“You belong among the wildflowers, you belong somewhere close to me, far away from trouble and worry, you belong somewhere you feel free,” – Tom Petty Once the door of my Jeep shuts behind me, I can sense the pulse of this place. There’s almost a heartbeat that I can feel or ...
NORWAY — The North Central Jets found themselves on the wrong side of the scoreboard here Friday as they fell 14-4 to the Norway Knights. North Central senior Brady Trudgeon hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the first to put the Jets up 1-0. Norway tied the game in the bottom of the first on an error by the Jets. The Knights took control of the game in the second inning as they scored six runs on five hits highlighted by a home run to left field by Cameron Varda that scored two and the Knights led 7-1 after two innings of play. The Knights dropped another six spot on the Jets ...
KINGSFORD — The Neagaunee Miners were too much for the Escanaba Eskymos here Friday in the MHSAA Division Two district tournament. Negaunee got on the board in the first inning as Olivia Richards doubled to score a run.Alyse Robar got the start for the Miners in the circle and went the distance allowing zero runs on three hits with 10 strikeouts and one walk. Emma Parlato got the start for Escanaba and recorded six outs. Landry Bray finished the game allowing one run on one hit with 11 strikeouts and two walks. “We went back to some of our bad habits from early in the year,” ...
With dry weather conditions persisting across the state, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is urging residents and visitors to use extreme caution with any outdoor activity that could spark a wildfire in the northern Lower Peninsula and throughout the Upper Peninsula. Warm temperatures, dry vegetation and limited rainfall in the forecast are increasing risk of wildfires. Current fire danger ratings are high to very high across much of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula. “We do not expect significant rainfall over the next 10 days, and that greatly ...
May 26, 1981 — The Escanaba girls captured their second straight Upper Peninsula Class A-B track and field championship with 72 points. Menominee squeezed past Gwinn 46-45 for the runner-up trophy. Esky’s Jean Tolfa won the 100-meter dash in 13.36 seconds and long jump at 16 feet, 10 inches. Lisa Phelan added a first in the 400 in 1:00.58 and Gladstone’s Sherri Ahola took the 800 (2:29.35). The Menominee boys were crowned champions with 83½ points followed by Marquette 62 and Esky 45. Esky’s John Tolfa captured the 400 (50.53). Jim Harris copped the 3200 (10:07.44) and ...
WEST ISHPEMING — The Escanaba boys weren’t in contention for the team championship in the Upper Peninsula Division 1 Tennis Finals, but sophomore Kyle Smith gave them something to cheer about here Wednesday. Smith captured the No. 4 singles title on this sunny and mild afternoon by outlasting Marquette sophomore Dominic Camilli 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, much to the delight of his teammates and coach Alan Adams. “This feels great,” he said. “I just started playing tennis last year. We’ve gone back and forth all year. I was pretty nervous before the match. Winning the second set was ...
