The Gladstone Braves took advantage of ten Escanaba Eskymo errors and posted a pair of softball victories Tuesday afternoon. The Braves won the opener, 4-1, and took the nightcap, 6-2. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos won three of the four singles matches, but the Marquette Redmen got the clean sweep in doubles and the Redmen posted a 5-3 win Monday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos, Gladstone Braves, and Rapid River Rockets managed to play a little softball on Saturday before Mother Nature and Old Man Winter won again. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Norway Knights won the championship of their own tournament Saturday at Marion Park. After sitting through a snow delay, the Knights beat Stephenson, 7-0, and then topped Negaunee, 5-2, in the championship game. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High baseball team committed five errors and made other assorted mistakes in a 10-5 loss to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils Friday in Gladstone. But the Braves played better in the second game and earned a doubleheader split, 13-3. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School tennis team lost to the West Iron County Wykons, 7-1, Friday in Iron River. The #1 doubles team of Jake Eastin and Dave Fix managed to get a win for the Eskymos. Click the above headline for details.
Nine Upper Peninsula high school golf teams braved cold, windy conditions to shoot 18 holes Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. Norway edged Escanaba to win the boys championship, while the Eskymos cruised to the girls title. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played for three hours and three minutes under cold, windy conditions Thursday night. In the end, the Eskymos were made the final push and posted a 14-8 victory. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos fielded a line-up full of underclassmen Wednesday and beat the Marquette Redmen, 11-2, at Marquette's Gerard Haley Field. Alec Slaga and Andrew Sedlar combined to pitch a six-hitter and the Eskymo offense produced eleven base hits. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, and listen to audio highlights.
The Finlandia University women's softball team will play in the NCAA-III Regional Tournament for the first time in school history on Thursday in Whitewater, Wis. The Lions will open regional play against the host UW-Whitewater team. It is an eight-team, double-elimination tournament. Click the above headline to read more details.
Ben Kleiman pitched a complete-game four-hit shutout, and was helped along by several stellar defensive plays, as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Marinette Marines, 2-0, Tuesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team bounced back from Saturday's loss to Escanaba by sweeping the Norway Knights, 4-3 and 7-1, Monday, at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read more details, see pictures, and listen to audio interviews and radio replays.
The Escanaba High School golf team finished fourth out of eight teams Tuesday at the Marinette Ryder Cup Invitational in Wisconsin. Eskymo freshman Dylan Gauthier was in action in an Eskymo uniform for the first time since his hockey injury during February. Click the above headline to see how he did.
The Escanaba High School baseball team continued its long homestand with a doubleheader sweep of the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox, 14-4 and 13-3, Sunday afternoon at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details.
Escanaba High School freshman Dylan Gauthier was severely injured while playing hockey for the Eskymos on February 7th in downstate Chelsea. But after several surgeries and weeks of rehab, Gauthier is back in action, playing for the Eskymo golf team. Click the above headline to read more about Gauthier's remarkable comeback.
The Escanaba Eskymos played for the first time this season at Al Ness Field on Saturday. The boys beat the Marquette Redmen, 16-0, and then topped the Gladstone Braves, 5-1, in the Lions Club/Crawford Funeral Home Invitational. Earlier in the day, Gladstone beat Negaunee, 4-2. Click the above headline to read the tournament details.
The Gladstone Braves won three games at the Reed City Softball Invitational on Saturday, wrapping up a 5-0 trip below the Mackinac Bridge over the weekend. Click the above headline to read more details from the downstate trip. Pictured: Tinner Sharon pitches.
The Escanaba High School tennis team tied Munising, 4-4, and then beat Iron Mountain, 5-0, under poor weather conditions on Thursday. Click the above headline to read more details about the matches.
Christian Groleau pitched a four-hitter and Blake Ballard hit a grand slam home run to help the Gladstone Braves beat the Marquette Redmen, 10-2, Thursday night in Gladstone. The second game was rained out. Click the above headline for more details.
Hayden Hardwick's two-run hit in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Gladstone Indians a 9-7 win over the Marquette High School team Wednesday night at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to read more about the game.
The Escanaba Eskymos swept all doubles flights Tuesday and beat the Gladstone Braves, 6-2, in a Great Northern Conference tennis match in Escanaba. The Braves got singles wins from Aaron Parmet and John Hammar. Click the above headline to see all of the scores, and photos.
U.P. school administrators and coaches are reacting with sadness after the traffic crash that killed three people in northern Lower Michigan on Monday, including the head coach and a player of the Grayling High School Boys Golf team. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos gave up four runs in the first inning and then came within one out of being victims of a no-hitter on Monday, losing to the DePere Redbirds, 5-1, in Wisconsin. Alec Slaga and Andrew Sedlar came off the bench to get base hits in the final inning. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
Escanaba native Jace Daniels has signed a free agent deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Daniels' Northern Michigan teammate Zach Anderson of Sault Ste. Marie also signed a free agent deal with the Cleveland Browns. Daniels and Anderson will both go to rookie camps and try to make their teams.
The Escanaba High School baseball team bounced back from Friday's loss by winning two games on Saturday at the Waupun Invitational. The Eskymos beat the University School of Milwaukee, 12-2, and then mercied Prairie du Chien, 12-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves posted a doubleheader sweep for the second straight day on Saturday, beating the Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) Black Sox, 11-1 and 10-0 at Don Olsen Field. Both games were close in the middle innings before the Braves had bat-around innings to take command. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
It took three hours and 19 minutes, and twelve innings, but the Gladstone Braves earned their first victory of the season on Friday with a 4-3 win over the Negaunee Miners at Don Olsen Field. The Braves also won the second game of the twinbill, 5-0. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team lost its first game at the Waupun Tournament Friday in Wisconsin. The Eskymos fell to the Tremper Trojans from Kenosha, 14-3, in five innings. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Braves boys track team followed up last week's Dome Meet championship by rolling to the title at the Delta County Track Meet Thursday in Escanaba. The Escanaba Eskymos dominated the girls meet. Click the above headline to see all of the results, photos, and videos from the meet.
The Escanaba High School boys tennis team opened the 2013 season on Thursday with a 5-3 win over the Menominee Maroons. Click the above headline to see all of the details.
