DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s hockey team is getting set to make their 21st WCHA semifinal appearance this upcoming weekend when they match up with the top ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. The Buckeyes are the defending WCHA champions But, all-time in the postseason, UMD has the advantage as they boast a 12-4 overall record against Ohio State. It’s been a…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The wait is finally over for the Superior girls hockey team. The Spartans are set to make their first state tournament appearance since the 2006 season. They made that possible when they defeated Hayward this past Saturday, 7-5 in the Sectional One title game. Head Coach Doug Trentor has been at the helm for three seasons and he…
SIOUX FALLS, SD.- The UMD men’s basketball team would fight until the very end, ultimately it wasn’t enough as they fell to MSU-Moorhead 79-69 in the NSIC Championship game. Drew Blair had a team-leading 31 points in the contest. The Bulldogs will now wait and see if they make the NCAA tournament. The selection show is on Sunday. Categories: College,…
SIOUX FALLS, SD.- The UMD women’s basketball team is once again NSIC Champions after they defeated Minnesota State-Mankato 80-74 in the title game on Tuesday. The Bulldogs were led by Brooke Olson, who had 36 points in the victory. This is the 3rd consecutive year the Bulldogs have won the conference tournament. Next up for UMD is the National Tournament….
CHICAGO, Illinois.- A former Bulldog found out on Monday that he is heading to a new team. Forward Joey Anderson is now a member of the Chicago Blackhawks after he was dealt from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Anderson has appeared in 14 games so far for Toronto this season. He’s registered three points, 2 goals and 1 assist in those…
DULUTH, Minn.- The WCHA has named finalists for it’s positional player of the year awards. And two UMD standouts landed in the final three for multiple awards. UMD goaltender Emma Soderberg was named a finalist for three awards. Those being goaltender of the year, student-athlete of the year, and lastly player of the year. Soderberg would win the goalie of…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Hermantown Hawks survived a two goal rally from Hibbing/Chisholm on Monday to eventually knock off the Bluejackets 3-2 in the Section 7A semifinals. Aaron Evjen would net the game-winning goal with under 15 seconds to go. It was Evjen’s 2nd goal of the contest. Hermantown will now meet Rock Ridge on Wednesday. The Wolverines would score 12…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD baseball team is just days away from opening up their season down in Auburndale, Florida. The Bulldogs would finish the 2nd half of last season strong as they made an NSIC semifinal appearance. They’ll look to build off last year’s campaign with a number of key returners. UMD will be led by senior pitcher Alex Wattermann…
SIOUX FALLS, SD.- For the 2nd consecutive season, the UMD men’s basketball team will play for the NSIC Championship. The Bulldogs made that possible when they defeated Northern State 75 to 69 in the semifinals on Monday. UMD had previously gone 0-2 against Northern State in regular season play. Drew Blair had a team-leading 18 points in the contest. UMD…
SIOUX FALLS, SD- The UMD women’s basketball team knocked off Augustana 76-59 on Monday in the NSIC semifinals, clinching a spot in the NSIC title game on Tuesday. The Bulldogs were led by Brooke Olson, who had 25 points in the victory. This is the 5th consecutive season UMD has clinched a spot in the NSIC championship game. They’ll next…
DULUTH, Minn.- In this weeks’ Coaches Corner, we talk with the interim head coach of the St. Scholastica baseball team, Corey Kemp. Kemp is returning to lead the Saints in 2023 after previously coaching the team from 2010 to 2019. Categories: Coaches Corner, College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Superior girls basketball team defeated Appleton West 78 to 53 in a region semifinal game on Friday. The Spartans now move onto the regional final where they will next host Wausau West. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 PM on Saturday. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior men’s basketball team earned a spot in the UMAC Championship Game after defeating Northwestern in the Semifinals on Friday. UWS was led by J’Vaun Walker, who had 17 points in the victory. The Yellowjackets will next play Bethany Lutheran in the title game on Sunday at 2 PM in Mankato. It will be the first time…
HERMANTOWN, Minn.- This week’s top play belongs to Calvin Anderson of the Superior boys basketball team. Anderson and the Spartans will next host Chippewa Falls in regional play on March 3rd. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
ST. PAUL, Minn.- It would take overtime between Orono and Proctor/Hermantown to decide a winner in the Class A semifinals on Friday. But in the end, Maddy Kimbrel would net the game-winning goal to send Orono to the state title game. The Mirage had three different goal scorers in the contest. Reese Heitzman, Nya Sieger, and Izy Fairchild would all…
HERMANTOWN, Minn.- The Hermantown boys basketball team captured the Lake Superior conference title on Thursday, defeating Superior 73 to 63. With the win, Hermantown is now 11-0 in conference play. The Hawks (18-6) will next play at St. Francis on February 28th. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- The St. Scholastica baseball team will open up their season this weekend out in Westfield, Indiana. An old face returns to lead the Saints as Corey Kemp will be the interim head coach for the upcoming season. He takes over a Scholastica squad that has a deep pitching staff, nearly 10 pitchers have seen time the past few…
