HERMANTOWN, Minn. – The Hermantown boys basketball team used a big second half to get the 72-54 home win over Virginia on Saturday afternoon. The Hawks have now won two straight and improve to 2-3 on the season. Hermantown is scheduled to play at Proctor on Tuesday. Categories: High School, Sports
MIAMI, Ohio – Cole Koepke scored twice as the No. 6 Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey team got the 6-3 win over Miami (OH) to sweep the weekend series. Jackson Cates, Nick Swaney, Quinn Olson and Luke Loheit each scored once for the Bulldogs while Jesse Jacques finished with two assists. Ryan Fanti finished with 32 saves. UMD improves to 10-5-2…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we hear from UWS women’s basketball coach Zach Otto-Fisher as the Yellowjackets opened their season Wednesday with a win over Northland College. Categories: Coaches Corner, College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Senior center Noah Paulson finished with 24 points as the Duluth East boys basketball team took care of business at home with a 73-61 win over Hibbing Friday night. Mattie Thompson and Zaa Buffalo chipped in with 18 and 11 points, respectively. The Bluejackets were paced by Mayson Brown, who scored 24 points. Ayden McDonald finished with…
DULUTH, Minn. – A big fourth quarter would be the difference as the UMD women’s basketball team held off Northern State 61-55 Friday night at Romano Gym. Junior Brooke Olson led the way with 18 points, while freshman Ella Gilbertson scored 16 points off the bench to help the Bulldogs stay undefeated at 4-0. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports,…
DULUTH, Minn. – A shorthanded goal in the first period from assistant captain Anna Klein would spark the UMD women’s hockey team as they defeated St. Cloud State 4-1 Friday night at Amsoil Arena. Anneke Linser, Gabbie Hughes and Clara Van Wieren also scored for UMD, while Emma Soderberg finished with 20 saves. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports, University…
OXFORD, Ohio – Forwards Cole Koepke and Quinn Olson each scored for the UMD men’s hockey team as they held off Miami 2-1 Friday night at the Goggin Ice Center. Ryant Fanti finished with 14 saves as head coach Scott Sandelin earned his 400th career coaching win. The Bulldogs will look for the sweep on Saturday. Categories: College, Friday Night…
HIBBING, Minn. – Hibbing’s Mayson Brown announced this week that he has committed to joining the Bay College men’s basketball team. Through three games this season, Brown is averaging just over 10 points per game for the Bluejackets. Last season, that number was at over 16 per game. Brown is also a member of the Playmakers North travel basketball team….
VIRGINIA, Minn. – Virginia’s Lexiss Trygg has signed her National Letter of Intent to join the women’s basketball team at the University of Jamestown. Trygg has been a key member of the Blue Devils who are currently 5-0 on the season. Trygg is also part of the Starks Elite travel basketball team. Categories: College, High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Sophomores Savannah Leopold and Emma Raye combined to score 44 points as the Superior girls basketball team handed Hermantown their first loss of the season 71-59. In other prep girls basketball action, Cloquet got 22 points from Alexa Snesrud as they earn a road win over Duluth East 75-62. Ashlynne Guenther led the Greyhounds with 26 points….
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – The Proctor/Hermantown girls hockey team scored early and often as they topped Superior 14-0 Thursday night at the Hermantown Ice Arena. In prep boys hockey action, Hermantown blanked Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 6-0 for their third straight shutout and Duluth Marshall earned their first win of the season by knocking off Moose Lake Area 5-1 at Mars Lakeview Arena. Categories:…
DULUTH, Minn. – Registration opens on Monday for the Minnesota Wild’s “Little Wild Learn to Play” youth program. The Duluth Heritage Center will host four days of activities in the month of April for boys and girls ages five to nine. The program is intended for kids who have not participated in organized youth hockey programs. For more information, click…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD women’s hockey team are seeing a shift in their identity in the past few weeks. What started out as the highest scoring team in the country has turned into one of the stingiest. The Bulldogs are now the best defense in the WCHA and rank 3rd in the nation. “I think that we do have…
DULUTH, Minn. – Last weekend, the UMD men’s basketball team took a pair on the chin as they were swept at home by MSU-Moorhead. And for this young Bulldogs team, it served as a wake-up call after a great start to the season. “I think the biggest takeaway would be that there’s no easy games. This is the top conference…
MOOSE LAKE, Minn. – Wrestling legend Ric Flair always says “to be the best, you got to beat the best.” In Section 7AA, the Esko boys basketball team is always the team to beat. But a new team is looking to take that top spot: Moose Lake-Willow River. Last weekend, the Rebels pulled away in the second half for a…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD women’s basketball team are coming off another idle weekend due to COVID protocols. However, the Bulldogs were able to get together and instead of playing games, used their downtime to build their chemistry off the court. “We ended up making it a good weekend. We played dodgeball on Saturday, which was hilarious because we blindfolded…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Senior guard Ellie Leadstrom finished with a game-high 22 points as the UWS women’s basketball team earned a non-conference win over Northland College 88-59 Wednesday night at the Mertz Mortorelli Gym. The Yellowjackets also got 19 points from Kaija Davies and 16 points from Kaelyn Christian. The LumberJills were paced by Miranda Wagner and Raniya White, who…
