The Escanaba High School softball team used strong pitching and defense to beat the Gladstone Braves, 6-0, Tuesday night, at Lemmerand Park. Grayson LaMarche and McKayla Mott combined to throw a one-hitter. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played a lot of softball Saturday and Sunday at the Michigan Softball Challenge in suburban Detroit, which included 40 teams from across the state. Click the above headline to see how the teams did down there.
The Bay College Norse softball team had its season come to an end Monday with a 3-1 loss to the Dawson College (Mont.) Lady Bucs in the NJCAA Regional semifinals in Montana. Click the above headline to read details, see videos, and hear comments from Coach Ross Rahoi.
The Escanaba High School softball team is on a roll after having multiple games cancelled due to the weather. The Eskymos hosted their annual tournament this weekend and won all three games over Gladstone, Millington, and Marquette by a combined score of 31-3. Click the above headline to read details. (Esky High School softball photos)
The Bay College Norse softball team won the NJCAA Sub-Regional championship on Wednesday, beating the Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights, 9-1. It was much less dramatic than the ten inning nailbiter on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team rallied to beat the Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights, 6-5, in ten innings, Tuesday in the NJCAA subregional tournament in Escanaba. The win sends the Norse to the regional tournament in Montana this weekend. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Bay College Norse and Milwaukee Area Technical College Stormers braved 36-degree weather, complete with a snow squall and bone-numbing winds, to play two softball games on Monday. The Norse won both games, 5-4 and 17-4, to avenge two earlier losses to MATC. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
After playing their first 36 games on the road, the Bay College Norse finally got to play some softball at home on Sunday. And the Norse picked up a doubleheader sweep over the Finlandia University Lions, 3-0 and 7-4. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse split a four-game series with the Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights over the weekend as the pendulum of momentum swung heavily between games. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School softball team finally got to play two games in chilly southern Lower Michigan on Saturday. The Eskymos lost to Jackson Northwest, 6-3, before beating Three Rivers, 16-0. Click the above headline to read game details.
After dropping a pair of close 3-2 games to Milwaukee Tech on Saturday, the Bay College Norse Softball Team rebounded on Sunday to take two from Morton College in Illinois by scores of 12-1 and 15-1. The Norse had 33 hits in the twinbill. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse Softball Team finished off a weekend sweep in the Region 13 Crossover Tournament hosted by Rochester Community and Technical College on Saturday. After holding on for a 2-1 victory over Itasca Community College, Bay pushed runs across late to seal a 9-1 win over Central Lakes College. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Softball team (15-11) picked up a pair of wins on Friday in the dome in Minnesota, beating St. Cloud Tech 9-2, and then beating Anoka-Ramsey, 7-4. The Norse have now won eight of their last ten games. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College women's softball team won two of the three games in the Region 13 crossover tournament on Monday in Minnesota. Click the above headline for details.
Bay College has picked Ross Rahoi to be the new head coach of the Norse softball program. He had been an assistant coach with the team last year. Click the above headline to read more.
Bay College Head Softball Coach Heidi Charon has resigned her position with the program. Charon was the first softball coach in school history. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball and softball teams are back on the Escanaba campus now that summer is winding down and fall classes resume next Monday. The teams were back on the field Wednesday night as fall practices have begun. Click the above headline for more.
The Rudyard High School softball team rallied from a 7-1 deficit to beat Holton in a dramatic state semifinal game Friday at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. (MHSAA Photo)
The 2021 high school girls softball playoffs are winding down across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the scores/schedules.
McKayla Mott threw a two-hit shutout and the Escanaba Eskymos broke a scoreless tie with a seven-run third inning on the way to a 13-0 mercy-shortened win over the Gladstone Braves on Tuesday. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and inetrviews.
The Bay College Norse softball team pulled a big upset on Monday in the NJCAA Region 13 semifinals before losing in the championship game to Miles Community College (Montana), 13-2, in suburban Minneapolis. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School sophomore Carney Salo will serve on the MHSAA Student Advisory Council next year. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team won two NJCAA Region 13 playoff games in Minnesota on Tuesday, beating Gogebic Community College, 13-4, and then pulling out a dramatic 6-5 win over Dakota County Technical College. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team improved to 5-1 in NJCAA Region 13 seeding matchups on Thursday by splitting a doubleheader with Dakota County Technical College (Minn.), The Blue Knights won the first game, 5-3, before the Norse rolled in the nightcap, 12-2. C;ick the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team rolled to a pair of wins on Wednesday, beating Rapid River, 10-0 and 15-0. Click the above headline for details and photos taken by Gina Pepin.
The Escanaba High School softball team scored 12 runs in the first inning and crusied to a 22-0 win over Rapid River Wednesday evening. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team finally played on their home field Sunday after playing 26 games on the road and having other home games cancelled. It was worth the wait, though, as the Norse swept a doubleheader from Gogebic Community College, 16-0 and 9-0, at the Wells Township Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse Softball Team (2-10) wrapped up their spring trip in Florida suffering a loss in a closely contested match with the Eastern Florida State College Titans on Thursday. Click the above headline for the details.
Bay College has recently signed seven women to attend school and play softball for thw Norse this spring. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team finally got on the field in competition for the first time since playing a dozen games in Florida last March. The season got cancelled, and then all of the fall exhibition games were called off. The team broke into two teams for a a pair of scrimmages this weekend. Click the above headline for pictures/
