For the fifth time in six seasons, the Escanaba High School softball team is in East Lansing for the MHSAA Division Two state semifinals. Wednesday was an off-day for the Eskymos, and they were given a tour of the Michigan state capitol. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School Softball hung on against the Hudsonville Unity Christian Crusaders 4-3 Tuesday Evening at Northwood Univeristy in Midland. Click the above headline for more details, pictures, videos, and interviews.
The Kalksaska Blazers edged the Gladstone Braves 1-0 behind a strong Mia Miller performance Sunday morning in Gladstone in the MHSAA Division Three Regional Finals in Gladstone. Click the above headline for more details.
Carsyn Segorski cranked a two-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Escanaba High School softball team to a 3-2 win over top-ranked Gaylord in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School Softball travels to Gaylord to play in the MHSAA Division 2 regional tournament on Saturday. Other area softball tournaments also get underway on Saturday. Click the above headline for details and interviews with Eskymo players.
The Escanaba Eksymos softball team rolled through the MHSAA Division Two District tournament on Saturday. The Eskymos beat the Cheboygan Chiefs 13-3 in six innings before beating the host Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils 16-0 in the final. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School Softball team beat Manistique 17-0 and Menominee 8-0 to capture the MSHAA Division Three District Championship on Friday. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba and Gladstone High School softball teams played an intense game Tuesday night in Gladstone before the Eskymos scored eight runs in the final inning to pull away for a 10-1 victory. Click the above headline for details. photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone High School softball team welcomed the Traverse City St. Francis Gladiators and Charlevoix Rayders to town on Saturday for a full day of action, and the Braves picked up their biggest win of the season by knocking off the undefeated Gladiators, 5-4, before TCSF got even in the nightcap, 13-6. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team played two more games on Thursday, and picked up two more wins, 5-0 and 14-0, at Marion Park. The Eskymos have played every single day (even Sunday) and have played 12 games since last Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
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)