DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s hockey team wrapped up their series with Denver on Saturday night. The Pioneers took game two of the series as they defeated the Bulldogs 2-1. Scoring the lone goal for the Bulldogs was Owen Gallatin. UMD is back in action on Friday, February 7th, against Omaha. Puck drop is at 7:07 p.m. Categories: College, Sports,…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior men’s hockey tried to defend their nine-game winning streak as they hosted UW-River Falls on Friday. In the end, they had to settle for the 2-2 tie with the Falcons. In the shoot-out, River Falls went on to take the extra point. Scoring for the Yellowjackets was Reed Stark and Justin Dauphinais. The Yellowjackets are back…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s hockey team picked up another big win on Friday night, upsetting #5 Denver 4 to 3. Aaron Pionk, Max Plante, Kyle Bettens, and Anthony Menghini all scored for the Bulldogs in the contest. UMD (10-12-1) will once again clash with Denver on Saturday. Puck drop is at 6:07 PM. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports,…
BISMARCK, N.D.- The UMD men’s basketball team picked up a road victory on Friday night, defeating UMary 70 to 52. Charlie Katona led the Bulldogs with 17 points in the victory. UMD has now won their last six games. They’ll try to make it seven on Saturday when they visit Minot State. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports, University of…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- This week’s top plays comes from on the ice. At number one, Superior’s Tyler Olson takes a hack at a bouncing puck and clangs it off the pipes and in for the goal. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- Former UMD standoutGabbie Hughes was named to the U.S. Roster for their upcoming Rivalry series with Canada. She is one of 21 players that will make their way to Nova Scotia to take part in the games. Hughes is currently with the Ottawa Charge in the PWHL. In 11 games this season, she’s accounted for two assists. Team…
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD captain Dominic James was nominated for the Hobey Baker Award on Friday. James has had quite the senior campaign so far as he’s tallied 10 goals and 9 assists this season. The forward is one of 22 players in the NCHC that were nominated for the honor. He’s seeking to be the first Bulldog to win the…
SUPERIOR, Wis.– This past year, the city of Superior has been sprucing up the area by reworking and reimagining the landscape to be more in touch with nature. Superior reintroduced the new and improved Woodstock Bay Landing in August. It used to be a gravel and dirt boat landing, but transformed into an area filled with trails, a pavilion, and…
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn.- Coming off their first-ever win against UMD on Thursday, St. Thomas was able to top the Bulldogs again on Friday. Tied at 3 in overtime, Ella Boerger netted the game-winning goal to give St. Thomas the 4 to 3 victory. UMD had three different goal-scorers in the contest as Mary Kate O’Brien, Clara Van Wieren, and Danielle…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Duluth Denfeld boys basketball team picked up their 8th win of the season on Thursday, defeating Superior 68 to 62. The Hunters will next play at Hermantown on Friday night at 7:15 PM. Superior falls to 7-9 and is at River Falls on Tuesday. In other boys basketball action, Hermantown snapped a three-game losing skid with a…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Northern Stars hosted Elk River in hopes of their 10th win on Thursday night. It was a defensive battle all game as the Northern Stars and Elk end in a 1-1 tie. Scoring the lone goal for the Northern Stars was Bailey Theis. The Northern Stars are back in action on Friday, January 24th against Rock…
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn.- For the first time in program history, the St. Thomas women’s hockey team picked up a win against UMD. Tied at 2 late in the 3rd, former Duluth Marshall Hilltopper Ilsa Lindaman found the back of the net with 23 seconds left to give the Tommies the 3-2 upset victory. The goal was also Lindaman’s first in…
MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn.- It was a night to celebrate for the Mountain Iron-Buhl girls basketball team on Wednesday. Not only did they defeat Cass Lake-Bena 60-57, their coach also joined a prestigious club. Jeff Buffetta earned career win number 600 in the contest. He’s the 14th girls coach in the state of Minnesota to reach the milestone. Buffetta is in…
DULUTH, Minn.- The NSIC coaches poll for softball was released on Thursday for the upcoming season. Coming in at 4th was the UMD Bulldogs, who finished last year with a 41 and 15 record. UMD returns four full-time starters and 13 letterwinners from a year ago, that includes pitcher Maddy Walsh and infielder Nicole Schmitt. The duo were also named…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild activated star Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared Spurgeon from injured reserve before their game against Utah on Thursday, putting two integral players back in the lineup. Kaprizov last played on Dec. 23 against Chicago. He missed 12 games with a lower-body injury that lingered longer than the Wild initially believed it would,…
MINNESOTA – This last deer season was considered a successful one for northern Minnesota hunters. On Wednesday, the Minnesota DNR released the results from the 2024 hunting season. Hunters harvested more than 170,000 deer during the 2024 hunting season. That’s up 7% from last year’s season, and only 3% lower than a five year average. DNR officials say the weather…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Marshall girls basketball team picked up a big conference win on Wednesday, defeating Proctor 69 to 65. The Hilltoppers snapped the Rails eight-game winning streak plus handed them their first conference defeat of the season. Duluth Marshall improves to 12-6 and will next host Northome/Kelliher on Saturday. As for Proctor (16-2), they’ll host Grand Rapids on…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- Five years ago, UWS guard J’Vaun Walker left the Texas heat to the tundra of Superior, Wisconsin. “Obviously the weather was an adjustment. It still is an adjustment to say the least. I wanted to get away, see what I could do by myself a little bit. It’s worked out, so I have no regrets,” said Walker. And…
