The Gladstone High School baseball season ended the same way it began...with a loss caused mainly by errors. Blake Ballard allowed just one base hit, but the Braves lost to Negaunee, 3-2, in Saturday's district championship game. Click the above headline to read the game details.
Mid Peninsula High School senior Brett Branstrom has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Northern Michigan University this fall. Branstrom was a Class D All-State selection during the last basketball season. Click the above headline to read more.
The Gladstone Braves overcame four errors and inconsistent hitting to turn back the Superior Central Cougars, 8-0, in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament on Friday. Christian Groleau allowed just three hits over six innings. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Bark River-Harris girls golf team finished second and the North Central Jets boys finished third at the Division Three U.P. Finals on Thursday. The Munising girls and the Painesdale-Jeffers boys won the U.P. championship trophies. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The MHSAA Division One U.P. Golf Finals were held Wednesday in Houghton. The Gremlins won the girls meet while the Marquette Redmen won the boys trophy. Escanaba and Gladstone finished in third and fourth place in both meets. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Kingsford Flivvers had six U.P. champions out of the eight flights and easily won the MHSAA Division One U.P. Tennis Championship Wednesday in Marquette. Escanaba's Jake Eastin and David Fix won the U.P. title at #1 doubles. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team scored nine runs in the fourth inning Tuesday and cruised to a 10-0 victory over the Manistique Emeralds. Gladstone later blasted Pickford-Cedarville, 18-0, to advance to Saturday's district championship game. Click the above headline to see details.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to earn a 3-3 tie with the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read the story, to see photos and videos from the game, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Kingsford Blues American Legion baseball team used two big hits and the pitching of Mike McCole to turn back the Gladstone Braves, 5-1, Monday in Gladstone. McCole scattered six base hits in 6 1/3 innings of work, and the Braves failed to get their leadoff batter on base in all seven innings. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba High School Baseball team went 2-1 at the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational on Saturday. The Eskymos beat Shepherd (3-2) and Alpena (11-4), before losing to the host Blue Devils, 5-4. Click the above headline to read details and see photos.
The Gladstone High School baseball team swept a doubleheader from the Marquette Redmen Friday night. In the opener, the boys overcame six errors to post a 10-4 win. Then in the nightcap, the Braves went errorless and posted a 7-0 victory. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone Braves overcame adversity to win the Great Northern Conference boys track meet Thursday at the Marble Athletic Field. Meanwhile, Marquette rolled to the championship in the girls meet. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the meet.
The weather was frightful on Thursday as the Great Northern and Mid Peninsula Conferences held their championships in Escanaba and Ishpeming, respectively. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Kingsford Flivvers used their home-court advantage to win the Great Northern Conference tennis championship on Thursday, and the Negaunee Miners did the same in the Mid Pen Conference. Escanaba was well off the pace, but got a GNC championship at #1 doubles. Click the above headline to see the details.
The Escanaba High School Athletic Department held its annual end-of-the-year ceremony Wednesday, where awards were handed out to the school's top student-athletes. Click the above headline to see which kids won the awards.
The Escanaba Eskymos stranded ten runners Tuesday and lost in Shawano, Wis., 2-1, in the first game of a doubleheader. But in the nightcap, the Eskymo "second string" posted a 3-2 victory to allow the Eskymos to come home with a split. Click the above headline to read the details.
Lucas LaCosse threw a three-hit shutout and had four base hits at the plate to lead the Gladstone Braves to an 8-0 win over the Superior Central Cougars in the second game of a doubleheader Monday afternoon in Eben. The Braves also won the opener, 9-4. Click the above headline to read more details about the games.
The Escanaba School Board Monday approved the hiring of Christa Erickson as the new varsity volleyball coach, and Dena Fedell as the new varsity girls basketball coach. Click the above headline to read more about the hirings.
Escanaba Eskymos won three of their four games Saturday at Lemmerand Park, while Rapid River won two of its three games. And the Gladstone Braves won four games to take the championship of the Tawas Softball Invitational. Click the above headline to see all of the details, photos, and video highlights.
The Alpena Wildcats baseball team beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-3, Saturday in the championship game of the Binks Coca-Cola Invitational in Escanaba. The Gladstone Indians American Legion team, filled with mostly middle-school kids, surprised the Negaunee Miners, 14-3, to take third place. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Alpena Wildcats tuned up for Saturday's baseball tournament by splitting a doubleheader Friday night in Escanaba. The Wildcats held on to win the first game, 4-3, then the Eskymos took advantage of Alpena mistakes to win the nightcap, 10-9. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
The Gladstone Braves won the MHSAA Division One boys regional championship on Thursday with a dominating performance in both field events and in the short races. And the Marquette Redettes won by an even bigger margin in the girls regional. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Gladstone Braves made several key errors and lost the first game of a doubleheader to the Negaunee Miners, 7-5, on Wednesday. But Gladstone salvaged the second game, 4-2, with help from seldom-used Jack Carey. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos and videos, and listen to audio.
The Escanaba High School tennis team beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-1, on Wednesday. The win happened about 18 hours after the Escanaba School Board voted to eliminate the program as a budget cut. Click the above headline to read more.
The Gladstone Braves took advantage of ten Escanaba Eskymo errors and posted a pair of softball victories Tuesday afternoon. The Braves won the opener, 4-1, and took the nightcap, 6-2. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos won three of the four singles matches, but the Marquette Redmen got the clean sweep in doubles and the Redmen posted a 5-3 win Monday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos, Gladstone Braves, and Rapid River Rockets managed to play a little softball on Saturday before Mother Nature and Old Man Winter won again. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Norway Knights won the championship of their own tournament Saturday at Marion Park. After sitting through a snow delay, the Knights beat Stephenson, 7-0, and then topped Negaunee, 5-2, in the championship game. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High baseball team committed five errors and made other assorted mistakes in a 10-5 loss to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils Friday in Gladstone. But the Braves played better in the second game and earned a doubleheader split, 13-3. Click the above headline to read the details.
