Today's Prep Games
Boys Basketball
Duluth East at Duluth Denfeld
Rock Ridge at Duluth Marshall
Hinckley-Finlayson at Pine City
Ely at Mountain Iron-Buhl
Grand Rapids at Hibbing
Boys Hockey
Rock Ridge at Proctor
Greenway at International Falls
North Shore at Hibbing-Chisholm
Girls Basketball
Esko at Two Harbors
Proctor at Hermantown
Duluth East at Duluth Denfeld
Girls Hockey
Northern Lakes at Cloquet
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.
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Unfortunately, the new currency of leadership is visibility. You’re judged not by budgets balanced or streets repaired, but by how many times your face appears on a feed. The ribbon-cutting is no longer the celebration of work done; it is the work.
Sewell has a chance to become one of the premier players in northeastern Minnesota, and the Lumberjacks have enough returning talent around him to remain a factor in Section 7A.
The modern Duluth enjoyed by residents and visitors did not emerge by accident. It was built by people willing to invest their talent, resources and leadership in a city they believed could become more than its industrial past.
Senior forward Beau Christy (27 GP, 27 G, 17 A, 44 Pts) is the player everyone in Class A should know entering next season. He led Hermantown in goals and points and averaged 1.63 points per game. Nearly 40 percent of his points came from goals.