Every hockey team needs a leader out on the ice. Someone who can handle pressure when things get tough, lucky for Denfeld they've found that in one of their seniors and they aren't the only one's taking notice.
Many teams have one star player but the Duluth East basketball team is lucky enough to have two.
On this week's Northern Star, a Superior senior has been growing his whole life, and will continue to grow right here in the Northland.
For this week’s Northern Star we travel to Hermantown to meet a senior whose strong play on the ice is paving the Hawks’ way back to the state tournament.
Basketball is a sport enjoyed by many. But for some it goes beyond the domaine casual sport and develops into a lifelong passion. For Esko's Adam Trapp, basketball is in his blood.
Getting an offer to play hockey for the University of Minnesota Duluth was a dream come true for Scott Perunovich."I've wanted to play there since I was a little kid," Perunovich said of UMD. "My uncle Doug Torrel played at UMD. A good friend Davey Johnson also played there."
It's a choice many hockey players face. Play your senior season for your high school, or try your hand at junior hockey. Grand Rapids' Mitchell Mattson chose the former.
As a junior, Eva Reinertsen scored her 1,000th career point for Lakeview Christian Academy, the first Lion girl to reach that milestone. However, a lack of players forced Lakeview to suspend its program this year, leaving Eva without a team mere weeks before the start of her senior season.
As preseason basketball practice grinds on in Washburn, the Castle Guards' big man has one less worry.
Cook County High School was in the school's first ever trip to the volleyball state tournament. And even with plenty of familiar faces in the stands, Viking playerss couldn't avoid a few wide–eyed stares.
18 year old Bridget Villebrun of Nett Lake started watching hockey as a way to bond with her dad.
Danny Lilya has been part of the Moose Lake/Willow River football program since the 5th grade. But Danny isn't like his Rebel teammates. Danny is in a wheelchair, but that doesn't lessen his love for football.
As a kid growing up in Esko, Karson Kuhlman had a dream to play hockey at the University of Minnesota Duluth."UMD was always here," said Kuhlman. "We always went to games as kids. It was a pretty obvious choice when the time came to choose a place to play college hockey."
In Hermantown, the name Hoff is synonymous with girls soccer. Junior Callie Hoff is scoring goals for the Hawks, while Hailey Hoff, no relation, is the hawks' all–time leading scorer. However, Hailey's sister Kylie Hoff chose a different path.
On the football field, Will Hartman is a key member of Two Harbors' defense. His classmates think so highly of him, that Will was voted Homecoming King. But it's what happened after will got his crown. That showed this king's true class.
