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
The Escanaba Senior Girls (age 15-16) built an early 3-0 lead against South Bend, Ind., in Wednesday's Central Regional championship game. But the girls committed five errors leading to seven unearned runs and lost to the host team, 9-4. Earlier in the day, Escanaba beat Cicero, Ill., 10-0, in the regional semifinals. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone 10-11 boys Little League All-Star team ran into a powerhouse on Tuesday, and the kids' run through the state tournament came to an end. Midland Northeast pounded three home runs over the fence and beat Gladstone, 18-2, in downstate Parchment. Click the above headline for more details, pictures, and videos from the game.
Click the above headline to see the District Ten Little League All-Star Tournament results, and to read recaps of some of the games. Great season, Little Leaguers!
The Escanaba Senior Girls (age 15-16) won two games on Monday to qualify for the Central Regional semifinals in South Bend, Ind. Escanaba beat Fleming-Neon, Ky., 9-1, and then topped Jefferson, Mo., 11-2, to advance to the Final Four. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone 10-11 boys baseball team lost its final pool play game on Monday, falling to Grosse Pointe Park, 12-3, in downstate Parchment. This after the boys won two tough baseball games over the weekend, and they have advanced to the state semifinals. Click the above headline to see a bunch of photos taken at the tournament.
The Escanaba 9-10 girls battled hard in the state tournament on Monday at Lemmerand Park, but could not come up with the clutch hit and lost to Tecumseh, 1-0, in nine innings. Nicole Kamin struck out 18 batters in eight innings of pitching for Escanaba. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba Senior Girls (age 15-16) put on a last-minute rally but lost their Central Regional opener to South Bend, Ind., 7-4, Sunday night. Escanaba had no baserunners until the seventh inning, when they scored four times to make the ending interesting. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, and listen to highlights.
The Norway Junior Boys (age 13-14)finished second in the State of Michigan after losing to Midland, 10-0, in the state championship game on Sunday at Rochester Hills. Earlier in the day, Norway put on a huge rally in the semifinal, beating Onsted, 11-6. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the state tournament.
The Escanaba Junior Girls (age 13-14) Little League All-Star team came up short Saturday in its bid for another state championship. The girls lost to South Portage, 8-5, in the state title game in Clare. Escanaba beat Sand Creek, 12-6, earlier in the day, in the semifinals. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Junior Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) scored five runs in the third inning and added eight more in the seventh to blast Grandville, 13-0, at the state tournament Friday in Clare. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Junior Little League All-Stars used the bunt to gain control of their state tournament opener Thursday against Clare, eventually winning, 14-1. Then the girls pounded out five runs in the first inning against Croswell-Lexington, 6-0. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Senior Little League All-Stars (age 15-16) blew a 5-0 lead on Monday, but rallied at the end to beat Edwardsburg, 11-8, to win the state championship. Escanaba advances to the Central Regional in South Bend, Ind. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
