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Maki finds her way back to victory lane

ESCANABA — For the first time in nearly two years Julia Maki found herself back in Victory Lane at Escanaba Motor Speedway. “It felt great to get the win,” Maki said. “The track was really dusty at the start but was much better for the feature race.” Prior to her win Saturday night ...

Breitenbach has big day as Braves defeat Maroons

GLADSTONE — Junior Braxton Breitenbach went 3 for 4 at the plate to push the Gladstone Braves past Menominee 11-9 in a Great Northern Conference game here Friday. “I felt really good out there today,” Breitenbach said. “It was exciting we are closer as a team then we were at the beginning of the season, but we have some tough games coming up so we need to put our best effort every time out.” Breitenbach had a pair of RBI-singles; the first one came in the first inning to cut the Maroons lead to 3-2. The second one came in the third inning to tie the game at ...

Prep Schedule May 26

Today’s game Softball Regular season Iron Mountain at Rapid River (DH), 4 p.m. Menominee at Escanaba (DH), 4:30 p.m. Baseball District tournament Division 3 Manistique at Gladstone, 5 p.m. Regular season Escanaba at Norway, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday’s games U.P. Golf Finals Division 1 at Sweet Grass Division 2 at Houghton Division 3 at Watersmeet U.P. Tennis Finals Division 1 at Ishpeming Westwood

Broncos rally to defeat Nordics in conference action

FELCH — The Bark River-Harris Broncos saved their best offensive inning for last here Friday as they rallied past Felch North Dickinson 4-3 in a Skyline Central Conference baseball game. BR-H trailed 2-0 after six innings before scoring four times in the seventh. “These games are fun, but only when you win,” BR-H coach Mick Reynolds, a 1992 North Dickinson graduate, said after the regular-season finale. “It almost went the other way. We’re hoping this will give us momentum going into the post-season. Bark River-Harris and North Dickinson have a joint baseball program in the ...