The Escanaba High School Baseball team went 2-1 at the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational on Saturday. The Eskymos beat Shepherd (3-2) and Alpena (11-4), before losing to the host Blue Devils, 5-4. Click the above headline to read details and see photos.
The Gladstone High School baseball team swept a doubleheader from the Marquette Redmen Friday night. In the opener, the boys overcame six errors to post a 10-4 win. Then in the nightcap, the Braves went errorless and posted a 7-0 victory. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School Athletic Department held its annual end-of-the-year ceremony Wednesday, where awards were handed out to the school's top student-athletes. Click the above headline to see which kids won the awards.
The Escanaba Eskymos stranded ten runners Tuesday and lost in Shawano, Wis., 2-1, in the first game of a doubleheader. But in the nightcap, the Eskymo "second string" posted a 3-2 victory to allow the Eskymos to come home with a split. Click the above headline to read the details.
Lucas LaCosse threw a three-hit shutout and had four base hits at the plate to lead the Gladstone Braves to an 8-0 win over the Superior Central Cougars in the second game of a doubleheader Monday afternoon in Eben. The Braves also won the opener, 9-4. Click the above headline to read more details about the games.
The Alpena Wildcats baseball team beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-3, Saturday in the championship game of the Binks Coca-Cola Invitational in Escanaba. The Gladstone Indians American Legion team, filled with mostly middle-school kids, surprised the Negaunee Miners, 14-3, to take third place. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Alpena Wildcats tuned up for Saturday's baseball tournament by splitting a doubleheader Friday night in Escanaba. The Wildcats held on to win the first game, 4-3, then the Eskymos took advantage of Alpena mistakes to win the nightcap, 10-9. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
The Gladstone Braves made several key errors and lost the first game of a doubleheader to the Negaunee Miners, 7-5, on Wednesday. But Gladstone salvaged the second game, 4-2, with help from seldom-used Jack Carey. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos and videos, and listen to audio.
The Norway Knights won the championship of their own tournament Saturday at Marion Park. After sitting through a snow delay, the Knights beat Stephenson, 7-0, and then topped Negaunee, 5-2, in the championship game. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High baseball team committed five errors and made other assorted mistakes in a 10-5 loss to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils Friday in Gladstone. But the Braves played better in the second game and earned a doubleheader split, 13-3. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played for three hours and three minutes under cold, windy conditions Thursday night. In the end, the Eskymos were made the final push and posted a 14-8 victory. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos fielded a line-up full of underclassmen Wednesday and beat the Marquette Redmen, 11-2, at Marquette's Gerard Haley Field. Alec Slaga and Andrew Sedlar combined to pitch a six-hitter and the Eskymo offense produced eleven base hits. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, and listen to audio highlights.
Ben Kleiman pitched a complete-game four-hit shutout, and was helped along by several stellar defensive plays, as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Marinette Marines, 2-0, Tuesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team bounced back from Saturday's loss to Escanaba by sweeping the Norway Knights, 4-3 and 7-1, Monday, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read more details, see pictures, and listen to audio interviews and radio replays.
The Escanaba High School baseball team continued its long homestand with a doubleheader sweep of the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox, 14-4 and 13-3, Sunday afternoon at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Eskymos played for the first time this season at Al Ness Field on Saturday. The boys beat the Marquette Redmen, 16-0, and then topped the Gladstone Braves, 5-1, in the Lions Club/Crawford Funeral Home Invitational. Earlier in the day, Gladstone beat Negaunee, 4-2. Click the above headline to read the tournament details.
Christian Groleau pitched a four-hitter and Blake Ballard hit a grand slam home run to help the Gladstone Braves beat the Marquette Redmen, 10-2, Thursday night in Gladstone. The second game was rained out. Click the above headline for more details.
Hayden Hardwick's two-run hit in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Gladstone Indians a 9-7 win over the Marquette High School team Wednesday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read more about the game.
The Escanaba Eskymos gave up four runs in the first inning and then came within one out of being victims of a no-hitter on Monday, losing to the DePere Redbirds, 5-1, in Wisconsin. Alec Slaga and Andrew Sedlar came off the bench to get base hits in the final inning. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team bounced back from Friday's loss by winning two games on Saturday at the Waupun Invitational. The Eskymos beat the University School of Milwaukee, 12-2, and then mercied Prairie du Chien, 12-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves posted a doubleheader sweep for the second straight day on Saturday, beating the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox, 11-1 and 10-0 at Don Olsen Field. Both games were close in the middle innings before the Braves had bat-around innings to take command. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
It took three hours and 19 minutes, and twelve innings, but the Gladstone Braves earned their first victory of the season on Friday with a 4-3 win over the Negaunee Miners at Don Olsen Field. The Braves also won the second game of the twinbill, 5-0. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team lost its first game at the Waupun Tournament Friday in Wisconsin. The Eskymos fell to the Tremper Trojans from Kenosha, 14-3, in five innings. Click the above headline to read details.
With all high school athletics cancelled for this week at the Escanaba High School, the kids had fun anyway in the annual Key Club Dodgeball Tournament Monday. The money raised helps the Kiwanis Club's effort to end neonatal tetnus. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the event.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won the championship of the Chippewa Hills Warriors Invitational on Saturday. The Eskymos got strong pitching from Devin Olsen to turn back Whitehall, 4-2. And then Ben Kleiman pitched a complete game as Escanaba whipped Remus Chippewa Hills, 12-3. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
Gladstone High School played its first baseball game in 54 years on Saturday, but the Braves dropped a pair of games at the Chippewa Hills Warriors Invitational, losing to Chippewa Hills, 4-0, and Whitehall, 6-4. Click the above headline to read the game story, see photos and videos, and listen to audio highlights.
Escanaba High School had its annual Spring Meet the Eskymos event Thursday night. It was a chance to meet the players and coaches for the baseball, softball, golf, tennis, and track teams. Click the above headline to see pictures of the various Eskymo teams as they addressed the gathering.
The Gladstone High School baseball team had its "Meet the Braves" fundraiser Sunday afternoon at the Gladstone Middle School. The team hosted a breakfast that was attended by 475 people, and raised money by raffling off items that were donated by local stores. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Volunteers have been doing renovation work on the Al Ness Baseball Field this fall. There will be new all-grass baselines between first and third bases, a warning track behind the plate to the backstop, and artificial grass walkways between the plate and the dugouts.
The newest Upper Peninsula high school baseball program is already gearing up for the 2013 campaign. Gladstone High School will have baseball for the first time next spring, as a self-funded sport. Former Escanaba Coach Don Lauscher will be at the helm, and his son Kirk and nephew B.J. will be at his side. Click the above headline to read more about the 2013 Braves.
