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Thursday, Feb. 13 Boys Basketball Hermantown-79 Esko-69 Despite 30 points from Peyton Wefel and 23 points from Riley Fischer, the Eskomos fell short against the Hawks, who got 35 points from Peter Soumis and 22 from Kaden Kucza. Also scoring for Esko were Elie Blue with 12, and Braden Gabec and Cade Berger with two each. Girls Basketball Hermantown-53 Esko-39 The Hawks doubled up on the Eskomos in the first half by racing to a 30-15 lead and never looked back. Leading Esko was Kristy DeMuth with 22 points and Brenna Stark with 11. Also scoring...
Thursday, Feb. 6 Boys Basketball Hibbing-84 Cloquet-56 The Lumberjacks fell behind by 16 points at halftime and struggle to defend the Bluejackets who got a 24-point night from Ayden McDonald and double-digit scoring from three others in pulling out the win over Cloquet. Adam Schneider led Cloquet with 16 points, Dylan Heehn scored 14, both Markus Pokornowski and Alec Turnbull finished with eight points. Also scoring were Nathan Blatchford (4), Jack Sorenson (3) and Tyler Issendorf (2). Northwoods-109 Moose Lake-Willow River-104 In one of the...
Thursday, Jan. 30 Girls Basketball Esko-47 Barnum-11 The Eskomos led 21-4 at halftime and never looked back in their win over the Bombers. Sarah Wagemaker led Esko with 12 points and Kristy DeMuth added 10. Jayden Karppinen scored eight, Avery Kuklinski six, Aila Gabel had five, Mallory Sunnarborg added three, Brenna Stark two and Emily Rengo one. Leading the Bombers in scoring were Mckenzee Schleret with eight points, Rayna Klejeski two and Gracie Nelson one. Ashland-69 Cloquet-49 Alexa...
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...
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...
Thursday, Jan. 16 Girls Basketball Cromwell-Wright-73 Barnum-29 The Cards rolled early and held a 45-15 halftime lead as Taya Hakamaki poured in 24 points, Natalee Hakamaki threw down 20 points and Shaily Hakamaki chipped in with 15 in the win. Both Andrea Pocernich and Amber Collman finished with five points for the Cards and Sean Morrison added two. Allie Marine led the Bombers with 12 points, while Anesa Davis recorded eight. Moose Lake/ Willow River-55 Floodwood-53 The Rebels overcame a...
Thursday, Jan. 2 Boys Basketball Carlton-75 Two Harbors-66 Ben Soderstrom with 32 points, Matthew Santkuyl with 21 points and Ryan Gray with 13 points led the Bulldogs to the win over the Agates. Justin Swanson added four points. Adam Hey had three points and rounding out the scoring for the Bulldogs was Austin Parker with two points. Trent Gomez had a big night for the Agates with 27 points. Girls Basketball Barnum-54 Two Harbors-53 The Bombers held a slim one-point lead at halftime and were able to fend off the Agates on Thursday night. MaKen...
Friday's Esko-Moose Lake/Willow River boys basketball game featured teams that looked like mirror images of each other. In the end, the Eskomos overcame a 13-point deficit and managed to sneak out of Willow River with a two-point win. "Esko is very similar in style to us offensively," said Rebels coach Wes Cummings. "We both look to spread it out, drive the ball and kick it for threes and play an uptempo game." The game was played in front of a packed house and emotions ran high as the two...
The history of the Wood City Classic basketball tournament is rife with stories about games and players. But perhaps no tournament was more impressive than the Jan. 2-3, 1976 Classic, which featured the senior classes of 1976. Fans poured into the Cloquet junior high gymnasium filling seats an hour before game time in anticipation of what was to come as Esko, Cloquet, Cambridge and Hibbing all came with impressive rosters. The opening game saw Esko taking Hibbing to double overtime before...
The Esko boys basketball team captured their eighth consecutive Esko Coaches Classic Holiday championship Saturday by dominating Duluth Marshall 94-52 in the title matchup. In what was a split tournament for the boys portion of the tournament, Esko played Northwoods on Dec. 16, defeating the Grizzlies 95-77 in an opening round game. Three Eskomos scored in double digits in the win over Northwoods, including James LeGarde and Payton Wefel, who both hit for 30 points, along with Eli Blue, who...
Thursday, Dec. 12 Girls Hockey Hibbing-Chisholm-6 Moose Lake Area-5 (OT) Elyssa Durie of Hibbing-Chisholm scored just 16 seconds into the overtime session to give the Bluejackets the win. The Rebels led 3-2 after the first period on goals by Gabby Gamst and two goals by Jamie Benzie. Hibbing scored the only two goals of the second period and led 4-3 entering the third, but back-to-back goals by Sandra Ribich and Savannah Gamst gave the Rebels a 5-4 lead with a little over 10 minutes to play in regulation before the Bluejackets tied the game up...
It didn't take long for the Esko boys basketball team to warm up Friday night in their 89-54 win in Cloquet. The Eskomos got hot right after the opening tip off and before the Lumberjacks could blink, they found themselves in a 20-point hole they were never able to dig out of. "It was something to see," said Cloquet coach Steve Battaglia. "Esko hit seven 3-pointers in the first six minutes of the game and we were down by 20 points before we realized the game had even started. It was...
