Escanaba, which prevailed through the winner’s bracket by defeating Iron Mountain 11-6 on Sunday, faced Gladstone for the championship Tuesday night.

In Sunday’s game, the Esky All-Stars took a 6-0 lead over Iron Mountain on a two-run single to right field by Barlow Bosk in the third inning.

Iron Mountain, taking advantage of two walks and an error, sliced its deficit in half by scoring three times in the fourth.

Esky answered with three runs of its own in the fifth.

Maddie Raiche of Iron Mountain charges the ball to make a play for an out against Escanaba on Sunday in the District 10 Little League tournament.

Genevieve Fields raised the count to 8-3 on a two-run double along the left field line, then scored Esky’s ninth run on Ruby Jacobsen’s groundout to second.

The winners then added a pair of runs on Haylee Trombley’s double to right for an 11-3 advantage in the sixth.

“We talked to the girls about putting the ball in play and taking extra bases when they could,” Esky head coach Danicia Humbert said. “Our whole team is a very good hitting team. This is a good tournament. We’re having good battles all the way around.”

Gianna Newberry ripped a two-run triple to right in Iron Mountain’s half of the inning, then concluded the scoring on Ellen Daab’s single to right.

Esky finished with nine hits, including two each by Fields and Zionnah Boursaw.

Chloe Wetsel of Kingsford hits a hard groundball against Iron Mountain on Friday at Lemerand Park in Escanaba.

Newberry paced Iron Mountain with two hits and three RBIs, including a single to center in the fourth.

“We had some errors, but we’re allowed to lose two games,” IM coach Travis Johnson said. “That’s a good team. We had some chances and they made the plays. Their starting pitcher is pretty good. Their reliever was pretty good, too.”

Esky’s Amaya Hubert, who pitched the first three innings and returned to the mound in the sixth, struck out four, walked three and allowed three runs on three hits.

Barlow Bosk worked the fourth and fifth. She fanned two, walked four and gave up three runs on two hits.

Newberry, who pitched the entire contest, absorbed the loss. She whiffed one and walked none.

Shayla Neyrinck of Iron Mountain slides into home plate but is tagged out by Kingsford's Sierra Tatangelo in Little League softball Friday in Escanaba.

In another game Sunday, Gladstone eliminated Kingsford with a 4-1 win, even though Kingsford opened the scoring on Halle Maki’s single to right.

Gladstone tied the score on Stella Ruether’s single to right in the second, then added three runs in the fourth.

“I was a little scared,” Gladstone coach Brenda Damitz said. “That was really a good game. We told the girls if they made an error, we better be up and going. I think they realized that you can come back at any time. One error can change a whole game.”

Gladstone managed four hits off Maci Mae Brooks, who pitched the entire game and struck out seven and walked three.

Maia Hughes, who pitched the first two frames for Gladstone, struck out two, walked one and allowed two hits.

Ellie Sanville then provided the winners with four innings of no-hit relief. She fanned eight and walked two.

“The girls are trying to get the hits,” Kingsford coach Ashley Buckman said. “They know the game. We came out strong and had the lead. Overall, the girls kept their heads up. They never gave up. Maci Mae pitched strong.”

Kingsford had advanced with a 9-0 win over Norway after losing its opener to Iron Mountain on Friday. Iron Mountain did all its scoring with two out in the sixth while rallying past Kingsford, 4-3.

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The Daily News contributed