DULUTH, Minn.- The end of the year awards were announced for the NSIC on Thursday. And for the fourth time in her career, UMD forward Brooke Olson has won the NSIC North player of the year. She’s the first person to accomplish that feat on either the men’s and women’s side. Olson’s side kick, Maesyn Thiesen also would pick up…
DULUTH, Minn.- A whopping five UMD women’s hockey standouts made multiple all-WCHA teams on Thursday. On the 1st team, both 5th year defenseman Ashton Bell and graduate goalie Emma Soderberg landed on the list. Bell is a three time All-WCHA member while Soderberg is a two-timer. Following them on the 2nd team is graduate forward Gabbie Hughes. She’s been All-WCHA…
DULUTH, Minn.- For the 2nd time in two weeks, the UMD women’s hockey team will once again host the St. Cloud State Huskies. Only this time, the stakes are much higher. It’s the opening round of the WCHA playoffs for both teams. It will mark the 3rd time that the two programs have met in the 1st round. So far,…
DULUTH, Minn.- This weekend will mark the end of the UMD men’s hockey home regular season schedule as they take on Miami of Ohio. The Bulldogs haven’t seen the Redhawks since last season, as the two teams would settle for a split in late February of 2022. Coming into the matchup, UMD currently sits 5th in the NCHC standings with…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Section 7A semifinals set to take place on Thursday at AMSOIL Arena have been postponed due to the impending winter storm. The two games will now take place Monday at the same times and the same place. Hibbing/Chisholm and Hermantown will drop the puck at 5:30 PM. Rock Ridge and Duluth Denfeld will then follow at 7:30…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s basketball team advanced to the NSIC tournament semifinals on Tuesday, after defeating Minnesota State 88-68 in the quarterfinals. It was the first time since the 2019-2020 season that UMD has hosted a NSIC tournament game. Charlie Katona led the Bulldogs with 23 points. Just behind him was Drew Blair with 22 in the contest. UMD…
HERMANTOWN, Minn.- In recent years it’s been an annual tradition for the Proctor/Hermantown girls hockey team to make it to the state tournament. The Mirage will make their 3rd consecutive appearance on Wednesday, after they won the section 7A title last Wednesday. Proctor/Hermantown will meet up with Mankato East in the quarterfinals, a team they haven’t seen at all this…
DULUTH, Minn.- Ben Steeves has added another rookie of the week honor on Monday. Steeves recorded two goals and one assist for the Bulldogs in their weekend series against Denver. Perhaps his biggest goal though was the game winning one in Saturday’s 6 to 5 victory over the Pioneers. This is the 4th time this season that Steeves has earned…
DULUTH, Minn.- The last USCHO poll for the regular season in women’s hockey came out on Monday. And the UMD Bulldogs have moved up one spot to number seven after completing a weekend sweep of Bemidji State. UMD now shifts their focus to the first round of the WCHA playoffs, where they will meet with 12th ranked St. Cloud State….
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD graduate forward Brooke Olson has won another NSIC North Player of the Week award. Olson had a career day on Saturday in UMD’s win over Bemidji State. She would score a career high 40 points on 16 of 26 shooting from the field. She would also cap off her regular season career by becoming NSIC’s all-time leading…
CLOQUET, Minn.- In this weeks’ Coaches Corner, we talk with head coach of the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team, Shea Walters. The Lumberjacks earned the 4th seed in the Section 7AA tournament and are preparing for Coon Rapids in the 1st round. Categories: Coaches Corner, Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior men’s basketball team officially clinched a postseason spot on Friday, defeating Minnesota Morris 82 to 74. J’Vaun Walker would lead the Yellowjackets with 23 points in the victory. UWS (15-9) will close out the regular season on Saturday against Crown College. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis.- Northland College would start the postseason on the right foot on Friday, upsetting UW-Superior 3 to 1 in Game 1. The Lumberjacks were led by three different goal scorers. Jack Craycroft, Brendan Charlton, and Brock Weimer would all score in the contest. Chris Ishmael had the lone goal for UWS. Both teams will meet again on Saturday for…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- This week’s top play belongs to Braydon Hurtig of Superior boys hockey. Hurtig’s goal helped Superior advance past Marshfield in the Regional Final. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
PROCTOR, Minn.- The Grand Rapids-Greenway girls hockey team saw their season come to a close on Thursday, as they fell to Andover 11-1 in the Section 7AA title game. Kalle Reed would have the lone goal for the Lightning. Grand Rapids-Greenway finishes the year at 16-12. On the boys side, Superior is moving on in Sectional One after defeating Marshfield…
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD graduate foraward Gabbie Hughes has made it to the top five for the Hockey Humanitarian award. Just last month, she was named as a nominee for the award and now she is a two time finalist. Hughes would finish in the top three last season. Hughes is a co-founder of the non-profit Sophie’s Squad, which is a…
CLOQUET, Minn.- The Cloquet-Esko- Carlton boys hockey team closed out the regular season strong, winning six out of their last eight games. It’s the first time since the 2017-2018 season that C-E-C has finished with 15 or more wins. It’s also a bounce back season from a year ago, in which the Lumberjacks were only able to capture eight victories….
