DULUTH, Minn. – Back in March, the Duluth Marshall girls basketball team had their season end at the hands of Proctor in the Section 7AA title game. Nearly nine months later, that loss is still stuck in the minds of the Hilltoppers, even more so with senior guard Grace Kirk. “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – On the first day of the Superior Shootout Holiday Classic, the St. Scholastica women overcame a slow start to get the 68-51 win over Waldorf, while the hosts Wisconsin-Superior women used a big fourth quarter to top Finlandia 64-55. In the first game of the day, the Warriors led the Saints after the first quarter, but the…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Wisconsin-Superior men’s hockey team continued to battle back, but in the end, Marian won the 2019 Superior Showdown in a 1-0 shootout win. Dylan Johnson finished with two goals for the Yellowjackets, including the first goal and the last goal with just 30 seconds remaining to force overtime. Troy York and Artur Terchiyev scored the other…
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The No. 10 UMD men’s hockey team returned from the holiday break in a big way, getting the 4-1 road win over Merrimack College in the series opener. After being off for three weeks, but Bulldogs took some time to get going and went down 1-0 early in the second. The Bulldogs then scored four unanswered…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Wisconsin-Superior men’s hockey team jumped out to an early lead and then held on late to get the 2-1 win over Tufts and advance to the Superior Showdown championship game. Andrew Durham and Troy York scored for the Yellowjackets in the first period. Oscar Svensson finished with 21 saves. UWS will play Marian in the Superior…
DULUTH, Minn. – Griffin Lehet scored the game-winner in overtime as Duluth Denfeld rallied back to get the 2-1 win over Owatonna to win the Heritage Holiday Classic. Kade Shea scored the other goal for the Hunters early in the third period. Duluth Denfeld (9-2-1) will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 3 hosting Bloomington Kennedy. At the final…
ESKO, Minn. – The Hermantown girls basketball team bounced back in a big win on Saturday, getting the 56-35 win over hosts Esko to take home third place at the Esko Coaches Classic. Hermantown improves to 9-1 and will be back in action on Jan. 7 at home hosting Duluth East, while Esko (7-4) will host Moose Lake-Willow River on…
DULUTH, Minn. – Griffin Lehet finished with a hat trick as the Duluth Denfeld boys hockey team got the 6-2 win over Roseville in the second round of the Heritage Holiday Inn Classic. The Hunters will take on Owatonna in the championship game on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. In the Hilltopper Holiday Classic at Mars Lakeview Arena, Hermantown dominated Fort…
ESKO, Minn. – The Hermantown girls basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, as St. Anthony Village got the 62-58 win in the second round of the Esko Coaches Classic. The Hawks (8-1) will play hosts Esko in the third place game on Saturday at 2:45 p.m. In the first day of the Wood City Classic in Cloquet,…
DULUTH, Minn. -For this week’s Coaches Corner, we sat down with Duluth Marshall girls hockey head coach Stephaine Erickson to talk about the start of the season and what it will take to get the Hilltoppers back to the section 7A title game. Duluth Marshall will be back in action on Saturday against Warroad and will be back home on…
PROCTOR, Minn. – Proctor girls basketball senior guard Sam Parendo has decided to stay close to home for college and committed to playing college basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Parendo holds the record for all-time assists at Proctor and has been a key part of the team’s offense, where she helped lead the Rails to the state tournament last…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Superior quarterback Jarrett Gronski announced on Twitter on Thursday that he has committed to play college football at Bemidji State University. Gronski pulled off multiple impressive comebacks while leading the Spartans to the state semifinals this past season. In 13 games, Gronski completed 42 passes for 753 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 57.9 passing yards per game….
