SOLON SPRINGS, Wis.- With only two games standing between them and the WIAA State Tournament, the Solon Springs boys basketball team is ready for the challenge that awaits them in sectionals. On Saturday, Solon Springs claimed their second-straight Regional Championship as they defeated Luck 84-40. As the top seed in the Division 5 bracket, the Eagles only suffered two losses…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s hockey team took care of business in the WCHA Quarterfinals, defeating St. Cloud State 2-0 in game two to complete the sweep. As was the case in game tone between UMD and St. Cloud State, the first period in game two turned into a defensive showdown. Former Bulldog and current Husky goaltender Jojo Chobak gave…
PROCTOR, Minn.- Friends, family and fans of Proctor-Hermantown wrestler Zak McPhee celebrated his return home following his state championship victory on Saturday. McPhee won the 189-Pound Championship round in overtime, solidifying a perfect 53-0 season and his first-ever state championship. “I pretty much knew the match was over as soon as I grabbed his ankle underneath, and it was two…
DULUTH, Minn.- With the regular season in the rearview mirror, the UMD women’s hockey team entered the WCHA Playoffs with authority, shutting down St. Cloud State 5-0 for the game one victory. This marks the second-straight time the Bulldogs opened the WCHA playoffs with a shutout victory (defeated St. Cloud State 1-0 in 2023). After a scoreless first period, UMD…
DULUTH, Minn.- Nina Jobst-Smith has done a lot of growing up in the last four years. It all stemmed from her life-changing decision to leave her home country for the United States. “I had intended to go to a school up in Canada. So, after kind of having a change-of-heart in my 12th grade year, I decided to decommit and…
TWO HARBORS, Minn.- A pair of big-time blocks are featured in this week’s Top Plays. At number two, Calvin Anderson of Superior sends back a shot in the Spartans’ playoff game against Hortonville. At number one, Barnum’s Brock Hurst delivers a denial in the Bombers’ road matchup against Two Harbors. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Plays of the Week,…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- In this week’s Coaches Corner, we caught up with UWS men’s and women’s head track and field coach, Glen Drexler. Drexler is in his 14th season leading the Yellowjackets. Categories: Coaches Corner, College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Superior boys basketball team opened up postseason play on Friday night against Hortonville. Sadly, the Spartans would see their season come to a close as the Polar Bears pulled off the first round upset, 66 to 64. Superior finishes the season with a 18-7 overall record. Over in Minnesota, Duluth East would snap Hermantown’s nine-game winning streak,…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- It’s been almost a week since both the UWS men’s and women’s track and field teams hoisted the UMAC indoor championship trophy. For the men, it’s their 8th straight year they have accomplished the feat. And the women, they went back to back. A big part of the team’s success comes from the distance runners group. Former Greenway…
DULUTH, Minn.- A trio of UMD women’s hockey standouts would be recognized by the WCHA on Thursday. Leading the charge was Bulldog sophomore goaltender Hailey MacLeod as she was named to the 2nd team. It’s the second straight year she’s been recognized by the conference. On the 3rd team was senior defenseman Nina Jobst-Smith, her first conference honors. Lastly, on…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- A senior duo on the men’s basketball team was recognized by the UMAC conference. Guard J’Vaun Walker was named to the UMAC First Team and Forward Josef Fahrenholtz was named to the UMAC Second Team. Walker led the Yellowjackets and finished fourth in the conference in scoring, tallying 441 points. He also led the team and conference with…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Grand Rapids boys hockey team is state bound for the first time since the 2016-2017 season. On Thursday, the Thunderhawks would take down four-time defending champion Andover, 3 to 2 in double overtime. Seth Carlson would tie the game in the 3rd period and he would also get the goal in double overtime to lead the team….