DULUTH, Minn. – One of the biggest issues in the early part of the season for the UMD men’s hockey team has been the power play. Coming into last weekend, the Bulldogs were below 20%, but a solid showing against Western Michigan helped bump that number up slightly. But now, the team says they need to find consistency to keep…
ESKO, Minn. – Longtime prep volleyball head coach Desiree DeLeon has officially retired. She spent the first four years of her coaching career at Cook High School and the last 13 with the Eskomos, racking up over 350 wins. Her teams had five state tournament appearances and never had a losing record. No word yet on when the search for…
CLOQUET, Minn. – Clutch free throws late would be the difference as the Proctor girls basketball team knocked off Cloquet Tuesday night 56-54. Payton Rodberg led the way with 23 points while Hailie Evans also scored 14 points as the Rails improve to 2-3. Categories: High School, Sports
CULVER, Minn. – Austin Josephson led the way with 24 points as the South Ridge boys basketball team stayed undefeated with a home win over Wrenshall 89-38 Tuesday night. Jaxson Bennett chipped in with 21 points while Aaron Bennet finished with 17 points for the Panthers, who improve to 4-0 on the season. In other prep boys basketball action, Duluth…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Superior boys hockey team earned its second shutout in as many nights, getting the 2-0 road win over Duluth Marshall on Tuesday night. Drew Scharte and Tyler Friedrich scored for the Spartans while Jamin Durfee made 31 saves in the shutout. Superior improves to 5-5 on the season and is scheduled to host Baldwin-Woodville on Saturday….
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The UWS women’s hockey team scored four times in the third period, including two goals from C.C. Hayes, as they knocked off Northland College 5-1 in an exhibition game to open the season. Megan Dulong also scored twice for the Yellowjackets while Amber Heidenreich recorded the other goal. Zoe Chadwick had the lone goal for the LumberJills….
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The UW-Superior women’s basketball team get set to open their season Wednesday night. And this year’s squad will be unlike any other in recent memory with nine freshman and four sophomores. But what this group lacks in experience, they make up for with talent and the desire to get better. “We have a really coachable group of…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The UW-Superior men’s basketball team received some bad news Tuesday morning as their first two games of the season have been postponed. The Yellowjackets were scheduled to face Northland College on Thursday and Martin Luther on Saturday. According to a press release, the games have not yet been rescheduled, but may be made up at a later…
DULUTH, Minn. – The CSS athletic department announced Tuesday that fan attendance at winter sports events will be limited to the families of players, coaches and staff. This applies to men’s and women’s hockey and basketball beginning the week of February 8th. Two tickets will be given to each individual for immediate family members only. Spectators will not be allowed…
DULUTH, Minn. – Eighth-grader Mercury Bischoff finished with a four goals as the Grand Rapids/Greenway girls hockey team blanked Duluth 6-0 Monday night at the Heritage Center. Claire Vekich and Molly Pierce also found the back of the net to help the Lightning stay undefeated on the season. In prep boys hockey action, Jamin Durfee earned the road shutout as…
DULUTH, Minn. – In a battle of unbeaten teams, the Esko girls basketball team won a nail-biter over Duluth Marshall 62-59 Monday night. And the Eskomo boys got a combined 41 points from Mason Perich and Eli as they earned a road win over rivals Cloquet 78-47. Categories: High School, Sports
STEVENS POINT, Minn. – Monday, the WIAA put out the playoff brackets for boys and girls hockey, which begins next Thursday, February 4th. DIVISION TWO BOYS #5 Amery Co-op at #4 Hayward – 7 p.m. #7 Frederic Co-op at #2 Superior – 7 p.m. GIRLS #5 Hayward Co-op at #4 Chippewa Falls Co-op – 7:30 p.m. #6 Superior/Northwestern at #3…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Monday, the UMAC released its preseason coaches poll for men’s basketball. Defending regular season champs Northwestern take the top spot with five of the nine first-place votes. St. Scholastica is right behind them at #2 as they nabbed three first-place votes. UW-Superior, who made a big jump last season, come in at #4 after graduating a…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The UW-Superior athletic department announced Monday that fans will not be allowed to attend Yellowjackets home sporting events. This includes men’s and women’s hockey, basketball and indoor track and field. According to athletic director Nick Bursik, the decision was made in conjunction with guidelines from the Douglas County Health Department. The press release goes on to remind…
DULUTH, Minn. – Ben Almquist and Connor Kelley scored their first career goals as the No. 7 UMD men’s hockey team got the 4-1 win over Western Michigan on Sunday to sweep the weekend series. Cole Koepke and Noah Cates also scored while Quinn Olson and Nick Swaney picked up two assists each. Zach Stejskal got the start and finished…
DULUTH, Minn. – Grand Rapids running back Caden Hofstad announced that he has committed to the St. Scholastica football team. In seven games his senior season, Hofstad rushed for 344 yards and three touchdowns, and he also caught 52 yards and had a receiving touchdown. Hofstad led the Thunderhawks to an undefeated regular season this past fall. His junior season,…
