Alex Ortman struck out eleven batters and pitched a complete game as the Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Marquette Blues, 5-4, Wednesday night in Norway. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone Junior Little League 14u All-Star softball team took care of business on Monday, winning a district championship by beating the Kingsford girls, 12-1 and 6-1, to earn a trip to the state tournament in West Branch. Click the above healdine for details.
The third time was the charm for the Niagara American Legion Baseball team on Sunday as they pulled out a 5-2 win over the Norway Vikings in the championship game of the Felch Tournament. Norway had defeated Niagara in each of the last two meetings in the past seven days, both on walk-offs. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team won a pair of games on Saturday, beating the Copper Country Flames, 6-4, and then rallying for a walk-off win over Niagara, 4-3, at the Felch Holiday Tournament at historic Felch Field. Click the above headline for details.
Somehow, Christian Groleau may have reached onto Don Olsen Field and helped his Gladstone Indians win one more baseball game late Friday night as the Indians picked up an improbable 5-4 win over the Escanaba Cubs. Click the above headline for the details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team bounced back from last weekend's rough weekend in Wisconsin by posting a home win Thursday night, 8-4, over the Escanaba Cubs, at Haley Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Escaanaba Major Little League 12u softball team pulled off a 4-3 win in the district championship game Wednesday night at Lemmerand Park. The win moves Escanaba into the state tournament next week in Jackson. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and to listen to the radio broadcast of the game.
The Escanaba Major Little League girls (12u) softball team stayed alive in the All-Star district tournament Tuesday night with a 6-1 win over Gladstone, setting up a winner-take-all game for a trip to the state tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Major Little League All-Star softball team (age 12-under) scored four runs in the first inning and held off Escanaba, 6-3, in the district tournament opener Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details and to see photos from the game.
The Escanaba Cubs and Manitowoc Legion baseball teams waged a heavyweight battle Sunday afternoon at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis. The teams exchanged rallies, exchanged big hits, exchanged big pitches, and even exchanged errors and close plays, before Manitowoc emerged with a 9-8 win in ten innings. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team wrapped up its play at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette on Sunday the same way it started the event on Friday: with an error-filled loss. The Blues made four more errors Sunday and lost to Watertown, 13-3. The Blues ended up making 20 errors in four games. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team bounced back from Friday night's heartbreaking loss by winning two games against Wisconsin opponents at the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis., on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs and Marinette Legion baseball teams hooked up in an old-fashioned pitcher's duel late Friday night as the Marinette Firecracker Tournament got under way at the Pederson Ballpark. In a game where there were only five total base hits and four total walks, the Cubs lost a tough 2-1 decision. Clicm the above headline for details.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team could not overcome five defensive errors on Friday, and lost the first game of the Firecracker Tournament to Green Bay Southwest, 5-4, at Pederson Ballpark in Marinette. Click the above headline for details.
In a battle of a couple of shorthanded teams, the Gladstone Indians slipped past the Norway Vikings, 4-2, in American Legion Baseball action Wednesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team wrapped up its play in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament late Saturday night with a 4-1 win over the Norway Vikings at Al Ness Field. The result came after the Cubs lost earlier in the day to DePere, 7-3. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
-The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team played four tight games at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament this weekend, and ended up losing three of them. The result means Gladstone will not advance to the semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team welcomed the GLIAC-leading Parkside Rangers to town and took care of business, routing the Rangers by a score of 73-47. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team wrapped up its remarkable playoff run Saturday with a 11-5 win over the defending state champion Marquette Blues, before losing to a stacked Trenton Steel travel team, 12-2, in the state title game. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos from the games.
The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team ran into a stacked line-up of college-level players Friday night, and lost to the Trenton Steel, 12-1, at Trenton High School. Click the above headline for details and to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba Cubs advanced to the final day of the American Legion Class A state tournament by beating Clinton, 6-3, and then holding off Gladstone, 14-12, at Trenton High School. Earlier, Gladstone stayed alive by knocking out Gaylord, 9-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan District Ten Little League All-Star baseball and softball teams are playing in state tournaments. Click the above headline for the schedules.
Kyle Frusti got the walk-off hit for the Marquette Blues as they topped the Gaylord Baseball Club in their opening game of the State Class A American Legion Tournament. Click the above headline for more details, photos, videos, and interviews from the game.
The Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians opened State Tournament play on Thursday. The Cubs fell to Gaylord 7-5 while Clinton rolled over Gladstone 13-3. Click the above headline for more details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Negaunee Junior Major Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) played six strong innings of baseball in the state semifinals Tuesday night in downstate Rockford, before having a rough seventh inning and losing to Birmingham, 7-0. Click the above headline for details.
In one of the best Little League softball games we've seen this summer, the Gladstone Minor Girls (age 9-10) lost to Kalamazoo West Portage, 3-2, in the state semifinals Tuesday morning at Gladstone High School. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Minor Little League All-Stars beat Rogers City 10-4 to advance to the semifinals. Escanaba lost their quarterfinal 5-0 against West Portage. Click the above headline for more details.
It was the end of the line for the Negaunee Minor Little League (age 9-10) All-Stars on Monday as the boys lost to Taylor North, 5-1, in the state quarterfinals in West Branch. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Escanaba Minors Little League All-Stars fell 5-3 to Midland Northeast in their final pool play game. Negaunee won their pool play game versus Blissfield to advance. Click the above headline for more details, photos, videos, and interview with coach Scott Bjorne.
The Gladstone and Negaunee Major Little League (age 11-12) All-Stars met each other in Grand Rapids on Sunday with nothing on the line but U.P. Bragging rights. Negaunee pulled out a 3-2 win in a rain-delayed contest. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
