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.
The Portage Lake Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League Baseball team was eliminated from the state tournament in downstate St. Clair on Sunday, losing to Taylor Central, 10-4. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Escanaba Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League baseball team scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat Portage Lake, 4-3, Saturday at the state tournament in St. Clair. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Andy Johnson.
The Escanaba Major Little League (age 11-12) All-Star baseball team lost its state tournament opener, 8-0, to Taylor North Central Friday in downstate St. Clair. Click the above headline for details, and see photos and videos taken by Andy Johnson.
The Portage Lake (Houghton-Hancock) Major Little League baseball All-Stars were competitive Friday at the state tournament in St. Clair, but they couldn't get the big hit and lost to Ash-Carleton, 5-1. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star (age 8-10) softball team won the District Ten championship Thursday night, beating Gladstone, 12-1, at Cannon Field. Escanaba scored four runs in three different innings: the first, third, and fourth innings. Madison Mott threw a no-hitter for Escanaba with ten strikeouts. Tia Schone took the loss for Gladstone. Escanaba advances to the state tournament later this month in Jackson.
The Escanaba and Portage Lake Major Little League baseball teams arrived in downstate St. Clair on Thursday in preparation for the start of the 16-team state tournament. Click the above headline to see photos, videos from Thursday night's parade, picnic.
The Gladstone 9-10 Minor baseball and softball teams picked up wins Wednesday to stay alive in their respective district tournament brackets. The Gladstone boys eliminated Tri-County, 12-6, and the girls beat Norway, 12-1. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Minor Boys (age 8-10) Little League All-Star team won in its final at-bat for the second straight night, beating Gladstone, 7-6, in an intense district tournament game Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Minor Girls (age 9-10) took a 6-0 lead and held on to post a 7-5 win over Gladstone Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Minor Little League (age 8-10) boys district tournament got underway on Monday, with Gladstone picking up a 10-0 win over Tri-County and Escanaba winning a wild 9-8 decision over Munising. Click the above headline to read details and see photos.
The Escanaba Major Little League Baseball team (age 11-12) won its sixth straight game on Sunday, taking the district championship, 9-4, over Iron Mountain North. Click the above headline to see details, photos, video highlights, and hear interviews.