HERMANTOWN, Minn.- Just last season, the Hermantown/Proctor boys lacrosse team didn’t even get to six wins. Fast forward to this year and the team is off to their best start in program history at 6-0. A big reason for the team’s success has been their depth. The Stealth have a program-high 49 players, 13 of which are seniors on the…
CLOQUET, Minn.- The week of firsts continues for the Minnesota Wilderness NA3HL Team. After naming their first-ever head coach and GM on Tuesday, the team made their first-ever draft pick on Wednesday. The Wilderness took a local product in C-E-C forward Ryan Jones with the 49th pick in the 2nd round of the NA3HL Draft. Just this past season, Jones…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD soccer team released their schedule for the upcoming season. Like in previous years, UMD will open the season September 5th against Northern Michigan and then two days later they’ll host Michigan Tech. The Bulldogs have played the Wolverines and the Huskies in their first two contests since 2018, that excludes the 2020 season. In total, UMD…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Marshall baseball is getting the most they’ve ever gotten from Carter Boos, who’s in his sixth year playing for the high school team. “I think just the vibes in the dugout have been ‘We’re one unit,’ and we(‘ve) got to go win games together.” Boos has developed into a dependable hitter, a dangerous pitcher, and a…
CLOQUET, Minn.- The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys lacrosse team continues to have a magical first season. On Wednesday, the team defeated Grand Rapids/Greenway 15 to 9 to improve to 6-0 on the year. The Lumberjacks will next be in action on Friday at Bloomington Kennedy/Burnsville. Meanwhile, Grand Rapids/Greenway (0-6) will look to bounce back at Superior also on Friday. Categories: High School,…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth East baseball team would snap a three-game losing skid on Wednesday, defeating Sartell 5 to 1. The Greyhounds were led by Curran Conrad, who went three for three with three runs batted in. On the mound, Jack Teachworth went seven innings and struck out four batters. Duluth East improves to 6-4 and will next play Brainerd…
CLOQUET, Minn.- The Minnesota Wilderness’ NA3HL team has their first head coach and GM. On Tuesday, the club announced that Zach Stepan will lead the team in their first season. He comes from the Des Moines Buccaneers of the USHL, where he spent the last two seasons. Prior to that, he’s had stints with NAHL clubs in the Aberdeen Wings…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Wolfpack girls lacrosse team continued their winning ways on Tuesday, defeating Superior 14 to 0. The Wolfpack improve to 6-1 and will next host Eastview-Eagan on Friday. Superior will try to bounce back against Sun Prairie East also on Friday. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD baseball team was unable to snap their five-game losing streak on Tuesday, dropping two games to Concordia-St. Paul. In game one, the Golden Bears would rally in the 6th and 7th to pull away with the 12-7 victory. Following that contest, Concordia had a fast start in game two, putting up five in the first three…
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD softball would have four players earn All-Conference honors on Tuesday. Senior pitcher Lauren Dixon, senior outfielder Kat Burkhardt, and junior first baseman Nicole Schmitt would land on the NSIC First Team. And on the 2nd team was former Proctor Rail and freshman pitcher Maddy Walsh. This is the 2nd time Schmitt and Dixon have made it on…
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn.- Former Duluth East head coach Mike Randolph will no longer be the head coach at St. Thomas Academy. According to Youth Hockey Hub, Randolph and the Cadets have parted ways. He spent the last three seasons on the coaching staff, two of which he was the lone head coach. Randolph would lead St. Thomas Academy to the…
DULUTH, Minn.- The regular season is in the rear-view mirror for the UMD softball team. Now, the games really matter as the Bulldogs enter NSIC tournament play. With the 39 and 14 finish to the regular season, UMD earned the 3rd seed and will match up with the 6th seed, Winona State in the quarterfinals. It’s been over a month…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior women’s hockey team has a new head coach. Bre Simon becomes the 6th head coach in program history. She comes from Elmira College, where she spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach. Prior to that, she spent two years at Gentry Academy and was co-head coach for one season. Simon played collegiately at Hamline…
Tuesday was quiet and peaceful on the waters of Lake Superior. But fifty-seven years ago, the winds were vicious and the swells high. Four would die. The annual ceremony to remember those who drowned took place Tuesday at the Duluth pier. It marks the 57th anniversary of the tragic drowning that took the lives of the three Halverson family teenage…
DULUTH, Minn.- As the Duluth Marshall baseball team continue to play strong this season, senior Tanner Carlson found himself as a leader both on and off the diamond. On Friday, Carlson recorded seven strikeouts in a 6-3 win over Warroad. As a team captain, he’s embraced a leadership role with a team, and not just as a leader by example….
