The American Legion Baseball Tier II State Tournament will be held in Marquette this week. There are six teams in the field....with defending champion Hudson being the only one from below the Mackinac Bridge. Click the above headline to see the schedule.
The Escanaba Cubs may have only a .500 record, but the team seems to be peaking at the right time of the year. The Cubs carried a winning streak into this weekend's U.P. Finals in the Soo, and won the trophy, beating the Gladstone Indians, 7-6, and then topping the Kingsford Blues, 17-3. Click the above headline to see more pictures.
They weren't pretty victories, but the Gladstone Indians picked up two of them on Friday to adavance to the U.P. Zone Tournament's Final Four, and a spot in next week's state tournament. Gladstone had a late rally to beat Kingsford, 9-7, and then subdued Channing, 14-4, in the afternoon game to go 3-0. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone Indians jumped to a quick 4-0 lead, but then had to hang on at the end to beat Hancock, 9-6, in the first game of the U.P. Zone Five American Legion Baseball Tournament Thursday in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline to read more details and to see more pictures, taken by Kym Frazer. Pictured: Peyton Jurek runs to first after hitting the ball during Thursday's game in the Soo. He had a two-run single in the seventh inning.
The Escanaba Cubs scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back as they beat the Marquette Blues, 13-3, at the U.P. Zone Five Tournament Thursday in Sault Ste. Marie. But the Cubs later lost to Menominee, 5-2. Click the above headline to read more details, and to see pictures taken by Kym Frazer.
The Escanaba Cubs have closed their regular season on a three-game winning streak, and will now get ready for the Upper Peninsula Zone Five Tournament in Sault Ste. Marie. The Cubs beat Menominee, 16-3, Tuesday night to finish with a 10-12 record. Click the above headline to read more details.
Escanaba High School junior David Falish has been named to the Division Two Academic All-State Team by the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association. Falish has a 4.0 grade point average for his first three years in high school. Click the above headline to read more details.
Hayden Hardwick's walk-off, three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted the Gladstone Indians to a 6-5 win over the Eastern U.P. Travelers Saturday in Gladstone. The Indians then used a lot of their younger players in the second game and dropped a 16-0 decision. Gladstone finishes the regular season with a 35-9 record. Click the above headline to see more photos and to read previous articles
He may be just 15 years old, but Justin Jurek continues to make his mark on the Gladstone Indians baseball team in clutch situations. Jurek retired two veteran players with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to help the Indians beat the Escanaba Cubs, 3-0, Thursday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read more details, see photos and video, and listen to highlights and interviews.
The Escanaba Junior Cubs completed a season-sweep of the Gladstone Junior Indians, posting a 17-7 win Thursday night at Al Ness Field. Alex Ruatti, Devin Olsen, and Dan LaPalm all had run-scoing doubles for the Junior Cubs in a game that was slowed down by 19 walks. Click the above headline to read more details, and to see photos.
The 24 best American Legion Baseball players in the Mid Peninsula League met for the annual All-Star game Tuesday night in Channing. The North team, made up of Marquette, Hancock, Ishpeming and Negaunee took a 6-0 lead in the nine-inning game. But the South team, made up of Gladstone, Channing, Kingsford and Iron Mountain scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to pull out an 8-7 win. Click the above headline to read more.
The Escanaba Cubs scored seven runs in the final three innings to beat the Escanaba Junior Cubs, 7-1, in an exhibition American Legion Baseball game Tuesday at Al Ness Field. Alex DeHaan pitched the whole way for the victory. Andrew Sedlar threw five innings for the J-Cubs, with Jeff Lyle finishing up. Click the above headline to see more pictures.
The long wait for high school baseball in Gladstone is over. The Gladstone School Board voted unanimously Monday night to add Braves Baseball to the school's varsity offerings. Gladstone will also sponsor high school girls swimming and bowling during the 2012-'13 school year. Click the above headline to read more.
The Gladstone Indians met another of their team goals Saturday night by winning the Mid Pen League Southern Division Playoffs at Don Olsen Field. Gladstone beat Iron Mountain Gold, 7-0, and then trampled Channing, 14-0, to advance to Sunday's tournament championship game against the North Division champions. Click the above headline to read more details and to see pictures taken by Kym Frazer.
Hayden Hardwick hit a three-run homer and pitched a complete game on the mound as the Gladstone Indians beat the Kingsford Blues, 8-2, Thursday at Don Olsen Field. The win allowed the Indians to finish the Mid Pen League season with a 19-1 record, leading into this weekend's league tournament. Click the above headline to read the details, listen to audio highlights, and see more pictures.
The Gladstone Indians scored early and often against an inexperienced Negaunee Diamonds team Tuesday, sweeping a doubleheader, 16-0 and 12-4. The sweep mathematically clinched the Mid Peninsula Conference championship for the Indians, giving the Tribe the top seed in this weekend's league tournament. Click the above headline to read the story and see photos.
