The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team won the championship of the Marinette Firecracker Tournament for the first time ever, beating Manitowoc, 5-0, in the title game on Sunday at the Pedersen Ballpark. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team scored three runs in the fifth inning and came from behind to beat Watertown, Wis., 5-3, Saturday night, to advance to the championship game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette. Click the above headline for details.
Cooper Curtis fired the most bizarre no-hitter you will ever see in American Legion Baseball on Saturday as the Escanaba Cubs beat the Menominee Red Wave, 8-0, in the second game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion baseball team was boosted by a pitching performance from Lenny Peacock Friday as he struck out eleven batters to lead the Cubs to a 5-3 win over Marinette in the first game of the Firecracker Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team eeked out a 1-0 win over Plover on Sunday in the semifinals of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament, but in the championship game, the Cubs lost to Marinette, 6-5, on a walk-off balk. Click the above headline for details.
After turning in an embarrassing performance Friday night in their Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament opener, the Escanaba Cubs turned things around on Saturday. The Cubs needed two wins to advance to the semifinals, and they got them, 7-0 over Niagara and 3-1 over DePere. Click above headline for details, tournament scores.
It was a rough day Friday for the two Upper Peninsula teams playing at the Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion baseball tournament in Escanaba. Defensive mistakes and lack of timely hitting were the themes for the Escanaba Cubs and Kingsford Greens, as they both ended Friday's play without a victory. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team swept a doubleheader from the new South Central U.P. Rangers, 6-1 and 3-2, Monday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and post-game interviews.
The City of Negaunee, in partnership with the Lake Superior Community Partnership, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday to mark the successful re-opening of LaCombe Softball Field. This event celebrated the completion of extensive Universal Design/Access improvements, making the field a more inclusive space. Click the abpve headline for details.
The Post 44 Legion Blues won the third state championship in program history on Saturday, outlasting the Gladstone Indians, 4-2, in the Class A tournament title game before a large crowd at Marquette's Haley Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team stayed alive again in the Class A American Legion State Tournament on Saturday with a 7-2 win over the Three Oaks Oakers from the southwestern Lower Peninsula. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team extended its season on Friday by winning a pair of nailbiting games at the Class A state tournament in Marquette. THe Indians rallied from three runs down to beat Breckenridge, 4-3, and then outlasted Gaylord in extra innings, 8-7. Click the above headline for details, and for Jayger Quinn's photos.
Munising High School graduate had a career night on Friday to help the Post 44 Legion Blues advance to the American Legion Baseball state championship game at Haley Field. Walther slugged a home run and ripped a pair of doubles as the Blues beat Three Oaks, 9-4, to punch their ticket to Saturday's final. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team had one bad inning of defense and couldn't get the big hit on offense, and lost to Gaylord, 3-2, in the first game of the Michigan Class A state tournament Thursday in Marquette. Click the above headline for details.
One of the final Little League Baseball state tournaments to be held in Michigan will be the Minor Baseball (age 8-10) tournament in Ishpeming this weekend. Sixteen teams from around the state will play in the event, which starts Friday. Click the headline for the schedule.
The Michigan American Legion Class A State Tournament begins on Thursday in Marquette, and the six teams involved in the event met Wednesday night for a "welcome dinner" at Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews, and to read more details.
Marquette will play host to the Michigan Class A State Tournament for the second time in four years this weekend, as six teams from across the state compete in a double-elimination tournament. Click the above headline for details and the schedule.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team won the Upper Peninsula Zone Five championship on Saturday, beating the Eastern U.P. Wood Ducks, 4-0, Saturday in Escanaba. Cooper Curtis threw a complete-game shutout. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians and Escanaba Cubs turned in another white-knuckle performance on Saturday in the semifinals of the Upper Peninsula Zone Five Tournament at Al Ness Field. The Indians won in extra innings, 3-2, while the Eastern UP Wood Ducks outlasted Norway in the other semifinal, 7-5. Click the above headline for details.
The Escasnaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team jumped to a 4-0 lead and advanced to the Zone Five semifinals with a 6-3 win over the Post 44 Legion Blues Friday night. Cannon Arnt pitched a complete game for the Cubs. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team defeated the Gladstone Indians, 7-2, Friday night to wrap up a perfect 3-0 record in pool play at the Zone Five Tournament in Gladstone. Both teams advance to Saturday's semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team won two games on Thursday at the Upper Peninsula Zone Five tournament, and assured themselves of a spot in Saturday's semifinals. The Indians beat Ironwood, 8-3, despite getting just three base hits, and then topped Menominee in a marathon night game, 14-5. Click the above headline for details.
It was a night to remember for a Brimley High School graduate as the Eastern U.P. Wood Ducks American Legion baseball team battled the Post 44 Legion Blues out of Marquette Thursday night in Escanaba. LeBlanc threw his first-ever no-hitter as the Wood Ducks eeked out a 2-0 win to stay alive in the Zone Five U.P. Finals. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 8-10) earned a trip to the state tournament by beating Gladstone, 12-5, in the District Ten championship game Wednesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Gladstone Minor Little League All-Star (age 8-10) baseball team completed an undefeated run through the district tournament Tuesday night, beating Kingsford, 2-1, in a pitcher's duel that went down to the wire in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details.
After Escanaba had won an earlier match-up, Gladstone flipped the script on Tuesday, winning, 5-3, to force a winner-take-all district championship game Wednesday night in the Minor Little League All-Star (age 8-10) tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team won the championship of the Wood Ducks tournament Sunday in Sault Ste. Marie, beating the Soo Canada Black Sox, 8-0, and then topping the host EUP Wood Ducks, 11-5. Click the above headline for details.
It was another Escanaba vs Norway baseball battle that went right down to the wire, and then some. The Escanaba Cubs and Norway Vikings met Wednesday night at Mike Maule Field, with the Cubs winning in extra innings, 6-4. Click the above headline for details, and to hear the radio broadcast of the game. (Kimberly Erickson photo)
The Norway Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) flipped the script on their next-door neighbors Thursday night, posting a 12-5 win over Kingsford to win an improbable district championship, and earn a spot in next week's state tournqament in suburban Detroit. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and hear post-game comments.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baeeball team used five pitchers and lost to the Bay Port Pirates, 8-3, Wednesday night, in Green Bay, as the team prepares to play in a tournament this weekend in Antigo. Click the above headline for details, and photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
