The Escanaba High School baseball team won a Division Two district championship on Friday, beating Petoskey, 4-3, in the semifinals, and then taking down Sault Ste. Marie, 16-3, in the final. Justin Popelka willed his team to victory by getting the pitching save in the opener, and then throwing a complete game in the final. Click the above headline for details, audio highlights, and photos, videos taken by Sandi Young.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team won a Division Two district championship on Friday, beating Cheboygan, 9-1, and topping Petoskey, 3-0, in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline read details, photos and videos, and all of Friday's U.P. scores.
Hunter Eichhorn scorched carded a 75 on Thursday to lead the Carney-Nadeau Wolves to the MHSAA Division Three U.P. golf championship Thursday. It was the Wolves' second straight U.P. title, and Eichhorn's third straight. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School girls golf team rolled to an MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Thursday, breaking Houghton's five-year reign as U.P. champs. Houghton's boys won their third straight. Click the above headline for scores.
The Menominee Maroons and Negaunee Miners ended in a 16-16 tie Thursday for the championship of the MHSAA Division One boys tennis U.P. championship. Kingsford was third with 12 and Escanaba finished fourth (5). Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team closed the regular season Tuesday with a ten-inning, 5-5 tie with the Rudyard Bulldogs. This followed an eleven-inning game the night before in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, listen to interviews and audio highlights, and see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young.
The Escanaba Eskymos, Gladstone Braves, and Rapid River Rockets all won their district tournament softball openers on Tuesday, while the Bark River-Harris Broncos were eliminated. Click the above headline to see the scores, schedules.
Clay Cole was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning, and the Gladstone Braves beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-3, Monday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to hear highlights, and see photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Bark River-High School baseball team gave up five unearned runs and lost to the Menominee Red Wave American Legion team, 7-1, Saturday in Menominee. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights from the game.
The Munising Mustangs won the Skyline Conference Track Championship for both the boys and girls on Friday in Felch. Rapid River was second. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves literally slipped past the Marquette Redmen, 3-2, during a soggy baseball game Friday night at Don Olsen Field. Brandon Cooper's RBI single in the seventh inning won it. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba High School golf teams added conference championships to their hardware on Thursday, with their sights set on next week's U.P. Finals. The Esky boys beat Gladstone by 11 strokes while the Esky girls topped the Braves, and everybody else, by a wide margin. Click the above headline to see the scores. (Pictured: the Eskymo boys)
The Gladstone High School girls softball team outlasted Mother Nature, and the Manistique Emeralds, in posting a victory Thursday in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament opener. Click the above headline for game details, photos and videos.
The Menominee High School tennis team rolled to the Great Northern Conference championship during a soggy afternoon Thursday in Delta County. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights. (Pictured: Gladstone's Ross Miron)
The Marquette High School track teams won the Great Northern Conference championships in both boys and girls track on Thursday in Escanaba. The meet was held after a long rain delay. Click the above headline for the scores, photos, and videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team lost for the second time in less than a week to the Kingsford American Legion Blues on Thursday. And the score was the same as it was last weekend: 2-1. Click the above headline for details. Pictured: Eskymo Class of 2016.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team closed the regular season Wednesday with a doubleheader sweep over the Superior Central Cougars, 15-0 and 15-0, in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from Wednesday's games.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos topped the Gladstone Braves junior varsity team, 14-4, in baseball action Tuesday in Bark River. The Broncos honored seniors Jake Greenfield, Bryce Sundquist, and Drake Draze (pictured) as they played their final regular season home game. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone Braves and Escanaba Eskymos tried to play softball on Tuesday, but heavy rains forced the games to be cancelled. So, the girls had some fun on the muddy field. Click the above headline to see some photos and videos from the fun in the mud.
The Gladstone High School baseball team opened a five-game season ending homestand Monday with a pair of victories over the Houghton Gremlins, 4-0 and 8-3, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to see details, photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Iron Mountain Mountaineers played to a 4-4 draw in high school tennis action Monday afternoon in Escanaba. Iron Mountain beat Munising, 5-3, in the other half of the triangular. Click the above headline to see Monday's results.
The Gladstone High School Baseball team lost a tough 2-1 decision to Beaverton at the Cadillac Invitational on Saturday before rebounding to beat Big Rapids, 4-0, in the third place game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team won twice on Friday in Sault Ste. Marie, and then took two of three games at a tournament in Tawas on Saturday. The Braves will host Escanaba on Tuesday for a doubleheader. Click the above headline for more details.
Ben Schwalbach had a pair of run-scoring doubles, but the Gladstone Braves baseball team made too many errors and lost to Traverse City St. Francis, 5-3, Friday evening. Click the above headline for details, plus photos and videos taken by Rob Cooper.
The Gladstone High School junior varsity baseball team scored five runs in the first inning and rolled to a 9-1 win over Traverse City St. Francis Friday in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos and videos from the game.
The Rapid River High School boys track team won the Division Three regional championship in Munising, with Dan Blair having a big day several events. Munising won the girls meet. Click the above headline for details, and for photos by Lisa Anderson.
The Gladstone High School boys tennis team beat the Munising Mustangs, 7-1, Thursday at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline for the scores, photos, and video highlights.
Justin Popelka threw a three-hit shutout as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Norway Knights, 2-0, Wednesday night, at Al Ness Field. Norway pitcher John Edwardsen allowed just five hits but took the loss. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young, and listen to radio interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team swept both ends of a doubleheader in Negaunee, 5-0 and 4-2, Wednesday at IronTown Field. Click the above headline to read game details.
The Rapid River Rockets won two more games on Wednesday against a tough opponent: the Marquette Redettes. The Rockets kept their late-season roll going with 6-2 and 7-0 victories. Click the above headline to read game details.
