The Escanaba High School tennis team lost to the West Iron County Wykons, 7-1, Friday in Iron River. The #1 doubles team of Jake Eastin and Dave Fix managed to get a win for the Eskymos. Click the above headline for details.
Nine Upper Peninsula high school golf teams braved cold, windy conditions to shoot 18 holes Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. Norway edged Escanaba to win the boys championship, while the Eskymos cruised to the girls title. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played for three hours and three minutes under cold, windy conditions Thursday night. In the end, the Eskymos were made the final push and posted a 14-8 victory. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos fielded a line-up full of underclassmen Wednesday and beat the Marquette Redmen, 11-2, at Marquette's Gerard Haley Field. Alec Slaga and Andrew Sedlar combined to pitch a six-hitter and the Eskymo offense produced eleven base hits. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, and listen to audio highlights.
Ben Kleiman pitched a complete-game four-hit shutout, and was helped along by several stellar defensive plays, as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Marinette Marines, 2-0, Tuesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team bounced back from Saturday's loss to Escanaba by sweeping the Norway Knights, 4-3 and 7-1, Monday, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read more details, see pictures, and listen to audio interviews and radio replays.
The Escanaba High School golf team finished fourth out of eight teams Tuesday at the Marinette Ryder Cup Invitational in Wisconsin. Eskymo freshman Dylan Gauthier was in action in an Eskymo uniform for the first time since his hockey injury during February. Click the above headline to see how he did.
The Escanaba High School baseball team continued its long homestand with a doubleheader sweep of the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox, 14-4 and 13-3, Sunday afternoon at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details.
Escanaba High School freshman Dylan Gauthier was severely injured while playing hockey for the Eskymos on February 7th in downstate Chelsea. But after several surgeries and weeks of rehab, Gauthier is back in action, playing for the Eskymo golf team. Click the above headline to read more about Gauthier's remarkable comeback.
The Escanaba Eskymos played for the first time this season at Al Ness Field on Saturday. The boys beat the Marquette Redmen, 16-0, and then topped the Gladstone Braves, 5-1, in the Lions Club/Crawford Funeral Home Invitational. Earlier in the day, Gladstone beat Negaunee, 4-2. Click the above headline to read the tournament details.
The Gladstone Braves won three games at the Reed City Softball Invitational on Saturday, wrapping up a 5-0 trip below the Mackinac Bridge over the weekend. Click the above headline to read more details from the downstate trip. Pictured: Tinner Sharon pitches.
The Escanaba High School tennis team tied Munising, 4-4, and then beat Iron Mountain, 5-0, under poor weather conditions on Thursday. Click the above headline to read more details about the matches.
Christian Groleau pitched a four-hitter and Blake Ballard hit a grand slam home run to help the Gladstone Braves beat the Marquette Redmen, 10-2, Thursday night in Gladstone. The second game was rained out. Click the above headline for more details.
Hayden Hardwick's two-run hit in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Gladstone Indians a 9-7 win over the Marquette High School team Wednesday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read more about the game.
The Escanaba Eskymos swept all doubles flights Tuesday and beat the Gladstone Braves, 6-2, in a Great Northern Conference tennis match in Escanaba. The Braves got singles wins from Aaron Parmet and John Hammar. Click the above headline to see all of the scores, and photos.
U.P. school administrators and coaches are reacting with sadness after the traffic crash that killed three people in northern Lower Michigan on Monday, including the head coach and a player of the Grayling High School Boys Golf team. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos gave up four runs in the first inning and then came within one out of being victims of a no-hitter on Monday, losing to the DePere Redbirds, 5-1, in Wisconsin. Alec Slaga and Andrew Sedlar came off the bench to get base hits in the final inning. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team bounced back from Friday's loss by winning two games on Saturday at the Waupun Invitational. The Eskymos beat the University School of Milwaukee, 12-2, and then mercied Prairie du Chien, 12-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves posted a doubleheader sweep for the second straight day on Saturday, beating the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox, 11-1 and 10-0 at Don Olsen Field. Both games were close in the middle innings before the Braves had bat-around innings to take command. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
It took three hours and 19 minutes, and twelve innings, but the Gladstone Braves earned their first victory of the season on Friday with a 4-3 win over the Negaunee Miners at Don Olsen Field. The Braves also won the second game of the twinbill, 5-0. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team lost its first game at the Waupun Tournament Friday in Wisconsin. The Eskymos fell to the Tremper Trojans from Kenosha, 14-3, in five innings. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Braves boys track team followed up last week's Dome Meet championship by rolling to the title at the Delta County Track Meet Thursday in Escanaba. The Escanaba Eskymos dominated the girls meet. Click the above headline to see all of the results, photos, and videos from the meet.
The Escanaba High School boys tennis team opened the 2013 season on Thursday with a 5-3 win over the Menominee Maroons. Click the above headline to see all of the details.
The Gladstone Braves played outside for the first time this season on Wednesday, and managed to sweep a doubleheader from the Marquette Redettes, 9-5 and 7-0. Click the above headline to read more details, and to see photos and videos from the game.
The Gladstone Braves opened their boys tennis season on Wednesday with a 5-3 loss to the Westwood Patriots at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline for all of the scores, and to see photos and watch videos.
With all high school athletics cancelled for this week at the Escanaba High School, the kids had fun anyway in the annual Key Club Dodgeball Tournament Monday. The money raised helps the Kiwanis Club's effort to end neonatal tetnus. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the event.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won the championship of the Chippewa Hills Warriors Invitational on Saturday. The Eskymos got strong pitching from Devin Olsen to turn back Whitehall, 4-2. And then Ben Kleiman pitched a complete game as Escanaba whipped Remus Chippewa Hills, 12-3. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
Gladstone High School played its first baseball game in 54 years on Saturday, but the Braves dropped a pair of games at the Chippewa Hills Warriors Invitational, losing to Chippewa Hills, 4-0, and Whitehall, 6-4. Click the above headline to read the game story, see photos and videos, and listen to audio highlights.
Ken Godfrey, who was involved in the vast expansion of athletics facilities at Northern Michigan University, has died. He was 64 years old. Godfrey was NMU's Athletic Director from 2003-2011, and worked for two decades before that as the Superior Dome, Vandament Arena, and the Berry Events Center were built. Click the above headline to read the story and obituary.
Escanaba High School hockey coach Tim McCarthy resigned on Wednesday. McCarthy said that he did not have the time or energy to give a full commitment to both hockey and his job at Northern Machining and Repair. Click the above headline to read more about the resignation.
