The Gladstone Major Girls (age 11-12) finished the pool play portion of their state tournament on Saturday with an 11-0 win over Rochester Hills, advancing to Sunday's quarterfinals. Click the above headline to see details, photos and videos.
C.J. Bolo hit a home run and pitched a complete game four-hitter as the Iron Mountain North Major Boys (age 11-12) beat Gladstone, 8-3, in the district finals Friday night in Iron Mountain. Foster Wonders added a long two-run shot for Iron Mountain. Click the above headline to read details, see scores of other Little League games, and to see photos and videos from the IM-Gladstone game, and the Munising-Norway contest.
The Gladstone Major Girls (age 11-12) won their second straight state tournament game on Friday, beating fellow Upper Peninsula team Portage Lake, 11-0, in Boyne City. Sydney Herioux had a triple and a single, Morgan Letteriello added a double, and Maddie Ahlgren contributed a hit. Click the above headline to see photos.
The Gladstone Major Girls (age 11-12) got the state tournament off to a good start on Thursday, beating the District Eight champs from Charlevoix, 19-0, in Boyne City. Morgan Letteriello ingnited the Gladstone offense with a three-run homer in the first inning. Click the above headline to read more details about the game.
The Escanaba Minor Boys (age 9-10) opened district tournament play with a 12-0 win over Tri-County Thursday at Dickson Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Taylor Hunter had three hits and three RBI and Serina Sinnaeve had a two-run homer to lead the Gladstone Junior Girls (age 13-14) to an 11-1 win over Iron Mountain North in district tournament action Thursday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for all of the details.
Sam Connor had a home run, double and single, and she pitched three innings in relief to earn the victory as the Escanaba Senior Girls (age 15-16) beat Norway, 11-7, in Wednesday's district championship game. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Justin Malmstead had a single, triple, and home run, as the Gladstone Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) topped Munising, 10-0, in district tournament action on Tuesday. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and to hear radio replays and interviews.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) lived to fight another day Tuesday night by posting a 4-3 win over Tri-County in the district tournament in Gladstone. The Escanaba boys played flawless defense and took advantage of three Tri-County errors to get the win. Click the above headline to see photos and hear highlights and interviews.
Ean Terrian had a triple and a home run, driving in two runs, as the Gladstone Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) beat Escanaba, 16-2, in district tournament action Monday in Gladstone. Caden Alworden added a single, triple, and three runs batted in. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear replays and interviews.
The Battle of Alger County on the Little League Baseball diamond was halted by a powerful rain storm on Sunday, and the Munising Major Boys (age 11-12) got full benefit from it. Munising was leading Tri-County, 2-0, in the fifth inning when the skies opened. It was recognized as an "official game" because four of the six innings had been completed. Click the above headline for more.
The Gladstone Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) came from behind to win the District Ten softball championship on Wednesday, beating Escanaba 6-1 in nine innings and 7-0 in the title game. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba 9-10 boys Little League All-Star team won the championship of the 23rd annual "Yooper" Tournament Monday night, beating the Kingsford All-Stars, 10-1. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos from the game.
The Gladstone Major Girls (age 11-12) won their third straight game on Tuesday, beating the Kingsford All-Stars, 15-0, at Howes Field. Brittany Schwartz threw a no-hitter, striking out ten batters in five innings. Click the above headline for details.
Gabby Salo was overpowering again on Sunday, striking out 16 batters as the Escanaba Major Girls (age 11-12) beat Kingsford, 8-2, in an All-Star district tournament game. Earlier Sunday, Gladstone blanked Norway, 20-0, to stay alive. Click the above headline to read details.
The Little League All-Star season got under way Friday as the Escanaba and Gladstone Major Girls (age 11-12) met in a district tournament game in Gladstone. Escanba's Gabby Salo outdueled Gladstone's Brittany Schwartz, and Escanaba posted a 5-1 win. Click the above headline to read the details, and to see photos and videos from the game.
The annual "Yooper 9-10" boys baseball tournament helped to kick off the Little League All-Star season Friday in Escanaba. The host Escanaba boys picked up a win at Karl Dickson Field, as did Iron Mountain North. Click the above headline to see the details.
The Upper Peninsula Youth Football League in Delta County is preparing for the upcoming season. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The National United Wrestling Association Championships were held Sunday in downstate Battle Creek. Seven Gladstone boys were a part of the event...the only Upper Peninsula wrestlers to compete. Second grader Austin Solis won the national championship in the 56-pound weight class. Click the above headline to read how all of the Gladstone boys did.
The Marquette Sentinels Under-16 girls hockey team and the Keweenaw Storm Under-19 girls were both heartbroken on Sunday as they played for national titles at the USA Hockey Tier II National Championships in Amherst, N.Y. Marquette lost to Charles River, Mass., 2-1, while Keweenaw fell to Cape Cod, Mass., also by a 2-1 score. Click the above headline to read more details.
Ten Gladstone wrestlers are competing this weekend at the Michigan Youth Wrestling Association state finals in Battle Creek. Six of them "placed" in their weight classes. Click the above headline to read details.
Escanaba's Holy Name Catholic School recently celebrated its Homecoming with lots of fun, and of course, football. Click the above headline to see photos from the evening.
The Upper Peninsula Youth Football League is under way at the Holy Name Field in Escanaba. The boys have three more weeks left in their season, with play starting at 9 a.m. on Saturdays. Click the above headline to see photos from last weekend's games.
The U.P. Sportsplex has celebrated its grand opening. It is an indoor athletic facility featuring youth and adult leagues and training programs for golf, tennis, baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer. They will have open roller skating available on Friday nights and party rentals. U.P. Sportsplex is located at 1110 Wright Street in Marquette.
Our local high school football teams begin practice next Monday, but the younger guys are already practicing ahead of the fall season. The kids aged 5-to-12 are practicing without pads every afternoon at the Holy Name Catholic School's football field, which is maintained by the Upper Peninsula Youth Football League. Click the above headline to read registration details, and to see photos and videos.
The South Bend, Ind., Senior Girls (age 15-16) Little League Softball team won the World Series championship in Delaware on Saturday, beating Italy, 5-1, in the title game. And the Grosse Pointe Woods Shores Major Boys (age 11-12) won the Central Regional in Indianapolis on Saturday, 10-3, over Chicago. That downstate team won its state championship here in the U.P...in Ishpeming. Click the above headline to read how Michigan's teams did at Regionals.
9-10 GIRLS MINOR SOFTBALL STATE TOURNAMENT
