Boys Basketball
Duluth Denfeld vs. Tartan, 4 p.m. in Hibbing
Cromwell-Wright at Cloquet, 4:30 p.m.
Mountain Iron-Buhl at Hibbing, 7:30 p.m. in Hibbing
Girls Basketball
Superior vs. Forest Lake, 12:30 p.m. at Duluth East
Coon Rapids at Duluth East, 3:30 p.m.
Barnum vs. Duluth Denfeld, 5 p.m. in Chisholm
Boys Hockey
Apple Valley vs. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 11:30 p.m. Heritage Center
Delano at Hermantown, 3 p.m.
Irondale at Duluth Denfeld, 7 p.m. Heritage Center
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.
That’s the tragedy of this season — it’s not the losing, it’s the lying. Every move is sold as “strategic.” Every mistake is “part of the process.” Every loss is “valuable learning.” It’s a corporate PowerPoint in shoulder pads. This isn’t football anymore. It’s asset management in cleats.
There’s something quietly magnetic about Jason Watt on a Bulldogs hockey broadcast. He’s not trying to sound like anyone else. He doesn’t force energy or jargon. He just explains the game — clearly, comfortably, and with the kind of authenticity that comes only from having lived it.
The likeliest play is a polite handshake extension — one year, maybe two, at something closer to $2 million per. A team-friendly, locker-room-cred deal.
Adam Gajan stopped all 18 shots he faced and Minnesota Duluth rolled to a 4-0 victory over St. Cloud State on Friday night. Adam Kleber broke a scoreless tie late in the first period with a goal at 14:02, assisted by Ty Hanson. The Bulldogs (1-0) extended their lead
