The Escanaba High School girls softball team advanced to the state semifinals for the first time in 13 years on Tuesday, beating top-ranked Saginaw Swan Valley, 5-2, in the Division Two quarterfinals in Saginaw. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais, and to hear radio highlights and player interviews.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team continued its Cinderella playoff run on Tuesday with a 6-2 win over Manistee in the Division Three state quarterfinals in Traverse City. The win sends the Braves into the state's Final Four later this week at Michigan State University. Click the above headline to read game details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team's late-season push toward another trip to the state semifinals came up one step short on Tuesday. The boys lost to Mason County Central, 8-2, in the MHSAA Division Three quarterfinals at Traverse City St. Francis High School. Click the above headline to read details from the game.
Two Upper Peninsula high school baseball and two U.P. softball teams will compete in the MHSAA state quarterfinals on Tuesday in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline to see the schedule, and see photos/videos from the Gladstone baseball team's practice.
The Norway High School baseball team won a regional championship on Saturday, blasting Rudyard, 18-6, and Indian River Inland Lakes, 14-1. Click the above headline for details. Pictured: Ryan Menard is met at the plate after hitting his home run.
Three Gladstone High School baseball players have been picked to the Division 3 All-District Team by the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association: left fielder Owen Hanson, first baseman Tyson Seymour, and center fielder Clay Cole. Also, Braves' Ben Schwalbach and Jack Stephenson made the All-Academic Team with 3.90 GPA's.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team scored almost at will Saturday in their two MHSAA Division Two regional tournament games in Gladwin. The girls beat Whitehall, 13-3, and Muskegon Oakridge, 10-6, to win the regional. Click the above headline for details, and for videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team rallied to beat Kalkaska and Boyne City to win a MHSAA Division Four regional championship Saturday afternoon in Charlevoix. The Braves are back in the state quarterfinals after losing in the regionals last spring. Click the above headline to read the details from Saturday's games.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won its third straight regional championship on Saturday, beating Kalkaska, 5-3, and Boyne City, 7-2, to earn a spot in the MHSAA Division Three state quarterfinals. Click the above headline for the details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team managed only two base hits and gave up two unearned runs in a 2-0 loss to the Fremont Packers Saturday in the MHSAA Division Two Regional semifinals on Saturday in Gladwin. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, taken by Mike Dagenais.
The MHSAA high school baseball and softball regional tournaments are set for Saturday, and the Upper Peninsula's teams are making final preparations. Click the above headline to see the schedule, and to see photos from the Escanaba Eskymos baseball oractice in Midland. (Pictured: the Norway Knights baseball and softball teams)
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves met on the baseball field Wednesday night, but it was not the usual intense battle of rivals. The teams held a scrimmage, as both get ready to play in regional tournaments Saturday. Click the above headline to see photos.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team is getting ready for the MHSAA Division Two regional tournament, set for this Saturday in downstate Gladwin. The girls played against Marquette in a scrimmage on Tuesday. Click the above headline to read details.
The Rapid River High School boys track team won the school's first Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday, edging North Central, 72-68, in Kingsford. Ontonagon won the D-3 girls title. Click the above headline for deails, and photos taken by Lisa Anderson.
The Escanaba High School girls track and field team finished in a tie for second place Saturday at the U.P. Finals in Kingsford. The Eskymos were tied with Sault Ste. Marie with 61 points, way behind the champion Marquette Redettes. Click the above headline for details, and to see all of the Division One boys and girls results.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won its third straight district championship on Saturday, beating Alger County and Negaunee under rainy conditions at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read details, and photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone High School softball team rolled to another district championship on Saturday, beating Iron Mountain, 14-1, and Westwood, 10-0, to earn a trip to the regionals in Charlevoix. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
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.
