FRIDAY RESULTS
Prep Softball
Hermantown 10, Esko 9 (8 innings)
Superior 7, Cloquet 3
Cloquet 8, Carlton-Esko 2
Duluth East 7, Coon Rapids 5
Moose Lake-Willow River 12, South Ridge 1
Prep Baseball
Hermantown 8, Rock Ridge 0
Duluth Marshall 10, Roseau 1
Duluth Marshall 8, Warroad 3
Duluth Denfeld 4, Princeton 2
Cloquet 9, Chisago Lakes 7
Esko 2, Proctor 1 (8)
Northwestern 18, Ashland 8
The Hawks led by senior forward Ford Skytta, a team captain and four-year varsity player, senior goaltender Bryce Francisco and freshman defenseman Nickolai Zhokov. Junior forwards Beau Christy and Mick Martalock tied for the team scoring lead with 38 points.
The Class 1A, Section 7 girls hockey championship will be decided Wednesday night in Proctor, where top-seeded Proctor/Hermantown will face second-seeded North Shore at 7 p.m. Proctor/Hermantown Mirage enters the title game with a 17-6-2 record after advancing with an 8-0 victory over Rock Ridge in Saturday’
Cory Thiesse of Duluth and Korey Dropkin of Southborough, Mass., did something Sunday no American mixed doubles curling team had managed since the event joined the Olympic program in 2018. They played their way into the medal round. The Americans, world champions in 2023, rebounded from a bruising two-loss Saturday
Minnesota Class 1A No. 1- ranked Hermantown (16-4-4) will wrap up regular season play Tuesday night at Grand Rapids (11-12-1).
It is time to bring major community stakeholders and economic drivers — such as UMD and the College of St. Scholastica — downtown. With them would come students, faculty and staff, along with parents, friends and visitors, fueling a historic rebirth of downtown Duluth.
Maurices has been backed by the same private equity fund and group of investors since 2019, and that ownership structure remains in place. The transition involves a change in the advisory firm supporting the fund, with advisory responsibilities shifting to Torpen Capital.
The Hawks led by senior forward Ford Skytta, a team captain and four-year varsity player, senior goaltender Bryce Francisco and freshman defenseman Nickolai Zhokov. Junior forwards Beau Christy and Mick Martalock tied for the team scoring lead with 38 points.
Tim’s column will dive into the issues that shape this city in real time: housing, community development, downtown reinvestment, sports, politics, business decisions that ripple through neighborhoods, and the constant tug-of-war between nostalgia and progress.
