The Escanaba Major Little League All-Star softball team scored seven runs in the third inning and beat West Branch, 10-1, at the state tournament Thursday in downstate Sanford. The win was Escanaba's second straight in the tournament, and guaranteed the girls a spot in Saturday's semifinals. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) opened state tournament play with a 6-4 win over Midland Bullock Creek Wednesday in downstate Sanford. Carley McInerney started the game with a home run and Aubrey Stropich pitched a complete game in the circle. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and hear interviews.
The Gladstone and Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) picked up mercy-shortened wins on Monday, with Gladstone advancing to the district finals and Escanaba staying alive. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone Major Boys (age 11-12) All-Star team opened district tournament play with a 9-1 win over Escanaba Sunday night at Dickson Field. Nate Young had three hits and drove in three runs, while also turning in a diving defensive play at shortstop and pitching three innings. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) won twice over Penokee Range, 3-1 and 10-0, to take the sectional championship Saturday in Ironwood. The girls now head for the state finals in downstate Sannford. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) won the championship of the Yooper Tournament Monday night, beating Negaunee, 4-3, in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the game.
The United States Luge Association announced Monday that Keith Whitman of Escanaba has been named the head coach for the US Luge Naturbahn team that will compete in Europe in January. Click the above headline for the story, and to listen to Whitman's comments. Pictured: Whitman (right) with U.P. Luge Association's Fred Anderson.
The Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Major Boys (age 10-12) finished their Little League World Series journey on Monday with an 11-7 win over Emilia, Italy, in Williamsport, Pa. GPWS, which won its Michigan State Championship in Gladstone, fell behind, 6-0, in the top of the first inning but scored seven runs in the bottom half, three of them on a home run by Jordan Arsenault.
The Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Major Boys (age 10-12) advanced to the Little League World Series on Saturday with a 6-3 win over Hinsdale, Ill., in the Great Lakes Regional championship game in Indiana. GPWS won its Michigan state championship in Gladstone more than two weeks ago, in dominating fashion. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Minor Girls (age 9-10) Little League softball team had its tournament run come to an end in the state semifinals with a 1-0 loss to Marine City on Wednesday in downstate Belleville. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The 2017 Little League All-Star Tournaments have come to an end. Click the above headline to see the scores. See you in 2018!
The Gladstone Minor Girls (age 9-10) Little League softball team advanced to the state semifinals on Tuesday with a 5-0 win over Tecumseh in a quarterfinal game in Belleville. Montgomery Pepin threw a no-hitter, striking out 14 batters. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos taken by Amy Sundqust.
The junior yoopers 12U girls hockey team won the ICUP in Minnesota this weekend. Winning three games and a tie in pool play, the girls won the title with a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Mustangs. Click the above headline to read details and see photos.
A group of Upper Peninsula youth softball players won a tough extra inning game in Wisconsin over the weekend to qualify for nationals. The 906'ers beat Poynette, 7-6, in eight innings. Click the above headline to read details of the girls' championship.
The Gladstone Minor Girls (age 9-10) softball team won its third straight game at the state tournament in downstate Belleville on Monday, beating Evart, 5-0. Montgomery Pepin threw a two-hitter, striking out 16 batters. Gladstone plays Tecumseh Tuesday. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The Kingsford Minor Boys (age 9-10) had the lead for the entire game against West Portage on Monday at the state tournament in downstate Taylor. But the Kalamazoo-area team rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to eliminate the Maize and Blue, 11-10. Click the above headline for photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone Minor Girls Little League (age 9-10) softball team rolled to a 14-1 win over Kalamazoo Parchment Sunday at the state tournament in the Detroit suburb of Belleville. Click the above headline to read details and see photos, videos.
The Norway 11-year-old boys Little League All-Star team finished state tournament play on Saturday with a 6-4 loss to Bay City Southwest. Norway also lost to Grosse Pointe Woods/Shores in extra innings on Friday. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway 11-year-old boys Little League All-Star team opened its state tournament on Thursday with an 11-0 win over Taylor Northwest in Vicksburg. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Missy Spade.
The Grosse Pointe Woods/Shores Little League Major Boys (age 11-12) completed a dominating performance on Wednesday, capturing a Michigan state championship with a 10-0 win over Dexter in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Grosse Pointe Woods/Shores Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) hit five home runs and eliminated the Kingsford boys, 17-0, in a state semifinal game on Tuesday in Gladstone. The other semifinal saw Dexter beat Bay City Northwest, 10-6. Click the above headline to see photos from both ganmes, plus videos from the Kingsford game.
The Kingsford Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) got back-to-back home runs from Evan Johnson and Riley Juneau in the first inning and beat Birmingham, 6-1, in the state quarterfinal game on Monday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League State Tournament in Gladstone started the weekend with 16 teams from across Michigan competing in pool play. After Sunday's action, the field has been reduced to eight. Click the above headline to see Monday's quarterfinal matchups, and see photos, videos from Sunday's Kingsford-St. Clair game.
The Norway 11-year-old boys Little League team scored a run in the top of the eighth inning to beat Escanaba, 4-3, Wednesday night to win a district championship and earn a state tournament bid. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba and Norway 11-year-old Little League All-Star teams will need more time to decide their district championship after Tuesday night's game was suspended after six innings due to darkness. Click the above headline for details, and see photos, videos.
The Escanaba Major Girls (age 11-12) Little League softball team lost to St. Clair, 9-4, in the state quarterfinals on Monday, at Legacy Field. Escanaba gave up three runs in each of the final two innings as the host team picked up the victory. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Caron Salo.
The Gladstone Minor Girls (age 9-10) Little League All-Star team completed a four-game comeback to win the district championship on Monday, beating Escanaba, 8-4, at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read the game details.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Star (age 11-12) softball team pounded out eleven hits and beat Milan, 8-2, Sunday at the state tournament in St. Clair. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Caron Salo.
The Gladstone 9-10 girls rallied to post an improbable extra inning victory, and the Norway 11-year-old boys had a walk-off win of their own in Little League District Tournament action on Sunday. Click the above headline for details on Sunday's action.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) got off to a slow start on Saturday in their state tournament game against White Lake, but the girls rebounded with a big second inning to beat the District 12 champions, 19-5, in downstate St. Clair. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos taken by Caron Salo.
