The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves met for the second time in three days in softball on Monday, and this time, the result was different. The Braves beat the Eskymos, 1-0, to win the championship of the Escanaba tournament on Saturday, but in the return trip to Lemmerand Park on Monday, Gladstone could not repeat the feet against its rivals. Escanaba came from behind to win Monday's opener, 7-6, and then the Eskymos cruised to win the second game in six innings, 12-2. Click the above headline for details.
A good weekend of baseball for the Escanaba Eskymos as they welcomed two downstate teams to Al Ness Field for a two-day, round-robin tournament. And the Eskymos ended up taking three out of four games from Saginaw Swan Valley and Southgate Anderson, improving their record to 16-5 on the season. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
It was a full day of softball on Saturday as the Escanaba Eskymos hosted the third annual Candy Swetkis SISU Strikefest at Lemmerand Park. The championship game came down to the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves. And that one was a classic, with Lauren Pare outdueling Landry Bray to lead the Braves to a 1-0 win over the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see all of the details, tournament scoreboard, and photos.
The Gladstone Braves and Iron Mountain Mountaineers baseball teams braved the cold, windy conditions Thursday night to play a rather entertaining game at Don Olsen Field in Gladstone. The Braves trailed the whole game, but pulled it out in extra innings, 3-2. Gladstone then won the second game on the mercy rule, 11-1. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association Representative Council has decided to make changes to the football playoff procedures. Starting this fall, all regions will be seeded, based on playoff points, with seeds 1, 4, 5, and 8 going into one district, and seeds 2, 3, 6, and 7 going into another district. The council also approved a proposal to suspend any official who makes aggressive or intentional contact with a student or official. And in basketball, if a score crosses the mercy rule threshhold, the game will stay on a running clock even if the margin gets closer. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos lost twice in downstate Clio on Friday. The first game was a classic, with the fourth-ranked Mustangs winning, 1-0. Pitcher Addie Taylor threw a no-hitter for Clio, and Escanaba senior Landry Bray threw a one-hitter. That one hit, by Clio's Summer Stevens, was an RBI double in the third inning. Clio also won the second game, 7-3. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners shivvered through two sloppy baseball games Wednesday night in Negaunee, and each team ended up with something to smile about....and something to complain about. The Eskymos literally gave away the first game, 6-5, by committing seven errors, but bounced back to easily win the nightcap, 10-0. Click the above headline for details, interviews, photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team continued its weeklong homestand on Thursday with two more wins, beating the Negaunee Miners in both ends of a doubleheader, 10-0 and 12-3, at Al Ness Field. Combined with a road win at Marinette on Monday, the Eskymos swept all five games the past four days to improve their season record to 6-3. Negaunee fell to 4-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners split a doubleheader Thursday night at Lemmerand Park, with the Miners winning the first game, 3-2, and the Eskymos bouncing back to take the nightcap, 10-5. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos baseball team scored eleven runs in the fourth inning to break a 0-0 tie Wednesday evening, and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 11-0, in a mercy-shortened game at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, videos, post-game interviews.
For a while there, it was an old-fashioned pitcher's duel between Escanaba's Cannon Arnt and Gladstone's Cooper Sanville as the two teams met in the Eskymos' home opener Tuesday night at Escanaba's Al Ness Field. Both pitchers put up gooseggs for the first three innings, but the Eskymos came through in the final innings to mercy the Braves, 10-0, in six innings.cArnt threw a perfect game for the Eskymos: 18 up, 18 down. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team took advantage of multiple errors to score eleven runs in the third inning and beat the North Central Jets 14-2 Monday afternoon in Gladstone. Nick Proehl drove in four runs as the Braves won their fifth straight game. Click the above headline for details, post-game interviews, and to see photos taken by Mallory Burie.
The Gladstone Braves and Norway Knights traded innings filled with mistakes, but also had plenty of positives, as the teams met at Marion Park Wednesday night. Gladstone took a 3-0 lead, fell behind 6-4, but scored six late runs to post a 10-6 win over the Knights. Click the above headline to see details, videos, and liten to post-game interviews.
