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Carlton County teams delighted audiences in competition Saturday, but only the Esko team is moving on to the next level of competition. After placing first at the subsection competition in Two Harbors, Esko will perform "Our Place" at the One Act Play Sectionals at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 in Aitkin. "As a first time co-director, I thought the competition was great," said Joyce Bergstadt. "It was very interesting to see what type of play each school brought to the competition and then to see...
A Honor Roll Grade 9 Travis Anderson Robert Anderson Brody Anderson Luke Barney Mason Beck Amy Blais Kollin Bonneville Aili Buytaert Roena Diver Patrick Dunaiski Alec Erickson Ellise Evenson Austin Farleigh Miles Fischer Eva Flovick Mariah Fonoti Isabella Genereau Alexis Goranson Garrett Gordon Sophia Green Francesca Halverson Macie Hoffmann Lauren Johnson Araya Kiminski Lance Konietzko Josiah Larson Nicholas Lassard Bailey Lehto Connor Lindstrom Emily Litchke Macie Majerle Casey Marciniak John McGrath Alexis Nelson Katelyn Olson Emma Port...
Requirements for earning dean’s list honors include maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher while completing 12 or more course credits during the semester. Local students are: Barnum Arraya Laitinen Coltt Sullivan Christopher Wright Carlton Aaron Baxley Elijah Blue Kaitlyn Johnson Calli Rosier James Stracek Jonathan Stracek Benjamin Talarico Cloquet Ahna Anderson Joy Armstrong Annee Beck Naomi Bents Darlene Bobrowski Carmen Bocanegra Timothy Bongs Nevaeh Bridge Nikkita Buckanaga Samantha Childs Edward DeFoe Shania DeLille Jessica Dixon Chantel D...
Depth and tough defense proved to be a perfect formula for the Moose Lake/Willow River boys basketball team on Friday night as they posted an impressive 88-55 win over a very good Cromwell-Wright team. "It was really all about Moose Lake/Willow River," said Cardinals coach Bill Pocernich. "I didn't think we played poorly - they were going to beat a lot of teams by that margin the way they played. They are a very good, athletic, deep team that played very well." The win gave the Rebels an impress...
Thursday, Jan. 23 Boys Basketball East Central-53 South Ridge-50 South Ridge held an eight-point halftime lead but couldn’t hang on as the Eagles flew back in the second half to take the win by outscoring the Panthers 32-21 in the second stanza. Leading the Panthers in scoring were Ben Wood with 13 points, Mason Lane with 12 and Austin Josephson with 10. Also scoring were Jaxson Bennett with seven, Kayden Palmi four and two each for Tristan Johnson and Nick Larson. Moose Lake/ Willow River-69 Cloquet-65 The Rebels got off to a 42-31 lead at hal...
Cromwell-Wright's 56-48 win last Thursday night over the Eskomos, on the road, was chock- full of accomplishments for the Cardinals. First: Win No. 15 on the season. Second: A victory on the road over Esko for the first time in more than two decades. Third: Handing Esko its first conference loss at home in more than 10 years. "It was a big win for us," said Cardinals head coach Jeff Gronner following the game. "Playing and winning at Esko is never easy." Ranked No. 2 in Class A according to...
Girls Hockey • CEC vs Thief River Falls at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 • CEC plays TBD at home in first round of section tournament Boys Hockey • CEC at Holy Family Catholic at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 • CEC vs Duluth East at Heritage Arena at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3 Boys Basketball • Cloquet vs Proctor at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 • Cloquet vs Duluth Denfeld at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 • Cloquet vs. Hibbing at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 • Carlton vs McGregor at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 • Carlton at Barnum at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3 • Wrenshal...
It was a tale of two halves on Monday night when the Eskomos and Lumberjacks met up in high school boys basketball. Cloquet zipped out to a nine-point halftime lead, but Esko stormed back to win 63-59 by outscoring their neighbor by 13 points in the second half. "We came out sluggish in the first half and we were giving up layups and uncontested shots," said Esko coach Derek Anderson. "We also weren't attacking at all on offense. We cleaned some things up at halftime and the players responded...
Imagine Cloquet Middle School Principal Tom Brenner greeting Kirk Cousins, Danielle Hunter, Stefon Diggs, Kyle Rudolph, Dalvin Cook, and other Vikings players as they file off a big purple bus at the gymnasium parking lot with: “Welcome to Cloquet, you can change in the varsity locker room. We have a full house tonight.” That is almost exactly what happened 49 years ago when star players from the Minnesota Vikings visited Cloquet to try their luck playing basketball against a group of Clo...
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys Nordic ski team are Lake Superior Conference champions, after winning by a comfortable margin over second-place Proctor/Hermantown. The Lumberjacks had five boys finish among the top 10 skiers Friday, with Benjamin Bauer (27:39.8) taking first place after edging out Marshall's Declan Hutchinson (27:39.9) by a ski tip at the finish line in the two-part pursuit race. (In a pursuit race, each skier completes a 5K skate race, and a 5K classic race.) Not far behind were...
Homecoming week is here at the school. The coronation will be tonight after the boys basketball game. This year’s candidates are: Shaily, Micah, Taya, Taye, Anja, Cameron, Josie, Ben, Emmalee, Garrett, Amber, and Gage. Good luck to them all. The Farmer’s Co-op Store in Wright is now at a point where the manager had to take money out of savings to cover some expenses. Sales have gone down. The only thing that makes sense at this time is to shorten store hours at least for the winter months. So,...
The fifth annual “Beekeeping and More!” symposium is coming up Feb. 15 at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced beekeeper, there’s something for everyone. The first workshop held in 2016 drew in more than 150 beekeepers, and the event has kept growing, making it one of the largest beekeeping workshops in northern Minnesota. Session topics include beginning beekeeping, cold climate beekeeping, queen rearing, dealing with mites, bee nutrition and more. Expert guests include members of the Northeast Min...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is hosting a Nursing and Healthcare Career Expo 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 6 in the Lester Jack Briggs Cultural Center Gymnasium on campus. The event is freee and open to the public. The fourth annual expo is designed to provide information about current job openings available with regional employers and the wide range of career opportunities available in health sciences fields. Representatives from more than 35 employers representing a variety of nursing and healthcare career fields including laboratory...
John Leo Worgren, 57, of Cloquet, died Wednesday, January 29, 2020 in his home. He was born on December 17, 1962 in Cloquet to Raymond and Jeanette Worgren. John was raised at Big Lake and graduated from Cloquet High School in 1981. He attended Brainerd Vocational for small engines. John worked at Northern Kawasaki as a mechanic in 1984 and North Star Auto Body and Paint as an auto body technician from 1984 - 1988. He worked at Carlton Saw as a knife sharpening technician from 1988 to 2002 when...
