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Escanaba sweeps Menominee in softball doubleheader

MENOMINEE — The Escanaba Eskymos generated plenty of offense here Wednesday, sweeping to 16-0 and 18-0 victories in a softball doubleheader. Abby Derkos collected three hits and drove in five runs in the opener. Among her hits were a three-run double in the second inning and a two-run double in the third. Harlee Coolman ripped a two-run double and Landry Bray an RBI double in the opening frame. The Eskymos showed patience at the plate, drawing 14 walks. Mara Anderson and Chloe Dubord led the team with three apiece. Bray struck out the side in the third stanza and the Eskymos ...

Cade Cunningham scores 45, Pistons beat Magic in Game 5 to stave off elimination

DETROIT (AP) — Cade Cunningham scored a franchise playoff-record 45 points, including a step-back jumper with 32 seconds left, and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons beat the eighth-seeded Orlando Magic 116-109 on Wednesday night in Game 5 of their first-round series to stave off elimination. Orlando leads the series 3-2 and will get a second chance to advance at home on Friday night. The Magic fell to 0-10 in franchise history on the road in a Game 5. Detroit never trailed and went ahead by 15 early in the final quarter. The Magic made one more run, pulling within three points on Paolo ...

Eskymos too much for Braves in tennis action

GLADSTONE — The Braves battled but ultimately came up short falling 6-2 to Escanaba here Tuesday. The Braves had a stellar performance at No. 1 doubles as Teagan Reynolds and Tyler Soderman looked to be in mid-season form as they controlled every phase of their matchup against ...

Big Bay de Noc sophomore Destiney Bleau shines at Manistique Invite

MANISTIQUE — Big Bay de Noc sophomore Destiny Bleau put on quite a performance here Tuesday, winning four events in the Manistique Kiwanis Invitational track and field meet. Bleau copped the 400-meter run in a school-record 1:00.18 and the 100 (13.02), 200 (26.57) and high jump at five feet on this cloudy and seasonably-cool afternoon. “Destiny is once in a lifetime athlete,” Big Bay coach Angie LaLonde said. “We’re glad to have her on our team. This was the first time she ran the 400 and gets a school record. I’m happy with the way our kids performed. We had a lot of ...

Prep Schedule April 30

Today’s games Tennis Munising at Escanaba, 4 p.m. Gladstone at Iron Mountain, 4 p.m. Softball Carney-Nadeau at Bark River-Harris (DH), 4 p.m. Superior Central at Rapid River (DH), 4 p.m. Houghton at Gladstone (DH), 4:30 p.m. Baseball Bark River-Harris at Felch North Dickinson (DH), 4 p.m. Manistique at Ishpeming Westwood (DH), 4:30 p.m. Marquette at Escanaba, 5 p.m. Gladstone at Norway, 5 p.m. Friday’s games Golf North Central Jack & Jill Scramble at Highland, 10 a.m. Track and field Rapid River Invitational, 2 p.m. Escanaba Invitational, 2 p.m. Baseball Bay ...

Golf

Mike Cousineau became the first golfer in 2026 to hit a hole in one as he sunk his first shot on the 175-yard Par 3 11th hole at the Escanaba Country Club.