Duluth Marshall freshman guard Chloe Johnson on the Section 7AA playoffs – "I’m excited for playoffs. It’s always fun to play at UMD and it’s what we work for all year. We got the three seed because we played a tough schedule, and dropped many of the
"We're finally fully healthy and with a team full of seniors, we're ready to lay it all on the line and see what happens. Hopefully we get a little luck and find a way to win this thing. Fun time of the year." -- Cloquet boys basketball coach Steve Battaglia
Note: Howie's Prep Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Today's Games Section 7AAA Girls Basketball No. 4 Cloquet (10-17) at No. 1 Rock Ridge (22-5), 1 p.m. Game Note: The Wolverines defeated the visiting Jacks
Note: Howie's Prep Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Section 7 prep boys hockey prospects to watch in 2025-26: 1. Cole Swanson, Hibbing sophomore forward 2. Jackson Strukel, Hibbing junior defenseman 3. Nate Swanson, Hibbing junior forward 4.
HowieHanson.com Winter Prep Athletes of the Year: Boys Hockey – Tate Swanson, Hibbing-Chisholm junior forward. A rising talent, a left-handed Corey Millen comparable. Girls Hockey – Mercury Bischoff, Grand Rapids/Greenway senior forward. Headed to Minnesota State. Boys Basketball – Brooks Johnson, Duluth Marshall senior forward. Committed to the Bulldogs. Girls Basketball
Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Duluthians Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin captured the U.S. Olympics Team Trials Mixed Doubles Curling Championship on Sunday in Layfayette, CO, and earned a berth in the 2025 World Championship and the
Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce president Matt Baumgartner on Chamber VP of Strategy and Policy Daniel Fanning resigning earlier this week – "I want to sincerely thank Daniel for his more than two years of dedicated service to the Chamber. His leadership played an important role in the Chamber’s
The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center will host a free family open skate at Amsoil Arena today from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Participants must bring their own skates and helmets. Parking is free. Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company
Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. The Minnesota Wilderness and Kenai River Brown Bears will complete their 2024-25 regular season series this weekend with two games in Cloquet. The series comes at a pivotal moment for both squads as
Players to Watch: Hermantown's River Freeman (senior forward, 23-12-35), Henry Peterson (senior defenseman, 4-19-23) and Bryce Francisco (junior goaltender, 12-6-4, 1.59 GAA, .945 SVS%). Hawks sophomore power forward Alexander Nicklin (4-11-15, nine power-play assists) is a budding superstar.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Freshman guard Chloe Johnson scored 44 points to reach 2,000 for her brief career as Duluth Marshall blitzed visiting Mesabi East 90-63 in a nonconference high school basketball game Thursday night. MINNESOTA PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL STATS Most points, career: 5,060 – Rebekah Dahlman, Braham, 2007-2013
Quote Me Hermantown boys hockey coach Patrick Andrews on his team's 1-1 overtime tie at home against Grand Rapids, to conclude regular-season play, and his thoughts on the upcoming Section 7A tournament: "I was very proud of our effort against GR on Tuesday night, and I thought
Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. MARK IT DOWN IN PEN – 2025 Section 7A boys hockey prediction: Semifinalists Hermantown, Hibbing-Chisholm, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Proctor; finalists Hermantown and Hibbing-Chisholm; champion Hermantown. Players to watch: F River Freeman and D Henry Peterson
Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Hermantown girls heavy favorite at home against Hibbing tonight, Esko on Thursday Hermantown’s road-weary girls basketball team blitzed Grand Rapids 81-44 and lost to Duluth Marshall 81-43 in back-to-back Lake Superior Conference
Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Prep Sports Hermantown’s young, rebuilding boys basketball team showed strong development in road losses last week against Mounds View and Grand Rapids. “Mounds View is a really strong 4A program,” Hawks coach
Note: Prep Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. PREP SPORTS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Duluth Denfeld power forward Carter Brown scored a game-high 22 points in a 61-55 boys basketball home victory over Cloquet on Thursday night. A 6-foot-4 junior
