DULUTH, Minn. – It was a wire-to-wire win for the North Woods boys basketball team as they routed Lakeview Christian Academy 78-39 Friday night at Romano Gym. Cade Goggleye led all scorers with 31 points to help the Grizzlies win their third straight section title. Tournament seedings will be announced this weekend. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Camden Berger finished with 20 points as the Esko boys basketball team knocked off Pequot Lakes 58-45 Thursday night at Romano Gym. It was the Eskomos’ sixth section title in the past seven seasons, and the first for new head coach Derek Anderson. Esko will find out who they will face in the Class AA state quarterfinals…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Hibbing boys basketball team led by two points at the half, but they could not hold off Princeton as they fall to the Tigers 91-76 Thursday night at Duluth East High School. Luke Lundell led the Bluejackets with 18 points, while Ayden McDonald chipped in with 17 points. Hibbing finishes the season with a 22-7 record….
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Allie Negen would hit a three-pointer to pull the Rangers within two in the final seconds. But the rally would ultimately fall short as Mountain Iron-Buhl fell to Goodhue 50-48 in the Class A quarterfinals at Maturi Pavilion. Negen led MIB with 15 points and Matti Bennett finished with 11 for the Rangers, who will play in…
MADISON, Wis. – It was a rough game for the Northwestern boys basketball team as they fell to Martin Luther 96-61 in the Division 3 state semi-finals at the Kohl Center. Brody Payton led the Tigers with 19 points and six rebounds, while Andrew Klobucher chipped in with 11 points. Trequan Carrington led the Spartans with 41 points. Northwestern finishes…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – In the Class AA state quarterfinals, Proctor fell short against Caledonia 56-44 Wednesday night at Williams Arena. Three Rails finished in double-figures, including Payton Rodberg, Morgan Nylund and Sam Parendo. Proctor will face Redwood Valley in the consolation semi-finals Thursday night. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – TJ Chiabotti led the way with 20 points as North Woods pulled away in the second half to top Deer River 61-46 Wednesday night at Romano Gym. The Grizzlies, who are the two-time defending section champs, will face Lakeview Christian Academy who got the win over Cook County 71-63. Tip-off for the game is set for 7…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Hibbing girls basketball team led by two points at halftime of the Class AAA state quarterfinals. But top seed DeLaSalle would use a strong second half to pull away from the Bluejackets and get the win 61-53 Wednesday morning at the Maturi Pavilion. Eve Turner finished with 11 points, while Abbey McDonald chipped in with 16….
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Northwestern boys basketball team are en route to the Wisconsin state semi–finals. The team says their confidence level is growing with every playoff win, and at this point they feel like they can beat anyone. “I’ve been going to the state tournament for a couple years now and the dream to just play on it and…
DULUTH, Minn. – In the section 7AA semi-finals, Pequot Lakes got the upset over Greenway 71-56 and Esko rolled past Virginia 69-46 Tuesday night at Romano Gym. The Patriots and Eskomos will meet in the section championship game Thursday night at Romano Gym. Categories: High School, Sports
PROCTOR, Minn. – 2001 was a very long time. It was the last time the Proctor girls basketball team made it to the state tournament. In fact, most of the players on the team weren’t even born when Proctor last won a section title. But that’s what this group did last week and now, it’s time to get ready for…
ESKO, Minn. – In the quarterfinals of the Section 7AA boys basketball tournament, Esko got the big win at home over Pierz 83-60 and Virginia held on for the road win over Proctor 51-47. The Eskomos and Blue Devil will meet Tuesday night at Romano Gym in the semi-finals. Pequot Lakes will face Greenway in the other semi-final game. Categories:…
DULUTH, Minn. – Three Northland girls basketball teams won their section and are getting ready for state this week. In Class A, Mountain Iron-Buhl dominated Cromwell-Wright to win its ninth straight section 7A title. The rangers are unseeded and will play two seed Goodhue High School at Maturi Pavilion. The Rangers lost to the Wildcats back in January. In Class AA, Proctor…
