WORLD SERIES CHAMPS: Taylor North Is On Top
August 29, 2021The Taylor North Little League All-Star team won the World Series championship Sunday in Williamsport, Penn. Click the above headline to read details.
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Baseball
Marquette Mavericks Beat Escanaba To Win Title
August 23, 2021The Marquette County Mavericks avenged two earlier losses to the Escanaba "Mikey D Beer Cave" Polecats to win the Superiorland Baseball championship Monday night, 10-5, in Gwinn. Jeff Krejcik had a home run, double, and five runs batted in for Marquette. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
Racing
Mondeik Wins At Norway; Bellmore Takes 4-Banger
August 22, 2021Gleason, Wisconsin’s Justin Mondeik passed Mike Lantange for the lead with six circuits remaining and went on to win the late model feature at Norway Speedway Friday. Pembine, Wisconsin’s Anthony Schiefelbein sweated out multiple caution periods and went on to win the super stock feature. Click the above headline for details.
Golf
WIRE TO WIRE: Choi Captures UPGA Men's Title
August 15, 2021The Copper Country's Jiesung Choi won the 2021 Upper Peninsula Men's Golf Association championship on Sunday in Escanaba. The 2020 Houghton High School graduate led all four rounds to collect the F.H. Hood Trophy. Choi is a member of the Saginaw Valley State University golf team. Gladstone's Terrace Bluff Country Club won the Team Trophy.
Racing
Mondeik, Pontbriand Among Winners At Norway
August 15, 2021Justin Mondeik of Gleason, Wisconsin, and Joey Pontbriand of Norway were two of the big winners at Norway Speedway Friday night. Mondreik won the late model feature and Pontbriand rallied to win the super stock feature. Click the above headline for all the winners.
Racing
Lindsley, Wender Among Winners In Norway Races
August 07, 20212020 track champion Dan Lindsley of Vulcan won the caution-free 50 lap late model feature at Norway Speedway Friday. Ryan Wender won the super stock after his 14-year-old son, Tony, won the heat. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Volleyball
Finlandia University To Host Volleyball Camp Wed.
August 02, 2021The Finlandia University volleyball team will be holding a camp for 9th thru 12th grade, Wednesday. It will be from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Paavo Nurmi Center. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
MHSAA Assistant Director Nate Hampton Retiring
August 02, 2021Longtime assistant director Nate Hampton has retired after 32 years on staff with the Michigan High School Athletic Association and 50 serving in education and educational athletics. Click the above hesdline to read details of his career.
Football
ONE LAST RIDE: U.P. Football All-Star Game Held
August 01, 2021The high school football careers officially came to an end for 80 Upper Peninsula graduated seniors as the U.P. Football All-Star Game was held at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read details. (Xcel Photo)
Baseball
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Blues Win State Title
July 31, 2021The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team captured a Class A state championship on Saturday, beating the surprising Copper Country Flames, 10-0, in an all-U.P. final at Marquette's Haley Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Baseball
Menominee Red Wave Eliminated At State Tourney
July 30, 2021The Menominee Red Wave American Legion baseball team had its season come to an end on Friday, losing to Rosebush out of Mount Pleasant, 9-2, in the state tournament in Marquette. Menominee had stayed alive earlier in the day with a 6-2 win over Blissfield. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos.
2021 Little League Season
DISTRICT TEN LL SCORES/SCHEDULES
July 30, 2021The District Ten Little League Baseball and Softball All-Star playoffs have wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules.
Baseball
ONE MORE TO GO: Marquette Blues Mercy Flames
July 30, 2021The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team advanced to the state championship game on Friday, with an easy 10-0 win over the Copper Country Flames at Haley Field. Erik Johnson barely broke a sweat, striking out 12 batters and allowing just two hits in five innings. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Baseball
Marquette Blues Hold On For State Tourney Victory
July 29, 2021The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team turned to "small ball" to turn around their Class A State tournament opener against Rosebush from the Mount Pleasant area Thursday. The Blues put down several successful bunts to take the lead, and then held on at the end as the downstate team mounted a late challenge. Marquette won, 8-5. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
WILD RIDE CONTINUES: Flames Walk Off Again
July 29, 2021The Copper Country Flames American Legion Baseball team won two games at the state tournament in Marquette on Thursday, and they did it in dramatic fashion. The Flames beat Chief Pontiac out of Metro Detroit, 2-1, and then topped Menominee, 1-0. Amd they did it on walk-off's in the seventh inning. Click the above headline for details.