The Gladstone Indians passed another test on Sunday as they swept a doubleheader from Hancock, 6-2 and 8-3, at Don Olsen Field. It was a battle between the two top teams in the Mid Peninsula Conference, and the Indians took the early lead in both games and rode the pitching of Matt Weyers and Blake Ballard to the sweep. Click the above headline to see the story, pictures and videos.
You win some, you lose some. That's what the Escanaba Cubs baseball team did this weekend at a tournament in Sault Ste. Marie.On Friday, the Cubs lost to the Eastern U.P. Travelers, 7-5, but then routed the Sault Ste. Marie Canada Black Sox, 17-0. Then on Saturday, the Cubs took out Petoskey, 9-3, only to lose to Alpena, 4-3. Click the above headline to read more details.
Justin Jurek and Levi Cunningham combined to throw a one-hit shutout as the Gladstone Indians beat the Channing Railroaders, 10-0, Thursday night in Gladstone. Blake Ballard drove in three runs with a hit and a sacrafice fly as the Indians used a pair of five-run innings to post the win. Click the above headline for game story, audio, and more pictures.
The Escanaba Cubs carried an 8-2 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning against the Kimberly Cougars Saturday in Wisconsin. But walks, hit-battsmen, passed balls, errors, and a few hits led to an eight-run outburst that gave Kimberly a 10-8 win. The Cubs also lost to Highland, Indiana, 10-0, earlier in the day. Click the above headline to read more details and see a bunch of photos from both of Saturday's games.
The Gladstone Indians pounded out 13 hits and beat Hortonville, 11-4, Saturday at the KBO Varsity Baseball Invitational in Kimberly. Cody Frazer led the way with three hits while Paul Tomaszewski, Justin Jurek, and Jake Pearson all had two hits. Click the above headline to see photos.
The Upper Peninsula All-Star Football game was held Saturday at the Superior Dome, and Delta County was well-represented as the East topped the West, 42-14. Escanaba's Austin Young scored a touchdown and was given the tournament's "character award", and Bark River-Harris standout Jake Kleiman had a 62-yard run that set up Young's TD.
The Gladstone Indians dropped their second game of the KBO Varsity Baseball Invitatonal on Friday, falling to Neenah, Wis., 7-3, at Kimberly's Sunset Park. Click the above headline to read more details and see more photos.
The Escanaba Cubs opened tournament play in Kimberly, Wis., on Friday, and faced a tough opponent right off the bat. The Cubs fell to Appleton Post 38, 10-0, at Sunset Park. Alex DeHaan was hit for seven runs in the second inning, and the Cubs managed only four base hits against the Appleton pitching staff. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone Indians went toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in Wisconsin for four innings Thursday night at the KBO Varsity Invitational in Kimberly. But Ash-Port scored 12 runs in the fifth inning, all after two were out, and beat the Indians, 13-1, at Sunset Park. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos.
The Escanaba Cubs beat the Marquette Blues for the second straight Wednesday night, but this time, it was much different than last week's wild 11-9 win at Haley Field. The Cubs rode the pitching of Bailey Lamb and got clutch two-out hits from Nick Vandermissen and Alex DeHaan and the Cubs posted a 3-0 win at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to see the game story, more photos, and hear audio highlights.
The Escanaba Junior Cubs swept an American Legion Baseball doubleheader from the Mid County Mavericks, 15-8 and 15-7, Sunday afternoon in Daggett. Andrew Miller and Storm Fournier combined to get the win on the mound in the opener, while Andrew Sedlar and Alex Ruatti pitched the second game. The Junior Cubs are now 8-0. Click the above headline to see more pictures.
The Gladstone Indians came oh so close to advancing to the championship game of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Sunday....after getting a lot of help just to make the semifinals. Gladstone led top-seeded DePere, 5-3, in the seventh inning, but the Panthers rallied to beat the Indians, 6-5, in nine innings. DePere then won the championship for the second straight year, beating Midland Berryhill, 7-3. Click the above headline to read the game story, see pictures, listen to audio, and see scores.
The Escanaba Cubs played five excellent innings of baseball against Midland Berrryhill on Saturday as the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament continued. But the wheels fell off in the sixth inning and the Cubs lost, 8-0. Later, in the win-or-else game against Chief Pontiac, the Cubs committed six errors and lost, 7-1. As a result, the Cubs were eliminated from their tournament with a 1-3 weekend record. Click the above headline for more details, and to see pictures.
It was All-Star Saturday in St. Ignace as the Upper Peninsula's best high school senior basketball players competed in two All-Star games. Escanaba's Olivia Nash was the MVP in the girls game as the South beat the North, 80-72. In the boys game, Sault Ste. Marie's Steve Angeli was the MVP as the North won, 104-91. Carney-Nadeau's Luke Moreau and Manistique's Kyle Tiglas had big games for the South. Click the above headline for the details.
