SUPERIOR, Wis. – This week, Superior’s Ross Rivord announced on Twitter that he has committed to joining the UMD football team. This past season, Rivord led the Spartans defense with 34 total tackles. On the offensive side of the ball, he added 168 yards and four touchdowns. Categories: College, High School, Sports, University of Minnesota – Duluth
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – This week, former UMD standout Scott Perunovich was been named AHL Player of the Week. The Hibbing native notched one goal and five assists in three games for the Springfield Thunderbirds. Perunovich missed all of last season, but now leads the league in assists and points as the 23-year-old has found the scoresheet in his last five…
CLOQUET, Minn. – A three-goal third period would be the difference as the Minnesota Wilderness defeated Jainesville 5-2 Friday night at the Northwoods Credit Union Arena. The two teams will meet up against Saturday night in Cloquet. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
ESKO, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we hear from Esko head football coach Scott Arntson as the Eskomos finished their regular season undefeated and prepare for the section playoffs next week. Categories: Coaches Corner, Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The UMD men’s hockey team would get goals from five different players, including first-timers Owen Gallatin and Wyatt Kaiser, as they knocked off Minnesota 5-3 Friday night at the 3M Arena at Mariucci. The Bulldogs will look to sweep the series Saturday night when they host the Gophers at Amsoil Arena. Puck drop is set for just…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Allison Alessi scored twice for the UW-Superior women’s soccer team as they defeated North Central 5-0 Friday afternoon at the NBC Spartan Sports Complex as the Yellowjackets push their win streak to 11 straight. As for the men, they also got a shutout win over the Rams 7-0, behind two goals from Nicolai Stokker. Categories: College, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD women’s hockey team is coming off a tough sweep at home at the hands of top-ranked Wisconsin. While Friday’s game was not good, Sunday’s loss was in overtime so head coach Maura Crowell sees that as her team improving against high-level competition. “We have to clean up our second periods. And then the third period,…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – In their final game of the regular season, the Superior football team defeat Eau Claire North 33-26 Thursday night at the NBC Spartan Sports Complex. The Spartans end their season with a 2-8 overall record. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth East volleyball team got the home sweep over Duluth Marshall 3-0 Thursday night. Ashlyn Ring led the way with 15 kills as the Greyhounds will close out the regular season Friday at the Moorhead Pumpkin Classic Tournament. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Taylor Thompson scored twice as the St. Scholastica women’s hockey team defeated UW-Superior 4-1 Thursday night at Mars Lakeview Arena. The Saints and Yellowjackets will be back at it again Tuesday night in their respective regular season openers. Categories: College, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Jungle Gym Boxing will have two fighters taking part in the big card Friday night at the Grand Casino in Hinckley. For Danny Huffman, he’ll take on Nicholas Compton from Minneapolis, who handed Huffman the only loss of his career back in January of 2020. “Over a year and a half ago now. I’m just thankful for…
DULUTH, Minn. – Here’s what the schedule has been for the UMD men’s hockey team: #16 Bemidji State, #3 Michigan and #10 Providence. Let’s keep the ride going this weekend against #4 Minnesota. The Bulldogs and Gophers will renew their rivalry in a home-and-home series, their first meeting in two years. Minnesota comes into the series as the fourth best…
ESKO, Minn. – The Esko football team finished their season undefeated as they blanked Duluth East 55-0 Wednesday night at Eskomos Stadium. In other prep football action, Hermantown rolled past Rock Ridge 55-0 and North Branch got the road win over Cloquet 49-12. Categories: High School, Sports
PROCTOR, Minn. – Senior captain Zach Schnabel led the way with two goals and Vincent Horngren scored the other as the Proctor boys soccer team defeated Duluth Marshall 3-0 to capture the Section 7A championship. Goalie Colin Aho finished with a clean sheet as the Rails win their first section title since 2010. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD football team is coming off a weird game of sorts. The Bulldogs knocked off Concordia-St. Paul 33-13, but the majority of the scoring happened in the late in the game. The UMD defense would pitch a shutout through the first three quarters against the Golden Bears. The Bulldogs will look to carry over the momentum…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Senior Jakob Kidd continued his scoring barrage with a first half hat trick as the Superior boys soccer team defeated Chippewa Falls 5-1 Tuesday night in the WIAA regional semi-finals. The Spartans move on to face Eau Claire Memorial in the regional finals. That game will take place Saturday in Eau Claire. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – David Wallerstein scored twice and Kai Hoffman added a penalty kick goal to help Duluth East knock off Centennial 3-0 in the Section 7AAA championship game. It’s the Greyhounds first section title since 2018 and avenged back-to-back playoff losses against the Cougars. Categories: High School, Sports