DULUTH, Minn.- Duluth FC’s all-time leader in minutes and games played will be back for his fifth season with the club. It was announced on social media that Jake Starling will return for the Duluth FC’s 2024 season. Starling joined the club in 2019 following his collegiate career at Florida Southern. Since then, the defender has become a staple of…
DULUTH, Minn.- A consistent rainfall at Wade Stadium didn’t stop UW-Superior as they defeated St. Scholastica 12-6 in the Saints’ final home game of the regular season. This marks the second time in school history the Yellowjackets have defeated the Saints and the first time since 2019. St. Scholastica had defeated UWS in five straight matchups from March 29, 2021…
Duluth’s Hartley Nature Center is a city treasure. And now the person who has helped lead it for over a decade is moving on to his next adventure. “Hartley is such a community gem, you know, and the staff are so amazing. The board, the supporters,” said outgoing Executive Director, Tom O’Rourke. “You know any time you tell people that…
DULUTH, Minn.- After four stellar seasons on the UMD offensive line, Treyvon Cahalan will get a shot at playing in the NFL. After not being selected in the 2024 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints have invited Cahalan to participate in their rookie minicamp, set for May 10-12. During his time with the Bulldogs, Cahalan was twice selected to the…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- For the last five years, the Twin Ports Border Battle has rendered the basketball offseason obsolete for players ages 10-18. “Each year it’s grown, and I think what happens is people come up here, they realize how beautiful Duluth and superior is, and they’re like, I want to come back.” Playmakers North Director Phil Roe has put in…
DULUTH, Minn.- Despite the rainy conditions, high school track and field teams competed in the Greyhound Invitational on Friday at Duluth East High School. With 32 of 36 events officially scored, Duluth East scored the most points for both the boys’ (181.5) and girls’ (228.5) events, followed by Rock Ridge (149.5 for boys, 109 for girls). You can find the…
PROCTOR, Minn.- Both the Hermantown/Proctor boys and girls lacrosse teams would have home contests on Friday night. But, they would have different results. The Stealth boys improved to 4-0 on the season, defeating Bloomington Kennedy 19 to 5. Meanwhile, the Stealth girls dropped to 0-3 on the year, falling to New Prague 14 to 8. The boys will next be…
DULUTH, Minn.- This week’s top play comes on the turf. In Tuesday’s Superior versus Duluth boys lacrosse game, Motts Erickson catches the rebound and then puts it right back on net for the goal. The Wolfpack are off to a 3-1 start this season. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
HERMANTOWN, Minn.- In this week’s Coaches Corner, we caught up with Hermantown/Proctor’s boys lacrosse head coach, Mike Vuchetich. Vuchetich has been the head coach for the Stealth since the program started. The team is also off to a 3-0 start this season. Categories: Coaches Corner, Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
CLOQUET, Minn.- The Minnesota Wilderness kept their season alive on Friday, defeating the Anchorage Wolverines 4 to 1 in their best of five game series. Grand Rapids native Ren Morque gave the team a jolt in the first as he netted his 3rd goal to give the team a 1-0 lead. Adam Prokop stopped 32 of the 33 shots he…
COHASSET, Minn.- A day after he opted out of the transfer portal, former UMD Goaltender and Cohasset native Zach Stejskal is going pro in Finland. He will play for Hokki, who compete in the 2nd highest league in Finland. Stejskal spent the past four seasons in Duluth. During that time, he picked up 22 wins in 57 games of action….
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD softball team ended the regular season with another sweep, taking two wins against UMary on Friday. In game one, the bats were hot for the Bulldogs as they put up 11 runs to UMary’s zero. UMD would also have three home runs. On the mound was Lauren Dixon, who would toss her 800th career strikeout in…
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth Pack has started up their annual campaign all about giving back to the great outdoors. It is the 7th annual Arbor Day Campaign, “Buy A Pack, We Give Back.” The business partners with the Minnesota DNR to plant tree saplings. They plant one sapling for every single one of Duluth Pack manufactured items sold. To date…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — As he developed into an offensive lineman capable of getting drafted in the first round, Jordan Morgan says he spent plenty of time watching former Green Bay Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari. Now the former Arizona tackle may get a chance to fill Bakhtiari’s old spot on Green Bay’s offensive line. The Packers departed from…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- A pair of one loss squads would meet on the softball diamond on Thursday. In the end, Superior proved to be too much for Cloquet, as they defeated the Lumberjacks 13 to 3. The Spartans improve to 5-1 and will next play at Chippewa Falls on Friday. Meanwhile, Cloquet will try to bounce back against Carlton/Wrenshall also on…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD softball team picked up two key wins against Minot State on Thursday. In game one, the Bulldogs would shut out the Beavers by a final of two to nothing. Allison Luoma would go four innings and strike out two to earn the win in the circle. Following that contest, another shutout in favor of UMD as…
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings took Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy with the 10th overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night, moving up one spot in a trade with the New York Jets to make sure they didn’t miss out on their most dire need. The Vikings then made a bigger jump later in the first round…
DULUTH, Minn.- The C.J. Ham Football camp will be returning to Duluth this upcoming summer. It’s the 5th straight year that the former Hunter has put it on. The camp is set for July 7th at Duluth Denfeld High School from 10 AM to 3 PM. There will be two groups with one being kids from 1st to 5th grade…
DULUTH, Minn.- Back on April 9th, Cohasset native and goaltender Zach Stejskal ended his Bulldogs career by entering the transfer portal. Fast forward to now, and he’s opted out of the portal. Matt Wellens of the Duluth News Tribune was the first to report Stejskal opting out. He added that Stejskal wasn’t ready to share what his next step in…
ESKO, Minn.- Another day, another win for the Esko baseball team. On Thursday, they would top Warroad 6 to 1. Finn Furcht would toss six innings of shutout baseball, striking out 10 batters. Offensively, Trent Ondrus had three runs batted in to lead the team. Esko improves to 7-0 and will next visit Rock Ridge on April 29th. Categories: High…
DULUTH, Minn.- On a team full of general newcomers to the sport of lacrosse, Ella Brisbois brings some uncommon experience to the Duluth Wolfpack. “She’s a really good shooter,” says teammate Grace Karakas. “She’s really confident on the field so it helps a lot. She’s a good passer and she just knows what she’s doing out there.” For Karakas, lacrosse…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD baseball team played their first home games at Bulldog Park since May of 2021 on Wednesday. Sadly, Winona State would hand UMD two losses in their return. In game one, the Bulldogs would only score once thanks to a passed ball in the bottom of the 3rd. That would be their only run as they fell…
HERMANTOWN, Minn.- A former Hermantown Hawk and future UMD Bulldog has found himself on the Team USA U18 Men’s Roster. Max Plante is set to don the red, white, and blue later this week at the IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship in Finland. He also will have the “A” on his jersey as he will serve as an alternate captain….
