Elliot Danhoff pitched a complete game to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 4-3 win over the Crivitz Wolverines in high school baseball Monday night in northern Wisconsin. Click the above headline to read the game details.
The Escanaba High School softball team swept all three of its games Saturday at the Eskymo Softball Challenge at Lemmerand Park. The Eskymos beat Marshfield, Wis., Neenah, Wis., and Sault Ste. Marie to end the day with a perfect record. Rapid River also competed in the tournament, and fell to Neenah and the Sault. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see scores, photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School Baseball Team built a 5-0 lead and then hung on to post a 5-4 victory over the Green Bay Notre Dame Tritons Saturday in Green Bay. Jake Peterson pitched six scoreless innings and the Braves survived a scary seventh inning. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Braves won the championship of the Tawas Invitational on Saturday, beating the host Tawas Braves, 3-1, and then topping New Boston Huron, 6-5, in the championship. Morgan Kowalski and Tasi Martinez hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to turn a loss into a tournament championship.
The Shawano (Wis.) Hawks won the championship of the Bink's Coca Cola Baseball Invitational on Saturday in Escanaba. The Hawks beat Bark River-Harris, 6-2, and then pounded Escanaba, 13-2, in the championship game. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
Macey Charboneau threw a complete-game three-hitter...and she hit a two-run homer...to lead the Cheboygan Chiefs to a 3-1 win over the Escanaba Eskymos on Friday. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School softball team pounded out 19 hits and beat the Gladstone Braves, 15-4, in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday in Gladstone. The Eskymos also won the nightcap, 4-2, to complete a sweep. Click the above headline to see details and photos.
The high school track season entered the post-season on Thursday as MHSAA Regionals were held across the Upper Peninsula. Marquette won both of the D-1 the boys and girls titles in Gladstone, while Munising did the same in both of the D-3 meets in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see results and photos. Pictured above: Escanaba's Ryan Timler throws the discus in Thursday's D-1 regional in Gladstone.
The Escanaba Eskymos met the North Central Jets for the first time on the baseball diamond on Thursday as the teams played a doubleheader at Al Ness Field. The Eskymos emerged with a doubleheader sweep, 9-1 and 17-6, as both teams used the twinbill to get ready for the district tournaments. Click the above headline to read more details.
The district baseball tournament is just two weeks away, so it was time for the Gladstone Braves to make a statement Wednesday night in Negaunee. And the Braves proved that they will a tough foe in those post-season contests as they posted a doubleheader sweep, 10-0 and 3-1, at Irontown Field. Click the above headline to read details.
Brandon Punzel had three hits and drove in four runs, and he pitched a complete game on the mound Wednesday as the Escanaba Eskymos turned back the Norway Knights, 10-1, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read more details from the game.
Tickets are on sale now for the LPGA Symetra Tour event, set for June 26th through the 28th at the Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris. Tournament officials say more than 5,000 spectators will attend the three days of event. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Braves had the lead all evening long in Green Bay, but the Preble Hornets rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to stun the Braves, 4-3, at Joannes Stadium. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
Gladstone High School is looking for a new varsity boys basketball coach. Dale Hongisto recently turned in his resignation, saying that it was a "family decision". Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team had a long and exhausting day on Saturday. But it was also a rewarding day as the girls won four games to win the Petoskey Invitational. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won two games on Saturday to take the championship of the Lions Club Invitational at Al Ness Field. The new Bark River-Harris team competed in the tournament and lost both of its games. Click the above headline for details.
Saturday was Prom Day for Gladstone High School students, but the Braves baseball players took care of business before heading to the dance with two wins over the Hancock Bulldogs. Gladstone won, 10-2 and 19-0, against the team that it will face in the districts at the end of the month. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team lost a pair of tight games against a tough opponent Friday in Lower Michigan. The Eskymos had the lead in both games against the Alpena Wildcats, but lost both, 5-4 and 6-5. Click the above headline for details and U.P. scores
The Escanaba High School baseball team built a 5-0 lead and then held off a late Gladstone rally to beat the Braves, 5-4, Thursday night, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos taken by Lori Jurek, videos taken by Laura Lamberg, and hear radio replays and interviews.
Ross Miron's win at #4 singles was the only bright spot on Wednesday as the Gladstone Braves lost to the Menominee Maroons, 7-1, in tennis action at Pfotenhauer Park. Miron beat Sam Larson, 7-6, 6-4. Click the above headline to see Wednesday's scores.
Brandon Lotterman's base hit with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning snapped a 3-3 tie and gave the Marquette Redmen a 4-3 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Wednesday in Marquette. It was the first-ever win for the Redmen over Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Mickey LaMarch.
The Escanaba Eskymos won a pair of softball games Tuesday, beating the Kingsford Flivvers, 10-0, in both ends of a doubleheader at Lemmerand Park. Jayme Frappier, Sam Connor, and Katie Ross combined to throw two shutouts. Click the above headline to read the details, and to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone Braves posted a pair of shutouts on Monday, beating the Norway Knights, 3-0 and 10-0, in a doubleheader at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read all the details, see photos taken by Lori Jurek, and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
Bark River native Greg Ives, the crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Sunday's GEICO 500 at Talladega, almost wasn't around for the driver's first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory of 2015. On Saturday, Ives found out his 8-year-old daughter Payton had fallen and broken her right arm. Click the above headline to read more details, via NASCAR.com.
The Gladstone High School baseball team salvaged the final game of a three-game road trip to Wisconsin on Saturday, beating the Wausau West Warriors, 9-5, in Wausau. Earlier on Saturday, the Braves fell behind early and lost to D.C. Everest, 6-4. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves and Escanaba Eskymos competed in softball tournaments away from home on Saturday. The Braves won two games in Cadillac to win their second tournament in as many weeks, while Escanaba finished with a 2-1 record and third place in Pulaski, Wis. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves opened a three-game Wisconsin road trip Friday with a 7-6 loss to the Peshtigo Bulldogs. The Braves rallied from three runs down to tie the game in the sixth inning, but the Bulldogs took advantage of several Gladstone mistakes to win it.Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Eskymos played on their home field for the first time this season, and the girls cruised to a doubleheader sweep of the Rapid River Rockets, 6-0 and 13-3. It was a match-up between two teams that are ranked in the top ten in the state in their respective divisions. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team played on its home field for the first time in modern school history Thursday night. The Broncos split a doubleheader with the Alger County A's, losing the first game, 11-3, and winning the nightcap, 7-3. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team pouned out 11 hits and used three pitchers to subdue the Marquette Redmen, 10-4, Thursday evening at Don Olsen Field. Hunter Garling drove in three runs and Jake Peterson and Lucas Weinert each had two hits for the Braves. Click the above headline to read details, and to see pictures taken by Lori Jurek.
