By Scott Church EUP News High School Sports Editor SAULT STE. MARIE – The Sault high softball team proved it could win both low-scoring games and slugfests on Saturday, beating the Trojans of Traverse City Central 2-1 in 10 innings on the international tiebreaker in the first game and then breaking out the bats in a 9-6 nightcap win. Alexa [...]

BY Scott Church EUP News High School Sports Editor RUDYARD – The Rudyard Bulldog softball team picked the right time to get its first win against Hillman on Saturday. The Bulldogs’ 1-0 win over the Tigers secured a first-place finish in the four-team Rudyard Invitational. Cora VanSloten tossed a two-hit shutout for the ‘Dogs. She struck out six in the [...]

BY Scott Church EUP News High School Sports Editor RUDYARD – The Rudyard Bulldogs got strong performances on the mound and at the plate from MVP Jake Harrison in their 6-3 win over the Hillman Tigers in the title game of the four-team Rudyard Invitational on Saturday. Harrison was 2-of-3 at the plate and knocked in three runs in the [...]

By Scott Church EUP News High School Sports Editor SAULT STE. MARIE – The Sault Blue Devils were very offensive-minded on Tuesday, putting up runs in bunches, winning both ends of a Straits Area Conference doubleheader against the Rogers City Hurons at James Field in the home opener. The Sault won the opener 16-1, and took the second contest 7-1. [...]

By Scott Church EUP News High School Sports Editor SAULT STE. MARIE – The St. Ignace Saints got two wins each from Haillee Brown and Rachel Hetherington on their way to winning a Straits Area Conference track met on Tuesday. The Saints totaled 122 1/2 points, while the Sault was second with 97. Rudyard placed third with 59, while Cheboygan [...]

By Scott Church EUP News High School Sports Editor SAULT STE. MARIE – Kyle Lester played a major role in the Sault Blue Devil’s track win on Tuesday. He won two individual events and anchored two relay teams in victories, leading the Sault to 112 points and a win in the Straits Area Conference meet. Cheboygan was second with 96 [...]

I have always loved April – it is a month of transition and change. There is also wonder, because you never know what you are going to see. Some of the recently arrivals that we saw last month include tree swallows, chipping sparrows, evening grosbeaks, ruby-crowned kinglets, sapsuckers, turkey vultures, osprey, and hawks of all kinds including harriers, kestrels and [...]

By Scott Church (scottchurch@eupnews.com) EUP News High School News Editor NEWBERRY – The Rudyard Bulldogs scored early and often against the Newberry Indians on Tuesday in the process of sweeping a Straits Area Conference doubleheader. Rudyard took the first game 20-3 in five innings and put another five-inning win in the second game, 14-4. In the opener, Mackenzie Gibson paced [...]

By Scott Church (scottchurch@eupnews.com) EUP News High School News Editor SAULT STE. MARIE – The Sault Blue Devils got into early trouble in both games of their Straits Area Conference doubleheader against the Rogers City Hurons on Tuesday at Locey Field and it cost them as the Hurons swept the home team. The Hurons won 9-4 in the opener and [...]