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The battle for the Brown Jug between the Carlton and Wrenshall girls basketball teams is always a fun night. The atmosphere is loud and raucous, and the intensity is always at a fever pitch. That's exactly the way things played out Monday when the Bulldogs pulled out a 52-47 win over the Wrens in Carlton. "It really doesn't matter what the records for each team are, or whether they are having a good season or a season where they are struggling," said Carlton coach Brian Hey. "It's the game...
Croix Kochendorfer stopped all 31 shots Saturday night in leading the Chippewa Steel to a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Wilderness. It was the first game of 2022 for the Steel (17-15-1) as the team returned after a three-week break. The team showed little rust in the early moments as it jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first period when Sam Frandina beat Wilderness goaltender Konrad Kausch on a power-play goal 4:26 into the frame. That goal was followed by Ryan Remick’s tally with 3:23 remaining when he converted on a 2-on-1 on a feed from B...
Until last Thursday, the last time the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team played at home was Dec. 14. During that span the Lumberjacks went 0-5-1. When they finally got a chance to play in the friendly confines of Northwood's Credit Union Arena, they didn't disappoint the hometown crowd with a 3-2 win over Brainerd. "It felt like it has been forever since we played at home," said CEC coach Shea Walters. "We have had a tough stretch on the road so it felt really good to get back in our barn in...
A tenacious defense and a key first-half run were just enough to give the Cloquet girls basketball team a narrow 66-61 victory over Esko in Cloquet last Thursday night. "We pride ourselves on playing a tough man-to-man," said Cloquet coach Heather Young. "We work hard on positioning but need to improve on constant communication. To cause Esko to turn it over 20 times along with the ability to get 11 steals is a nice stat to see. Esko is a well-coached team. They shoot the ball well, transition a...
Aidan Ripp wasn't the only Cloquet athlete competing at Lake Placid last month - his younger sister, Charlotte, was hot on his heels. Charlotte, a Cloquet High School junior, and her older brother both compete in the sport of Nordic combined, which includes both ski jumping and Nordic (aka cross country) skiing. Last month Aidan took 12th in the Olympic Trials (but only first place qualified for the Beijing Olympics next month) and Charlotte placed third at the Lake Placid U.S. Cup competition....
Friday, Jan. 14 Boys hockey MLA vs. International Falls, 7 Girls basketball Carlton vs Cook County, 4:45 Barnum vs. McGregor, 7:15 Esko vs. Hibbing, 7:15 ML/WR at Silver Bay, 6:15 Wrenshall vs. East Central, 7:15 Boys basketball Cromwell-Wright vs. Two Harbors, 7:15 ML/WR at Silver Bay, 6:15 South Ridge at Floodwood, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. Northland Community Schools, 7:15 Nordic skiing CEC at Marshall, 10 Saturday, Jan. 15 Boys hockey CEC vs. Elk River, 3 Girls hockey CEC at St. Francis, 1 MLA at Princeton, 7 Monday, Jan. 17 Girls basketball...
It was a cold, cold day - even at 1 p.m. - minus 8 degrees with modest winds. The chalet at Pine Valley was crowded with kids and parents. The Cloquet Ski Club's Jenny Barta ably led us through the outdoor practices to come, ensuring skis needing wax had received it. Based on parents' prior feedback, she divided us into groups with two volunteer adults leading five to seven kids each. Some parents joined in too. No one seemed to mind the cold: the snow apparel was impressive and appropriate....
At a recent Carlton County Board of Commissioners meeting, one member asked the audience, “What do farmers actually do in the winter?” While I was initially a taken aback by the question — being married to a farmer I see firsthand the amount of work that goes into running an operation — I decided that I should treat the query as curiosity rather than dismiss it as woeful ignorance. In our household, my husband cuts back to about 50 or 60 hours a week versus the 80 he spends during the growing...
Our sympathies to the family of Liz Thom, 76, who died Jan. 5, 2022. Her nursing career included serving as a school, clinic and home care nurse in Cromwell and for Carlton County Public Health. She was also a leader in Christian education and music in Cromwell and other areas churches. Services were scheduled for Jan. 13. Jill Eichenwald recently emailed, thanking me for my list of those who passed in 2021; and although she doesn’t know many people in the area anymore, she does “like to sen...
Ferdinand “Bill” W. Martineau Sr., 84, of Cloquet passed away Jan. 9, 2022, at Sunnyside Health Care Center. A Mass of Christian Burial was scheduled for Jan. 13 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, with an interment service at Old Holy Family Cemetery. Nelson Funeral Care, Cloquet. Thomas “Tommy” R. Rosen, 58, of Cloquet passed away Jan. 12, 2022 at his home. A Celebration of Life for Tommy will be held 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18 at Nelson Funeral Care, with refreshments in the fellowship room....
David M. Johnson, 81, of Cloquet, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 8, 2022. He was born on May 22, 1940 in Cloquet. He was the son of Carl R. and Agnes J. (Blomberg) Johnson of Cloquet. He was a Cloquet graduate in the class of 1958 and then attended Harvard University and the University of Minnesota. David loved Europe, having begun his adventures there beginning in 1957 at the Jubilee Jamboree for World Scouts in Birmingham, England. David was an Eagle Scout and Scout Master. He returned to Eu...
Thomas “Tommy” Richard Rosen, 58, of Cloquet passed away Jan. 12, 2022 at his home. He was born March 25, 1963 in Duluth, the son of Robert G. and Aletha E. (Schmidt) Rosen. Tommy graduated from Cloquet High School in 1981 and participated on the high school golf team and ski jumping team. He was united in marriage to Taina Bottila on Aug. 3, 2007 in Cloquet. Tommy worked for more than 40 years at the Cloquet Country Club in numerous capacities, including grounds maintenance and kitchen cre...
Cloquet lost one of its most charismatic and dedicated residents Saturday, when 81-year-old Dave Johnson died unexpectedly at home. Although Johnson was born and raised here, he was very much a citizen of the world. With his beloved Rosa at his side, Johnson had one foot in Minnesota and the other in Italy. Italy was Rosa's birthplace, the place the couple met when Johnson was stationed at Aviano Air Base there. Theirs was a grand romance, with obstacles to overcome and great joys as well. Rosa...
Leo James Sell, 57, of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2022. He was born on July 12, 1964 in Cloquet, Minnesota, to Robert and Virginia (Bryant) Sell. He spent his childhood in Carlton, Minnesota, where he met and married the love of his life, Becki Wilmarth. They moved around before settling in Edmond, Oklahoma. He worked for Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma for nearly 20 years. For Leo, nothing was more important than family, and he had a habit of making family...
Former Lumberjacks and UMD star Karson Kuhlman faced a bad-news, good-news scenario on Sunday and Monday of this week. On Sunday, Kuhlman found out he was being put on waivers by the Boston Bruins. On Monday, he found out he was picked up by the Seattle Kraken. "I loved Boston, the fans and my teammates," said Kuhlman, an Esko grad. "I am excited about the chance to play in Seattle and to try and build something special there." Kuhlman is currently in the second year of a two-year contract and...