DULUTH, Minn. – In the Section 7A Quarterfinals on Saturday, No. 1 and defending section champs North Woods dominated Mountain Iron-Buhl 86-53. The Grizzlies will play No. 4 Deer River, who defeated Chisholm 65-57, in the semifinals on Wednesday at 5:45 at Romano Gym. In the lower half of the bracket, No. 7 Cook County hung on to take down…
MARSHFIELD, Wis. – The Northwestern boys basketball team battled down the stretch and forced overtime, eventually picking up the 75-68 win over Wisconsin Dells to win the Division 3 Sectional 1 final and advance to State for the fourth time, first since 2010. Categories: High School, Sports
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Donte Lawson and Cameron Lantz would score power play goals in the first period, but the Greenway boys hockey team would struggled the rest of the way as they fall to St. Cloud Cathedral 5-2 Saturday afternoon at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Lawson would be named the 2019 Class A Herb Brooks Award…
DULUTH, Minn. – In the Section 7AAA Semifinals on Friday night, No. 1 Princeton dominated No. 4 Cloquet 88-70 while No. 2 Hibbing defeated No. 6 Duluth Denfeld 68-57. Princeton and Hibbing will play each other on Thursday, Feb. 14 at Duluth East High School for the section title and a trip to state. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School,…
DULUTH, Minn. – In the Section 7AA championship game, the Proctor girls used a strong second half to knock off Duluth Marshall 62-46 Friday night at Romano Gym. Junior guard Sam Pogotchnik led the Rails with 21 points to help push Proctor to the state tournament. Seedings will be announced this weekend as the tournament begins on Wednesday. Categories: Friday…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Ben Troumbly scored with 1:46 remaining to tie things up, then scored 23 seconds into overtime as Greenway defeated No. 1 Mahtomedi 3-2 to advance to the Class A Finals. Donte Lawson scored in the second period to break the scoreless tie. The Raiders will play St. Cloud Cathedral on Saturday at noon for the Class…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – In the Class AA state quarterfinals, Duluth East would come up short against St. Thomas Academy 3-1 Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center. Charlie Erickson scored the lone goal for the Greyhounds who will face Moorhead tomorrow in the semi-finals for the consolation bracket. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- Abbey McDonald led all scorers with 24 points as Hibbing did just enough to get past Grand Rapids 55-48 at Duluth Denfeld High School Thursday night. The win ends the streak of four straight section titles for the Thunderhawks. Seedings for the state tournament will be announced this weekend with the tournament starting next Wednesday at Maturi Pavilion…
DULUTH, Minn.- Mountain Iron-Buhl senior guard Macy Savela led all scorers with 19 points as the Rangers topped Cromwell-Wright 50-31 Thursday night at Romano Gym. It is the ninth straight year that MIB has won the Section 7A title. Seedings for the state tournament will be announced this weekend with the tournament starting next Thursday at Maturi Pavilion on the…
AVERY, Wis. – A red-hot first half carried over into the second as the Northwestern boys basketball team had no troubles with St. Croix Central 66-46 in the section semi-finals at Avery High School. Sam Risley led the Tigers with 14 points and 5 rebounds. Andrew Klobucher chipped in with 12 points and 8 rebounds, while Brody Payton had 13…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Senior forward Donte Lawson scored twice as #4 Greenway got the win over #5 Delano 6-4 Wednesday night in the Class A state quarterfinals. Micah Gernander, Ben Troumbly, Mitchell Vekich and Christian Miller also scored for the Raiders, who move on to the state semi-finals on Friday. They will face top-seeded Mahtomedi at 1 p.m. Categories:…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Lakeview Christian Academy boys basketball team opened their playoff run with a win over Carlton 82-64 Wednesday night at the Mertz Mortorelli Gym. The Lions move on to face Ely in the section 7A quarterfinals Saturday night at Romano Gym. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – In the first section 7AA semi-final game, Proctor got the win over Pequot Lakes 59-44 Wednesday night at Romano Gym. The Rails move on to face Duluth Marshall who knocked off Aitkin 78-64. Gianna Kneepkens led the Hilltoppers with 25 points. Grace Kirk chipped in with 21 points and Merlea Mrozik had 23 points, including seven 3-pointers….
