ste. Marie, and then after the field was almost ready for baseball, another downpour sent both teams home. The MHSAA Division Two regional semifinal game was postponed, and will be played on Thursday. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team slipped past the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils and Cheboygan Chiefs on Saturday to win the Eskymos' first district championship in three years. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos are back on top in high school girls golf after winning the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship Wednesday at the Wawonowin County Club in west Ishpeming. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team wrapped up its regular season Friday night with a 6-3 loss to the Escanaba Junior Varsity Eskymos at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, video clips, and post-game comments.
Lenny Peacock and Alex Ortman hooked up in an old-fashioned pitcher's duel Thursday night as the Escanaba Eskymos and Norway Knights played another tight baseball game. Escanaba won the game, 1-0, as Peacock struck out ten batters and allowed two hits. Ortman threw a one-hitter, but three walks in the first inning hurt him. Click the above headline for details.
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 Escanaba High School baseball team scored eight runs in the second inning and cruised past the Superior Central Cougars, 8-1, Monday night at Al Ness Field. The Eskymos turned three double plays on defense and Nick Chiu and Ashton Rymkos combined to throw a one-hitter in the six-inning game. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
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.
Escanaba Eskymos senior Bon LaChance has set the school's all-time career record for runs batted in with 92. He broke the record during Escanaba's 6-2 win in Kingsford Tuesday night. The old record, held by Steve Berg, had stood since 2006. Click the above headline for details.
Sophomore Ashton Rymkos smacked his first varsity home run and senior Ben Johnson starred on both offense and defense as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Manistique Emeralds, 9-3, Monday night, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos boys tennis team won three of the four doubles matches, and posted a 5-3 win over the Marquette Sentinels Monday afternoon in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos from several of the matches.
