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Eskomos baseball team fall in section finals
Playing in their seventh section 7AA playoff game last Thursday in Proctor, the Esko Eskomos knew it was an uphill battle facing Duluth Marshall. They were right. The two-time defending section champi...
South Ridge gets first title; draws returning state champs
For a season threatened by no head softball coach until a few days before the start of spring practice, having Roger Plachta appears to have been the perfect choice. The former University of Wisconsin...
'Jacks are section champs on the links
Keegan Poppenberg may have not been the favorite to win the section title heading into the section meet at Giants Ridge last week, but the senior certainly showed his leadership skills, winning the...
'Jacks bolt to front in section 7AA play
Lumberjack senior Keegan Poppenberg led all golfers after the first round of the section 7AA boys golf tournament Tuesday at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. Poppenberg shot an even par 70 to finish atop the...
Esko takes boys track title; girls are second
The Eskomos boys track team captured the 2019 Polar League Track and Field Championship crown last week in Esko while the girls team took a close second to Two Harbors. The Esko boys finished ahead...
Lumberjack boys continue mastery on the links
The Lumberjacks boys golf team dominated play at their home meet last week, with the team coming in 34 points ahead of the next-closest team and Sam Baker winning the individual play. The...
Girl golfers get it in gear
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls golf team has not participated in many meets this spring but they are growing into the game, now that the weather is cooperating. Last week the Lady ’Jacks competed i...
Hot Eskomos team trounces the Bombers
The Esko Eskomos boys baseball team improved to 9-2 on the season Tuesday afternoon after defeating the Barnum Bombers by a score of 17-2 in a Polar League conference matchup. Esko scored 17 runs on...
'Jacks best ML-WR, lose to Marshall
Early in April it looked like Mother Nature was going to provide the kind of spring we have not seen for a while, where Northland sports teams could play a full and normal schedule. As we all know,...
Golf team starts fast
The Cloquet boys golf team finally got to play in its first meet of the season last weekend and played very well - with a top-three individual finisher and a fourth-place team finish - despite a lack...
CEC tennis team busy making up for lost time
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys tennis team dropped an early season match with Duluth East Tuesday afternoon 7-0 at Cloquet High School. The Greyhounds, a dominant local power on the tennis circuit, pro...
Crane throws one-hitter in win for Carlton
Carlton pitcher Kaden Crane threw a one-hitter Tuesday afternoon as the Bulldogs defeated Polar League rival McGregor 11-1 at Chub Lake Park in Carlton. Crane allowed only one hit while striking out 1...
Lumberjack golfers ready to hit the links
The Cloquet-Esko boys and girls golf teams are ready to hit the links for the upcoming 2019 high school season. Fresh off a fourth-place finish a year ago at the Boys Class AA state golf tournament, t...
'Take me out to the ball game'
As winter turns into spring and local high schools attempt to make the transition to spring sports, several local baseball teams are looking for the success they had from a season ago. Class A South...
Eskomos baseball off to a fast start
The Esko boys baseball team didn't let a lack of experience get in the way, as they started their season Monday by beating defending section 7A champion South Ridge by a score of 9-4. "We had many...
Cardinals compete hard, but fall at state
Although Cromwell-Wright didn't get the outcome it had hoped for at last week's Minnesota Boys Basketball Tournament, the team certainly proved it belonged on the big stage. The Cardinals opened play...
Underdog Eskomos end run in consolation championship
Esko entered the 2019 Minnesota Boys Basketball Tournament as huge underdogs March 20 at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Playing in their second-straight state Class AA tournament - and fourth in the...
Eskomos head back to state tourney
The Eskomos headed back to the boys state basketball tournament this week for the second consecutive year and fourth time in the last five years, after defeating Pequot Lakes in the Section 7AA...
It's crunch time for the Wilderness
Three weeks ago the Minnesota Wilderness were poised to make a run in the standings, with the team tied for third in the NAHL’s Central Division and fresh off a sweep of the Bismarck Bobcats. Since t...
Cardinals roll into Section finals
The Section 7A No. 1 seeded Cromwell-Wright Cardinals have won three straight tournament games and are now one game away from the state tournament. They were set to play No. 2 seed Mountain Iron-Buhl...
Harms-Synkiew advances to state
Cloquet junior Tyler Harms-Synkiew advanced to the state wrestling tournament last weekend with a second-place finish in the Section 7AA wrestling tournament in Hibbing. Harms-Synkiew lost in the...
Bennett leads Bulldogs over Ogichida
Carlton Bulldog junior forward Alaina Bennett scored 26 points Tuesday to lead all scorers and the Bulldogs to a 76-34 victory over Fond du Lac Ojibwe at the Carlton High School. In a fast-paced...
CEC wrestling team falls at Sections
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys wrestling team came up short Tuesday night in Proctor as the Hibbing Bluejackets defeated the Lumberjacks 43-27 in the Section 7AA team meet. Entering the section team...
Wilderness stumbling as playoffs near
Post-holiday play saw the Minnesota Wilderness on a roll, winning five of seven contests, but since their fast start to the second half of the season, the Wilderness have struggled to play consistent...
Lumberjacks' Kendra Kelley moving forward to North Dakota State
One of Cloquet's most well-rounded athletes in many years has made her next move - from the many options on the table, Kendra Kelley has selected a college, and North Dakota State will be her home for...