DULUTH, Minn.- Another day, another award for former UMD goaltender Hunter Shepard. The current Hershey Bear won the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Memorial Award, which is given annually to the most outstanding goaltender in the AHL. Shepard went 27-4-3 in 34 appearances and would lead the league with a 1.76 goals-against average. Just recently, he was named to the AHL First…
NEW YORK (AP) — Naz Reid was having a productive season as a reserve when the Minnesota Timberwolves needed him in the starting lineup while playing without All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns. Reid was excellent in that role, too, helping the Timberwolves to the second-best season in franchise history. Reid was rewarded with the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year on Wednesday,…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UW-Superior softball team would break out the brooms on Wednesday, taking two games from Martin Luther. In game one, Superior would put up six runs in the first and then follow that up with five in the 2nd en route to a 12 to nothing shutout victory. Following that contest, nearly a repeat performance as they put…
SOLON SPRINGS, Wis.- It was a day to remember for Northwood/Solon Springs’ senior Abe Ahlberg. In Tuesday’s 9 to 1 victory for the Evergreens over Prairie Farm, Ahlberg would club his 100th career hit. The special day wouldn’t stop there as Ahlberg would also toss 20 strikeouts, which is a school record. The Northwood/Solon Springs baseball team is off to…
PROCTOR, Minn.- The Proctor baseball team would pick up their 4th win of the season on Tuesday, defeating Hermantown 2-0. Ethan Carter and Nick Terhaar would each have an RBI in the contest. Terhaar would also get it done on the mound, going 6 1/3 with 10 strikeouts. The Rails (4-2) will next host Warroad on Friday at 5 PM….
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Wolfpack boys lacrosse team would get back in the win column on Tuesday, defeating Superior 16 to 1. Duluth improves to 2-1 and will next host St. Paul/Two Rivers on Friday. Superior will travel to face Hudson on Friday. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- The bats were hot for the St. Scholastica baseball team as they faced Macalester on Tuesday. In game one of a doubleheader, Ryan Garlick would walk-it-off for the Saints with an rbi double in the bottom of the 7th. CSS won the contest 12-11. Then in game two, the Saints left no doubt as they came away with…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points for a career best in the playoffs and spearheaded another stifling defensive performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 105-93 victory over the Phoenix Suns to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series on Tuesday night. Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert each added 18 points to help the Timberwolves offset the…
DULUTH, Minn.- While you may have been sleeping, the UMD men’s basketball team received a big time local commitment. Duluth Marshall’s Brooks Johnson is set to play for the Bulldogs beginning in the 2025-2026 season. Johnson made the official announcement via his own personal Twitter page. This past season, he would average 32 points and nearly 17 rebounds per game….
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s hockey team released their schedule for the upcoming 2024-2025 season. The action begins on October 5th when the Bulldogs welcome in Bemidji State for their home and season opener. UMD will also have some firsts this year. On October 25th, they’ll host and play Stonehill University. Then in December, UMD will travel to play Arizona…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- UWS’ Jacob Zacharias has been named the UMAC North Player of the Week. Zacharias went a perfect 6-0 this week, picking up doubles and singles victories against Crown and Martin Luther. He and the Yellowjackets will close out the regular season on Friday against UW-Eau Claire at home. Categories: College, Sports
DULUTH, Minn.- St. Scholastica’s Lily Beneke has claimed the MIAC Field Athlete of the Week honor for the 3rd straight week. Beneke would break the facility and meet records at the Saint John’s/St. Ben’s Invitational this past Saturday. She would have the winning hammer throw of 54.08 meters, which is the 9th best throw in D3 this year. This is…
