The high school softball season came to an end on Thursday with a pair of All-Star games at Negaunee's LaCombe Field. The South All-Stars won both games from the North, 11-8 and 12-6. The South team included three members of the Escanaba Eskymos, along with Rapid River and Bark River-Harris seniors, among others. (Bob Bal photo)
The Escanaba Cubs hung in there for a while, but eventually lost their first game at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament Thursday night, 11-1, to Midland Berryhill at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Nate Belleville.
The Gladstone Indians opened the American Legion baseball season with a tough 5-4 loss to the DePere Pioneers out of the Green Bay area Thursday at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament in Escanaba. Click the above headline for photos taken by Nate Belleville.
Lake Linden-Hubbell High School senior Ben Wilson has been named the 2019 Gil Heard Award winner. This is given to a local athlete who overcomes adversity to succeed. In Wilson’s case, he has been a diabetic for most of his life, wearing an insulin pump to monitor his sugar. He overcame that to win spots on the All-Conference and All-UP teams in football. It's named in honor of the late Gil Heard, who was sports information director at Northern Michigan University for 23 years and also battled diabetes.
The Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association is out with its All-State teams, and the Upper Peninsula is well-represented, with five First Team and nine Honorable Mention selections. Click the above headline to see the list. (Pictured: Gladstone's Taylor Trudeau)
The Iron Mountain Golds won the championship of the Escanaba Junior Cubs American Legion Baseball Tournament Sunday evening, beating Graetz Manufacturing of Coleman, Wis, 6-0, at Al Ness Field. Norway High School's Kody Hendricks threw a complete-game one-hitter. The Golds broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning with four runs, two of them on an Isaac Ray hit. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Escanaba High School softball team won a second straight state championship on Saturday, outlasting the Stevensville-Lakeshore Lancers, 7-3, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews, radio replays.
The Gladstone High School baseball team fell behind early and couldn't mount a comeback on Friday, falling to Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, 5-0, in the MHSAA Division Three state semifinals at Michigan State University. Click the above headline to see details, photos, video clips, and listen to pre-game interviews and post-game comments.
The high school softball post-season is wrapping up across Michigan. Click the above headline for scores, schedules.
The MHSAA Baseball tournaments are wrapping up. Click the above headline for the updated schedules, regional and district tournament scores.
The Gladstone High School baseball team arrived in East Lansing Thursday night ahead of their state semifinal match-up against Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett. With all of the lower peninsula soaked in rain, the team practiced in Gladstone rather than in Mt. Pleasant. Click the above headline to see player and coach comments.
Nicole Kamin hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift the Escanaba Eskymos to a 2-1 win over the North Branch Broncos in the MHSAA Division Two state semifinals Thursday at Michigan State. Gabi Salo threw a one-hitter, striking out 14 batters. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and hear replays and interviews.
The Escanaba High School softball team scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat the Freeland Falcons, 2-0, in the state quarterfinals Tuesday at Central Michigan University. Click the above headline for photos, videos, radio replays, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves rallied from four runs down in their final at-bat on Saturday, then beat the Beaverton Beavers, 7-6, in nine innings, to capture the super regional championship game in Clare. This followed a tense 2-1 win over Boyne City in the regional final. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Escanaba Eskymos earned a return trip to the state quarterfinals on Saturday with a dramatic 1-0 in over Muskegon Oakridge in the MHSAA Division two regional championship game on Saturday in Petoskey. This followed a 10-0 win over Remus Chippewa Hills in the regional semifinal. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team practiced Friday in Mt. Pleasant, ahead of Saturday's MHSAA Super Regional tournament in nearby Clare. The Braves will play Boyne City Saturday. Click the above headline to see photos, see/hear interviews.
The Gladstone Braves scored four runs in the second inning and cruised to a 6-0 win over the Negaunee Miners in a MHSAA Division Two baseball regional tournament game on Wednesday. The win sends Gladstone into the Super Regionals in Clare on Saturday. Click the above headline for details to see photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
Taylor Trudeau slugged a solo home run and added an RBI double to help the Gladstone Braves beat the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 6-2, in the MHSAA Division Three softball district championship game on Saturday. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos softball team continued their defense of last year's state championship by winning twice on Saturday to take the MHSAA Division Two district title. Escanaba blanked Kingsford, 6-0, then beat Petoskey, 7-1, in the title game. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights, taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
The Gladstone High School baseball team had a couple of battles on its hands on Saturday, but pulled through in the end to beat Newberry, 11-2, and Iron Mountain, 7-0, to capture the MHSAA Division Two baseball district championship in Gladstone. The Braves will host Negaunee in the regionals Wednesday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team rallied to beat the Marquette Redmen, 5-4, in an MHSAA Division Two district semifinal game on Saturday, but fell to Petoskey, 4-0, in the championship game. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights.
The Norway Knights captured a MHSAA Division Four baseball district championship on Friday, beating Stephenson, 7-1, and edging Bark River-Harris, 3-1, in Bark River. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
North Central Jets freshman Bryson Mercier won the Division Three Upper Peninsula high school boys golf championship on Thursday, rolling to a ten-shot victory over the rest of the field at Gladstone’s Irish Oaks Golf Course. Ontonagon won both the boys and girls D-3 U.P. titles, and West Iron County won both D-2 meets. Click the above headline for scores.
The Houghton Gremlins edged the Marquette Redmen and Escanaba Eskymos to take the championship of the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division One boys golf championship Wednesday in Escanaba. Gladstone's Rudy Peterson was the medalist. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips.
The Escanaba Eskymos finished second at the Division One girls Upper Peninsula golf championships on Wednesday at Sweetgrass. Menominee won the team title. Escanaba’s Paxton Johnson won her fourth straight UP title. She shot a 76, eleven strokes clear of second place Emma Hofer of Menominee. Marquette's Morgan Rhodes (96) was third. The Maroons had 385 strokes. Escanaba was second with 412. Negaunee was third with 449, Menominee was fourth (455) and Houghton (478) took fifth place.
Craig Kamin came within one out of pitching a complete game, and Noah Lancour had two run-scoring hits as the Escanbaa Eskymos beat the Cheboygan Chiefs, 8-2, in the district tournament opener Tuesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
Gabi Salo pitched a perfect game and hit a home run as the Escanaba Eskymos opened district tournament play with a 7-0 win over the Cheboygan Chiefs Tuesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
The Gladstone Braves wrapped up the baseball regular season Friday by hosting the fifth-ranked team in Wisconsin, the Green Bay Preble Hornets. The Hornets left town with a 7-1 win. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Gladstone High School baseball team wrapped up an undefeated Great Northern Conference season Thursday, beating the Marquette Redmen, 3-0 and 22-4, in Marquette. Click the above headline to see photos and pictures, and hear post-game interviews.
Gabi Salo threw another no-hitter, then clubbed a two-run homer, to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a doubelheader sweep over the Gladstone Braves, 6-0 and 10-0, on Tuesday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
