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Quote Me, Howie: Andy Fenske

Hermantown boys basketball coach Andy Fenske on the two-time defending Section 7AAA champion Hawks – "As we look ahead to playoffs starting up next week, I like where we're sitting as a team. We're playing some of our best basketball right now, not just on the

Quote Me, Howie: Steve Battaglia, Phill Homere; Vikings News

Cloquet boys basketball coach Steve Battaglia on the Jacks, as they wrap up the regular season and prepare for the 2024 playoffs – "It’s really been a pretty good year for us considering we only play two seniors and one of them was out for a month. We gave

Quote Me, Howie: Hermantown Sports Notebook

Legendary Hermantown High coaches Andy Fenske (boys basketball) and Patrick Andrews (boys hockey) on their respective teams: Fenske – "Coming off of a great performance to clinch a share of the conference title (an eye-popping 93-66 victory at Superior last Thursday), we like the momentum we have going in our

Quote Me, Howie: Dave Reyelts

Proctor boys hockey parent Dave Reyelts (son AJ Reyelts, a Frank Brimsek Award finalist for Minnesota's top senior goaltender) on the 2023-24 Rails, who battled Hermantown tough in a 6-3 Section 7A semifinal loss Saturday afternoon at Amsoil Arena – "Leave it in a better place than when

Quote Me, Howie: Chamber's Daniel Fanning; Vikings, prep sports in the news

My acutely-humble buddy Daniel Fanning, Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Policy and Strategy and Executive Director of the Duluth Chamber Foundation, on his strong lobbying efforts in St. Paul: "In the first week of the 2024 State Legislative Session, I spent all day Monday and part

Quote Me, Howie: Daniel Fanning, Kristi Stokes

Daniel Fanning, vice president of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce and executive director of the Duluth Area Chamber Foundation, on Downtown Duluth's Annual Meeting and Celebration at the DECC on Wednesday evening – "There’s positive momentum building in Duluth’s downtown, as was evident at last

Quote Me, Howie: Fred Friedman

My longtime buddy and Duluth YMCA Noon Basketball Hall-of-Famer Fred Friedman on the Gophers men's basketball team, which edged Big Ten rival Michigan State 59-56 on Tuesday night at historic Williams Arena in Minneapolis – "I like (power forward Pharrel) Payne's game a lot and believed