1926 — Babe Ruth becomes first MLB player to hit 3 home runs in a World Series game as NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 10-5 in Game 4.
1928 — Leo Diegel wins the PGA championship, beating Al Espinosa 6 and 5.
1956 — Oklahoma blanks Kansas 66-0 to set a modern college football ...
U.P. scores
Friday’s games
Football
11-player
Escanaba 38, Marquette 20
Bark River-Harris 44, L’Anse 16
Menominee 61, Gladstone 6
Kingsford 41, Hancock 0
Iron Mountain def. Gwinn, forfeit
Negaunee def. Ishpeming Westwood, forfeit
Cedar Springs 63, Sault Ste. Marie ...
Today’s games
Cross country
Norway Invitational, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Bay College at Alpena C.C., 6:30 p.m.
Gladstone at Menominee, 7 p.m.
Munising at Powers North Central, 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday’s games
Volleyball
Munising Baptist at Hannahville, 6:30 p.m.
Manistique at ...
HANNAHVILLE — The Big Bay de Noc soccer team faced of against Hannahville on Wednesday afternoon and Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got the opportunity to talk to Black Bears senior Joey Rochefort about a number of topics in this Meet the Athlete segment.
Adam Hinch: What got you into ...
Oct. 1, 1980 — The Escanaba girls remained undefeated, posting a 65-43 basketball victory over the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils. Shelley Livermore scored 14 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Eskymos. Sandy Davison also hit 14 points. Jeanne Courneene added 12 points and Michelle Hall ...
WESTWOOD — The Escanaba girls tennis team finished in fourth place at the U.P. Tennis Finals in Westwood with five points here Wednesday. Negaunee won the U.P. Finals with 19 points just edging Westwood who finished with 18 points. Marquette was third with six points and finishing behind ...