DULUTH, Minn. – While the Class A state hockey tournament is already underway, the teams in Class AA had some extra time to prepare. including Duluth East. The Greyhounds have won seven in a row going into the state tournament. Duluth East will again be underdogs as a fifth seed, but the team has embraced the new role which has…
PROCTOR, Minn. – In the first round of the Section 7AA boys basketball playoffs, Proctor defeated Two Harbors 88-66 and Esko knocked off Aitkin 73-48 Tuesday night. The Rails move on to face Virginia in the quarterfinals, while the Eskomos will take on Pierz. Both games will be Saturday night at Duluth Denfeld High School. In section 7AAA, Cloquet hung…
DULUTH, Minn. – After Tuesday’s section semifinal games, only two teams remain in Section 7A: Cromwell-Wright and Mountain Iron-Buhl. The Cardinals cruised past Deer River 62-42 while the Rangers hung on to get the 52-48 win over Cherry. Cromwell-Wright and Mountain Iron-Buhl split the series during the regular season, as the Cardinals’ only loss on the season was to the…
COLERAINE, Minn. – On Wednesday, the biggest high school state tournament in the country kicks off at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul with the Minnesota High School Hockey Tournament for Class A. The northland will be represented by the feel-good story of the year, Greenway. There’s a lot of history on the line Wednedsay night as the Raiders…
DULUTH, Minn. – In the section 7A boys basketball play-in games, South Ridge, Carlton and Cromwell-Wright all dominated their way to wins. Carlton defeated Cherry 85-41 and will face three seed Lakeview Christian Academy on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Wrenshall got the 102-52 win over Littlefork-Big Falls are is moving on to the next round. The Wrens will play two…
MAPLE, Wis. – The region championship would need overtime, but in the end, Northwestern defeated Bloomer 61-55 and advance to state sectionals. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – In the Section 7AAA semifinals, No. 1 seed Grand Rapids charged past Cloquet 62-48. Abbey McDonald scored 26 points as Hibbing handled Princeton 63-51. The two will face off in the section finals on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Duluth Denfeld. Across town, Romano Gym was host to Section 7AA quarterfinals. Proctor defeated Virginia 62-48 as the…
DULUTH, Minn. – In the final night for boys high school basketball, Duluth East got the road win over crosstown rivals Duluth Denfeld 70-57. In other action, Cloquet would get the road win over Proctor 56-50 and Cromwell-Wright defeated Nashwauk-Keewatin 69-50 behind 39 points from Micah Pocernich. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we talked high school boys basketball with Duluth East’s Rhett McDonald. Among the topics discussed were the Greyhounds’ strong finish to the season, as well as what kind of competition they expect to face in next week’s sectional tournament. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
ESKO, Minn. – In the first round of the section 7AA girls basketball tournament, Esko took care of business at home as they topped Duluth Denfeld 68-38. The Eskomos will face Aitkin Saturday at Romano Gym in the section quarterfinals. Elsewhere in the bracket, it was Duluth Marshall over International Falls 89-58 and Proctor defeated Greenway 57-18. The Hilltoppers move…
DULUTH, Minn. – Senior forward Ryder Donovan scored 36 seconds into overtime on a power play as Duluth East knocks off Andover 4-3 Thursday night in the section 7AA finals at AMSOIL Arena. Ricky Lyle scored twice for the Greyhounds and Jack FitzGerald scored the other as Duluth East returns to the state tournament for the second straight season. Categories:…
DULUTH, Minn.- In the first round of the Girls Section 7A Playoffs, Cromwell-Wright took down Northeast 75-20, while Cook County upset Carlton 50-49. Cromwell-Wright advances to the quarterfinals to take on Ely while Cook County will face Mountain-Iron-Buhl. Both games are Saturday in Grand Rapids. In boys action, Duluth Denfeld spoiled the season finale for Duluth Marshall 80-65. Categories: High…