DULUTH, Minn.- For the 2nd time this season, the 4th ranked UMD women’s hockey team is tasked with facing a short week as they will play at St. Thomas on Thursday and Friday. But, the Bulldogs will be eager to get out on the ice as they are coming off being swept by Ohio State at home. Thursday’s contest will…
DULUTH, Minn.- Another ranked opponent awaits the UMD men’s hockey team as the Bulldogs will welcome in 5th ranked Denver to Amsoil Arena this weekend. It’s the 3rd straight weekend the Bulldogs have clashed with a top 20 team. UMD has shown that they can compete with them as they’ve won three of their last four, including splitting with 19th…
SOLON SPRINGS, Wis.- Another Solon Springs/Northwood runner is set to join UMD. Isaac Dickenson announced his commitment to both the Bulldogs cross country and track and field teams on Wednesday. Isaac was the sectional individual champion in both sports the past two seasons. He also got it done on the big stage placing 6th at the state cross country meet…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The NBA has postponed Wednesday night’s game in New Orleans between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Pelicans after a historic winter storm dumped about a foot of snow in the Big Easy. Tuesday’s winter storm made road travel treacherous in a subtropical city with minimal snow-clearing equipment on hand. The Milwaukee Bucks beat the weather by…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Hermantown boys hockey team picked up their 12th win of the season on Tuesday, defeating Superior 3-1. The Hawks were held scoreless in the first and second period. But, the 3rd period was a different story as they erupted for three goals. Hermantown (12-4-3) will next play at St. Thomas Academy on Friday. As for Superior (4-13-1),…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- After a slow start to the season for the UW-Superior men’s basketball team, they have started to heat up as they began UMAC conference play earlier this month. The Yellowjackets are currently on a four-game winning streak, all against conference opponents. Their latest win was against Martin Luther, where the Yellowjackets won in dominant fashion 91-to-62. The Yellowjackets…
DULUTH, Minn.- Three locals were named to the 2025 Mr. Basketball of Minnesota award watch list. They are Cloquet’s Jack Battaglia, Duluth Marshall’s Brooks Johnson, and lastly, Cherry’s Noah Sundquist. The 38 player list will be trimmed down to a top 10 on March 3rd. Two weeks later, the final five will be announced. The winner will be announced following…
DULUTH, Minn.- Duluth FC has announced some changes to their front office. The team announced on Monday that Jonathan Bouvine is the new Director of Soccer Operations and Gabby Tachis has been named as the Director of Marketing and Business Development. The moves come over a month after General Manager Charlie Forsyth resigned. Categories: Sports
FLOODWOOD, Minn.- It was a night to remember for Floodwood junior Jonah Spindler on Monday. Spindler entered his game against Bigfork needing 13 points to reach 1,000 career points. He ended up getting 32 to surpass the mark and reach a total of 1,019 points. Spindler and the Polar Bears are next in action on Friday at Hill City. Categories:…
DULUTH, Minn.- Hermantown native and current UMD forward Max Plante has been named the NCHC Rookie of the Week. Plante stretched his point streak to six games with a goal and two assists against Colorado College. The men host Denver this weekend. Over on the women’s side, UMD once again sees no movement in the USCHO poll as they remain…
NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Suzuki received 393 of 394 votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Sabathia was on 342 ballots and Wagner on 325, which was 29…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Minnesota Vikings announced Tuesday they have agreed to terms on a multi-year contract extension for head coach Kevin O’Connell. O’Connell is 34-19 through three seasons as the Vikings’ head coach. Owner and President Mark Wilf released a statement on Tuesday. “Kevin is exactly who we believed him to be when we named him as our head coach…
EDINA, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Edina community is mourning the loss of a legend in Minnesota high school hockey. Former Edina High School boys hockey coach Willard Ikola has passed away at the age of 92. Remembering Willard Ikola What we know: In a statement, Edina Public Schools writes that Coach Ikola passed away on Monday evening. He served as Edina High School’s…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Marshall boys hockey team hosted Hibbing/Chisholm on Monday night. The Hilltoppers and the Bluejackets ended regulation tied at two. The Bluejackets later added a goal in overtime to take down the Hilltoppers 3-2. Hibbing/Chisholm is back in action on Tuesday, January 21st against International Falls. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. For the Hilltoppers, their next…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Superior girls basketball team picked up their 2nd straight win on Monday, defeating New Richmond 61 to 49. The Spartans were led by Annabel Manion, who had 17 points in the victory. Right behind her was teammate Tara Stratton with 16. Superior (6-10) will next host Hermantown on January 28th. Categories: High School, Sports
