The Gladstone High School baseball team arrived in Lansing Thursday night ahead of this weekend's MHSAA Baseball Finals at Michigan State University. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from Thursday's trip.
In Minnesota last night, the Class 2A baseball state quarterfinals were played in St. Cloud as Providence Academy faced Minnehaha Academy. The Providence team is coached by Escanaba native Kevin Tapani, who graduated from Escanaba High School in 1981 and went on to play for the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins. Tapani's Providence team lost a heartbreaker in eight innings, 2-1.
A successful season came to an end on Tuesday for the Escanaba High School softball team as the girls lost to a tough Frankenmuth team, 6-0, in the MHSAA Division Two state quarterfinals at Central Michigan University. Click the above headline for details.
Hunter Garling hit a solo home run in the bottom of the tenth inning to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 6-5 win over the Muskegon Oakridge Eagles in the MHSAA Division Three state quarterfinals Tuesday in Traverse City. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Escanaba High School softball team and the Gladstone High School baseball team will both play with the same goal in mind on Tuesday: win and advance to the state finals at Michigan State University. The Eskymos will face Frankenmuth in a softball state quarterfinal game while the Braves will take on Muskegon Oakridge in a baseball quarterfinal. Click the above headline to read details and see video interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team overcame several self-inflicted wounds Saturday to win their second straight MHSAA Division Three regional championship. The boys beat Tawas, 3-2, in eleven innings, and then topped Traverse City St. Francis, 4-2, in the championship game. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos taken by Lori Jurek, videos by Laura Lamberg.
The Escanaba High School softball team dominated the Division Two regional tournament on Saturday in Cadillac, beating Fremont, 11-3, and then blanking Cadillac, 7-0, to win the championship. Meanwhile, Gladstone's twelve-year reign as D-3 regional champs came to an end. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Division Two All-District teams for boys baseball and girls softball were announced on Friday. The Eskymos had two boys: Sean Bissell and Brandon Punzel on the baseball All-District Team. Four Esky girls made the softball honor roll: Michelle LaFave, Callie Heller, Becca Piron, and Jayme Frappier. Pictured above: Eskymo senior catcher Sean Bissell.
The district champion Gladstone High School boys baseball and girls softball teams were well-represented on their respective Division Three All-District teams. The winners were released on Thursday. Click the above headline to see which kids were honored. Pictured: the Gladstone boys and girls celebrated together last Saturday in Negaunee.
The Division One All-U.P. Boys Tennis team was announced on Tuesday, and the Kingsford Flivvers were well-represented. Kingsford's Adam Szabo and Brady Hicks were honored in singles, their #1 doubles team was honored, as was Coach Mark Shanks. In D-2, Gwinn's Micah Heath was Player of the Year, and Greg Stegall of Iron Mountain was Coach of the Year. Click the above headline for the All-UP lists.
The Norway High School baseball and softball teams won MHSAA Division Four district championships on Monday. The baseball Knights beat Bark River-Harris and North Central, while the softball team dominated both Bark River-Harris and Ishpeming. Click the above headline for more details.
Marquette won the championships of the boys and girls U.P. Track and Field Finals on Saturday in Kingsford. Ishpeming won both of the D-2 titles, while Munising took the D-3 boys and Newberry won the D-3 girls championship. Click the above headline to see details.
Jordan Swiss allowed just three hits and struck out ten batters Saturday as the Petoskey Northmen beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 2-1, in a dramatic MHSAA Division Two District Tournament game in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais and Sandi Young.
The Gladstone High School baseball team did many of the "little things" right on Saturday, and those things added up to an MHSAA District Tournament Championship. The Braves beat Negaunee, 8-3, and Houghton, 7-2, to earn a trip to the regionals in Traverse City. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos taken by Lori Jurek, videos taken by Laura Lamberg, and to hear post-game comments.