DULUTH, Minn.- For the third straight year, it was Hermantown versus Greenway for the Boys 7A section final and trip to the state tournament. In the first, Ben Troumbly gave Greenway a 1-0 lead. Later on, Aaron Pionk cleaned up the rebound in front to tie the game up at one. Still in the first, Blake Biondi puts the Hawks back…
DULUTH, Minn. – Thursday night, the Duluth East boys hockey team will face off against Andover for the second straight year at Amsoil Arena. The Huskies come into this game on absolute fire, having lost just two games all season and they haven’t allowed a single goal so far in the section playoffs. The Greyhounds lost in overtime to Andover…
CLOQUET, Minn. – In the first round of the 7AAA section playoffs, the Cloquet girls basketball team defeated Chisago Lakes 62-55 Tuesday night. Vanna Kelley led the Lumberjacks with 24 points as they move on to the face top-seed Grand Rapids Saturday in the section quarterfinals at Duluth Denfeld High School. And in boys action, North Woods won their 13…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – For the third consecutive year, the Section 7A Championship game for boys hockey will pit perennial powerhouse Hermantown against the always dangerous Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin. The Hawks have won both of their section games by a combined score of 22–1, and haven’t lost a game since December 29th. Anyone has seen Hermantown lately would describe their play as “aggressively…
TWO HARBORS, Minn. – In their final respective games of the season, the Two Harbors girls got the home win over Duluth Denfeld 59-28 Monday night. And in boys action, Brandon Barbee scored his 1000th career point as Lakeview Christian Academy got the road win over South Ridge 81-65. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth East star Ryder Donovan has been named a finalist for the 2019 Mr. Hockey Award. The senior, who announced his commitment to Wisconsin last week, finished the regular season with 12 goals and 25 assists. In the two section playoff games so far, Donovan has two goals and two assists as Duluth East gets set to…
ESKO, Minn. – The girls high school basketball playoffs are tipping off later this week so it’s win or go home from here on out. One team that has a little bit of redemption on their minds is Esko. The Eskomos finished their regular season with a 20–6 record, including 11–2 since the start of the new year. Last season,…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – After Proctor/Hermantown defeated Mound Westonka Area 5-3 to claim third place in Class A, head coach Glen Gilderman told his team that he would be stepping down. Gilderman, who has been the only head coach the Mirage have ever had since the program started 21 years ago, led the team to their highest ever state tournament finish…
DULUTH, Minn.- In boys hockey action, it was a day filled of four semifinal games over at AMSOIL Arena with section 7A and 7AA. In the first game of the day, Duluth East took on Cloquet-Esko-Carlton. Ricky Lyle would score twice for East as the Greyhounds took care of the Lumberjacks 5-2. Also, East would score twice while shorthanded as…
CLOQUET, Minn. – The Hibbing girls basketball team ended the season on a 15-game win streak as they knocked off Cloquet 58-41. In boys action, Cloquet fell at home to Bemidji 75-55, Duluth Denfeld got the road win over Proctor 60-39 and Tartan spoiled Senior Night for Hermantown as they win it 67-56. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Superior boys hockey team will take on the two–time defending state champs Hudson Saturday in the section finals. The Spartans already have two wins over the Raiders this season. One more and they will capture their first section title since 2015, the last time Superior won a state title as well. Puck drop Saturday at Wessman…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Proctor-Hermantown girls hockey team led 2-1 going into the third period, but top-seeded Warroad would score four goals in the final from as they win it 5-2 Friday night at the Xcel Energy Center. Dehli Heikes and Alyssa Watkins scored for the Mirage, who will play Mound Westonka in the third place game Saturday at…
