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Building our best local female athletes list (submit your favorites!)

Building our best local female athletes list (submit your favorites!)

DULUTH – I’m working on a new sports column for HowieHanson.com, asking a classic Northland barstool question: Who are the Duluth area’s all-time top 10 high school female athletes? It’s the kind of list that’s half fact, half folklore — and all fun to argue about. I’

Our 2025 Twin Ports Athlete of the Year: C.J. Ham

Our 2025 Twin Ports Athlete of the Year: C.J. Ham

When C.J. stopped and dropped to one knee, we captured every second from twenty feet away, giggling like kids on a prank. Steph didn’t spot us until after she said yes and C.J. waved us over. All four of us cracked up at how covert it all felt.

Thomas rallies to win CCC Invitational; Schnobrich captures senior crown

CLOQUET — Bennett Thomas capped a brilliant final round with a two-under-par 70 on Sunday to surge past the field and claim the CCC Invitational championship flight by two shots at Cloquet Country Club. Thomas, who started the day two strokes off the pace, posted a 54-hole total of even-par 220.

Local television stations aim to deliver ‘big-market’ quality newscasts

At the center of that effort is news director Michael Baldwin, who Wentworth described as “likely the best news director that our building has ever seen.”

Who were the 10-best high school male athletes in Duluth area history?

Who were the 10-best high school male athletes in Duluth area history?

Shoot us a quick email reply when you have a minute. Would love to weave some community picks into the final piece. And if you have any great stories, even better — send them along.

Morgan Park’s ‘Goozie’ Hines punching his way from north woods to UFC spotlight

Morgan Park’s ‘Goozie’ Hines punching his way from north woods to UFC spotlight

Alvin “Goozie” Hines — a 265-pound blue-collar bruiser with a heart as big as his fists — is living the professional sports dream, chasing UFC glory while staying loyal to his Northland roots.

Harbor Monsters keep rolling, with Duluth daring to dream of a repeat

Harbor Monsters keep rolling, with Duluth daring to dream of a repeat

By HOWIE HANSON DULUTH — Well, here we are again. A bunch of local toughs in shoulder pads are turning this iron-and-water town into a summer football hotbed, and wouldn’t you know it — your Harbor Monsters are sitting at 5-2, breathing heavy down the necks of the Iowa Woo and