The district champion Gladstone High School boys baseball and girls softball teams were well-represented on their respective Division Three All-District teams. The winners were released on Thursday. Click the above headline to see which kids were honored. Pictured: the Gladstone boys and girls celebrated together last Saturday in Negaunee.
The Division One All-U.P. Boys Tennis team was announced on Tuesday, and the Kingsford Flivvers were well-represented. Kingsford's Adam Szabo and Brady Hicks were honored in singles, their #1 doubles team was honored, as was Coach Mark Shanks. In D-2, Gwinn's Micah Heath was Player of the Year, and Greg Stegall of Iron Mountain was Coach of the Year. Click the above headline for the All-UP lists.
The Norway High School baseball and softball teams won MHSAA Division Four district championships on Monday. The baseball Knights beat Bark River-Harris and North Central, while the softball team dominated both Bark River-Harris and Ishpeming. Click the above headline for more details.
Marquette won the championships of the boys and girls U.P. Track and Field Finals on Saturday in Kingsford. Ishpeming won both of the D-2 titles, while Munising took the D-3 boys and Newberry won the D-3 girls championship. Click the above headline to see details.
Jordan Swiss allowed just three hits and struck out ten batters Saturday as the Petoskey Northmen beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 2-1, in a dramatic MHSAA Division Two District Tournament game in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais and Sandi Young.
The Gladstone High School baseball team did many of the "little things" right on Saturday, and those things added up to an MHSAA District Tournament Championship. The Braves beat Negaunee, 8-3, and Houghton, 7-2, to earn a trip to the regionals in Traverse City. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos taken by Lori Jurek, videos taken by Laura Lamberg, and to hear post-game comments.
The Escanaba and Gladstone girls softball teams both won district championships on Saturday. The Eskymos beat Petoskey and Cheboygan on their home field to win in Division Two, while Gladstone beat Westwood and Negaunee in Negaunee to win in D-3. Click the above headline to read more details.
Carney-Nadeau's Hunter Eichhorn scored the Irish Oaks Golf Course, shooting a 68 to lead the Wolves to the MHSAA Division Three Boys U.P. Championship on Thursday. Bark River-Harris won the Division Three girls championship, with Hannah Starnes shooting a 92. Click the above headline for details.
The Houghton Gremlins won both the boys and girls MHSAA Division One golf U.P. championships Thursday in Iron Mountain. Marquette finished second and Escanaba was a strong third. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team won twice on Thursday to win a MHSAA Division Four district championship. The Rockets beat Munising, 15-0, and then in the championship game, Rapid River edged Newberry, 5-2, to advance to the regionals. Gladstone beat Houghton, 10-0, and Bark River-Harris topped Jeffers, 11-6. Click the above headline to see details.
The Iron Mountain Mountaineers and Westwood Patriots finished in a tie for the MHSAA Division Two boys tennis U.P. championship on Thursday. Munising finished third. Click the above headline to read all of the scores.
Finlandia University announced 35 players will join its first-ever football team, including 19 boys from the Upper Peninsula. They join 24 other players who are wrapping up their first year at Finlandia this spring. Click the above headline for details.
Sam Hall pitched a two-hit shutout to lead the Bark River-Harris Broncos to a 10-0 win over the Stephenson Eagles in the MHSAA Division Four district tournament Wednesday in Norway. Click the above headline to read more details. Pictured above: Sam Hall.
The Kingsford Flivvers won the MHSAA Division One boys tennis championship on Wednesday, edging Negaunee, 16-12. Marquette and Menominee both finished with ten points. Gladstone's highlight was the doubles team of Tyler Wells and Jeremy Kadish, who advanced to the semfinals.
The Gladstone High School baseball team pounded out 14 hits and beat the Hancock Bulldogs, 14-1, in a Division Three district tournament game Tuesday in Gladstone. Justin Jurek and Jake Peterson drove in five and four runs, respectively, on a foggy, rainy evening. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team rolled to a 13-0 win over the Pickford Panthers in Division Four district tournament action Tuesday in Newberry. Superior Central, Newberry, Gwinn, and Cheboygan also posted softball wins Tuesday.
The Escanaba High School boys tennis team tuned up for the U.P. Finals with an 8-0 dual meet win over West Iron County under rainy conditions on Tuesday afternoon. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School baseball program was launched in 2002, and the program has seen a lot of success in the recent years. But many people don't realize that there was an Eskymo baseball program back in the 1950's. The Michigan High School Athletic Association is remembering that early program. Click the above headline to read details.
Brandon Punzel pitched a one-hitter and had two hits to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 5-1 win over Kingsford in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday. Then Punzel drove in two runs as the Eskymos won the nightcap, 5-0. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young, and hear interviews.
Riley Lynch scattered five hits over six innings and struck out eleven batters to lead the Marquette Redmen to a 5-1 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night in Marquette. Justin Jurek's RBI single in the first inning plated Gladstone's only run. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos and videos taken by Laura Lamberg. Pictured above: Lynch was in control for most of Friday's game.
The Escanaba Eskymos edged the Gladstone Braves to win the Great Northern Conference boys golf championship Thursday in Marquette. The Eskymos won with 322 strokes, with Gladstone second at 325 and Marquette third with 329. Marquette won the girls title. Click the above headline to read details. Pictured above: Kyle Pouliot was the medalist.
Sean Bissell's single in the bottom of the eighth inning capped a dramatic comeback as the Escanaba Eskymos rallied for a 16-15 win over the Marinette Marines Thursday night at Al Ness Field. Escanaba rallied from deficits of 13-6 and 15-13 to post the victory. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young.
The high school softball season wrapped up on Thursday as the Escanaba Eskymos, Gladstone Braves, and Rapid River Rockets all played in doubleheaders. Escanaba split a doubleheader with Marquette, Gladstone split with Kingsford, and Rapid River took two from Superior Central. Click the above headline to read the details for all three teams.
The Gladstone High School boys golf team won the championship of the Marquette Invitational Wednesday at the North Shore Golf Course. Marquette's Brett Specker (pictured above) was the medalist, shooting a 74. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team took both ends of a doubleheader from the Gladstone Braves on Tuesday. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
Hunter Garling threw a complete-game three-hitter to help the Gladstone Braves beat the Marinette Marines, 7-1, Tuesday afternoon at the Pederson Ballpark. Garling also had an RBI double as the Braves had eight base hits. Click the above headline for the details.
The Gladstone School Board voted Monday night to hire Clayton Castor to be the new varsity basketball head coach in the 2015-16 season. He replaces Dale Hongisto, who resigned on May 5th for family reasons. The school board officially accepted Hongisto's resignation at Monday night's meeting. Castor is a Gladstone High School graduate. He coached the Braves freshman basketball team last season.
The Gladstone High School boys tennis team battled a tough Marquette team on Monday, but fell to the Redmen, 5-3, on a windy day at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline to read the match details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team played a pair of games in the Green Bay area Monday night, although they weren't quite what Coach Kirk Schwalbach expected. The Eskymos lost to the BayPort Pirates, 6-5, and then tied the Bay Port JV team, 0-0. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School tennis team won three singles and three doubles matches to beat the Munising Mustangs, 6-2, Monday on a windy day in Escanaba. Jordan Lombardo led the way for Escanaba at #1 singles, dominating Marquette's Jacob Schramm, 6-0, 6-0. Click the above headline for more details.
