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Cloquet opened the Section 7AAA softball playoffs with lofty expectations after finishing runner-up last year to North Branch, which went on to finish second in Class AAA at the Minnesota State High School softball tournament. So far the 'Jacks are living up to those expectations, but not without a struggle. The team opened with a tight 3-2 win over eighth seed Hibbing last week but then they upended North Branch 11-2 Saturday. But the frosting on the cake was when the Lumberjacks came from...
Esko is marching toward a possible fourth consecutive Section 7AA softball title after a 4-3 win over Proctor in the winner’s bracket final Tuesday in Grand Rapids. Miranda Kelley shut down the Rails’ vaunted offense giving up just eight hits in seven innings. Kelley also bashed out three hits, scored two runs and doubled in helping the Eskomos stay in the Class AA winners bracket. Kristy DeMuth had two hits and doubled for the winners and also had a pair of RBIs. The Rails turned around and...
Baseball playoffs Tuesday, May 28 Section 7A South Ridge-24 Floodwood-3 (Floodwood eliminated) Cherry-16 Wrenshall-4 (Wrenshall eliminated) South Ridge-9 Cherry-0 Carlton-4 Silver Bay-3 (Silver Bay eliminated) Section 7AA Duluth Marshall-18 Two Harbors-0 (Two Harbors eliminated) Moose Lake/Willow River-12 Crosby-Ironton-6 (C-I eliminated) Duluth Marshall-19 Moose Lake/Willow River -1 (ML-WR eliminated) Eveleth-Gilbert-5 International Falls-4 (International Falls eliminated) Greenway-2 Proctor-1...
Lumberjack senior Keegan Poppenberg led all golfers after the first round of the section 7AA boys golf tournament Tuesday at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. Poppenberg shot an even par 70 to finish atop the standings in the first round of the two-day section tournament. Poppenberg's round of 72 edged Lumberjack teammate Anthony McKay, who finished second with a round of 77. Keegan finished with three birdies and three bogeys on the day with the even par round. With the top two spots secured by...
The Esko boys track team triumphed in the 7A subsection meet May 23, coming in 44.5 points ahead of second-place Barnum, with 128.5 points to Barnum's 84. Moose Lake/Willow River took third with 81 points and Two Harbors took fourth. On the girls side, Proctor took first (87)and Two Harbors came in second with 81 points. Esko placed third with 76 points, and Cromwell-Wright tied Duluth Marshall for fourth place with 72. There were plenty of individual wins by Carlton County athletes, including...
The sun had just dipped below the horizon when my rod doubled over. For the last half hour before sunset, we had battled several northern pike, but instinctively I knew this was our first walleye. White-tipped fins emerged from the black water below and my suspicions were confirmed. Joseph slid our net under the fish and we boxed our first keeper. Repeating the same trolling path we added several more walleyes as darkness enveloped us. As is often the case with night fishing, we had the lake to...
Most people like pickles. Whether it's genuine dill pickles or kosher, sweet, bread and butter, or Gherkin ... nearly all have a favorite pickle. But for a growing number of Cloquet and Carlton County residents, their favorite pickle would be a game called pickleball. And it has nothing to do with pickled cucumbers. Pickleball is a relatively new game. It originated in 1965 in the backyard of a home in a suburb of Seattle called Bainbridge Island. Several gents came home after a round of golf...
A request for proposals for a new Carlton County jail has been approved by the Carlton County Board of Commissioners, as planning for the new jail continues to unfold. The vote was 4-1 with Commissioner Tom Proulx voting against. “This action by the board is not locking us into a set contract or design,” Sheriff Kelly Lake said. “A site should be chosen as soon as possible in order to have construction drawings in which we will approximately know how much the facility will cost. We are committed to an 84-bed facility.” The site of the current...
Julian Kitto, Alijah Petite and Mikinaak visited Churchill Elementary School Friday, to wish the fourth-graders - who will attend middle school next year - a good journey through their education and their lives. Kitto and Petite both drum with other members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, at home, at powwows and even over the lunch hour at Cloquet High School. Mikinaak is the name of the drum they brought to Churchill. In English, the name translates to "snapping turtle." "The...
With Gov. Tim Walz yet to sign the set of state budget bills the Legislature passed over the weekend, Cloquet Area Fire District chief Kevin Schroeder said he was “95 percent sure” that the fire district got one of its three three requests. Language that will allow CAFD to bond and incur debt is included in the omnibus bill that passed both the House and the Senate. The new language fixes changes made to the bill that created the fire district in 2009. With the fix, the fire district could bond...
Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen visited the Food Farm just south of Wrenshall on May 24. Petersen spoke to a gathering of about 30 people, drawing attention to Food Farm’s participation in the MDA’s Minnesota Grown and Agricultural Water Quality Certification programs, as well as the farm’s status as a certified organic farm. Petersen highlighted the Minnesota Grown website, a directory of local farm products, farmers markets, pick-your-own and Community Suppo...
There was a cascade of graduation ceremonies for Carlton County high schools last weekend, with more to come tonight and Sunday. Enjoy some photos of happy grads....
