The Iron Mountain North 10u Minor Little League All-Stars fell behind 7-1 Monday night, but scored 20 unanswwered runs to eliminate Escanaba, 21-7, in Rock. Then the Gladstone-Norway game was suspended by darkness in the final inning. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Reds American Legion Baseball team won the Junior Association championship on Sunday, winning a war against Norway, 2-1, in the semifinals, and then rolling over Kingsford, 12-0, in the championship game. Click the above headline for photos, videos, listen to interviews, and how some Marquette players broadcasted the game.
Tyler Darmogray pitched 6 2/3 innings and had four hits at the plate as the Gladstone Indians routed the Escanaba Cubs, 10-3, Friday night at Al Ness Field. Damogray has now had ten hits in his last twelve at-bats. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford 12u Major Little League All-stars won the District Ten championship Tuesday night, beating Norway, 3-1, at Marion Park. The Kingsford kids are partly from south of the border: from Florence, Wisconsin. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone 14u Junior Little League All-Star softball team had its season come to an abrupt end early Tuesday morning after losing two games at the state tournament in West Branch. Click the above headline for details. photos, post-game comments.
It was the end of the line on Monday for both the Escanaba and Marquette 12u Major Little League All-Star softball teams, as they both were eliminated after pool play in the state tournament at Jackson's Cascade Falls Park. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba 12u Major Little League All-Stars took a tough 5-4 loss to Bullock Creek on Sunday at the state tournament in Jackson, and the Marquette All-Stars lost to Grosse Pointe, 15-0. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion baseball team shook off Friday night's extra inning loss by winning two games on Saturday at the Wood Ducks Tournament in Sault Ste. Marie. Meanwhile, at the same tournament, the Marquette Blues suffered a pair of lopsided losses after winning their first game Friday night. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Major Little League 12u All-Star team opened state tournament play on Saturday by winning the Yooper Bowl seven hours away from home. Escanaba cruised to a mercy-shortened 16-0 win over Marquette under rainy conditions at Cascade Falls Park in Jackson. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team hung on to earn a win in Wisconsin Friday night, while the Marquette Blues won on a walk-off and the Escanaba Cubs lost a wild game in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline to read the details.
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.
