Somehow, Christian Groleau may have reached onto Don Olsen Field and helped his Gladstone Indians win one more baseball game late Friday night as the Indians picked up an improbable 5-4 win over the Escanaba Cubs. Click the above headline for the details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team bounced back from last weekend's rough weekend in Wisconsin by posting a home win Thursday night, 8-4, over the Escanaba Cubs, at Haley Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Escanaba Cubs and Manitowoc Legion baseball teams waged a heavyweight battle Sunday afternoon at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis. The teams exchanged rallies, exchanged big hits, exchanged big pitches, and even exchanged errors and close plays, before Manitowoc emerged with a 9-8 win in ten innings. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team wrapped up its play at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette on Sunday the same way it started the event on Friday: with an error-filled loss. The Blues made four more errors Sunday and lost to Watertown, 13-3. The Blues ended up making 20 errors in four games. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team bounced back from Friday night's heartbreaking loss by winning two games against Wisconsin opponents at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis., on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs and Marinette Legion baseball teams hooked up in an old-fashioned pitcher's duel late Friday night as the Marinette Firecracker Tournament got under way at the Pederson Ballpark. In a game where there were only five total base hits and four total walks, the Cubs lost a tough 2-1 decision. Clicm the above headline for details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team could not overcome five defensive errors on Friday, and lost the first game of the Firecracker Tournament to Green Bay Southwest, 5-4, at Pederson Ballpark in Marinette. Click the above headline for details.
In a battle of a couple of shorthanded teams, the Gladstone Indians slipped past the Norway Vikings, 4-2, in American Legion Baseball action Wednesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team wrapped up its play in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament late Saturday night with a 4-1 win over the Norway Vikings at Al Ness Field. The result came after the Cubs lost earlier in the day to DePere, 7-3. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
-The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team played four tight games at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament this weekend, and ended up losing three of them. The result means Gladstone will not advance to the semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
The American Legion baseball season got under way Thursday night with yet another down-to-the-wire battle between Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians. The Indians scored five early runs to grab a 5-0 lead, but the Cubs rallied to win the game, 6-5, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won a regional championship on Saturday, beating Benzie Central, 6-4. But the Braves gave up three unearned runs in the final inning of the quarterfinal game and lost to Standish-Sterling, 5-4. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association baseball post-season tournaments are in the regional rounds across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for the schedules for all Upper Peninsula teams.
The Gladstone High School baseball team scored eight runs in the first inning and coasted past the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 17-5, in the MHSAA Division Three Regional Semifinals Wednesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Iron Mountain High School baseball team won a district championship on Saturday, winning the same number of games they won all season long: two. IM beat both Calumet and Negaunee, and now, it's on to the regional semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team took care of business with two mercy-rule district tournament wins, 15-3 over Manistique in the semifinals, and 11-1 over Superior Central in the championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School baseball team beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 1-0, in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals on Friday, but lost a heartbreaker to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 6-5, in nine innings, in the title game. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team scored nine runs in the first inning and cruised past the Menominee Maroons, 13-3, in the first round of the MHSAA Division Three District tournament on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details and other U.P.scores.
Trent Lawson's RBI single broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning and lifted the Escanaba Eskymos to a 2-1 win over the Norway Knights in a well-played baseball game under the lights Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for interviews, photos, and videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team turned to “small ball” and solid relief pitching to capture a share of the Great Northern Conference championship Wednesday night, turning back the Marquette Redmen, 4-1, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won twice on Saturday on the road in Sault Ste. Marie, beating the Blue Devils, 4-3 and 9-0, in a possible playoff preview. The Eskymos stretched their win streak to eight games. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team got a little payback Thursday night as they beat the Marquette Redmen and their ace pitcher, 14-2, at Haley Field in Marquette. The Braves got revenge for an earlier loss to the Redmen. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team beat the North Central Jets, 10-0, in a non-conference game Monday night at Al Ness Field. The win was Escanaba's fourth straight, and it allowwd the Eskymos to play a lot of younger players. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won a pair of games this weekend, beating the Manistique Emeralds, 15-0, Friday night, and then coming from behind to beat the Gladstone Braves, 9-5, Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team celebrated its fourth straight win on Wednesday, celebrating Senior Night with a 9-1 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers at Don Olsen Field. The Braves took advantage of six Iron Mountain errors to improve to 10-2 on the season. Click the above healdine to read details and to hear post-game comments.
The Marquette High School baseball team took advantage of five Escanaba errors and Isaac Sarles pitched 6 2/3 innings as the Redmen took down the Eskymos, 5-3, Wednesday night, at Haley Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, and interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team cruised to two wins over the Menominee Maroons, 17-0 and 7-0, at the Gladstone Sports Park. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to listen to post-game interviews.
A rough season ended on a high note for the Bay College baseball team on Saturday as the Norse finished with a pair of victories over the Minnesota Post-Grad Academy, 6-3, and-6-2, on a cloudy but dry afternoon. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Tyler Darmogray pitched a complete game and Noah Peterson scored twice and made a diving catch in the outfield to lead the Gladstone Braves to their second straight win over the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-1, Friday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School baseball team picked up a Great Northern Conference win on the road Wednesday night, beating the Gladstone Braves, 6-5, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, videos and photos taken by Brad Landis, and interviews.