The Escanaba High School baseball team ran into one of the best teams in Wisconsin Saturday evening in Wisconsin Dells, falling to the Kewaunee Storm, 9-0, at the Woodside Sports Complex. Kewaunee left-handed pitcher Brett Paulsen retired all 21 Eskymo batters, 19 of them by strikeout, to finish with a perfect game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
A new group of Escanaba Eskymos are looking to continue the long tradition of girls softball as the 2026 season gets off to a slow start thanks to Old Man Winter. The Eskymos were finally able to get on the field this weekend at the Wisconsin Dells tournament, and the girls came home with two wins in their three games. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos, and to hear interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team pulled out a victory in extra innings on Saturday, one day after being crushed by the top two teams in Wisconsin's Division Three poll. The young group of Braves beat the Cameron (Wis.) Comets, 12-6, to salvage the final game of the Wisconsin Dells tournament and gain some confidence heading home. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School baseball team opened the Wisconsin Dells tournament with a 4-1 win over the Aurora Catholic Central Chargers out of Illinois on Friday afternoon at the Woodside Sports Complex. Later on Friday, the Eskymos took a 2-0 lead against the Denmark (Wis.) Vikings, but didn't score again, losing 12-2. Click the above headline for details, videos, interviews.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Wednesday releeasesd its All-U.P. girls basketball teams. A group of 18 reporters from across the entire U.P. met last week in Marquette to make the selections. Gladstone Braves senior Lillie Johnson was chosen as Miuss Basketball, along with being the Division 1-3 Player of the Year and a member of the all-class Dream Team. Ishpeming senior Janessa Eagle was named the Division Four Player of the Year. Click the above headine for all of the details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Friday releeasesd its All-U.P. boys basketball teams. A group of 18 reporters from across the entire U.P. met earlier in the week in Marquette to make the selections. Westwood Patriots senior Ethan Marta was chosen as Mr. Basketball, along with being the Division 1-3 Player of the Year and member of the all-class Dream Team. Dollar Bay senior Liam Tourtillott was named the Division Four Player of the Year. Click the above headline to see all of the winners. (MHSAA Photo)
Mya Hemmer and Jenessa Eagle put on one final show in an Ishpeming uniform Saturday. The Hematites seniors were dominant in leading their team to a 48-28 victory against Portland St. Patrick in the Division 4 Girls Basketball Final at the Breslin Center, winning their second title in three years. Click the above headline for details. (Photo and story courtesy of Michigan High School Athletic Association)
The Ishpeming High School girls basketball team advanced to the MHSAA Division Four state championship game Thursday night with a gritty 37-34 win over the Morenci Bulldogs at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (photo, story courtesy of MHSAA)
The Ishpeming High School girls basketball team crushed Indian River Inland Lakes, 60-22, in the MHSAA Division Four state quarterfinals Wednesday night in Gaylord. C;lick the above headline for details.
The Dollar Bay High School boys basketball team battled hard Thuirsday night, but lost to Detroit Douglass, 58-47, in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal at the Breslin Center. The Blue Bolts faurced a team that has blown out all of its recent opponents, but were down by just six points in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA story and photo)
The Menominee Maroons made seven three-point baskets in the first half to take a nine-point halftime lead on Thursday, but the outside shooting dried up in the second half and the Maroons lost to Arts & Technology of Pontiac, 78-66, in the Division Three state semifinals in East Lansing. Click the above headline for details. (Story and photo courtesy of MHSAA)
Liam Tourtillott scored 23 points, 14 of them down the stretch, to lead the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts to a 55-46 come-from-behind win over the Pickford Panthers Tuesday night in the MHSAA Division Four boys basketball state quarterfinal in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
Eleven Upper Peninsula wrestlers reached the podium Saturday night after the MHSAA Individual Wrestling state finals wrapped up at Detroit's Ford Field. There were 22 wrestlers from across the UP competing at Ford Field. The top eight wrestlers in every weight class in the five divisions reach the winner's podium. Click the above headline for details.
The Houghton High School hockey team won its first state championship since 1982 on Saturday, beating Orchard Lake St. Mary's, 5-2, at the USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Michigan High School Athletic Association.
The Houghton Gremlins and Marquette Sentinels battled to a 0-0 tie after two periods of play in a MHSAA Division Three state quarterfinal game Saturday night at the Northern Michigan University Berry Events Center. But the Gremlins finally broke through in the third period, and earned a 4-0 victory over the Sentinels. The win sends Houghton to the state semifinals in downstate Plymouth. Click the above headline for details.
The Menominee High School boys basketball team won a MHSAA Division Three district championship Friday night, beating the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 72-29, in the Menominee High School Gym. Talan Woods led the Maroons with 25 points as his team improved to 20-4 on the season. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Sentinels won a hockey regional championship Wednesday night with a gritty 3-1 win over the Escanaba Eskymos at Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
