The Gladstone High School Track & Field team was disappointed when it finished second at last spring's Upper Peninsula Finals. There would be no disappointment this time as Jared Vuksan shattered the U.P. record in the shot put and the boys rolled to the U.P. title. Click the above headline to read more details all of Saturday's U.P. Finals Track Meets.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Petoskey Northmen played four tight innings of scoreless baseball in Saturday's district semifinals in Cheboygan. But things fell apart for the Eskymos in the fifth inning and Petoskey emerged with a 2-0 win. Click the above headline to see the game details, and for pictures and videos from the game.
The Escanaba Eskymos held off the Kingsford Flivvers, 6-4, and then shut out the Petoskey Northmen, 6-0, to win the Division Two softball district title on Saturday. Click the above headline to read the details, and see photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School softball team won its eleventh straight district championship on Saturday, turning back the Negaunee Miners, 4-0, in Gladstone. Alison Austin pitched a shutout. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone High School baseball season ended the same way it began...with a loss caused mainly by errors. Blake Ballard allowed just one base hit, but the Braves lost to Negaunee, 3-2, in Saturday's district championship game. Click the above headline to read the game details.
Mid Peninsula High School senior Brett Branstrom has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Northern Michigan University this fall. Branstrom was a Class D All-State selection during the last basketball season. Click the above headline to read more.
The Gladstone Braves overcame four errors and inconsistent hitting to turn back the Superior Central Cougars, 8-0, in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament on Friday. Christian Groleau allowed just three hits over six innings. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Bark River-Harris girls golf team finished second and the North Central Jets boys finished third at the Division Three U.P. Finals on Thursday. The Munising girls and the Painesdale-Jeffers boys won the U.P. championship trophies. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The MHSAA Division One U.P. Golf Finals were held Wednesday in Houghton. The Gremlins won the girls meet while the Marquette Redmen won the boys trophy. Escanaba and Gladstone finished in third and fourth place in both meets. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Kingsford Flivvers had six U.P. champions out of the eight flights and easily won the MHSAA Division One U.P. Tennis Championship Wednesday in Marquette. Escanaba's Jake Eastin and David Fix won the U.P. title at #1 doubles. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team scored nine runs in the fourth inning Tuesday and cruised to a 10-0 victory over the Manistique Emeralds. Gladstone later blasted Pickford-Cedarville, 18-0, to advance to Saturday's district championship game. Click the above headline to see details.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to earn a 3-3 tie with the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read the story, to see photos and videos from the game, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Kingsford Blues American Legion baseball team used two big hits and the pitching of Mike McCole to turn back the Gladstone Braves, 5-1, Monday in Gladstone. McCole scattered six base hits in 6 1/3 innings of work, and the Braves failed to get their leadoff batter on base in all seven innings. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba High School Baseball team went 2-1 at the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational on Saturday. The Eskymos beat Shepherd (3-2) and Alpena (11-4), before losing to the host Blue Devils, 5-4. Click the above headline to read details and see photos.
The Gladstone High School baseball team swept a doubleheader from the Marquette Redmen Friday night. In the opener, the boys overcame six errors to post a 10-4 win. Then in the nightcap, the Braves went errorless and posted a 7-0 victory. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone Braves overcame adversity to win the Great Northern Conference boys track meet Thursday at the Marble Athletic Field. Meanwhile, Marquette rolled to the championship in the girls meet. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the meet.
The weather was frightful on Thursday as the Great Northern and Mid Peninsula Conferences held their championships in Escanaba and Ishpeming, respectively. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Kingsford Flivvers used their home-court advantage to win the Great Northern Conference tennis championship on Thursday, and the Negaunee Miners did the same in the Mid Pen Conference. Escanaba was well off the pace, but got a GNC championship at #1 doubles. Click the above headline to see the details.
The Escanaba High School Athletic Department held its annual end-of-the-year ceremony Wednesday, where awards were handed out to the school's top student-athletes. Click the above headline to see which kids won the awards.
The Escanaba Eskymos stranded ten runners Tuesday and lost in Shawano, Wis., 2-1, in the first game of a doubleheader. But in the nightcap, the Eskymo "second string" posted a 3-2 victory to allow the Eskymos to come home with a split. Click the above headline to read the details.
Lucas LaCosse threw a three-hit shutout and had four base hits at the plate to lead the Gladstone Braves to an 8-0 win over the Superior Central Cougars in the second game of a doubleheader Monday afternoon in Eben. The Braves also won the opener, 9-4. Click the above headline to read more details about the games.
The man who won the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship last season will visit the Upper Peninsula next week. Brad Keselowski (and his #2 car) will hold an event at the Bridge View Park along US-2 near St. Ignace next Wednesday night, May 29th, at 6:30 p.m. Click the above headline for all of the details of Keselowski's Upper Peninsula visit.
The Escanaba School Board Monday approved the hiring of Christa Erickson as the new varsity volleyball coach, and Dena Fedell as the new varsity girls basketball coach. Click the above headline to read more about the hirings.
Escanaba Eskymos won three of their four games Saturday at Lemmerand Park, while Rapid River won two of its three games. And the Gladstone Braves won four games to take the championship of the Tawas Softball Invitational. Click the above headline to see all of the details, photos, and video highlights.
The Alpena Wildcats baseball team beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-3, Saturday in the championship game of the Binks Coca-Cola Invitational in Escanaba. The Gladstone Indians American Legion team, filled with mostly middle-school kids, surprised the Negaunee Miners, 14-3, to take third place. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Alpena Wildcats tuned up for Saturday's baseball tournament by splitting a doubleheader Friday night in Escanaba. The Wildcats held on to win the first game, 4-3, then the Eskymos took advantage of Alpena mistakes to win the nightcap, 10-9. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
The Gladstone Braves won the MHSAA Division One boys regional championship on Thursday with a dominating performance in both field events and in the short races. And the Marquette Redettes won by an even bigger margin in the girls regional. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Gladstone Braves made several key errors and lost the first game of a doubleheader to the Negaunee Miners, 7-5, on Wednesday. But Gladstone salvaged the second game, 4-2, with help from seldom-used Jack Carey. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos and videos, and listen to audio.
The Escanaba High School tennis team beat the Gladstone Braves, 7-1, on Wednesday. The win happened about 18 hours after the Escanaba School Board voted to eliminate the program as a budget cut. Click the above headline to read more.
