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After 19 years as an assistant in the Cloquet football program, Jeff Ojanen was named the new head coach of the program at last week's school board meeting. Ojanen, a 2002 Cloquet graduate, spent five years with the ninth-grade and junior varsity teams and the last 14 years as the defensive coordinator for Tom Lenarz, the longtime head coach who retired this past fall. "I am very grateful for the opportunity to be the head coach," Ojanen said. He played high school football for Lenarz. "As long...
A change in the defensive scheme helped Barnum blow open a tight game against the Wrens Monday night in Wrenshall. The Bombers went on to record an impressive 75-36 win over a good Wrenshall squad on the road. "The first half of the half, both teams were trading baskets and the score was even. Then we switched up matchups defensively and we were able to somewhat contain Corey Despot," said Barnum coach Rich Newman. "We were also able to get some transition points off turnovers and missed...
Last Friday night's high school boys match up in Culver featured the tall-as-skyscrapers Panthers and the high-energy Rebels in a game that was tight throughout the first half. But Moose Lake/Willow River eventually hit the gas pedal to cruise to a 71-43 victory. "We played solid defense and we were tied halfway through the first half and only allowed them to head into the locker room up by seven points," said South Ridge coach Phil Pliska. "They're a high-octane team that likes to play really...
Friday, Feb. 4 Girls hockey CEC vs. Thief River Falls, 7:30 Boys hockey MLA at Lake of the Woods, 6 Boys Basketball Cloquet vs Proctor, 7;15 South Ridge at Esko, 7:15 Carlton at Floodwood, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright vs. Silver Bay, 6:15 ML/WR at Two Harbors, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. McGregor, 7:15 Girls basketball Esko at Duluth East, 7 Cromwell-W. vs Silver Bay, 4:45 Wrestling CEC at Pierz, 5 Saturday, Feb. 5 Girls hockey CEC vs. Bemidji, 2 Boys Basketball Barnum vs. Nash.-Keewatin, 3:30 Girls basketball Barnum vs. Nash.-Keewatin, 2 Monday, Feb. 7 Boys...
At Bethlehem Lutheran Church’s annual meeting Jan. 30, the following were elected to the Council: president, Doug Suhonen; vice president, Jennie K. Hanson; secretary, Bonnie Goerts; treasurer, Diane Anderson; worship team, Carol Hutar; property team, Tom Kabus and Jesse Anderson; Extreme Team Youth leaders, Liz Kabus and Sara Levinski; and endowment committee, Ann Heikkila, Bonnie Goerts and Maxine Line. The meeting was followed by a potluck dinner. Congratulations to our 2022 homecoming queen,...
On paper, the 40-mile version of the John Beargrease sled dog race on Sunday looks like a real thriller. Racing times showed minutes and even seconds of differential in the top six places. But the quick race from the outskirts of Duluth to Lake County Highway 2 north of Two Harbors has a staggered start, so participants basically hung out as fellow racers came in and later found out the official times and places. Among them was Cloquet's Billie Thompson, who finished fourth among 13 racers with...
A quintessential northern Minnesota event took off Sunday when teams of mushers and their sled dogs started on the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon races. The continued relatively warm weather — it was 30-some degrees along Lake Superior Monday and Tuesday — caused nearly half of the 24-team field in the 300-mile marathon to drop out. Slushy, sticky snow is hard on the joints of dogs, and mushers didn’t want to overtax them. Winning the marathon Tuesday afternoon was Ryan Anderson of Wisco...
Charges were filed Thursday, in the case of a hit-and-run crash nearly three weeks ago in Cloquet that police previously described as a case of "road rage." A 38-year-old Cloquet woman was charged via summons Thursday, Feb. 3, by the Carlton County Attorney’s office. Rebecca Lee Glader faces seven different charges, including three different counts of felony criminal vehicular operation-substantial bodily harm-driver who causes collision leaves scene, along with gross misdemeanor and misdemeanor traffic violations including failure to stop, f...