ESKO, Minn. – The Esko Coaches Classic basketball tournament kicked off at Esko high school on Thursday. The tournament has eight teams competing. Thursday night the Eskomos took on the Eveleth-Gilbert Golden Bears. Esko would go on to win 53-25. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – The Heritage Holiday Inn Classic high school hockey tournament kicked off on Thursday at the Essentia Duluth Heritage Center. The Denfeld Hunters took on the Depere, WI Voyageurs. Denfeld ended up winning 5-3 they take on Roseville on Friday night at 7 p.m.. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – With 22 days between games for the holidays UMD men’s hockey is back and prepping for this weekends clash with Merrimack College. The players got some much needed break and most got to go home and see their families. The Bulldogs stressed in a press conference Thursday that they are looking to change their losing non-conference record…
DULUTH, Minn. – After having the day off for Christmas, the Hermantown Hawks were back in action at the Hilltopper Holiday Classic at Mars Lakeview Arena. Captain Blake Biondi scored two goals in the second including a short-handed goal. The win puts the Hawks to 7-1-1 on the season. They will play Fort Frances on Friday at 4:30 in the…
DULUTH, Minn. — Dog sledding was widely used by those traveling from village to village along the north shore and later by mail carriers. One legendary mail carrier in particular, John Beargrease, is still recognized and honored here today. With the Beargrease race just weeks away, in this weeks great outdoors Fox 21’s Brittney Merlot takes us mushing with a…
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth Marshall is hosting its annual Hilltopper Holiday Classic hockey tournament at Mars Lakeview Arena. The tournament is drawing six teams from as far away as Fort Frances in Canada to compete. Other teams featured will be Hermantown, Brainerd, Burnsville, and Buffalo. The holiday classic gives Marshall a chance to get plenty of experience with teams they…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – Hermantown is all about hockey, many years of tradition is on display each Christmas Even when alumni come back to take on the current varsity team. “We have Division-oners playing with guys that never played a day after high school and it’s just great to see everybody and it just keeps the community going that hockey community…
DULUTH, Minn. – UMD women’s hockey coach Maura Crowell will be far from home this Christmas. She is coaching the US Womens U-18 team at the IIHF World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. Along with the honor of coaching the team for the second straight year, she is making history as well because Bulldog’s men’s hockey coach Scott Sandelin will be…
PROCTOR, Minn. – While many of the pieces have changed, senior defender Braelyn Sathers has been a consistent part of the Proctor Hermantown Mirage blue line this season. “She’s a tall girl, she takes up a lot of space just with her size and her stick and her positioning. Every game she’s been bringing it and she’s really doing a…
PROCTOR, Minn. – Saturday the Benilde-St. Margaret Red Knights played the Proctor-Hermantown Mirage. Despite scoring first the Mirage lost 3-1. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth East continues their hot start to the season as they took on Cloquet on Saturday. The Hounds went on to win 81-56 to improve to 5-1. The Hounds next take on Orono on December 26. Categories: High School, Sports
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – The 5-1-1 Hermantown Hawks boys hockey team hosted last year’s state third place finisher Mahtomedi in a big matchup. The Zephyrs had a record of 7-1 coming into the game. Hawks would dominate the Zephyrs 9-2. Hermantown captain Blake Biondi helps his team out and scores his eleventh and twelfth goals of the season as well. Meanwhile…
ESKO, Minn. – James LaGarde and Payton Wefel combined to score 31 points as the Esko boys basketball team knocked off Two Harbors 76-35 Friday night. In other boys action, Virginia picked up a close road win over Proctor 68-65 and Duluth Marshall ran past Lakeview Christian Academy 92-35. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we spoke with UWS men’s basketball coach Greg Polkowski about his team’s hot start to the season. The Yellowjackets are 6-4 on the season, including a perfect 4-0 in the UMAC. They’ll be back in action next weekend for the Nicolet National Bank Holiday tournament in De Pere, WI. Categories: Coaches Corner,…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Marshall girls hockey team had no answers for Benilde-St. Margaret’s as the Red Knights blanked the Hilltoppers 4-0 Friday night at Mars Lakeview Arena. Mary Zavoral scored twice, while Lily Mortenson and Sophie Melsness also scored for the Red Knights. The Hilltoppers fall to 5-5 on the season as they will host Minneapolis on Saturday….
DULUTH, Minn. — In this weeks Active Adventures Fox 21’s Brittney Merlot and Brett Scott donated their time to help the less fortunate this holiday season. Volunteering to bell ring for Salvation Army Red Kettle Drive at Mount Royal turned out to be a fun experience, check it out. Brittney Merlot wanted to take it to the next level with…
DULUTH, Minn. – Earlier this month, Jennifer Kuhlman, the mother of former UMD captain Karson Kuhlman, was involved in a car crash in the United Kingdom where she currently works for the U.S. Air Force. Her injuries include her foot, wrist and pelvis. Almost immediately, a GoFundMe page was set up by Patricia Samberg, current UMD defenseman Dylan Samberg’s mom,…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – Thursday, Hawks volleyball standout Morgan Schroeder signed her National Letter of Intent to join the Northwestern College volleyball team. The campus is located about 50 minutes north of Sioux City, IA. Schroeder says her family will be moving just outside of Sioux Falls, South Dakota which will make the trip to see her play much easier. “They…
DULUTH, Minn. – Gianna Kneepkens led the way with 23 points while Grace Kirk chipped in with 22 points and 11 assists as the Duluth Marshall girls basketball team got the home win over Cherry 69-52 Thursday night. And across the bridge, Hermantown held off a late rally from Superior to get the road win 61-54. Both the Hilltoppers and…
SUPERIOR, Minn. – 32 points from Joey Barker would not be enough as the Superior boys basketball team fall short to Esko 69-68 Thursday night. Payton Wefel and James LaGarde combine to score 41 for the Eskomos who improve to 4-2 on the season. They’ll host Two Harbors Friday night. In other prep boys basketball action, Duluth East got the…
