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Not even bad weather could stop the 20th Ashley Abrahamson Memorial Softball tournament last weekend in Cloquet at Braun Park. A total of 19 teams converged on the complex at Hilltop and, despite an overnight thunderstorm, play went on almost as scheduled on Sunday. "The Braun complex is just a tremendous complex and the fields handle the water so well," said tournament co-director Ron Tondryk. "I really need to commend Jeff Woollett and his crew for the great job they did at getting the fields...
Over the last week of June, upcoming Lumberjack wrestlers woke up early and headed to Cloquet Senior High School, where they spent several hours a day learning the skills needed to one day stand at the top of the podium. The Cloquet youth wrestling camp spanned a total of four days, with each practice almost four hours long. The camp was geared toward teaching the young wrestlers six of the seven basic skills every wrestler needs, including stance, motion and level change, among others. While...
There was a time when the Cloquet Country Club would advertise in the Pine Knot newspaper every July for 100 caddies to work the annual invitational golf tournament. Back when golf carts weren't ubiquitous, nearly every player counted on a caddy and his ability to track and find balls, have tees and extra balls ready, and help read the break on putts. Mike "Beatsie" Rosen and Gerald "Jiggs" La Breche recently talked about their experiences of caddying at the CCC. Beatsie and Jiggs are...
Our anchor tethered us to the rocks below. The current ripped underneath our bow and poured out the backside of the Lund. I threaded half a crawler onto my orange jig and plopped it over the transom. The jig tumbled away quickly in the rapids. Lifting my rod tip to the sky, I could feel it ticking and tumbling through the riprap below. The last dozen times the jig and crawler made the journey ended the same way: in the mouth of a walleye. On cue, I felt the familiar thunk of a bite. I snapped...
This week’s report from the region’s Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers. Scott Staples (Carlton) assisted with an aquatic invasive species check station in the Duluth area where several violations were encountered. A K-9 training was attended at Camp Ripley where units worked with the dogs in obedience and searching for firearms. Boating activity was worked in the area with enforcement action being taken for fishing without a license in possession, insufficient flotation devices, and registration violations. Andy Sc...
Coaches choose players from their teams who best exemplify the spirit of Ashley Abrahamson. U12 Josie Lindstrom - Cloquet AJ’s Landscaping Anna Serna - Cherry Emma Parks - Cloquet Carlton Meat & Grocery Anna Hron - Duluth Tigers Brooklyn Smith - Eveleth Gilbert Rylee Kalkbrenner - Hermantown Gold Sophia Gustason - Hermantown Purple Emma McDowell & Layla Rajkovich - Hibbing Jenna Beck - MLWR State Farm U14 Grace Kreinbring - Bay Area Storm Lily Housey - CMC Lightning Kaitlyn Kuklock - Duluth R...
Ceremonies last Friday celebrated the graduation of 48 students who successfully completed program requirements in the Law Enforcement Skills Training Program during Summer Session 2019 at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. More than 400 people attended the ceremony, which marked the 19th group of students to participate in the FDLTCC Law Enforcement Skills Training Program. The 500 hours of skill training is required of all individuals seeking careers as peace officers in Minnesota....
Robert Sobczak of Cloquet was named to the second semester dean’s list at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona. The list includes 343 undergraduate students who earned a grade point average of 3.60 or better on a 4.0 scale. The Cloquet All-Night Graduation Party Committee of Melissa Kelley, Tracy Mattson, Stef Gunelson, Michele Walsh, Vickie Nordin, Theresa Sarkela, Bobbee Conway, Leigh Rahkola and Bobbie Turner extends a thank you to those who helped make the 2019 celebration a success. The committee reports that the graduates had...
Two-year-old Gavin Ott photobombed this picture of a group of Carlton County U-12 softball players - including his two big sisters - by jumping in front of the camera and softly whispering "cheese" as the shutter snapped. His sisters' team, Carlton Meat and Groceries, went on to win the U-12 Tier 1 championship game Sunday afternoon at Cloquet's Braun Park. Find out more about the annual Ashley Abrahamson Tournament on Page 11....
Nick Wright places an American flag above a giant basket of petunias on Avenue C Monday in preparation for the July Fourth holiday, as he and other city workers made their way through the West End and downtown getting the city dressed up in red, white and blue. The back of the city truck had a barrel of flags. The Pine Knot News went to press before the grand birthday celebration. Don't worry - check out next week's Pine Knot News for photos and words about Cloquet's grandest annual...
