The Rapid River High School softball team won a Division Four district championship on Friday, beating Stephenson 17-0 and Norway 7-2 at Norway's Marion Park. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School girls golf team won the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division One championship on Thursday, using the home-course advantage to upset Houghton and Menominee for the trophy. Click the above headline for details, photos, and interviews. (Pictured: Esky's Paxton Johnson, left, and Megan Dagenais, right, were emotional)
The Escanaba High School boys golf team won the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Thursday at the Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris. The Eskymos outlasted Calumet by five strokes to win the title. Click the above headline to read details.
The Negaunee Miners won the MHSAA D-1 Upper Peninsula boys tennis championship on Wednesday, capturing first place in six of the eight flights. Marquette's Alec Olivier (pictured) stayed undefeated at #1 singles. Click the above headline for details.
The baseball season ended Tuesday for the Escanaba Eskymos as the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils got strong pitching, perfect defense, and timely hitting to post a 3-1 victory in the MHSAA Division District Two tournament opener in Petoskey. Click the above headline to read game details and to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Gladstone Braves closed the regular season with a 17-0 win over the Negaunee Miners Monday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Rapid River High School softball team improved to 27-8 on the season with a doubleheader sweep on Friday in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves and Marquette Redmen both picked up victories in a doubleheader on Friday in Marquette. The Braves won the opener, 7-1, before the Redmen rallied to win the nightcap, 7-6. Click the above headline for details and photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Gladstone High School Baseball team turned three double plays on defense and got a gutsy pitching performance from Clay Cole, but couldn't get the big hit on offense and lost to Green Bay Preble, 2-0, Thursday night in Wisconsin. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The West Iron County Wykons won the Great Northern Conference tennis championship on Thursday. The Wykons won with 43 points. Escanaba and Kingsford tied for second with 34 points. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights.
Escanaba High School seniors Scout Wunder and Taylor Gauthier won both the Photenour/Gessner (top athletes) and the Abrahamson (most athletic letters) awards Wednesday night at the Honors program for graduating Seniors. (Polly Wunder photo)
Three Escanaba High School graduates have signed National Letters of Intent to play softball at Bay College. Emily Bruntjens, Emily LaFave, and Aubree Saunders all signed to play next year on the first-ever Norse softball team. They join current Escanaba senior Maddy Griffin as players for Norse Coach Heidi Charon, who is an Escanaba grad.
Gabi Salo tossed a no-hitter and allowed just one baserunner as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-0, in high school softball action on Tuesday. Salo then came on to get the final four outs of the second game as the Eskymos completed the sweep, 5-2. Click the above headline to see details, and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
Zach Hanson tossed a no-hitter on Tuesday to lead the Gladstone Braves to an 8-0 win over the Rudyard Bulldogs in the second game of a doubleheader in the Eastern U.P. Cody Frappier ripped his first Braves home run in the win. Earlier, Jared Crow was in control as the Braves won the opener, 8-1. Gladstone improved to 25-2 on the season and will travel to Green Bay Preble for a single game on Thursday. (Pictured: Zach Hanson)
Grant LaMarche hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 3-2 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Monday at Al Ness Field. The Eskymos had carried a 2-0 lead into the late innings as Escanaba's Noah Lancour and BR-H's Ryan Arndt both pitched well. Kadin Mustafa was able to work out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning, but the Eskymos got the winner in the ninth. It was LaMarche's second walk-off hit of the season, and the Eskymos avenged an earlier 5-0 loss to the Broncos.
Payton Thompson hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning to help the Norway Knights beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 6-4, in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday. The Broncos won the opener, 7-1. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos beat the Munising Mustangs, 7-1, in high school tennis action on Monday. Meanwhile, the Gladstone Braves topped the Menominee Maroons, 4-3. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos from the Esky #1 singles win.
The Rapid River High School softball team won three games on Saturday before losing in the championship game of the Tawas Invitational in Lower Michigan. The tournament was played under rainy conditions. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team split a doubleheader on Saturday, beating Ashwauenon, 17-6, before losing the nightcap, 2-1. Johnny Schlenvogt had a home run and four RBI in the opener. Click the above headline for details and Sandi Young's photos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team began a three-game roadtrip on Friday with a 6-1 loss to the Peshtigo Bulldogs in Wisconsin. The Eskymos will visit Ashwaubenon on Saturday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Gladstone High School baseball team outlasted the Marquette Redmen, 12-6, Thursday night at Don Olsen Field. It was the Braves' final home game of the season, and it was Parents Night. Click the above headline for details, and Brenda Crow's photos.
The Gladstone Braves and Munising Mustangs played to a 4-4 tie on Thursday in the Braves' final match on the home court of Pfotenhauer Park. The Mustangs were without their #1 singles player due to track regionals. Also Thursday, Escanaba won at Menominee, 7-1. Click the above headline for details, and photos from Gladstone.
Gladstone High School seniors Danny Pederson and Sean Holm finally got to play together on Wednesday as the Braves took on the Escanaba Eskymos in tennis. The Braves' top two singles players were at #1 doubles against Escanaba's Addam Claes and Brandon Kangas. The Esky duo won a three-set marathon. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Rapid River High School softball team beat the Marquette Redettes twice on Wednesday, 3-1 and 6-1, in Rapid River. Click the above headline to read details.
Gabi Salo threw a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts, and the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-0, Tuesday in Escanaba. The Eskymos also won the nightcap, 13-3, as Nicole Kamin threw four perfect innings before the Braves scored three kate runs. Click the headline for photos, videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has made major changes to the rules governing transfer student eligibility. Click the above headline for details, as well as a full rundown of other actions taken by the representative council at the meeting.
The North Central Jets outlasted the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 11-9, in an error-filled baseball game on Monday in Bark River. The second game of the twinbill ended in a 5-5 tie. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the opener.
The Gladstone High School baseball team beat the Menominee Maroons, 13-4, Monday night in Gladstone, honoring its four seniors in the process. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Brenda Crow, and listen to interviews with the seniors.
The Bark River-Harris High School softball team swept the Stephenson Eagles, 8-1 and 15-5, Monday afternoon in Bark River. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School tennis team got its first win of the season on Monday, beating the Gwinn Model Towners, 7-1. The Escanaba Eskymos also won on Monday, 7-1, over Marquette. Click the above headline for details.
