Scout Wunder scored two touchdowns and the Escanaba Eskymos took advantage of Alpena penalties and turnovers to post a 24-8 win Thursday night in Alpena. Paul Carne added a field goal and three extra point kicks for the Eskymos. Click the above headline for more details.
Jason Whitens threw five touchdown passes and ran in another score as the North Central Jets opened their season Thursday night with a 60-14 win over Luck, Wis. Click the above headline for more details and to hear post-game interviews with Whitens and Tyler Bentley.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team won all four singles matches on Thursday to tie the Menominee Maroons, 4-4, in a Great Northern Conference match. Megan Marenger rallied from a set down to win at #4 singles, preserving the tie. Click the above headline for details, photos.
The Gladstone Braves won all four doubles matches and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 5-3, in girls tennis action Monday afternoon at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline to read photos and see photos, videos. (Pictured above: Gladstone's Kara Salo and Paige Loehr celebrate a winner)
The high school volleyball season began on Saturday with tournaments in Munising, Kingsford, and Sault Ste. Marie. The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves both made the long trip to the Soo to play in the seven-team tournament. Click the above headline to see the scores. (File photo)
The Breitung Township Schools and the Kingsford High School dedicated the fieldhouse at the football facility after Don Edens. He was a longtime Flivver both as a coach, and for many years, as athletic director. Edens passed away several years ago, but has not been forgotten in the Flivver family. The fieldhouse was dedicated at Friday night's Meet the Flivvers event. (school photo)
The Gladstone High School girls tennis team opened the 2016 season Thursday with a 5-3 loss to the Marquette Redettes at Pfotenhauer Park. The Braves won three of the four doubles matches, but got swept in the singles matches. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba High School football team made the state playoffs last fall for the first time since 2011. The Eskymos will be looking for a second straight trip to the Field of 256 when they open their season next Thursday in Alpena. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from Wednesday's practice, and hear from Eskymo players and coaches.
As the pre-season practices continue, the Gladstone High School football team is looking forward to the new season with a sense of optimism in what will be their final season in the Great Northern Conference. Click the above headline for more details, and practice videos.
The heat wave that traveled across Michigan in July is another reminder of the importance of preparing for activity in hot weather as the Michigan High School Athletic Association fall practices kicked off this week. Click the above headline to read details about heat in practice.
Practice begins on Monday for high school football, and on Wednesday for other fall sports. And there are some rules changes this year. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. Pictured: a 2015 Gladstone HS football practice.
The Menominee Red Wave American Legion Baseball team lost in the Class A State Championship Game on Sunday in Adrian. Menominee's two pitchers allowed no base hits, but seven walks and three errors led Hudson to a 2-1 win. Click the above headline to read details.
The Big League and Senior League World Series tournaments began on Sunday at Lower Sussex Little League in Roxana, Delaware. The ten teams from around world in each bracket...including the Escanaba Big League Girls...took part in Opening Ceremonies under warm, sunny conditions. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Escanaba 10-11 boys won their second straight game at the state tournament in Grand Rapids on Saturday, beating Lincoln Little League, 11-0. The boys clinched a spot in the quarterfinals with the win. Click the above headline for details and for Micky LaMarch's photos.
The baseball season ended for the Escanaba Cubs on Saturday as they fell to Hudson, 4-1, at the Class A American Legion State Tournament at Siena Heights University in Adrian. The Cubs players then went to a Detroit Tigers game (pictured). Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Cubs beat two downstate teams on Friday to stay alive at the American Legion Class A State Tournament at Siena Heights University in Adrian. Click the above headline to read details of the two games, and see photos, videos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Kingsford Blues American Legion baseball team lost to Ida, 10-2, on Friday, to finish the Class A state tournament with an 0-2 record. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the game.
The Escanaba Cubs opened state tournament play on Thursday with a 4-2 win over Ida at Siena Heights University. Later, the Cubs lost to the host Hudson team, 3-0. Click the above headline to see all of Thursday's scores, and to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The American Legion Baseball Class A State Tournament begins on Thursday at Siena Heights University in downstate Adrian. There are six teams in the tournament, including three from the U.P. Click the above headline to see the schedule. Pictured above: the Escanaba Cubs enjoy an evening at a downstate mini-golf course. (Sheila Olsen photo)
Escanaba School Superintendent Michele LeMire announced Tuesday that student-athletes will not have to pay an activity fee this fall after all. She says that the Eskymo Fan Club has approved spending up to $50,000 to help the athletic department meet its expenses for the 2016-17 school year. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Kingsford Blues scored six runs in the first inning and cruised to an 11-4 win over the Escanaba Cubs in the championship game of the U.P. Zone Five American Legion Baseball Tournament on Sunday. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
Three Upper Peninsula American Legion Baseball teams are still alive in the Zone Five tournament in Escanaba, and all of them will advance to the state finals later this month in Adrian. Kingsford stayed undefeated while Menominee won two games in the loser's bracket to earn their trip to Adrian, along with the Escanaba Cubs. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Blues American Legion Baseball team turned back the Marquette Blues, 3-1, Friday night, to win the championship of the new Mid Peninsula Conference. Left-hander John Edwardsen pitched all seven innings for Kingsford, scattering nine hits along the way. Both teams compete in the U.P. Zone Finals next week in Escanaba.
The Gladstone Indians and Escanaba Cubs battled for seven innings Thursday night at Al Ness Field, and it was a well-played pitcher's duel between the rivals. Gladstone won, 2-1. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball teams both advanced to the semifinals of the Lynn Auto Parts Invitational in Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday before falling just short of making it to the championship game. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos of the Cubs' games, taken by Shiela Olsen.
A three-day American Legion Baseball tournament wrapped up Sunday at Escanaba's Al Ness Field. Junior Legion teams from Escanaba, Gladstone, Marquette, Bark River, and Sault Ste. Marie were all in action. Click the above headline to see the scores.
The Escanaba Cubs picked up a victory on Friday at the Lynn Auto Parts American Legion Baseball Tournament in Sault Ste. Marie, 11-2, over Ishpeming. Logan Lamb hit two home runs, including a grand slam that ended the game. C.J. Barron also hit a home run for the Cubs. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Gladstone Indians and Marquette Blues managed to play only one-half of an inning Wednesday before the rains came and flooded the field. The boys did have a little fun getting wet, however. Click the above headline to see very wet photos and videos.
There were more errors than hits at times, and the mosquitoes made life miserable, as the Escanaba Cubs and Kingsford Blues played a doubleheader Tuesday night at Al Ness Field. In the end, the two teams split a doubleheader, with the Cubs winning the opener, 3-2, and the Blues taking the nightcap, 10-4. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Fourth of July holiday means baseball across the country, and here in our area, as rivalry games were played on Monday in Marinette and Marquette. Click the above headline to read details.