CLOQUET, Minn.- For the 3rd consecutive year, the Proctor/Hermantown girls hockey team is heading to the state tournament. The Mirage would defeat Duluth Marshall 5-4 in the Section 7A title game on Wednesday. Proctor/Hermantown were led offensively by five different goal scorers. Jane Eckstrom, Natalie Berg, Reese Heitzman, Nya Sieger, and Hannah Graves would all light the lamp. As for…
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD graduate forward Naomi Rogge has already lined up a gig outside of hockey. On Wednesday, she was named the head coach of the Duluth Wolfpack lacrosse team. Just last season, Rogge served as an assistant on the team. She’s no stranger to the sport as she played for her high school lacrosse team at Eden Prairie, winning…
LOS ANGELES, California.- A former Bulldog will stay in hollywood for the foreseeable future. Defenseman Mikey Anderson and the LA Kings have agreed to a contract extension. The deal is for eight seasons worth a total of 33 million dollars. Anderson is having a season to remember so far as he’s posted career highs in assists, points, and shots. He…
DULUTH, Minn.- One last regular season series before it’s playoff time for the UMD women’s hockey team. The Bulldogs will hit the road this upcoming weekend to Bemidji to face the Beavers for their final two games of the regular season. UMD has had Bemidji State’s number in recent meetings. Not only did they sweep them at AMSOIL last month….
DULUTH, Minn.- St. Scholastica has a new interim baseball head coach, although it is someone who previously held the position. Corey Kemp returns to lead the Saints in the 2023 season. He spent ten seasons from 2010 to 2019, posting an overall record of 313 wins and 108 losses in his last stint as the Saints head coach. Scholastica will…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s hockey team will be on the road this upcoming weekend when they travel to Denver to play the 3rd ranked Pioneers. It’ll be the 3rd and 4th time this season that the squads have battled. Back in December, UMD and Denver would skate to a couple of overtime contests with both going to the Pioneers…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Superior boys hockey team is onto the next round of the WIAA playoffs after defeating the Northwest Icemen 14-0 on Tuesday. The Spartans will next play Marshfield in the 2nd round on Thursday. Time is to be determined. In other boys hockey action, Hermantown would top Grand Rapids 4-1. Next up is section tournament play for both…
HERMANTOWN, Minn.- On Tuesday before Hermantown battled Grand Rapids, the city of Hermantown and NorthStar Ford announced a naming partnership for the new Hermantown hockey arena. The duo cited that this partnership is another significant step forward in the community recreation initiative. Besides the new arena, there will be upgrades to Hermantown’s current arena as well as changes to some…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Superior boys basketball team would be unable to hold off a 2nd half comeback on Tuesday to Menomonie, falling 69 to 62. The Spartans (11-10) will next play at Eau Claire North on February 21st. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- For the fourth time this season, Emma Soderberg has earned the WCHA goaltender of the week award. The graduate helped the Bulldogs to a win and a shootout win against then 12th ranked St. Cloud State over the weekend. She would just allow one goal over 125 minutes of game action. Soderberg also chased a bit of history…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- In this weeks’ Coaches Corner, we talk with head coach of the UW-Superior men’s basketball team, Greg Polkowski. The Yellowjackets are currently 13-9 and in the chase for the UMAC regular season conference title. Categories: Coaches Corner, College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s and women’s basketball teams started off their weekend slates with wins on Friday. The Bulldog men would take down UMary 83 to 68 to tip-off the doubleheader. Drew Blair had a team-leading 24 points in the contest. Following that game, the Bulldog women earned a twenty point victory over the Marauders, 72 to 52. Maesyn…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Northern Stars would see their season come to a close on Thursday as they fell to Elk River/Zimmerman 6 to 1 in the Section 7AA quarterfinals. Mae McCall would have the lone goal for Duluth. The Northern Stars finish the year at 14-8-4. In other hockey action, the Duluth Denfeld boys knocked off Duluth Marshall 3…
DULUTH, Minn.- The landscape of section 7A and 7AA boys hockey continues to change. After it was announced over two weeks ago that Cloquet-Esko-Carlton was switching to Class A. Two teams from Class A are now on the move. Those teams being Duluth Denfeld and Rock Ridge as they will be in Section 7AA beginning in the 2023-2024 season. As for…
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD freshman forward Ben Steeves has been named to the Tim Taylor Rookie of the Year Watch List. The award has been given annually to the top rookie in men’s NCAA Division 1 hockey since the 2006-07 season. Steeves has had a season to remember so far for the Bulldogs. He’s scored 17 goals, and posted five assists…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth East boys basketball team picked up their 15th win of the season on Wednesday, defeating Forest Lake 52 to 49. Dillon Bement had a team-leading 14 points in the contest. Jobe Juenemann was just behind him with 13. Duluth East (15-4) will next play at Bloomington Jefferson on Saturday. Categories: High School, Sports
