The Escanaba Eskymos scored three runs in the fourth inning and added two more in the fifth to shut out top-ranked Saginaw Swan Valley, 5-0, in the MHSAA Division Two state quarterfinals Tuesday at Central Michigan University. Click the above headline to read game details, see videos taken by Mike Dagenais, and see photos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves will both play in the high school softball state quarterfinals Tuesday in Lower Michigan. And both games will be broadcast on NewsTalk 600 and rrnsports.com. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team failed in its quest for a fourth straight regional championship on Saturday as the Braves lost to top-ranked Traverse City St. Francis, 9-0, in Boyne City. Earlier in the day, a suicide squeeze by Clay Cole gave the Braves a 1-0 win over Roscommon. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos survived two wars on Saturday to claim the MHSAA Division Two regional championship. The Eskymos beat Remus Chippewa Hills, 2-0, in the semifinal, and then beat Muskegon Oakridge, 2-1, in the title game, in Cadillac. Click the above headline to read the details, and to see photos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team won its second straight regional championship, and 14th title in the last 15 years, by beating Grayling, 9-1, and Manistee, 7-1, Saturday in Boyne City. The Braves (33-9) will play in the MHSAA Division Three state quaterfinal Tuesday in Petoskey, against Grandville Calvin Christian. The game starts at noon and will be broadcast on WCHT-AM (600), and on-line at www.rrnsports.com.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team will play its first-ever regional tournament game Saturday afternoon when the Broncos face Indian River Inland Lakes in Rudyard. Click the above headline to read more about the game.
The Escanaba High School softball team practiced Thursday afternoon in preparation for their MHSAA Division Two regional tournament, which will be held on Saturday in Cadillac. Click the above headline for photos and video interviews.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team practiced Thursday ahead of Saturday's MHSAA Division Three regional tournament. The girls won four games last week to win their district, and will face Grayling on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team practiced Friday in Petoskey as they prepared for Saturday morning's MHSAA Division Three regional semifinal game against Roscommon. Click the above headline to see photos and video interviews with players.
The International Wrestling Camp continued at the Superior Dome Wednesday night as Team USA defeated Team Sweden, 7-6, in a Greco Roman dual meet. Click the above headline to read details about the meet, courtesy of the Olympic Training Site at NMU.
North Central's Jason Whitens scored 32 points to help the Northern Michigan boys top the Northern Wisconsin boys, 139-125, in the Kiwanis Border Bash Wednesday night at Gogebic Community College. Click the above headline to see more details.
The high school boys tennis All-U.P. and All-State Teams were announced Tuesday. The U.P. Player of the Year was Marquette's Alec Olivier. Escanaba's #1 doubles team of Paul Carne and Nick Dufour joined Olivier as All-Staters. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves and Bark River-Harris Broncos met in a friendly baseball scrimmage Tuesday night, as both teams get ready for Saturday's regionals. Click the above headline to see photos from the event, and listen to interviews with both managers.
You won't need an ORV license or trail permit to go riding this weekend across Michigan. It's the annual Free ORV Weekend. Click the above headline to read more.
The Gladstone Braves exploded for three home runs and beat the Negaunee Miners, 11-1, to win the MHSAA Division Three district championship on Saturday in Negaunee. The win came after Jared Crow threw a no-hitter as the Braves beat Calumet, 3-0, in the semifinal game. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos.
The Rapid River High School boys track team won its second straight MHSAA Division Three Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Kingsford, edging Bessemer, 108-104. Pickford was a distant third. Click the above headline to see the results.
Marquette swept the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula track and field team titles on Saturday in Kingsford, but Escanaba's Jeny Brandt, and Gladstone's Sydney Mills and Adam Bruce took home individual first place honors. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team won its first-ever district championship on Friday, beating Stephenson in the semifinal, 8-0, and then beating Norway, 3-2, in a heartstopping title game. Click the above headline for interviews, photos and videos.
The Rapid River High School girls softball season came to an end in the districts for the second straight year on Friday, as the Rockets were upset by the Munising Mustangs, 6-5, in Bark River. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Hunter Eichhorn won his fourth straight MHSAA Division Three Upper Peninsula golf championship on Thursday, and his Carney-Nadeau Wolves lifted the trophy for a third straight year. DeTour won the girls championship. Click the above headline for the details.
The Escanaba High School golf teams won both the boys and girls Division One Upper Peninsula championships on Wednesday in Marquette. The boys edged Gladstone by one stroke while the girls beat Houghton by 18 strokes. Click the above headline for details.
Brittany Schwartz struck out 14 batters, and Richelle Vandeville had three hits and scored three times, as the Rapid River Rockets beat Bark River-Harris, 6-1, in the districts Thursday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos. (Pictured: Erica Rubick)
The Negaunee Miners won the MHSAA Division One boys tennis Upper Peninsula title on Wednesday, with Kingsford second and Marquette third. Escanaba had two doubles teams reach the finals. Click the above headline for the details. (Pictured: Escanaba's Paul Carne)
The Escanaba High School baseball season came to an end on Tuesday, after a 2-1 loss to the Petoskey Northmen in the MHSAA Division Two District Tournament in Cheboygan. The Eskymos stranded ten base runners and struck out 13 times. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Escanaba High School softball team jumped to a big early lead and freshman Gabi Salo struck out eleven batters in four innings of pitching as the Eskymos beat Petoskey, 8-2, in an MHSAA Division Two District tournament game on Tuesday. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Gladstone High School baseball team had to hang on for dear life Tuesday, beating the Alger County Athletics, 4-2, in the MHSAA Division Three District tournament opener in Eben Junction. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
Joe Shawhan has been named the 22nd head coach of Michigan Tech hockey team, Dr. Suzanne Sanregret announced Tuesday. Shawhan is a 20-year veteran of coaching, in both college and junior hockey. Click the above headline to read more.
Gladstone High School graduate Justin Jurek was the starting pitcher this weekend for Delta College as the Pioneers faced Niagara (N.Y.) County College in the opening game of the NJCAA-III Baseball World Series. Click the above headline to read details, and see pictures taken by Lori Jurek. This photo (Jurek is at right) is from the NJCCA broadcast.
Jared Crow allowed two hits over five innings of work to lead the Gladstone Braves to an 8-0 win over the Marquette Redmen in the first game of a doubleheader on Friday. The Redmen won the nightcap, 3-2. Click the above headline to see photos by Brenda Crow.
C.J. Barron and Jeny Brandt took the top two awards as the Escanaba High School held its annual senior awards banquet on Wednesday. And Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein paid a visit. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos.