PROCTOR, Minn. – Sophomore Kelsey Tangen scored the lone goal of the night in the second half as the Proctor girls soccer team held on to beat Legacy Christian Academy 1-0 to win the Section 7A championship. The Rails punch their ticket to the state tournament for the first time since 1998. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Tuesday afternoon, the Minnesota Wilderness swapped their skates for spuds as the team met up at Stokke’s Farm to help pick potatoes. The get-together was not only a way for the players to hang out together, but they plan on donating the potatoes to the Second Harvest Food Bank. “With Thanksgiving coming up, there’s a lot of…
PROCTOR, Minn. – Wednesday night, the Proctor and Duluth Marshall boys soccer teams will meet up for the third time this season, but this time, a trip to the state tournament is on the line. After a slow start to the season, the rails have been on a roll, winning four of their last five matches, including a 4-0 shutout…
PROCTOR, Minn. – Tuesday, the final step to the state tournament begins for several Northland soccer teams as we’ve got section title games taking place. One team that’s looking to keep the good times rolling is the Proctor girls. “We told them from the start that communication is key and the louder the team is, the better they’re going to…
CLOQUET, Minn. – The Cloquet volleyball team picked up their 18th win of the season as they swept Duluth Denfeld 3-0 Monday night on their Senior Night. The Lumberjacks will close out their season tomorrow night at Hermantown while the Hunters will host Proctor in their season finale. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – One of the best rivalries in the Northland is the bridge battle between St. Scholastica and UW-Superior. Tuesday, the women’s soccer teams will go head to head and although they don’t play in the same conference anymore, they’ve found something special to play for. The rivalry match-up will now a feature a traveling trophy: the “Golden Anchor”….
DULUTH, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we spoke with St. Scholastica women’s hockey coach Julianne Vasichek, who is taking over for Jackie MacMillan. The Saints just wrapped up their first week of practices and will open their season next week with an exhibition against UW-Superior. Categories: Coaches Corner, College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
MAPLE, Wis – The Northwestern football team defeated Cumberland 56-30 Friday night to win the Heart O’ North Conference regular season title. Here are other scores from around the Northland: MINNESOTA PREP FOOTBALL — WEEK SEVEN Duluth East 58, Duluth Denfeld 0 Pine City 36, Cloquet 8 Hermantown 42, North Branch 50 Rock Ridge 0, Grand Rapids 42Â Two Harbors…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Michigan men’s hockey team would score five unanswered goals as they beat UMD 5-1 Friday night at Amsoil Arena. Jesse Jacques scored the lone goal for the Bulldogs, who will face Providence in the Ice Breaker tournament’s third-place game. The Wolverines will face Minnesota State-Mankato for the championship. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports, University of…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD volleyball snapped a three-game losing streak as they defeated Minot State 3-0 Friday night at Romano Gym. In other college volleyball action, St. Scholastica fell in five sets to Hamline 3-2 while UW-Superior knocked off Bethany Lutheran 3-1. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD women’s hockey team struggled to get any offense going as they were blanked by Wisconsin 3-0 Friday afternoon at Amsoil Arena. The Bulldogs will take one day off before getting back at it Sunday to try and split the series. Puck drop is set for 1:01 p.m. Categories: College, Sports, University of Minnesota – Duluth
MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. – In their first home game in six weeks, the Mountain Iron-Buhl football team defeated Cook County 52-8 Thursday night. In other nine-man football action, it was Cherry staying undefeated with a road shutout win over South Ridge 52-0. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Thursday night, the section playoffs continued for Minnesota prep boys soccer. In Section 7A, Duluth Marshall defeated Lakes International Language Academy 7-1. The Hilltoppers will face Spectrum in the section semi-finals. In Section 7AA, Duluth Denfeld knocked Hermantown 4-1 as they Hunters move on to face Cloquet-Esko-Carlton in the section title game. In Section 7AAA, it was…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – While the college hockey season at the Division I level is already in full swing, Division III schools are just wrapping up their first week of practice. And that includes the UW-Superior women. The Yellowjackets are coming in with a larger than normal roster, which includes a big freshman class and three fifth-year seniors. UWS was able…
DULUTH, Minn. – When it comes to WCHA hockey, every week is a dogfight. After splitting their series this past weekend against rivals Minnesota, the UMD women’s hockey team now have to turn around and play hosts to the #1 team in the entire country. The Bulldogs will take on top-ranked Wisconsin this weekend at Amsoil Arena. The last time…
DULUTH, Minn – Last season, the UMD men’s hockey team was scheduled to host the 2020 Ice Breaker Tournament. COVIC-19 had other plans though as the event was rescheduled for 2021, specifically this upcoming weekend. The Bulldogs will host three of the top ten teams in the country, starting with third-ranked Michigan on Friday night. The much-hyped Wolverines were supposed…