DULUTH, Minn. – Cooper and Connor McClure would each score in the third period as the Duluth Denfeld boys hockey team earned the comeback win over Superior 3-2 Thursday night at the 2019 Perkins Frenzy. Griffin Lehet also scored for the Hunters while the Spartans got their goals from Drew Scharte and TJ Sitek. In the other game of the…
DULUTH, Minn. – It’s really hard to go undefeated for an entire season. But it’s even harder to glance over how well the Duluth Marshall girls basketball team has been playing so far this season. The Hilltoppers are currently 5-0 on the early season, which started a little later than most did in the Northland. And while both Grace Kirk…
PROCTOR, Minn. – Proctor’s Cole Johnson announced Wednesday morning on Twitter that he has committed to playing college football at Bemidji State. The big-bodied wide receiver helped the Rails advance all the way to the section semi-finals and was a big part of Proctor’s win over Hermantown in the “Battle for the Hammer”. Johnson also plays basketball and baseball for…
DULUTH, Minn. – In a father-son coaching match-up, Mike McDonald and Cambridge-Isanti hang on to beat Rhett McDonald and Duluth East 69-65 Tuesday night. And in girls action, Proctor would get the home win over Virginia 63-28, holding the Blue Devils to just four points in the second half. The Rails improve to 6-1 on the season as they will…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – In a battle of two of the top teams in Section 7A, the Hermantown boys put the clamps down on Duluth Denfeld to get the win 6-1, thanks to four goals from Blake Biondi. In girls action, it was Proctor/Hermantown all over Superior 13-0 and the Duluth Northern Stars pulled off the upset as they held on…
DULUTH, Minn. – There are many people who believe that twin telepathy is a real thing, where twins can feel exactly what the other is thinking. For those who don’t believe it’s real, here’s “Exhibit A”: Duluth East baseball standouts Caden and Jaxon Edwards. Tuesday, the twin brothers signed their National Letters of Intent to join the North Dakota State…
ESKO, Minn. – In a battle of two teams who made it to the state tournament last season, the Esko boys basketball team used a strong push late in the second half to get past North Woods 95-77 Monday night. The Eskomos got 30 points each from James LaGarde and Payton Wefel to help pick up their third win of…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Momentum is a big part in how successful a team can be. There’s momentum within a game and even between games as well. But what about momentum from one season to the next? That seems to be the case for the UWS men’s hockey team. After a strong end to last season, the Yellowjackets are currently tied…
DULUTH, Minn. – Hermantown high school hockey is a program that will always stand out across the state of Minnesota. “It’s a hockey community. You see it all over the news in the state of Minnesota. Just growing up there and playing there, you always had a target on your back, teams would want to beat you being one of…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- As part of UWS Athletic Department’s 4th Annual Week of Giving, kids could come and use the campus as their playground, as they spent the afternoon with college athletes. “Superior’s obviously a smaller town and we want the community’s support, and in order to get that you gotta support the community,” said Andrew Durham, a Senior on the…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Eva Reinertsen scored her 1,000th career point during the second quarter of Saturday’s game and finished with 20, but Bethany Lutheran was able to hang on late for the 69-68 win over the Wisconsin-Superior women in a rematch of the UMAC title game. Emily Carpenter finished with 17 points while Marissa Ruiz had had 12 and Pashia…
CLOQUET, Minn. – Cloquet Middle School was home to the 2019 Lake Superior Conference day with four girls basketball games happening throughout the day and saw Duluth Marshall, Two Harbors, Hermantown and Superior picking up wins. Duluth Marshall stayed undefeated with a 71-39 win over Ashland and Hermantown also stayed undefeated, getting the 47-32 win over previously undefeated Proctor. In…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Wisconsin-Superior men’s hockey team scored early and often to get the 7-0 win over Northland College to sweep the weekend series. Troy York scored twice while Lawson McDonald, Andrew Durham, Troy MacTavish, Pavel Mikhasenok and Dylan Johnson each netted a goal. Oscar Svensson made 22 saves in the shutout. UWS improves to 8-2 and will return…
DULUTH, Minn. – Ashlynne Guenther and Macy Hermanson finished with 12 points each as the Duluth East girls basketball team held on for the home win over Esko 39-36 Friday night. In prep boys action, the Greyhounds knocked off the Eskomos 84-76 and Hermantown stays undefeated with a win over Duluth Denfeld 86-76. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Wisconsin-Superior women’s hockey team scored two in the third and held on late to get the 3-2 win over St. Catherine in the first part of the home-and-home series and the final home game for Yellowjackets in 2019. Molly Shelton, Tessa Jorde and C.C. Hayes scored for the Yellowjackets in the win while McKenzie Whalen made…
DULUTH, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we chat with Duluth Denfeld boys head hockey coach Dale Jago following his team’s big win over Greenway on Thursday night. Jago also talked about the development of the McClure twins, as well as what can be expected from a very competitive section. Categories: Coaches Corner, Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
PROCTOR, Minn. – Michaela Phinney would light the lamp twice as the Proctor/Hermantown girls hockey team got the shutout win over Duluth Marshall 5-0 Friday night at the St. Luke’s Sports and Event Center. Macy Sieger, Kaydee High and Braelyn Sathers also scored for the Mirage, while sophomore Abby Pajari recorded a shutout between the pipes. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy,…
DULUTH, Minn. – In their last game of 2019, the St. Scholastica men used a big second period to top Gustavus Adolphus 4-1. Tyler Hinterser got the Saints on the board in the first, then the Saints scored three in the second to give the win. Boe Bjorge scored twice while Isaac Kobienia scored the other goal in the second….
