The Escanaba High School baseball team swept a doubleheader from the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox, 9-0 and 10-3, Saturday at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos, and listen to interviews.
Jay Oberg threw a five-hitter and Brandon Lotterman hit a three-run homer to lead the Marquette Redmen to a 3-2 win over the Gladstone Braves in the first game of a doubleheader Friday night in Gladstone. The Braves won the nightcap, 12-4. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos, and to listen to radio replays and interviews.
The Great Northern Conference and Mid Peninsula Conference both held their track, golf, and tennis championships on Thursday across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see all of Thursday's results.
The Escanaba High School baseball team got strong pitching from Devin Olsen and Ben Kleiman, and took advantage of six errors, to beat the Negaunee Miners, 10-0, Thursday in Negaunee. Click the above headline to read details and see photos.
The Gladstone Braves got five strong innings from pitcher Christian Groleau and then held off the Stephenson Eagles, 7-4, Thursday in Daggett. Meanwhile, the North Central Jets split a baseball doubleheader with the Marquette Legion Blues, losing the first game, 9-8, in eight innings, before winning the nightcap, 7-4. Click the above headline to read the details.
Escanaba High School Seniors Travis Heller and Ashley Cook won the prestigious Pfotenhauer-Gessner Award as the school's top male and female athletes. It's an award that has been given out for 90 years at EHS. Also, Aubree Peterson and Steve Wood won the Abrahamson Award for having the most career varsity letters. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team completed a season sweep of the Escanaba Eskymos on Tuesday, taking both ends of a doubleheader, 6-0 and 2-1, in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais and Nate Bellville, and to listen to audio highlights.
Christian Tackman hit a home run for the first time since his Little League days, helping the Gladstone Braves beat the Houghton Gremlins, 11-3, in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday in Gladstone. The Braves also won the second game, 7-3. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
Dawson Bilski threw a complete-game three-hitter Tuesday as the North Central High School baseball team posted a 4-1 win over Niagara (Wis.) in Hermansville. Bobby Kleiman and Andy Estrada each had two hits to lead the Jets. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School softball team stretched its winning streak to six games with a doubleheader sweep over Peshtigo, Wis., Monday at Lemmerand Park. Sam Connor pitched both games as the Eskymos won, 8-0, and 13-0. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves scored 11 runs in the fourth inning to break a 3-3 tie and beat the Superior Central Cougars, 14-3, in the second game of a doubleheader Monday in Eben. The Braves won the first game, 15-0. Click the above headline for details.
The Negaunee Miners scored a run in the top of the ninth inning, then survived a wild finish to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 7-6, Saturday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos, and listen to radio highlights.
Eight high school softball teams from the Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin, and northern Lower Michigan played in the Escanaba Lions Softball Challenge Saturday at Lemmerand Park. The Escanaba Eskymos won both of their games, while the Rapid River Rockets won one game and lost two. Click the above headline to read the details, and to see photos and videos.
The Marquette High School boys track team had just enough points to beat the Gladstone Braves, 50-47, at the MHSAA Division One Regional Meet Friday in Marquette. The Marquette girls won by a wide margin as Escanaba finished second. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School baseball posted a doubleheader sweep over the Alpena Wildcats Friday night. Tyler Skufca and Brandon Punzel earned victories on the mound and the Eskymos scratched out a pair of wins over the Wildcats, 7-2 and 6-2. Click the above headline to read more details, listen to radio replays and interviews, and to see photos.
The Escanaba High School girls softball team picked up a pair of wins over the Cheboygan Chiefs on Friday. The Eskymos won the opener, 2-0, behind the pitching of Sam Connor. The Eskymos also won the second game of the doubleheader, 10-3. Click the above headline to see photos.
The MHSAA Regional Track Meets went forward across the Upper Peninsula on Thursday, despite temperatures in the 30's, and in some areas, snowfall. Meets were held in Iron Mountain, Munising, Negaunee, Munising, and Felch. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Gladstone Braves scored six runs in the fourth inning to come from behind and beat the Stephenson Eagles, 15-5, on a snowy and bone-chilling evening Thursday at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and videos.
Gladstone High School graduate Michael Cretens will play basketball this fall at Finlandia University in Hancock. Cretens is transferring to Finlandia from Gogebic Community College, and will play for former Negaunee High School basketball coach Mike O'Donnell at Finlandia. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Braves pounded out 17 hits and overcame a slew of walks to beat the Negaunee Miners, 16-6, in the first game of a baseball doubleheader Wednesday in Negaunee. Gladstone then won the nightcap, 4-2, to improve to 16-1 on the season. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone Braves and Escanaba Eskymos had two wars in girl's softball at Escanaba's Lemmerand Park on Tuesday. The two teams played eleven innings in the first game of a doubleheader, and the Braves pulled out a 1-0 win. Then in the second game, the Braves rallied from four runs down to win, 6-4. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team pounded the Kingsford Blues American Legion squad, 15-0, in five innings Tuesday night at Kingsford's Spigarelli Field. Click the above headline to read details and see photos.
The Escanaba High School girls golf team won the championship of the Menominee Invitational on Monday with 400 strokes. Kelsey Motto was the medalist with a 92, and Abbey Strom was second with 94. The Eskymo boys finished second behind Marinette, 320-331. Senior Nick LeMire was the top Eskymo, taking third with a 77. Dylan Gauthier and Nick Aird both shot 84s.
Lewis Ostrander threw a complete-game seven hitter in his first-ever high school baseball pitching performance on Sunday to help the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Kingsford Blues, 11-2, in the second game of a doubleheader. The Eskymos also won the first game, 5-4. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team wrapped up a successful week with a 7-3 win over the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox Saturday afternoon in Gladstone. Sam Pouliot pitched five innings of one-hit ball to earn the win. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba senior Lynsey Collins won three events in a dominating performance Saturday at the Negaunee Lions Track and Field Invitational. Collins set a Meet Record in the 300 hurdles, less than a second shy of the Eskymo school record. Click the above headline to read more details from the meet.
The Escanaba High School tennis team continued a busy week on Friday with a 4-4 tie against the West Iron County Wykons. Escanaba won three of the four singles flights, and then won at #4 doubles to tie the Wykons for the second time this season. Click the above headline to read details. Pictured above: Steve Prica won at #1 singles.
Tommy Bailey had three hits and three runs batted in and Hunter Garling pitched a complete game as the Gladstone Braves topped the Oconto Falls Panthers, 6-4, Friday in Wisconsin. Click the above headline to see photos and listen to audio highlights.
The Escanaba Eskymos won both the boys and girls titles at a home meet on Thursday. For the boys, Nick Aird was the medalist after shooting a 75, and Escanaba won with 322 strokes. Marquette was second (338) and Gladstone third (340). For the girls, Escanaba won by 26 strokes over second place Gladstone, 398-424, but Gladstone's Callie Jensen was the medalist with an 84. Marquette was third.
It was an old-fashioned pitcher's duel Thursday as the Gladstone Braves hosted the Escanaba Eskymos. Justin Jurek pitched a no-hiiter to lead the Braves to a 1-0 win. Devin Olsen allowed just three hits in a losing effort for Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
