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Mikey D’s beats Mavericks

ESCANABA — Pitching held the key to victory for Mikey D’s Beer Cave here Monday night as it defeated the Marquette County Mavericks 3-0 in a Superiorland League baseball game. Elliot Danhoff fired a one-hitter and struck out 13, helping the home team improve to 5-1 and stay within a game ...

Meet the racer: Joshua Karnack

SANDS — After Sunday’s race at Sands Speedway, there are only four nights remaining in the 2025 regular season Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got a chance to sit down with the 17-year old 4-cylinder modified driver Joshua Karnack to discuss a number of different topics. Adam Hinch: ...

Cubs split with Kingsford, Appleton

ESCANABA — The Escanaba Cubs closed the 2025 regular season with four games this weekend against the Kingsford Greens and Appleton. Here's what went down. Friday Kingsford 2, Escanaba 2 Two throwing errors at third base from Cannon Arnt allowed the Greens to take a 2-0 lead midway through ...

Gilroy, Taylor win Emerald Chase races

MANISTIQUE — A pair of recent high school graduates tuned up for college cross country by earning top honors in the Emerald Chase five and 10-kilometer races here Saturday. Manistique’s Ben Gilroy covered the 5-K (3.1-mile) course in 18:27.3, followed by Jackson and Tim Helms of Santa ...

Local golf roundup

Escanaba Country Club Women’s scores under 50 Meghan Casey 43 Laura Clifford 43 Mary Bergman 44 Jessica Bray 44 Alyssa Guindon 44 Barb Scott 44 Amy Stupak 45 Connie Kangas 46 Lori Rymkos 47 Michelle Bink 49 Terrace Bluff Women’s league scores under 50 Denise Wilson 40 Savanna ...

High school sports sees highest participation since 2018-19

EAST LANSING – Michigan High School Athletic Association member high schools reported a combined participation of 275,684 athletes in MHSAA-sponsored tournament sports during the 2024-25 school year. This is the highest number of participants in those activities since 2018-19. It also comes ...