DULUTH, Minn.- The Section 7AA girls basketball tournament tipped on Thursday. Among the teams picking up a win was Duluth Marshall, who handled Pillager on their own home floor, 86 to 35. The Hilltoppers will next face Mesabi East in the quarterfinals on Saturday. In other 7AA girls action, Proctor would top Staples-Motley 76 to 38. The Rails will next…
DULUTH, Minn.- St. Scholastica freshman forward Kloey Lind played like no rookie this season. She earns All MIAC conference honors after a breakout first year. Lind was ninth in the conference in scoring and also led the MIAC in rebounds with an average of eight per game. Over the course of the season, she would tally six double-doubles. Lind and…
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD women’s basketball guard Taytum Rhoades has landed on the NSIC All-Conference first team. It’s the first time in her career that she has earned the nomination. Rhoades currently leads the team in points, assists, steals, and blocks. On the 2nd team was her partner Ella Gilbertson. This is also the first time that Gilbertson has been recognized…
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD senior forward Charlie Katona was named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Year on Thursday. The senior forward becomes the first Bulldog since Jake Nettleton in the 2002 season to earn the award. Katona is ranked 2nd on the team in points, steals, and rebounds. He was also named to the NSIC All-Conference First Team. Joining him…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- A trio of UWS men’s hockey players have already started their pro careers. Forwards C.J. Walker and Ty Proffitt, and defenseman Troy Quinn all signed pro contracts with the SPHL. Walker, who led the Yellowjackets in scoring, is with the Birmingham Bulls. Quinn joined the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs. And lastly, Proffitt is now a member of the…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- Superior senior forward Autumn Cooper capped off her Spartan career with the state’s top individual award. Announced on Wednesday, Cooper was named the 2024 Miss Hockey Wisconsin award winner. She’s the first player in Superior history to win the award. This past season, she led the state with 67 points, 33 of which were goals and 34 of…
CLOQUET, Minn. — Most years, the Northland will start waking up from its winter slumber during the latter part of March and early April. But this year, after an anything but typical winter, we may be seeing some wildlife such as bears venture out earlier than normal. “Bears could be coming out at any time. Particularly the adult males or…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Hermantown boys hockey team is once again state bound after defeating Hibbing/Chisholm 4-0 in the Section 7A title game on Wednesday. Will Esterbrooks, Charlie Marchand, AJ Francisco, and Bradford Skytta would be the goal-scorers for the Hawks. This is the 5th straight year that Hermantown has made it to the state tournament. The Hawks will learn who…
HERMANTOWN, Minn.- On Monday, Abe Soumis broke the all-time scoring record for the Hermantown boys’ basketball team when he put up 48 points against Chisago Lakes. For anyone who has watched the Hawks in the last two seasons, this didn’t come as a surprise. “You know, the thing about Abe is that he’s that kind of kid that every coach…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s basketball team can officially book their travel plans to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On Wednesday, the Bulldogs would hold off Sioux Falls 73 to 69 in the opening round of the NSIC tournament. Ella Gilbertson had a team-leading 32 points for UMD. The Bulldogs will next face Concordia-St. Paul on Sunday in the quarterfinals. Tip-off…
CLOQUET, Minn.- The Cloquet girls basketball team opened postseason play with a win on Wednesday, defeating Hibbing 58 to 20 in the 7AAA quarterfinals. The Lumberjacks will next host Grand Rapids in the semifinals on Saturday. Other 7AAA quarterfinal scores: Duluth Denfeld 14, Rock Ridge 86 FINAL Hermantown 44, North Branch 72 FINAL Chisago Lakes 43, Grand Rapids 73 FINAL…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD and St. Cloud State women’s hockey teams have gotten to know each other pretty well over the last couple of weeks. Friday’s contest will mark the 3rd time they have faced off in 14 days. But this series really counts as it’s the beginning of the WCHA tournament. The Bulldogs would boast a 2-1-1 record against…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD men’s hockey team is looking to put the month of February in the past and snap a six game losing streak this weekend in Colorado. The Bulldogs and Tigers last met in January in Duluth, with each team picking up a 3-2 victory for the split. Head Coach Scott Sandelin says Colorado College is a much…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The UMAC end of the year awards were announced on Wednesday afternoon. Taking home the top honor in the conference was UWS junior guard Elise Besonen as she was named UMAC Player of the Year. Besonen averaged a team best 14.8 points-per-game. She also landed on the first team. Besonen wasn’t the only Yellowjacket honored by the UMAC….