2021 Little League Season
Norway Boys' Comeback Falls Short In State Finals
July 28, 2021The Norway Minor Boys (age 8-10) Little League baseball team had its season come to an end in the state championship game on Wednesday, falling to Greater Bay County Little League from Lower Michigan, 4-2, before a huge crowd at Marion Park. Click tha above headline to read details and see photos and video highlights from the game.
Football
ALL-STAR LEADERS: Football Skills Events Held
July 28, 2021The highlight of day three for the U.P. All-Star football players Wednesday was the Skills Challenge. Events included the Fastest Man (40 yard dash), the Strongest Man (Bench Press-225 lbs), Quarterback Challenge, Receiver Challenge, Punting and Field Goal Kicking. Click the above headline to see who were on top.
2021 Little League Season
CLUTCH NO-NO! Norway Advances To State Final
July 27, 2021The Norway Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) pulled out a dramatic 1-0 win over Midland Northeast in the state semifinals Tuesday afternoon at Marion Park. Landon "Donny" DeBakker threw a no-hitter, and got three straight outs in the final inning after the bases were loaded with no hits. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Football
High School Footall All-Star Week Gets Under Way
July 26, 2021Football All-Star Week is under way in Marquette, as nearly 80 recently-graduated high school seniors checked in at the Superior Dome for a week of practices and other events before Saturday's big game. Click the above headline for details.
2021 Little League Season
ON TO THE FINAL FOUR: Norway Beats Tecumseh
July 26, 2021The Norway Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) advanced to the state semifinals on Monday with a 16-7 win over Techumseh in a quarterfinal game in Norway. Click the above headline for details, see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
Baseball
FINALLY ON TOP: Marquette Blues Win U.P. Title
July 25, 2021The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team cruised to two more victories on Sunday, winning the Upper Peninsula Zone Five championship at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field. The Blues victory ended a string of "near misses" over the past several years. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and radio interviews.
Baseball
Dickinson County Boys Disqualified From Tourney
July 24, 2021A successful baseball season came to a startling end for the Dickinson County Greens American Legion team as they were disqualified from the Zone Five Upper Peninsula championships after winning their first three games. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
DAY TWO: Marquette Wins Two; Esky Bats Silent
July 23, 2021The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team won two games on Friday, and the Escanaba Cubs lost a down-to-the-wire battle with the Bark River Bucs, as the second day of the Upper Peninsula Zone Five Tournament was held in Delta County. Click the above headline for details, and see photos and videos and other scores.
Baseball
WALK-OFF MAGIC: Anderson HR Lifts Greens 6-5
July 23, 2021The Dickinson County Greens American Legion Baseball team rallied from q 3-0 deficit to beat the Gladstone Indians, 6-5, in the first game of the Upper Peninsula Zone Five tournament on Thursday. Click the above headline to read details.
Baseball
HOLY COW! LaMarche, Cubs Stun Marquette, 1-0
July 22, 2021Grant LaMarche threw a complete-game one-hitter, striking out 13 batters as the Escanaba Cubs upset the Marquette Blues, 1-0, in the first game of the American Legion Zone Five Tournament on Thursday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Bark River Bucs Open U.P. Finals With Easy Victory
July 22, 2021The Bark River Bucs American Legion Baseball team opened the Upper Peninsula Zone Five tournament with a 17-3 win over the Negaunee Diamonds Thursday night in Escanaba. The Bucs scored ten runs in the first inning and cruised to the win on the five-inning mercy rule. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
Baseball
Bay Norse Athletes Named Academic All-Americans
July 20, 2021The NJCAA released the list of Academic All-Americans for the 2020-2021 school year, which included 13 student-athletes from the Bay College Norse Athletic Department. Click the above headline to read more details.
Hockey
SMART 'CATS: 13 Hockey Players Named Scholars
July 20, 2021A record 13 members of the Wildcat hockey program have been named AHCA/Krampade All-American Scholars as announced today. Click the above headline for details.
2021 Little League Season
END OF THE LINE: Esky Girls Lose Pitcher's Duel
July 19, 2021The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star (age 9-10) softball team lost their state quarterfinal match-up on Monday, dropping a pitcher's duel with St. Clair, 2-0, in Rochester Hills. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and video highlights.
2021 Little League Season
Ison Leads Escanaba Boys To State Tourney Victory
July 19, 2021The Escanaba Major Little League All-Star (age 11-12) baseball team finished its state tournament run with a 11-1 win over Kalamazoo South Portage Monday at University Liggett High School. Brody Ison struck out eleven of the twelve outs that were recorded in the mercey-shortened game. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
