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Miners knock Eskymos out of playoffs

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,” ...

Sports Flashback May 24-30

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 ...

Escanaba boys are runner-up at U.P. Golf Finals

HARRIS — It was a great day for golf with temperatures in the 70s and light winds for the MHSAA Division 1 U.P. Golf Finals. Marquette backed up last year’s title as they ended the day with a team best 295 points finishing ahead of second place Escanaba with 3014 points and third place ...

Escanaba girls take runner up spot at U.P. Golf Finals

HARRIS — It was a big day for the Negaunee Miners girls golf team as they finished the day with a team score of 383 to claim the U.P. Championship in Division 1. Escanaba came in second with a score of 407. Kingsford was third with 426, Calumet scored 430 points for fifth and Marquette ...

Escanaba sophomore Kyle Smith shines at U.P. Tennis Finals

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 ...

Candy Swetkis SISU Strikfest raised a record $8,700

On May 9th, Escanaba High School hosted the 3RD Annual “Candy Swetkis SISU Strikefest” Memorial Softball Tournament. The Gladstone Braves captured first place with Escanaba coming in second. The SISU Strikefest is not only a quality tournament, but it's also a fundraiser for the Escanaba Girls’ Softball Program and the Candy Swetkis Memorial Endowment. As a proud, long-time Escanaba Junior High Science teacher, Candy wanted a scholarship to be awarded annually to an Escanaba senior who wanted to become a teacher. Her endowment, held by the Community Foundation for Delta County, ...