The Gladstone Indians brought out the big bats to beat Manitowoc, 10-0, in five innings Saturday morning at the Marinette Firecracker Tournament. Then the Indians used small ball and pitching to turn back the Green Bay Preble Shockers, 2-1, in a tense game under blazing heat at Haase Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips.
The Escanaba Cubs lost a pair of games on Saturday at the Marinette Firecracker Tournament, 5-1 to the Green Bay Shockers and 13-0 to Pulaski, Wis. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos from several of the U.P. teams' action.
The Escanaba Cubs stranded the bases loaded twice and eventually lost to Marinette, 10-0, in the Marinette Firecracker Tournament opener Friday night. The Cubs were limited to three hits, but walks and errors gave them scoring chances that they could not capitalize on. Click the above headline to read details and see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Gladstone Indians played "small ball" to grab an early lead and gradually pulled away to post a 10-1 win over Pulaski, Wis., in the Marinette Firecracker Baseball Tournament opener Friday night. Ben Kelly pitched a complete-game two-hitter. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The U.P. high school softball All-Star games were held in Norway on Wednesday, the final games for 34 girls in their schools' uniforms. The North won the opener, 13-9, and the South won the nightcap, 15-7. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Skills Challenge was held on Wednesday as part of U.P. Football All-Star Week at the Superior Dome. Escanaba's Logan Carroll and Johnny Schlenvogt both won events. Click the above headline for details and a list of winners. (Xcel Sports Training photo)
The Bark River Bucs American Legion Baseball team paid back the Escanaba Cubs in a big way on Monday, 16-0, in seven innings, at Al Ness Field. The Cubs had stunned the Bucs in a nine-inning marathon game late Saturday night. Click the above headline foe details.
It was an emotional night in the Gladstone High School tonight as the baseball team celebrated the most successful season in the six year history of the program. The Braves won a school record 32 games. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
A member of the state champion Escanaba Eskymos has signed a National Letter of Intent to play college softball. Shortstop Taylor Gauthier signed Monday afternoon to play with the University of Detroit-Mercy Titans. Click the above headline for more.
DePere and Midland Berryhill hooked up in Sunday's championship game of the Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion Baseball Tournament in Escanaba. DePere scored six runs in the sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie and take the trophy back to Wisconsin, 10-4. Bennett Olson went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and a two-run single. Matt Williams added two hits and two RBI and pitched four innings of relief for the win. Brandon Smith had a two-run homer, double, and single for Midland.
The Gladstone Indians came close, but couldn't get the big hit at the end, and lost to Midland Berryhill, 6-4, in the semifinals of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Sunday. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
Trailing by three shots entering Sunday’s Island Resort Championship final round, Ruixin Liu overcame the deficit, high winds and an injury to find her way to the Symetra Tour winner’s circle for the first time. Click the above headline for details.
Noah Lancour's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Escanaba Cubs surprise the Bark River Bucs, 9-8, in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament late Saturday night. The result sent Gladstone into the tournament semifinals after Ben Kelly fired a one-hitter to lead Gladstone past Marquette, 1-0, earlier in the day. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
Ssu-Chia Cheng fired a six-under par 66 Saturday to take the lead heading into the final round of the LPGA Symetra Tour's Island Resort Championship in Harris. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
The Bark River Bucs American Legion Baseball team upset the Gladstone Indians, 9-8, Friday, at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament in Gladstone. This followed a 12-0 mercy-shortened loss to Marquette. Click the above headline for details, photos, and to hear radio replays and post-game interviews of the Bark River-Gladstone game.
Esther Lee fired a seven-under 65 to take the lead after the first round of the LPGA Symetra Tour event Friday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. There are 22 people within four shots of the lead heading into Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians scored three runs in the seventh inning on Friday, but their rally fell short, losing, 7-6, to the Eastern U.P. Travelers in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, videos from Friday's game.
The Midland Berryhill American Legion Baseball team won its second game at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament in Gladstone on Friday. Berryhill beat the Copper Country Flames, 10-3, as Derek Beougher had a two-run hit and James Harris had two hits and three runs batted in. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone Indians took advantage of four errors, nine walks, and six hit-battsmen and cruised to an 8-0 win over the Escanaba Cubs in their season-opener Thursday night at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament at Al Ness Field. Both teams play twice on Friday. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos from the game.
The Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association is out with its All-State Teams for the 2018 season. Escanaba pitcher Gabi Salo (pictured) and second baseman Claire McInerney were both named to the Division Two First Team. In Division Four, Rapid River catcher Richelle Vandeville and first baseman Lexi Trombley were both First Team selections. The Upper Peninsula All-Star games are set for next Wednesday in Norway.
The Bark River Buccaneers beat Niagara, Wis., 10-0 and 14-4 in an American Legion Baseball doubleheader Tuesday night in Bark River. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights from the twinbill.
The Escanaba community gathered Monday night to celebrate the Eskymo softball team's state championship. The girls won the Division Two state title on Saturday at Michigan State University, 5-0, over South Haven. Click the above headline for photos, interviews.
Gladstone High School senior Clay Cole has been named to the Division Three All-State First Team by the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association. Cole was selected as an outfielder, and he was also the ace of the Braves pitching staff. He batted .467 this season, scoring 31 runs in the lead-off spot. He was 4-1 on the mound with a 2.07 ERA. In Division Four, Norway senior Micah Wilson was named to the All-State First Team.
Gabi Salo fired a three-hit shutout and Dakota Cloutier blasted two run-scoring doubles as the Escanaba Eskymos won their first-ever softball state championship, 5-0, over South Haven Saturday. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team fell behind by six runs, staged a last minute rally, but fell to Madison Heights Bishop Foley Catholic, 7-5, in a Division Three state semifinal at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Gabi Salo allowed just one baserunner over the final five innings and the Escanaba Eskymos slipped past the Eaton Rapids Greyhounds, 2-0, in a Division Two state semifinal game Thursday at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team hit into four double plays, had no RBI hits, and could not get down a bunt on Tuesday. But the Braves still found a way to beat Standish-Sterling, 3-2, in a state quarterfinal contest in Petoskey. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, listen to radio replays, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team rolled into the state semifinal round on Tuesday with a 9-1 win over Saginaw Swan Valley at Central Michigan University. Gabi Salo did the job in the circle, and she got plenty of help as Maddy Griffin and Lexi Chaillier both hit home runs. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Mary Gauthler.
The Gladstone High School baseball team will try to keep its playoff drive alive when it faces the Standish-Sterling Panthers in a state quarterfinal Tuesday. The Braves practiced on Monday in Pellston. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team rolled to its fourth straight Division Two regional championship on Saturday in Gaylord, beating Muskegon Oakridge, 10-0, in the semifinals, and Remus Chippewa Hills, 12-0, in the final. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Mary Gauthier.
