The Gladstone Major Little League All-Star (age 11-12) softball team jumped to a big early lead and cruised to a 15-5 win over Cheboygan on a rainy afternoon Tuesday in Tecumseh. The win moves the Gladstone girls to the state semifinals against Grandville. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The Norway and Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) hooked up an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel in the district tournament Monday night at Lemerand Park. Norway ended up with a dramatic 3-2 win. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Major Girls (age 11-12) Little League softball team advanced to the state quarterfinals on Monday with a nerve-wracking 2-1 win over St. Clair in downstate Tecumseh. Gladstone will play Cheboygan in the quarters on Tuesday. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) scored ten runs in the second inning and cruised to a 18-8 win over Kingsford in the district tournament opener Sunday at Lemerand Park. Click the above headline for details, photos taken by Missy Reinhart.
The Gladstone Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) got key contributions from two of its reserve players on Sunday to beat Evart, 3-1, in the softball state tournament in Tecumseh. Cameron Buckley drove home Alli Larson with a triple and then scored on an error. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
Montgomery Pepin threw a three-hitter, striking out 13 batters, as the Gladstone Major Girls (age 11-12) softball team won its state tournament opener over Tecumseh, 5-1, on Saturday. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The Escanaba Minor Boys (age 9-10) Little League Baseball team rolled to a 10-0 win over Tri-County Friday night to advance to the district finals. Gladstone, meanwhile, stayed alive with a 12-2 win over Munising. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star baseball team (age 9-10) came from behind twice to beat Gladstone, 6-5, in a district tournament opener Thursday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, video highlights.
The Kingsford Major Boys (age 11-12) advanced to the District Ten championship game Wednesday with a 5-1 win over Escanaba. Kingsford will face Iron Mountain North in the title game Thursday night. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos.
The Northern Lights YMCA in Escanaba will hold a basketball camp later this month, coached by former Gladstone High School Coach Clayton Castor and Escanaba High School graduate and professional Olivia Nash. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League baseball team rallied with six runs in the final two innings to beat Norway, 7-5, in district tournament action Tuesday night in East Kingsford. In the second game, Iron Mountain North edged Kingsford, 4-2. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, plus player interviews.
The District Ten Major Boys (age 11-12) district tournament All-Star tournament continued on Monday, with Kingsford slipping past Norway, 5-4, in a back-and-forth winners bracket game. And in an elimination game, Escanaba stayed alive by topping Tri-County, 11-3. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
The District Ten Little League Major Boys (age 11-12) district tournament began on Sunday in Kingsford. Iron Mountain North topped Tri-County, 16-4, and Kingsford blanked Escanaba, 10-0. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Yooper 9-10 Little League baseball tournament came to an end Tuesday night as Norway held off Iron Mountain North, 19-12, at Karl Dickson Field in Escanaba. Click the above headline for photos and video highlights, and hear post-game comments.
The YMCA Learn to Golf program is scheduled to begin Monday, July 8, 2019 at the Irish Oaks Golf Course Driving Range. The program is designed to teach children the basic fundamentals of golf. Click the above headline to read more details of the program.
The Marquette American Legion Junior Wildcats hockey team (14-under) beat the Texas Tigers, 7-3, on Sunday, in the USA Hockey national tournament quarterfinals at Notre Dame. But Marquette lost a tough one in the semifinals to Canton, NY, 3-2, later in the day, to finish the year with a 58-7-2 record. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Lights YMCA in Escanaba will be offering a youth soccer program, starting this Saturday, and a youth gymnastics program, starting April 1st. Both will help to teach the fundamentals of the sports. Click the above headline for details.
The Victory Honda Vipers Peewee AA hockey team out of suburban Detroit is spending a few days in the Upper Peninsula. The team of 11-and-12 year-olds played in St. Ignace on Friday, and then played three more games Saturday and Sunday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and video clips.
The Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Major Boys (age 11-12) baseball team rallied for an amazing 5-4 victory over Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, at the Little League World Series Friday in Williamsport. Click the above headline to read details. (Little League photo)
The Grosse-Pointe Woods Shores Little League (age 11-12) won the Great Lakes Regional Championship Saturday night, 13-0, over New Albany, Ind., in suburban Indianapolis. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and video clips.
The Little League Baseball and Softball All-Star tournaments have wrapped across Michigan. Click the above headline for scores.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star softball team (age 9-10) had its state tournament run come to an end on Wednesday, losing in the championship game to Georgetown, 10-0. It was a one-run game in the fourth inning before the downstate team took over. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Missy Reinhart.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star (age 9-10) softball team erased an early 3-1 deficit and beat Grosse Pointe, 6-4, in the state semifinals Tuesday in downstate Jackson. Madison Mott struck out 15 batters in a complete-game effort, and she drove in two runs with a triple. Click the above headline for photos and videos taken by Missy Reinhart.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) scored two runs in each of the final two innings to beat Bay County, 6-5, in the state tournament quarterfinals Monday in Jackson. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
A great tournament run came up a run short for the U.P. 906 Fastpitch 14u softball team Sunday night at the Northern Nationals in Eden Prairie, Minn. The Escanaba-based team lost in nine innings, 10-9, to the Minnesota Magic. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) ran into a hot-hitting Georgetown team on Sunday as the state tournament continued in Jackson, falling 19-2. But Escanaba still advances to the quarterfinals. Click the above headline for details, photos.
Cameron Varda threw 4 2/3 innings of no-hit baseball and Owen Baij drove in three runs as the Norway Minor Little League (age 9-10) All-Stars won the district championship Tuesday night, 12-2, over Escanaba, at Marion Park. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos, videos taken by Anna Boutilier.
The Escanaba Minor Girls (age 9-10) Little League softball team is getting ready for the long trip downstate to Jackson for the state tournament. The girls open tournament play on Friday against the host Jackson Southwest. Click the the above headline for details.
The Norway Minor Boys (age 9-10) Little League Baseball team forced a winner-take-all district championship game by posting a 17-7 win over Escanaba Monday night at Marion Park. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Anna Boutilier.
The Escanaba Major Little League (age 11-12) All-Star baseball team had its state tournament run come to an end on Sunday with a 10-0 loss to Ash-Carleton in rainy St. Clair. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Andy Johnson.
