Tuesday
Boys Basketball – host Barnum, 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball – at Proctor, 7:15 p.m.
Thursday
Nordic Skiing – at Spirit Mountain, 11 a.m.
Boys Hockey – host Superior, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – host Esko, 7:15 p.m.
Friday
Girls Hockey – at Osseo, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – at Two Harbors, 7:15 p.m.
Saturday
Nordic Skiing – at Giants Ridge, 10 a.m.
Girls Hockey – at South St. Paul, 1 p.m.
Girls Basketball – at Pequot Lakes, 2:30 p.m.
Boys Hockey – host Brainerd, 3 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.
This isn’t corporate sports media. This isn’t fluff. Howie Sports is Independent. Local. Unfiltered. Fifty years in the game — telling you who’s hot, who’s not, and who needs a swift kick in the butt.
McCarthy didn’t just remove himself from a game. He removed himself from a moment. And moments like that don’t come back. Not in January. Not in training camp. Not with a clean injury report.
For players attending this week’s event, the National Scouting Combine offers exposure to multiple professional pathways. For leagues such as AF1, it provides a centralized environment to identify talent, verify performance metrics and begin roster planning well ahead of training camps.
We are attempting to run a full-service, high-touch, progressive city on a tax base that isn’t keeping up — and hasn’t been for a long time. We talk about growth like it’s just around the corner. We budget like it already arrived. And we tax like it never left.
John Reynolds McAllister passed away on December 22, 2025. John was born September 10, 1928 to Walter Leo McAllister and Mabel Louise (Nelson) McAllister in Duluth, MN. He is best remembered for his faith in God, co-founding St. John’s Free Lutheran Church in 1984. Prior to that, his career