The Escanaba and Gladstone girls softball teams both won district championships on Saturday. The Eskymos beat Petoskey and Cheboygan on their home field to win in Division Two, while Gladstone beat Westwood and Negaunee in Negaunee to win in D-3. Click the above headline to read more details.
Carney-Nadeau's Hunter Eichhorn scored the Irish Oaks Golf Course, shooting a 68 to lead the Wolves to the MHSAA Division Three Boys U.P. Championship on Thursday. Bark River-Harris won the Division Three girls championship, with Hannah Starnes shooting a 92. Click the above headline for details.
The Houghton Gremlins won both the boys and girls MHSAA Division One golf U.P. championships Thursday in Iron Mountain. Marquette finished second and Escanaba was a strong third. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team won twice on Thursday to win a MHSAA Division Four district championship. The Rockets beat Munising, 15-0, and then in the championship game, Rapid River edged Newberry, 5-2, to advance to the regionals. Gladstone beat Houghton, 10-0, and Bark River-Harris topped Jeffers, 11-6. Click the above headline to see details.
The Iron Mountain Mountaineers and Westwood Patriots finished in a tie for the MHSAA Division Two boys tennis U.P. championship on Thursday. Munising finished third. Click the above headline to read all of the scores.
Finlandia University announced 35 players will join its first-ever football team, including 19 boys from the Upper Peninsula. They join 24 other players who are wrapping up their first year at Finlandia this spring. Click the above headline for details.
Sam Hall pitched a two-hit shutout to lead the Bark River-Harris Broncos to a 10-0 win over the Stephenson Eagles in the MHSAA Division Four district tournament Wednesday in Norway. Click the above headline to read more details. Pictured above: Sam Hall.
The Kingsford Flivvers won the MHSAA Division One boys tennis championship on Wednesday, edging Negaunee, 16-12. Marquette and Menominee both finished with ten points. Gladstone's highlight was the doubles team of Tyler Wells and Jeremy Kadish, who advanced to the semfinals.
The Gladstone High School baseball team pounded out 14 hits and beat the Hancock Bulldogs, 14-1, in a Division Three district tournament game Tuesday in Gladstone. Justin Jurek and Jake Peterson drove in five and four runs, respectively, on a foggy, rainy evening. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team rolled to a 13-0 win over the Pickford Panthers in Division Four district tournament action Tuesday in Newberry. Superior Central, Newberry, Gwinn, and Cheboygan also posted softball wins Tuesday.
The Escanaba High School boys tennis team tuned up for the U.P. Finals with an 8-0 dual meet win over West Iron County under rainy conditions on Tuesday afternoon. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School baseball program was launched in 2002, and the program has seen a lot of success in the recent years. But many people don't realize that there was an Eskymo baseball program back in the 1950's. The Michigan High School Athletic Association is remembering that early program. Click the above headline to read details.
Brandon Punzel pitched a one-hitter and had two hits to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 5-1 win over Kingsford in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday. Then Punzel drove in two runs as the Eskymos won the nightcap, 5-0. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young, and hear interviews.
Riley Lynch scattered five hits over six innings and struck out eleven batters to lead the Marquette Redmen to a 5-1 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night in Marquette. Justin Jurek's RBI single in the first inning plated Gladstone's only run. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos and videos taken by Laura Lamberg. Pictured above: Lynch was in control for most of Friday's game.
The Escanaba Eskymos edged the Gladstone Braves to win the Great Northern Conference boys golf championship Thursday in Marquette. The Eskymos won with 322 strokes, with Gladstone second at 325 and Marquette third with 329. Marquette won the girls title. Click the above headline to read details. Pictured above: Kyle Pouliot was the medalist.
Sean Bissell's single in the bottom of the eighth inning capped a dramatic comeback as the Escanaba Eskymos rallied for a 16-15 win over the Marinette Marines Thursday night at Al Ness Field. Escanaba rallied from deficits of 13-6 and 15-13 to post the victory. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young.