DENVER (AP) — Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday. Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist, Brock Faber also scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for Minnesota. The game was tied entering the third period but Trenin gave the Wild a…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr. had 24 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter, and Desmond Bane added 22 points as the Memphis Grizzlies used a late rally to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 108-106 on Monday. Jackson, who was 6 of 8 in the final quarter, added 10 rebounds and a pair of blocks for Memphis, which won…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Donte DiVincenzo, who recently moved into the Minnesota Timberwolves starting lineup, is out indefinitely with a big toe injury, the team announced before Monday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. DiVincenzo, a 6-foot-4 guard in his seventh season out of Villanova, had missed the last two games with the injury. “It’s indefinite at this stage,” Minnesota coach…
DULUTH, Minn.- Sad news for the Duluth Denfeld community, a long-time coach and Denfeld Alum Frank Huie passed away. Huie graduated from Duluth Denfeld in 1979. During his time with the Hunters, Huie coached for the football team, track, and girls basketball. Huie coached at Duluth Denfeld from 1980-2018. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s basketball team was back at Romano Gymnasium on Saturday as they hosted Minnesota Crookston. The Bulldogs defeated the Golden Eagles 107-67 to extend their winning streak to five. Leading the way for the Bulldogs were Charlie Katona and Kole Hanson, both recording 19 points in the contest. The Bulldogs are back in action on Friday,…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s hockey team wrapped up their series with Ohio State on Saturday. Sadly, the Buckeyes picked up the series sweep as they defeated the Bulldogs 2-1. Scoring the only goal in the contest for the Bulldogs was Olivia Wallin. UMD’s next game is on Thursday, January 23rd, against the University of St. Thomas. Puck drop is…
DULUTH, Minn.- It was a successful doubleheader for both the UMD men’s and women’s basketball teams on Friday night. The Bulldog men started off the evening with a 75 to 59 victory over Bemidji State. UMD was led by Charlie Katona and Jayden Johnson, who each had 16 points. Following that contest, the Bulldog women completed the sweep with a…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s hockey team hosted #2 Ohio State on Friday night. Unfortunately, a fast start for the Buckeyes leads to a 3-1 victory over the Bulldogs. Scoring the lone goal for the Bulldogs was Caitlin Kraemer, her eleventh of the season. The Bulldogs are back in action on Saturday for game two of their series with the…
DULUTH, Minn.- Both of this week’s top plays came from on the hardwood. At number two, UW-Superior’s Reid Johnson shows off the handles as he gets the lay in to go against Northland. At number one, some history for Proctor’s Lily Smith as she records career point number 1,000 on the three ball. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, High School,…
DULUTH, Minn.- The woes continued for the St. Scholastica men’s hockey team on Friday as they dropped their 3rd straight game to Concordia. After a scoreless first, the Cobbers jumped on the Saints with four unanswered goals to win 4-0. The two teams will meet again on Saturday with puck drop at 2 PM. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
HERMANTOWN, Minn.- Hermantown senior offensive and defensive lineman Mason Humphreys is ready for the next level. On Friday, he announced his commitment to Bethel University out of the MIAC conference. The senior captain tallied 43 tackles in his final season as a Hawk. He also played a key part in helping the team to their first state tournament appearance since…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD football team announced a couple changes to their coaching staff. Luke Olson is the new special teams coordinator and inside linebackers coach after serving as a defensive back coach and recruiting coordinator. Mekhi Ware is the team’s new secondary coach after being the cornerbacks coach. Olson has been with the Bulldogs for two seasons and Ware…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- After the retirement of longtime head coach Dan Laughlin last season, the UW-Superior women’s hockey team is halfway through their first season with their new head coach Bre Simon The Yellowjackets are currently 9-6-2 on the season and have put together a five-game winning streak. Their latest victory was against Concordia Minnesota, where the Jackets won 3-to-2. On…
PROCTOR, Minn.- The Proctor girls basketball team extended their win streak to eight games on Thursday, defeating Hermantown 75 to 52. Rails senior guard Lily Smith picked up her 1,000th career point in the victory. Proctor (16-1) will next play at Duluth Marshall on January 21st. Hermantown (10-5) will travel to Hibbing on the 21st. In other girls basketball action,…
DULUTH, Minn.- Former UMD head football coach Bob Nielson is calling it a career. On Thursday, he announced after 32 years of coaching, including the last nine seasons at the University of South Dakota, that he is stepping down with plans to retire. Nielson led the Bulldogs from 1999 to 2012, winning a national title in 2008 and 2010. After…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dawson Garcia made a 3-pointer from the near edge of the center-court logo to give Minnesota an 84-81 overtime victory over No. 20 Michigan on Thursday night. Wolverines tied it on Danny Wolf’s driving layup with sevenseconds to play. But the Gophers had time to bring the ball upcourt, where Lu’Cye Patterson found Garcia for the winner…
PROCTOR, Minn.- Another former Proctor hockey standout has announced where he’s heading next to play. Forward Kennan Reyelts will make his return to the Northland as he will suit up for St. Scholastica next year. Reyelts last played for the Rails in the 2021-2022 season and tallied a career-high 39 points. Since then, he’s had stints in the MJHL, SIJHL,…