DULUTH, Minn. — It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the Great Lakes Aquarium is educating the public all about them. When invasive species are in a spot they don’t belong in and do not have a natural predator to keep them in check they can spread. That’s why the aquarium currently has an exhibit up to show how an…
PROCTOR, Minn.- With his high school season now wrapped up, Proctor senior defenseman Carson Pavlowich will get to play more hockey this year. Pavlowich signed a tender with Colorado Grit of the NAHL. In 27 games this season for the Rails, Pavlowich would tally 5 goals and 30 assists for a total of 35 points. He’s also seen some time…
DULUTH, Minn.- UMD sophomore goaltender Hailey MacLeod has earned the WCHA Goaltender of the Month award for February. She led the WCHA with a league-low 0.49 goals against average and just two goals allowed in 106 shots faced. MacLeod also posted two shutouts in four games and now has five over the season. She’ll next be in action this upcoming…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Huskies have officially announced their first two signings for this upcoming season. And they are two local products as former Duluth East standout Charlie Sutherland and former Esko standout Cale Haugen will suit up for the team. Sutherland is currently a freshman at the University of Minnesota. He would earn all-conference and all-section honors during his…
DULUTH, Minn.- Soon it will be tournament time for the UMD men’s basketball team. But before they head to Sioux Falls, they moved up the rankings. In the latest NABC coaches poll, the Bulldogs moved up one spot to number 11. UMD’s last action came on February 21st when they closed out the regular season with an 80 to 69…
DULUTH, Minn.- The path to a conference title begins on Wednesday for the UMD women’s basketball team. UMD will host Sioux Falls in the first round of the NSIC tournament. In their two matchups in the regular season, the Bulldogs would take both contests. First, winning at Sioux Falls on December 8th by a final of 77 to 50. Then…
WRENSHALL, Minn.- The Carlton/Wrenshall boys basketball team was once again victorius on Monday, defeating Proctor 82 to 79. The Raptors (18-7) have now won seven straight games and will close out the regular season on Thursday at Fond du Lac Ojibwe. Proctor falls to 5-20 and will host Cloquet on Thursday in their regular season finale. In other boys basketball…
IRON JUNCTION, Minn.- The top 10 for the Mr. Minnesota Basketball Award was announced on Monday. Only one local standout made that cut and that is Cherry senior Guard Isaac Asuma. He’s currently averaging 16.7 points per game, 8.1 assists and 7.2 rebounds through 27 games. Cherry is also the top ranked Class A team in Minnesota. The final five…
DULUTH, Minn.- The St. Scholastica baseball team opened their season on Monday, with a win defeating North Central 14 to 3. The Saints were led by Jake Schelonka, who was 3 for 4 with two home runs and three runs batted in. CSS (1-0) will next be in action on March 8th when they face Roger Williams University in Davenport,…
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s hockey team once again sees no movement in the USCHO Poll. After tying one game and losing the other to 4th ranked Minnesota over the weekend, the Bulldogs remain the 8th ranked team in the country. The regular season is in the rear view mirror for the team as they now enter postseason play. UMD…
DULUTH, Minn.- St. Scholastica tennis standouts Julia Maier and Dane Patten would each be named MIAC Tennis Athlete of the Week on Monday. Maier went undefeated over the weekend in singles play, picking up wins against St. Olaf and UW-La Crosse. She’s also won each of her last five singles matches. For the former Greyhound Patten, he also was unbeaten…
MADISON, Wis.- Northwestern’s Ian Smith had a weekend to remember. Competing in the Division Two state individual championship on Saturday in the Kohl Center in Madison, Smith would defeat Two Rivers’ Chase Matthias in the 215 pound bout. Smith had a two point takedown with 75 seconds remaining to eventually earn the 3 to 2 victory. Smith now finishes his…
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn.- This week, Minnesota’s top high school wrestlers will compete in St. Paul at the MSHSL State Tournament. That will include senior Ayden Schauer of Grand Rapids, who’s coming off her section-winning run, where she pinned all three of her opponents. “I remember stepping on the mat for the first time,” says Ayden. “I was like, ‘Oh, crap….
