North Branch (3-1) at Duluth Denfeld (4-0) (DuluthTimes.com Game of the Week)
Two Harbors at Esko
Hermantown at Rock Ridge
Cloquet at Proctor
East Central at Barnum
International Falls at Crosby-Ironton
Hinckley-Finlayson at Moose Lake-Willow River
Hibbing at Pequot Lakes
Mora at Pine City
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.
This isn’t corporate sports media. This isn’t fluff. Howie Sports is Independent. Local. Unfiltered. Fifty years in the game — telling you who’s hot, who’s not, and who needs a swift kick in the butt.
They’re already whispering about Chloe Johnson the way Minnesotans used to whisper about Gophers hockey legends who walked out of Iron Range barns like they owned the world. Only this isn’t the 1970s and Johnson isn’t some elitely-talented kid headed to a smoky college fieldhouse. She’s
The numbers are stacked against the status quo, and the clock is ticking. In 2025, Duluth shoveled $1.2 million in tourism tax money into Spirit Mountain, propping up a ski hill meant to stand independently. That annual subsidy has turned into an open-ended drain, all while one of the
Hermantown started its volleyball season with a straight-sets victory Thursday night, rolling past Duluth Marshall 25-17, 25-15, 25-23 in the Lake Superior Conference opener for both teams in Duluth. Setter Anna Bergerson handed out 16 assists to pace the Hawks’ attack. Outside hitter Lilah Conley finished with nine kills, 17
Public ceremonies like this one don’t always make the evening news. But they should. They are checkpoints in the life of a department that few of us notice until a siren wails down our street or a medic kneels over a loved one.