DULUTH, Minn. – It’s finally game week for the St. Scholastica women’s hockey team. The Saints have plenty of scoring returning this season and have their largest roster size in program history, but they will have a new face in net. The Saints graduated standout Lexi Thomeczek in the spring but have a pretty solid backup: senior Lori Huseby will…
CLOQUET, Minn. – The Minnesota Wilderness struggled to get anything going offensively, as the Kenai River Brown Bears got the 4-0 road win on Sunday night. The Wilderness finished with 44 shots on goal. The Wilderness are scheduled to return to action on Saturday hosting the Austin Bruins. Categories: Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Jackson Cates scored a natural hat trick in the third period, with all three goals coming less than 10 minutes apart, as the No. 7 Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey team got the 5-1 win over Western Michigan in the first game of the weekend series. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead, having a 2-0 advantage…
DULUTH, Minn. – Drew Blair dropped 26 points on Saturday but it wouldn’t be enough as MSU-Moorhead got the 103-95 win over the UMD men’s basketball team to sweep the weekend series. Jack Middleton scored a career-high 18 points while Joshua Brown finished with 13 points. The Bulldogs came out strong in the first half, but the Dragons went on…
ESKO, Minn. – Logan Orvedahl led the way with 27 points as the Moose Lake-Willow River boys basketball team got the 87-70 road win over Esko on Saturday. The Rebels improve to 3-0 on the season while Esko falls to 0-3. The Eskomos are scheduled to return to action on Monday in Cloquet while Moose Lake-Willow River will look to…
BEMIDJI, Minn. – Freshman defender Nina Jobst-Smith scored her first collegiate goal in 3-on-3 overtime on Saturday afternoon, giving the No. 6 Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey team the 1-0 win over Bemidji State to split the weekend series. The offensive struggles continued, as Jobst-Smith’s goal was UMD’s first goal since the series opener against Ohio State on Jan. 15. UMD…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Garrett Lickiss loves basketball. So much so that he has spent the last three years as the team manager for the Superior boys basketball team. But when he was a child, he was diagnosed with an abnormality of his corpus callosum, a nerve in the brain that connects the left and right sides. In spite of that,…
DULUTH, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we hear from St. Scholastica women’s hockey head coach Jackie MacMillan as the Saints will start their season next week. Categories: Coaches Corner, College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Molly Henderson would score the lone goal for the Duluth girls hockey team as they fall to Dodge County 5-1 Friday night at the Heritage Center. Sophie Mitchell finished with 26 saves for the Northern Stars, who will be back in action Monday night as they host Grand Rapids/Greenway. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – The country’s top prospect Chet Holmgren and top-ranked Minnehaha Academy were too much for the Duluth East boys basketball team to handle, as they got the 77-36 road win to hand the Greyhounds their first loss of the season. Giovani Saldivar, Noah Paulson and Mattie Thompson each led the Greyhounds with nine points while Holmgren finished the…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD men’s basketball team dropped their second straight game, as MSU-Moorhead got the 93-76 win in the first game of the weekend series. Drew Blair led the way with 22 points while Joshua Brown finished with 19 points and four rebounds. Austin Andrews chipped in with 10 points and four rebounds. The Bulldogs shot 52 percent…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – In prep boys basketball action, Superior earned the home win over Duluth Marshall 73-58 Thursday night. The Spartans improve 3-2. And in girls basketball action, Maiah Christianson led the way with 24 points as Hermantown picked up the road win over Duluth East 58-53. The Greyhounds were led by Ashlynne Guenther, who finished with a game-high 25…
PROCTOR, Minn. – Seven different goal-scorers with find the back of the net as the Hermantown boys hockey team stayed undefeated with a win over Proctor 9-0 Thursday night at the St. Luke’s Sports & Events Center. Dominic Thomas and Ethan Lund led the way with two goals each, while Joey Pierce, Gavin Blomdahl, Zam Plante, Aydyn Dowd and George…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD women’s hockey team will be back in action this weekend as they travel to Bemidji State. The Bulldogs are coming off a great series at home against third-ranked Ohio State. Head coach Maura Crowell says while it was disappointing to allow just a single goal against the Buckeyes and not get the sweep, it was…
DULUTH, Minn. – Friday night, the Duluth East boys basketball team will host Minnehaha Academy and Chet Holmgren, who is the number one high school player in the entire country. He is over seven feet tall, but sometimes plays point guard for the Red Hawks. He’s an elite shot blocker with an unlimited shooting range. We spoke with the Greyhounds…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD women’s basketball team announced Thursday that their series against Minnesota State Moorhead has been cancelled due to positive COVID-19 cases in the Dragons’ program. This is the second straight week that the Bulldogs will not be in action. Per NSIC scheduling guidelines for this season, the series will not be re-scheduled. Categories: College, Sports, University…
DULUTH, Minn. – In the era of COVID-19, prep teams across the country have to be ready to make changes on the fly if players are out and schedules have to be adjusted. But at this time last year, the Duluth East boys hockey team was hit with a bug few teams have ever seen in recent memory with nearly…