DULUTH, Minn.- The MSHSL 7AAA Girls Basketball Tournament bracket is set, with eight teams vying for a section title and a spot at state. Rock Ridge earned this year’s top seed, going 23-3 during the regular season. The Wolverines will face Duluth Denfeld in the first round. On the other side of the bracket, Cloquet is the #2 seed. The…
DULUTH, Minn.- A busy Saturday at Amsoil Arena saw four teams advance through the MSHSL Sectional Semifinals. In the 7AA semis, Grand Rapids defeated Rock Ridge 6-2. The Thunderhawks earned three goals in the first period, which were scored by Nathan Garski, Kyler Miller and Gavin Forrest. Grand Rapids will move on to face Andover, who beat Duluth East 4-1….
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Superior girls basketball team opened up postseason play on Friday, taking on Appleton East in the Division one region semifinals. Sadly, it didn’t go the Spartans way as they fell to the Patriots 63 to 49. Superior finishes the season with a 15-9 overall record. In other girls action, Duluth Marshall saw their nine game win streak…
HAYWARD, Wis.- The 50th American Birkebeiner almost looked like a lost cause due to a lack of February snowfall, but somehow, they were able to make it happen. However, that’s not to say there were some major changes. Take the Birkebeiner, for example. The children’s pre-race companion to the Birkebeiner set for Thursday was converted into a fun run. “At…
HERMANTOWN, Minn.- In this week’s Coaches Corner, Hermantown Boys Basketball Coach Andy Fenske discussed the Hawks’ regular season, preparing for sectionals, and how he’s grown as a head coach over the years. This is Fenske’s eighth season as the Hawks’ head coach. Categories: Coaches Corner, Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis.- This week’s top play comes from on the hardwood. Time winding down in the 3rd quarter of Wednesday’s North Central and UWS semifinal contest Elise Besonen puts up the heave near the logo and she’s got it! Three of her team leading 25 points on the night The Yellowjackets are set to host Minnesota Morris on Saturday in…
MOSINEE, Wis.- The Superior girls hockey team was just one game away from making state for the 2nd straight year on Friday. The Spartans would battle Central Wisconsin for the section two title and it would come down to the wire. Trailing 3 to 2 with 44.7 seconds left in the 3rd, Superior would tie the game with their goalie…
DULUTH, Minn.- Duluth Marshall senior Ilsa Lindaman is just days away from possibly being named Ms. Hockey Minnesota. Late last week, she was named one of the five finalists for the award. Lindaman ended her season ranked 2nd in goals scored with 57 and she was also 2nd in overall points with 86. Lindaman helped lead the Hilltoppers to the…
ESKO, Minn.- The Duluth Marshall girls basketball team continued their winning ways on Thursday, defeating Esko 76 to 63. With the win, the Hilltoppers have now taken nine straight games. Marshall was led by Regan Juenemann, who had 21 points and also surpassed 2,000 career points in the contest. In other basketball action, the Hermantown boys team would handle Superior…
ST. Paul, Minn.- The Proctor/Hermantown girls hockey team bounced back on Thursday, defeating Luverne 3-2 in the Class A consolation semifinals. The Mirage would score two unanswered goals in the 3rd after trailing 2-1 early in the period. Jane Eckstrom, Addi Hieb, and Hannah Graves would each find the back of the net. The Mirage will next play Willmar in…
ASHLAND, Wis.- Northland College in Ashland is in search of a new head women’s hockey coach. The team will look to bounce back in 2024 and 2025 after going 5-20-1 and being eliminated in the WIAC first round by UW-Stevens Point. Dan Schumacher, the Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at the college, confirmed to FOX 21 news that the school…
