The Gladstone and Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars each won their games on Sunday to win their pool and advance to the quarterfinals. Norway and Marquette lost high scoring games and were eliminated from the tournament. Click the above headline for more details.
The Negaunee Junior League All-Stars (age 13-14) opened state tournament play Saturday night with a 3-1 win over Constantine at Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills High School. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Braden Kerr.
A shorthanded Escanaba Cubs team stunned the Upper Peninsula's top team Saturday to earn a spot in next week's Michigan Class A State Tournament, while the Marquette Blues won the U.P. title and will try to defend last year's state title. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Blues Legion team topped the Gladstone Indians 10-3 in the UP Semifinal game on Saturday. The Indians fell one game short of advancing to the state tournament. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) lost their second straight game Saturday at the Michigan State Tournament in suburban Grand Rapids, falling to Petoskey, 11-1, in five innings. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos
The Gladstone and Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars both picked up their second pool play victory on Saturday. Each team rolled to mercy rule victories. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star (age 9-10) baseball team opened state tournament play on Friday with an 11-1 win over Kalamazoo West Portage in West Branch. Negaunee, meanwhile, lost to Bay County, 8-0. Click the above headline for details.
The American Legion Zone 5 Tournament continued on Friday as eight games took place in Gladstone and Escanaba. Marquette, Escanaba, Copper Country, and Gladstone advanced to the semifinal game. Click the above headline for more details.
The Upper Peninsula's two teams competing in the Major Little League All-Star state tournament got off to rough starts on Friday, with Gladstone falling to Commerce Township, 11-1, and Negaunee losing to Petoskey, 10-3. Click the above headline for details.
Gladstone and Escanaba won tough opening games in the Minor Little League State Tournament. Escanaba defeated Clare 6-3 and Gladstone topped Grosse Pointe 3-2 in 9 innings. Click the above headline for more details.
The Zone Five American Legion Tournament got underway on Thursday as Gladstone defeated Iron Mountain 11-4, Escanaba beat Eastern UP 10-6, Marquette rolled Ishpeming 17-4, and Copper Country escaped 6-5 against Menominee. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan Little League (age 11-12) state tournament is being held this weekend in the Grand Rapids suburb of Kentwood this weekend. The Gladstone and Negaunee boys arrived with the other 14 teams on Thursday. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
It’s been three weeks since the Gladstone Major Boys Little League All-Star team won their district championship in the southern U.P. The boys will be hitting the road Thursday morning for lower Michigan where they will compete in the state tournament in Grand Rapids with dreams of making it to Williamsport. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Blues American Legion baseball team won twice Wednesday night in Gladstone, beating the Junior Indians, 13-0, and then squeaking by in the nightcap, 2-1. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos from the games.
The Kingsford Junior Blues beat the Marquette Reds in the Junior Legion Championship game 5-1 to capture the U.P. title on Sunday in Marquette. Click the headline for more details, pictures, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star (age 9-10) softball team captured the District Ten championship on Saturday in dramatic fashion, winning two games out of the losers bracket, 11-4 and 4-3. The title game went seven innings. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) advanced to the district championship game Friday night with a 22-1 win over Norway. Click the above headline for details.
Travis Mack threw a complete-game two hitter as the Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team whipped the Menominee Red Wave, 10-1, Thursday at Spies Field. The Indians won their second straight game after losing seven in a row. Click the above headline for details.
The Negaunee Minor (age 9-10) boys Little League baseball team won the District 11 championship Thursday by beating Houghton Portage Lake, 13-4. The lil Miners advance to the state tournament next weekend in West Branch. Escanaba will also compete in that tournament.
The Escanaba Minor Boys (age 9-10) Little League All-Star team completed a long trip through the loser's bracket to win a district championship Wednesday night, 6-0, over Norway on the road at Marion Park. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Nick Chiu celebrated his 17th birthday with five runs batted in, and Nick Kolich threw two innings of relief pitching for the save as the Escanaba Cubs won a wild 12-10 game over the Marquette Blues Wednesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team rolled past the rival Gladstone Indians, 13-4, Tuesday night at Don Olsen Field. Rookie Matt Kaven had a career night for the Cubs, with a home run and two singles. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Major Little League Al-Star softball team (age 11-12) was unable to get the bats going and was eliminated from the state tournament by Clare, 4-0, in the state quarterfinals in suburban Detroit. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars beat Norway 7-4 on Tuesday at Marion Park in Norway. The District Championship game will take place on Wednesday in a rematch. Click the above headline for more deatails.
The Gladstone Major Little League All-Star softball team (age 10-12) bounced back from Sunday's devastating extra innings loss to mercy Bay County, 15-0, in three innings on Monday. This moves the Purple into the state quarterfinals. Click the above headline.
The Negaunee Major Little League All-Stars jumped out to an early 3-0 lead before St. Clair jumped all over them for an 18-3 loss in the State Tournament Monday morning in Grosse Point Woods. Click the above headline for more details and photos.
The Norway Junior Little League All-Stars went 2-1 in pool play with victories over Grant and Byron to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Click the above headline for more details and pictures.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars beat Gladstone 10-3 on Monday night in Norway at Marion Park. Escanaba advances to the district final. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone Major Little League All-Star softball team (age 11-12) were one out away from a state tournament victory on Sunday, but poor defense ended up being costly as Jackson Southwest rallied for a 3-2 seven inning win. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Negaunee Major Little League All-Star (age 11-12) baseball team won the District Eleven championship on Sunday, beating Houghton Portage Lake, 6-4. The Negaunee boys went undefeated (4-0) in the tournament, outscoring their opponents, 29-8. Negaunee advances to the state tournament at Southern Grand Rapids on July 21. Gladstone will be the other U.P. team there, and the two teams will actually play each other in pool play.
