The Escanaba High School baseball team lost two more tight games on Saturday, falling to the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-2, and to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 4-0, in a rain-shortened game at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Iron Mountain senior pitcher Niko Burgoon pitched a gem and he got big help from freshman third baseman Connor Pickett on Thursday, and the duo led the Mountaineers to a 3-1 upset win over the Gladstone Braves at Ranger Field. Gladstone came back to take the nightcap, 17-6. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
Isaac Sarles threw a five-hit complete game shutout and the Marquette Sentinels took advantage of several Escanaba Eskymos defensive mistakes in posting a 3-0 win Wedmesday night at Marquette's Haley Field. Sarles outdueled Escanaba's Eli Gardner, who allowed only four hits nd one earned run in six innings. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team wrapped up its best-ever season in program history with a doubleheader sweep over Detroit Community Christian College on Sunday. The final game ended with eleven unanswered runs and the Norse honored their eleven sophomores during a ceremony. Click the above headline for interviews. plus photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Escanaba Eskymos and 7th-ranked Southgate Anderson Titans hooked up in a pair of baseball games Saturday afternoon in Escanaba. After the Titans jumped to an eealy 4-0 lead and cruised to a 9-4 win in the opener, the two teams played a classic 1-0 game in the nightcap. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Southgate Anderson High School baseball team began a four-game Delta County road trip with a pair of victories over the Gladstone Braves on Friday, winning 14-3 and 11-2, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, and to hear coach and player interviews.
Bon LaChance hit a pair of home runs Wednesday as the Escanaba Eskymos swpt a baseball doubleheader from the Neguanee Miners, 6-5 and 6-1, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Bay College Norse baseball team extended its winning streak to six games on Tuesday, and crossed the 20-win plateau for the first time in program history, with a doubleheader sweep of the Alpena Community College Lumnberjacks, 10-5 and 5-4. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team won four games over the weekend to keep their playoff hopes alive, heading into the final days of the regular season. Click the above headline for details, hear interviews, and to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Kingsford High School baseball team won a Great Northern Conference game for the second straight night Wednesday night, taking out the Escanaba Eskymos, 9-1, at Al Ness Field. The win follows a 6-2 win over Marquette the night before, putting the Flivvers in the early driver's seat in the GNC conference race. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team stepped onto the big stage Tuesday afternoon, playing a doubleheader against the Bryant & Stratton College Bobcats from suburban Milwaukee at Fox Cities Stadium near Appleton. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves and Negaunee Miners hooked up in a pair of tightly-contested baseball games Thursday evening at Don Olsen Field. The Braves pulled out both games, 2-0 and 4-1, as the Miners stranded 16 baserunners in the doubleheader. Click the above headline for details.
It was an historic evening on Thursday for the Iron Mountain High School baseball program as the Mountaineers faced the L'Anse Purple Hornets. Senior pitcher Niko Burgoon tossed a perfect game, retiring all 15 batters he faced in the five-inning game. He struck out 14 of those batters. It was the first perfect game ever thrown by a Mountaineer pitcher. Iron Mountain won the game easily, 11-0, for its first win of the season (1-3).
The Bay College Norse baseball team's playoff push ran into a roadblock on Tuesday after the Norse won the first game of a doubleheader, but coughed up a late lead in the nightcap, in Alpena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse baseball team played four non-conference games on the road this weekend, and brought home two victories heading into a crucial doubleheader Tuesday in Alpena. Click the above headline for details. (Bay College photo)
The Escanaba High School baseball team opened its season with a 12-3 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Ben Johnson and Brian Boutilier both drove in two runs in an eight-run fifth inning that put the game away. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The high school baseball season got underway on Tuesday as the Gladstone Braves swept a doubleheader from the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 17-2, and 6-1, at Don Olsen Field. It was a rematch of last spring's regional semifinal game, but there were a lot of new faces on the field for both teams on Tuesday. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Baseball Team lost all four games this weekend to the Grand Rapids Community College Raiders by scores of 10-1, 7-2, 11-4, and 6-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team scored six unanswered runs in the final two innings to rally past the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks, 11-9, in the opening game of a four-game conference series Thursday in Muskegon. Blake Julian's three-run double in the seventh inning won it. Click the above headline for details. (Cohen Thompson photos)
The Bay College Norse baseball team finished its trip to South Carolina by winning seven of the nine games they played, the best start in program history. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Bay College Sports Information. (Bay Photo)
The American Legion Baseball Class A state championship game was a nailbiter to the end on Saturday in Gladstone, and the Trenton Steel took home the hardware with a dramatic 11-9 win over the Gladstone Indians at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos taken by Brad Landis, and to hear post-game interviews.
The defending state champion Trenton Steel scored six runs in the first inning and cruised to a 10-2 win over the Gladstone Indians, and the Norway Vikings lost a heartbreaker on Friday during Day Two of the Class A Michigan American Legion Baseball state tournament in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team opened state tournament play Thursday night with a 12-2 win over the Hudson Post 180 Hellcats from southern lower Michigan. Tyler Darmogray battled through five innings that included rain and a small strike zone, and the Indians had timely hits to build an early lead. Click the above headline for details.
The brand new Norway Vikings American Legion baseball team made quick history on Sunday, winning the Upper Peninsula Zone Five Championship at Marquette's Haley Field. They advance to the state tournament in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
Four teams advanced to the Upper Peninsula Zone Five semifinals in American Legion Baseball on Friday after a long day of eight games played on two separate fields. Click the above headline for all of the scores and for game details.
The American Legion Baseball Zone Five tournament will not start on Thursday after all. The weather forecast calls for rain, and with teams traveling from all over the U.P. to get to Marquette County, the decision was made to delay the start of the tournament until Friday. Click the above headline to see the new schedule.
The Marquette Reds American Legion Baseball team won the Junior Association championship on Sunday, winning a war against Norway, 2-1, in the semifinals, and then rolling over Kingsford, 12-0, in the championship game. Click the above headline for photos, videos, listen to interviews, and how some Marquette players broadcasted the game.
Tyler Darmogray pitched 6 2/3 innings and had four hits at the plate as the Gladstone Indians routed the Escanaba Cubs, 10-3, Friday night at Al Ness Field. Damogray has now had ten hits in his last twelve at-bats. Click the above headline for details.
Aedan Creten hit a three-run homer and Issac Ketchum tossed 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief as the Gladstone Indians beat the Marquette Blues, 6-2, Wednesday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion baseball team shook off Friday night's extra inning loss by winning two games on Saturday at the Wood Ducks Tournament in Sault Ste. Marie. Meanwhile, at the same tournament, the Marquette Blues suffered a pair of lopsided losses after winning their first game Friday night. Click the above headline for details.