PROCTOR, Minn. – “I resigned because of the toxic environment at Proctor,” former football coach Derek Parendo said. Parendo says the school was no longer a safe place for him to be after misconduct allegations against some of his football players became public. He told FOX 21’s Sam Ali about a specific incident that happened outside of the school that…
DULUTH, Minn. – Tuesday night, the NHL dropped the puck on the regular season. And while the Minnesota Wild won’t be getting started until later this week, they decided to use some of that free time on a road trip to the Northland. The team stayed at the Larsmont Cottages along the North Shore. And after a few hours in…
DULUTH, Minn. – Mae Nephew scored the go-ahead goal in the second half as the Duluth East girls soccer team defeated Coon Rapids 2-1 in the Section 7AAA quarterfinals at Ordean Stadium. The Greyhounds move on to face top seed Centennial in the section semi-finals on Thursday. In Section 7AA, Duluth Denfeld knocked off Hermantown 2-1. The Hunters will face…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – In the opening round of the Section 7AA boys soccer playoffs, Hermantown defeated Hibbing 4-0 at Centricity Stadium. The Hawks will face top seed Duluth Denfeld in the section semi-finals on Thursday. In Section 7AAA, Duluth East rolled past Cambridge-Isanti 11-0 at Ordean Stadium. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Tuesday, the UMD Bulldogs hosted a very special guest at Amsoil Arena. The Minnesota Wild were in town for a practice session that was open to the public to allow fans to come and watch their favorite players. It was a day Northland hockey fans had circled on their calendar since it was announced last month as…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD football team grinded out another win this past weekend on the road against the University of Mary. This makes it four straight weeks where the game was decided by less than a touchdown as the Bulldogs continue to find ways to win close games. “Yeah it’s our ability to finish. In our offseason training or…
DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women’s hockey team held its first practice of the season Monday afternoon at Mars Lakeview Arena. It was also the debut of new head coach Julianne “Montana” Vasichek, who was promoted to bench boss after the departure of the program’s pioneer Jackie MacMillan. Vasicheck served an assistant under MacMillan for the past five seasons….
DULUTH, Minn. – It was quite the scene Friday night at Ordean Stadium as the Duluth East football team hosted Grand Rapids. The game was slated for a 6 p.m. kick-off, nut once that time rolled around, there were no officials for the game due to an oversight by the assigner. So both programs got together and started making some…
MOOSE LAKE, Minn. – This past Friday night, the Moose Lake-Willow River football team defeated Braham to improve to 5-0 on the season. It was also a special win for their head coach. Dave Louzek earned his 200th career coaching win, one of only 60 coaches ever in Minnesota prep football history to hit that milestone. Louzek is in 27th…
PROCTOR, Minn. – Last week, Derek Parendo submitted his letter of resignation as head coach of the Proctor football team. And Monday night, the Proctor School Board accepted that resignation at their monthly meeting. Parendo has spent nearly 30 years as a coach, including the last 14 as head coach of the Rails football team. He was named Section Coach…
DULUTH, Minn. – If you’ve been to a Cloquet football, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the name “Turnbull”. If you listen to the starting lineups, you’ll hear it called three times for Reese, Alec and Will. “They’ve been certainly the base of any team that they’ve been on, in the youth level, and then in the middle school, and…
CLOQUET, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we spoke with Cloquet head football coach Tom Lenarz as the Lumberjacks get set for the final few weeks of the regular season. Categories: Coaches Corner, Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
BEMIDJI, Minn. – The UMD men’s hockey team opened their season with a road win over Bemidji State 4-2 Friday night at the Sanford Center. Luke Loheit, Noah Cates, Quinn Olson and Koby Bender each scored for the Bulldogs. UMD will look to sweep BSU Saturday in their home opener at Amsoil Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:07 p.m….
DULUTH, Minn. – Elizabeth Giguere would score her second goal of the season in the second period, but it would be the only goal on the night for the UMD women’s hockey team as they fall to Minnesota 3-1 Friday night at Amsoil Arena. The Bulldogs will look for better results in Saturday’s game. Puck drop for that one is…
PROCTOR, Minn. – In prep volleyball action, it was Proctor over Hermantown 3-1 and Duluth Marshall picked up a road win over Duluth Denfeld 3-1. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – In their final game of the regular season, the Duluth East boys soccer team defeated Superior 8-2 Thursday night at Ordean Stadium. Hermantown also got a win in their season finale as they topped Duluth Denfeld 2-0, behind goals from Ely Young and Dylan Onofreychuck. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – This weekend, Amsoil Arena is the place to be as the UMD men’s and women’s hockey teams will both be in action on Saturday. It will also mark the return of fans to the venue, which has the players even more hyped for this weekend’s games. “We know they are unconditional family members that will always be…
