Friday, Sept. 1 – at Two Harbors, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 8 – Hermantown, 7 p.m. (Game played in Proctor)
Friday, Sept. 15 – at Duluth East, 6 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 22 – Rock Ridge, 7 p.m. (Game played in Proctor)
Friday, Sept. 29 – at Proctor, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 6 – Denfeld, 7 p.m. (Game played in Proctor)
Friday, Oct. 13 – at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 18 – North Branch, 7 p.m. (Game played at Denfeld, unless the new Cloquet field is completed)
His stat line towered over the league: a .383 batting average, 17 home runs, 68 RBIs, 23 doubles, three triples, 48 runs scored, 28 walks, and 15 stolen bases over 52 games. His OPS landed at 1.252, powered by a .471 on-base percentage and a .781 slugging percentage.
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The University of Minnesota Duluth football team earned its highest NCAA Division II regional ranking in seven years, coming in at No. 6 in this week’s Super Region Three poll. The Bulldogs (8-1), ranked No. 13 nationally by the AFCA and No. 10 by D2Football.com, last cracked a
Hermantown’s 2025 football season came full circle Friday night — ending against the same team that handed the Hawks their first loss of the fall. Grand Rapids, physical and efficient from the start, again proved too much, defeating Hermantown 41-0 in the Section 7, Class 4A championship game to end
Debt service already consumes about 60 percent of the school levy. With this addition of $38 million in bonding debt, Duluth is entering a decade in which the school system will spend more paying off debt than teaching future students.
Thorogood isn’t one of those legacy acts coasting on streaming royalties and casino circuits. He’s a lifer — one of the last truly American showmen still pounding the boards the old-fashioned way: loud, sweaty, and swinging like rock & roll still matters.
