The Rapid River High School softball team won three games on Saturday before losing in the championship game of the Tawas Invitational in Lower Michigan. The tournament was played under rainy conditions. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team split a doubleheader on Saturday, beating Ashwauenon, 17-6, before losing the nightcap, 2-1. Johnny Schlenvogt had a home run and four RBI in the opener. Click the above headline for details and Sandi Young's photos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team began a three-game roadtrip on Friday with a 6-1 loss to the Peshtigo Bulldogs in Wisconsin. The Eskymos will visit Ashwaubenon on Saturday. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Gladstone High School baseball team outlasted the Marquette Redmen, 12-6, Thursday night at Don Olsen Field. It was the Braves' final home game of the season, and it was Parents Night. Click the above headline for details, and Brenda Crow's photos.
The Gladstone Braves and Munising Mustangs played to a 4-4 tie on Thursday in the Braves' final match on the home court of Pfotenhauer Park. The Mustangs were without their #1 singles player due to track regionals. Also Thursday, Escanaba won at Menominee, 7-1. Click the above headline for details, and photos from Gladstone.
Gladstone High School seniors Danny Pederson and Sean Holm finally got to play together on Wednesday as the Braves took on the Escanaba Eskymos in tennis. The Braves' top two singles players were at #1 doubles against Escanaba's Addam Claes and Brandon Kangas. The Esky duo won a three-set marathon. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Rapid River High School softball team beat the Marquette Redettes twice on Wednesday, 3-1 and 6-1, in Rapid River. Click the above headline to read details.
Gabi Salo threw a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts, and the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-0, Tuesday in Escanaba. The Eskymos also won the nightcap, 13-3, as Nicole Kamin threw four perfect innings before the Braves scored three kate runs. Click the headline for photos, videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has made major changes to the rules governing transfer student eligibility. Click the above headline for details, as well as a full rundown of other actions taken by the representative council at the meeting.
The North Central Jets outlasted the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 11-9, in an error-filled baseball game on Monday in Bark River. The second game of the twinbill ended in a 5-5 tie. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the opener.
The Gladstone High School baseball team beat the Menominee Maroons, 13-4, Monday night in Gladstone, honoring its four seniors in the process. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Brenda Crow, and listen to interviews with the seniors.
The Bark River-Harris High School softball team swept the Stephenson Eagles, 8-1 and 15-5, Monday afternoon in Bark River. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School tennis team got its first win of the season on Monday, beating the Gwinn Model Towners, 7-1. The Escanaba Eskymos also won on Monday, 7-1, over Marquette. Click the above headline for details.
The Rapid River High School softball team swept both ends of a doubleheader Monday from the Munising Mustangs, 7-1 and 18-1, getting a bit of revenge for the upset loss the Rockets suffered to the Mustangs in last year's districts. Click the above headline for details.
Two of the state's best high school softball teams met in Escanaba on Saturday, and the Millington Cardinals left the U.P. with a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Eskymos in a much-anticipated batte at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won twice on Saturday, ending a week that started with a pair of disappointing losses. The Eskymos held on to beat Sault Ste. Marie, 6-4, and then turned back Kingsford, 8-4. Click the above headline for details and photos.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team split a pair of games on Saturday at the Escanaba Invitational. The Broncos lost to Sault Ste. Marie, 6-1, in the opener. It was the first setback of the season fo BR-H. Sam Hall took the loss on the mound. In the afternoon game, the Broncos rolled past mistake-prone Kingsford, 14-0, in five innings. Brad Vandermissen pitched the Broncos to the win. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team lost two of three games on Saturday at the ten-team Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament in Escanaba. The girls beat Ishpeming, but lost to Millington and Marshfield. Click the above headline to see details and photos.
The Rapid River High School softball team came from behind to beat the Negaunee Miners, 6-3, in the final game of the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Saturday. The Rockets trailed, 3-2, with one out in the seventh inning, when Richelle Vandeville launched a three-run homer. Natalie Belanger later added an RBI single. Brittany Schwartz pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Rapid River also beat Kingsford, 8-1, Saturday.
The Gladstone Braves got strong pitching performances from Carson Shea and Zac Hanson and turned back the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 3-0 and 11-3, Friday in Gladstone. Jared Crow brought in all three runs in the opener. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
Marquette won both the boys and girls championships in a four-team track meet on a blustery afternoon Thursday in Gladstone. The Braves were second in both meets, with Escanaba third and Norway fourth. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone Braves scored ten unanswered runs and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 11-3, Thursday night at the Gladstone Sports Park. Jared Crow's home run started the comeback after Jake LaFave's three-run shot put Escanaba in front. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
Bay College has signed six student-athletes to National Letters of Intent to run on the Norse cross country teams this fall. All of them are from the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: Gladstone's James Young)
Northern Michigan University announced its 2018-19 hockey schedule on Wednesday. It will include fewer long trips than last year, and will include 16 home games. Click the above headline for details, and to hear our interview with Coach Potulny.
The Rapid River High School softball team swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Gladstone Braves on Tuesday, 11-1 and 6-4, marking the first time in program history that the Rockets have turned that trick. Click the above headline to read details, listen to interviews, and see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais and Bri Winling.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos beat the Escanaba Eskymos for the first time in the four-year history of the BR-H baseball program Monday, 5-0, in Bark River. Ryan Arndt threw six innings of two-hit ball and Matt Richer had three hits to lead BR-H. Click the above headline for details, photos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Finlandia University softball team beat Maine-Presque Isle, 5-2, Sunday in Canton, N.Y., to repeat as ACAA Champions. Click the above headline to read details. (FU photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos baseball team scored four runs in the first inning and held off the Marquette Redmen, 6-4, Saturday at Al Ness Field. The win improved Escanaba's record to 8-2. Click the above headline to see photos and listen to post-game interviews.
The Escanaba High School baseball team bounced back from a disappointing loss to Gladstone by beating the Negaunee Miners, 6-3 and 15-3, Friday evening at IronTown Field. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone Braves mercied the Marquette Redmen, 10-0, in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday in Gladstone. But Marquette got revenge in the nightcap, rallying for a 6-3 win. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
