1925 — Lou Gehrig bats for Pee Wee Wanninger in the eighth inning and replaces Wally Pipp at first base to start his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. 1946 — Assault, ridden by Warren Merhtens, wins the Belmont Stakes to become the seventh horse to capture the Triple Crown. 1968 — ...
ESCANABA — A pair of nail-biting performances helped the Escanaba Eskymos to a district championship as they defeated Negaunee 3-2 and rallied from behind in the seventh inning to defeat Kingsford 5-4 in the championship game. Escanaba senior Graham Johnson started the seventh inning ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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 otherwise ...