With her team up by three points and under 20 seconds to go, Esko's Aila Gabel had to make just one of two free throws to seal the win for her team during Friday night's game in Esko. With a rowdy opposing crowd, no one could blame Gabel for being nervous. Or not. The sophomore cooly drained both shots, propelling the Eskomos past Cloquet by a score of 49-43 in each team's first regular season game of the season. Gabel wasn't the only underclassman playing in last week's matchup. Both teams...
BRAINERD-The Eskomos saw their season come to an end Saturday afternoon at the hands of the Annandale Cardinals. It was a snowy battle that ended 33-13 after the Cardinals outgained Esko on the ground by a margin of 357 yards to Esko's 74 yards. After a fumble and a punt on Annandale's first two drives of the game, the Cardinals took over on the ground. The Cardinals offensive line opened huge holes - allowing Annandale to pick up giant chunks of yards as they finished the game averaging over 6...
The Esko football team demolished Aitkin 41-14 earlier this season on the road in Aitkin, but winning proved more challenging last week in the Section 7AAA playoffs. In the end, however, the result was still an Esko victory as the Eskomos squeaked past with a 29-28 win. "Prior to the game when we talked to the team, we told them to be careful because Aitkin is a good football team and they were without one of their better players when we played them the first time," said Esko coach Scott Arntson...
Going into last Wednesday’s Section 7AA semifinal match, the Eskomos knew they would have to find an answer to Proctor’s Sam Pogatchnik and Payton Rodberg. That proved to be a tough task. The strong-hitting duo combined for 43 kills as the Rails won 29-27, 30-32, 25-18 and 25-18. In taking the win, Proctor earned met North Branch, the defending state Class AA champions, in the Section 7 title game and lost. Perhaps one of the biggest keys to the semifinal match was the fact that the Rails too...
Kerry Rodd [email protected] At the end of the first quarter Saturday, things looked bleak for the Esko football team in their Section 7AAA semifinal game. The Eskomos trailed Proctor 14-0 and appeared to be on the verge of defeat to the Rails. It looked like they needed a mini-miracle to stage a come back. They got that miracle on a unique play in the second quarter that started a comeback and sparked Esko to an eventual 28-21 victory. Trailing 14-0 in the second quarter, Esko's Brock...
Esko-33 Crosby-Ironton-0 Playing at home on Senior Night, the Eskomos mauled the Crosby-Ironton Rangers and in doing so solidified their top seed in the Section 7AAA playoffs and picking up a first round bye. The Eskomos got a pair of touchdowns from Dylan Vinje and one each from Eli Blue, Nolan Witt and Brock House. Esko led 13-0 after one quarter and 19-0 at the half as they pulled away to the easy win. The school honored the late Jackson Pfister, a sophomore at Esko who died of heart failure...
Football roundup South Ridge-28 Cherry-0 South Ridge exploded to score all 28 of their points in the second quarter against the visiting Tigers. Tarious Lovejoy started the scoring early in the second quarter on a 3-yard touchdown run. Riley Kinsley added a 13-yard dash for a score and Logan Young contributed a 10-yard touchdown run as well. At the end of the quarter Nick Larson caught a 16-yarder to wrap up the scoring. The win moves the Panthers to 5-1 and tied for first with Silver Bay in the District 9 Blue Division. Ogilvie-16...
With playoffs looming, the Cloquet-Carlton girls soccer team secured its 14th win of the season last Thursday by taking their second win of the season over Esko, 2-0. The 'Jacks managed to get by a feisty Eskomo squad that put the clamps down for most of the game on the vaunted Cloquet-Carlton offense. "Our ladies played great team defense again, only letting in one goal in the first half," said Esko co-coach Alissa Anderson. "Our sophomore goalie, Orie Randall, played an excellent game getting...
The Cloquet cross country teams were unfazed by the mud, the cold or the rain Saturday as the boys team captured first and the girls took fourth place in the 69th annual Swain Invitational cross country meet in Duluth. It was the first time the Lumberjacks had won the event since 1985, when Cloquet was combined with Esko and they won both the boys and girls championships. "With the cold wet weather conditions, the course was much slower than the runners are used to," said head coach Chandra Alle...
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On a cool Friday night in Willow River, Esko pulled off a 20-18 upset to end the Rebels' four-game winning streak. Despite four turnovers on the night, the Eskomos took advantage of an interception and an 87-yard return for a touchdown by Preston Lowe which broke a 12-12 tie. With a two-point conversion - also by Lowe - the Eskomos were able to hold off a late push by the Rebels in picking up the road victory. "We hung in there," head coach Scott Arntson said. "Offensively we didn't execute like...
It's been a busy and very challenging part of the schedule for the Esko girls soccer team. On Saturday, the Eskomos took on one of the top teams in the state. On Monday, they faced a tough Duluth East squad before falling 4-0. "For the past several years we've had the opportunity to play Benilde-St. Margaret," said co-coach Alissa Anderson. "The last I checked, they were the No. 5 team in the state." Despite more ball possession time, the Red Knights managed only one goal in the first half as...
