Grand Rapids knocks off Hermantown to highlight northeastern Minnesota football night
GRAND RAPIDS — Grand Rapids answered one of the biggest questions of the northeastern Minnesota high school football season Friday night. Grand Rapids won a
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Bulldogs clip Long Island in season, home opener
DULUTH — Minnesota Duluth spent Friday night honoring college hockey’s best player from last season, then showed why the fifth-ranked Bulldogs may have
Marshall, Stella Maris announce five-program cooperative agreement
DULUTH — Marshall School and Stella Maris Academy will combine students in five athletic and extracurricular programs beginning with the 2026-27 school year under
Plante brothers bring a lifetime of hockey together on one Bulldogs line
Three Hermantown brothers who once battled in the basement, three NHL draft picks who traveled different developmental paths and three Bulldogs now beginning the season shoulder to shoulder at AMSOIL Arena.
Scott Sandelin’s message to his players: Prove it
“Nothing's going to be handed like college hockey, our league, everything is some really damn good teams right now. And I'm just excited that we have a group that's being considered in that mix, but we got to go prove it. We got to go work.” -- Scott Sandelin
Stella Maris cross country grows to 37 runners as Gilbertson brothers set the pace
DULUTH — Stella Maris Academy’s largest cross country team is giving coach Elizabeth Nygaard reasons to look forward to October. With 37 runners, a
Built to contend: Bulldogs bring veteran firepower, national expectations into season opener
DULUTH — Minnesota Duluth enters the 2026-27 men’s hockey season with the reigning Hobey Baker Award winner, an experienced core that came within
Hawks give Zagelmeyer plenty to like and build on
Mike Zagelmeyer has good reason to like his Hermantown football team, and the reasons extend well beyond an unbeaten record and a running back
Martin Sleen scores four touchdowns as Hermantown beats Cloquet 35-6 on homecoming
Hermantown produced 316 yards of offense on just 31 plays, with Sleen accounting for most of its ground production and four of its five touchdowns.
Hermantown, Cloquet meet in pivotal Northeast Red homecoming test
HERMANTOWN — Hermantown has spent September demonstrating how quickly it can change a football game. Cloquet has spent the past two weeks demonstrating how quickly
Hermantown volleyball returns home after competitive tournament
Hermantown’s volleyball team went 2-2 at Saturday’s Duluth East Invitational, beating White Bear Lake and Irondale before pushing Forest Lake to
Zagelmeyer likes Hawks’ growth, but Cloquet brings another demanding test
Hermantown’s unbeaten start has been powered by explosive plays, increasingly physical defense and the return of an experienced quarterback. Yet coach Mike Zagelmeyer
Illikainen, Mundle inducted into Hermantown's Hall of Fame
Two of Hermantown’s most accomplished three-sport athletes, Darin Illikainen and Dale Mundle, will be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame
Hermantown’s power running game faces resurgent Cloquet in homecoming test
HERMANTOWN — Hermantown has spent the first three weeks of the high school football season turning games into track meets. Cloquet, after a disastrous opener,
Sleen scores six touchdowns as Hermantown blitzes Duluth East, 48-27
HERMANTOWN — Martin Sleen rushed for 212 yards and five touchdowns and returned a kickoff for another score Friday night, accounting for six touchdowns in
TDS Transportation opens Elite League season unbeaten
NEW HOPE, Minn. — TDS Transportation wasted little time establishing itself as one of the Upper Midwest High School Elite League’s most explosive offensive