Tuesday
No. 1-seed Hermantown (15-8-2) hosts No. 8 International Falls (6-17-2), 6 p.m.
No. 4 Proctor (18-7-0) hosts No. 5 North Shore (11-11-3), 6 p.m.
No. 2 Cloquet-Esko-Carlton (12-13-0) hosts No. 7 Ely (14-11-0), 7 p.m.
No. 3 Hibbing-Chisholm (17-8-0) hosts No. 6 Greenway (5-17-3), 6 p.m.
Saturday (at Amsoil Arena, Duluth)
Semifinals at 6:05 p.m. and 8:05 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 28 (at Amsoil Arena, Duluth)
Championship, 7 p.m.
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 rankings begin this way: Hermantown, Grand Rapids, North Branch, Cloquet, Duluth Denfeld, Duluth East and Rock Ridge.
Recruiting services rank Duluth Marshall's Chloe Johnson among the top players nationally in the Class of 2028, and ESPN has rated her among the elite prospects in her class.
CLOQUET, Minn. — Jamie Langenbrunner, a Cloquet native, two-time Stanley Cup champion and former captain of the U.S. Olympic hockey team, has been hired by the Nashville Predators as a special assistant to general manager Chris MacFarland. The move places one of northeastern Minnesota's most accomplished athletes
The race attracted 2,525 finishers, narrowly missing the event record of 2,548 participants set in 2025. The William A. Irvin 5K serves as one of the traditional kickoff events for the annual Grandma's Marathon weekend, drawing runners from across the region and beyond to Duluth's waterfront.
