The Manistique Emeralds baseball team was opportunistic on Saturday, taking advantage of walks and errors to win twice against Superior Central, 9-8 and 12-8, on Senior Day. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos taken by Heather Sprader.
The City of Gaylord was under a state of emergency Friday night after a tornado hit the city, killing at least one person and destroying many homes and businesses. The Escanaba High School baseball team was caught in the middle of it all. Click the above headline for more.
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.
Scott Hiller hit a three-run homer off the left fielder's glove in the sixth inning as the Escanaba Eskymos rallied past the Norway Knights in high school baseball, 10-8, Thursday night at Marion Park. Click the above headline for details.
The high school boys baseball and girls softball seasons are two weeks away from playoff time, and there were a bunch of regular season games Wednesday around the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for the scores and details from Gladstone-Negaunee baseball.
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 clinched a share of the Great Northern Conference title with a 10-5 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night in Quinnesec. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves scored 11 runs in the first two innings to beat Menominee Maroons, 15-5, Tuesday night in high school baseball at Don Olsen Field. Gavin Frossard drove in three runs, Braden Sundquist scored four times, Tyler Darmogray had two hits and Cam Kelly scored three runs. The Braves (12-4-1) travel to Negaunee for a doubleheader on Wednesday.
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 Escanaba High School boys tennis team won seven of the eight flights to win the Kingsford Invitational on Saturday. The Eskymos finished with 46 points. Negaunee was second with 34. Click the above headline for more details.
Cam Kelly had four hits, including two triples and a grand slam home run, to help the Gladstone High School baseball team rally past the Menominee Maroons, 16-5, in a Great Northern Conference game on Saturday in Menominee. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored three runs in the fifth inning and four more in the sixth to pull away from the Manistique Emeralds, 10-3, Friday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
Mother Nature did not cooperate with most high school sporting events Thursday night as heavy rains rolled through the Upper Peninsula. Some games managed to start, but most did not finish. Click the above headline for details, and Esky-Menominee photos, videos.
The Superior Central High School baseball team picked up a rare win over the Gladstone Braves Wednesday night, hanging on for a 7-5 win under the lights at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and see photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Norway High School baseball team took both ends of a doubleheader from the North Central Jets, 5-0 and 10-0, Monday evening at Marion Park. The Knights' pitchers allowed only one total base hit in the twinbill. Click the above headline for details.
Scott Hiller had three hits and drove in six runs as the Escanaba Eskymos pounded the Menominee Maroons, 21-1, Monday at Spies Field. Click the above headline for details.
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 Escanaba High School baseball team avenged its earlier loss to the Gladstone Braves by sweeping a doubleheader Friday night in Gladstone, 6-1 and 6-2. The Escanaba pitching aces, Hunter Lancour and Jared Hanson, both shut down the Braves and Bon LaChance continued his heavy hitting at the plate. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team stretched its winning streak to eight games on Monday, sweeping a doubleheader from the Kingsford Flivvers, 5-0 and 16-2, in Quinnesec. Click the above headline to read game details.
Escanaba senior pitcher Jared Hanson was in complete control on Saturday as the Eskymos hosted the North Central Jets at Al Ness Field. Hanson threw a complete-game no-hitter as Escanaba posted a 7-0 victory. Click the above headline for details.
Keith Judici pitched a complete-game three-hitter as the Negaunee Miners won their first baseball game of the season, 3-1, Thursday, in Escanaba. The Eskymos bounced back to win the nightcap, 11-2. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos threw seven pitchers one inning apiece and Bon LaChance drove in four runs in a 6-2 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Wednesday night. LaChance had a single, double, and home run to pace the offensive attack. Click the above headline for details.
Scott Hiller's walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning led the Escanaba Eskymos to a 9-8 come-from-behind win over the Iron Moumntain Mountaineers on Saturday. The grandson of 1968 Detroit Tigers World Series champion John Hiller came through two hours after Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera got his 3,000th career hit. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team scored three runs in the seventh inning and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 8-5, Friday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, videos, and post-game comments.
The Escanaba High School baseball team played for the first time in nearly two weeks Thursday night, and picked up a doubleheader sweep over the Manistique Emeralds, 7-5 and 16-0, at the Schoolcraft County Fairgrounds. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team took advantage of seven Bark River-Harris errors and posted an 11-0 victory Tuesday afternoon at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, and see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
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.
The Northern Michigan University lacrosse team honored seniors Jessica Close, Jessica Daniels, Emily Renfrew, and Aleya Speas on Friday as the 'Cats pounced on the Peacocks of Upper Iowa early and often en route to a 23-4 victory. Click the above headline for details.
The Iron Mountain Mountaineers baseball team jumped to an 8-0 lead in the first two innings and held on to beat the Gladstone Braves, 9-8, in the season-opening game Tuesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School hockey team celebrated a successful season with its annual post-season banquet Monday night at the House of Ludington. Despite having only a dozen skaters, the Eskymos compiled a better-than-expected record of 16-10-0-1. Click the above headline for details.
