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One hundred years after the founding of the Cloquet Country Club, Karson Patten won the coveted title of club champion. The 2023 Cloquet High School graduate led the Lumberjacks to the Minnesota State High School Class AA golf tournament in mid-June, where he finished second, while the team took third place. The golf star had a hole-in-one at the club a few weeks ago and also recently qualified for the Minnesota Golf Association state tournament. Needless to say, Patten is having an awesome...
Reflections. After their fifth-straight boys Section 7AA golf championship and Minnesota Class AA state tournament appearance, Cloquet head coach Aaron Young and senior captain Karson Patten shared their thoughts on the reasons and maybe even secrets of the team's success. Young, a Cloquet golf alumnus himself, has been the coach since 2020. "We've been fortunate at Cloquet to have a string of gifted and dedicated student athletes who also happened to have a passion for golf. It became a pride...
More than 40 local athletes participated in the Minnesota Boys and Girls State Track meet last weekend at St. Michael-Albertville. A number of those athletes had top showings and made it to the finals. Class AA boys Miles Fischer had a big day for Cloquet by finishing in third place in the 1,600 meter run. The senior followed that up with a seventh place finish in the 3,200. He ran 4:18.43 in the 1600 and 9:39.20 in the 3,200. "Miles Fischer almost got the 1600 record from 1985 of John Wodny,"...
Cloquet senior Karson Patten finished a high school golf career that included five trips to state on a high note: he tied for second place in the Class AA tournament, his highest individual finish yet. Were it not for a disappearing ball on the 10th hole, head coach Aaron Young said he was confident Patten would have ended the tournament tied for first. "No one could find it, so that put him two strokes back," Young said. "But it was really nice to see Karson finish so strong." On Day 2, Patten...
In a field dominated by seniors, Cloquet freshman Ethan Lavan faced a sophomore in his first Class A state tennis match at Reed-Sweatt Tennis Center in Minneapolis, and won 6-3, 6-4, against Ayan Glaser from St. Anthony Village. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton head coach Derek Johnson said they didn't know much about Glaser going in - the two had not even played any common opponents - but he thought Lavan had a good shot at winning as long as he kept his cool. He did. "He earned it. He deserved to be...
The Cloquet boys and girls track teams had impressive showings at the Section 7AA meet held at Hibbing High School on Saturday. The Lumberjacks boys team took second place behind Rock Ridge and will compete in the state track meet. The 'Jacks girls team finished third behind North Branch and Chisago Lakes and did not qualify as a team for state. That wasn't necessarily the goal, said Cloquet head coach Tim Prosen. "We do not try to win as a team," Prosen said. "This meet is about getting...
After a first-round loss to Grand Rapids last week in the Section 7AAA boys baseball tournament, the Lumberjacks responded by pounding out wins last week over Hibbing and Duluth Denfeld. On Tuesday, Cloquet kept things rolling by beating North Branch before being ousted from the tournament in a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to the same team that beat them in the opener: the Thunderhawks. "I am proud of the way these guys battled," said Cloquet coach Tyler Olin. On Tuesday, the 'Jacks opened the day -...
Lumberjacks tennis player Ethan Lavan has had a strong season. Last Thursday, he capped off the regular season by laying claim to the Section 7A individual championship ... as a freshman. Lavan is the first Cloquet boy to make it to the state tournament since Peter Tomhave made it in 2018 and 2019. "Things broke right for Ethan in the tournament," said Cloquet-Esko-Carlton coach Derek Johnson. "The top seed in the section from Rock Ridge decided to play No. 1 doubles, so it opened the door for...
After notching a first-round win in the Section 7AAA softball playoffs, the Lumberjacks were knocked out of the playoffs Saturday with back-to-back losses at home. No. 5 seed Cloquet opened with an impressive 3-1 win over Hibbing, the No. 4 seed, on the road last Wednesday. On Saturday, the 'Jacks entered the double-elimination round at home and fell to the No. 1 seed Chisago Lakes 4-3 in nine innings, then dropped a 12-4 decision to Grand Rapids, the No. 6 seed. In the 'Jacks opening road win a...
Nearly 120 high school boys and girls golfers converged on the Cloquet Country Club for Monday’s Cloquet Invitational. “We enjoy hosting this annual, special event.” said Cloquet boys golf coach Aaron Young. “It gives us a chance to showcase our beautiful, 100-year-old golf course.” Not long ago, there were still snow banks in the golf course parking lot. Cloquet’s golf teams had played numerous away meets before even practicing outdoors. On Monday, however, it was bright and sunny, although ea...
The Cloquet boys and girls track teams both captured top honors in the Lake Superior Conference track meet last week. The Lumberjacks boys team scored 177 points to outdistance runner-up Superior by 42 points. The girls team scored 170 points, defeating second-place Superior by 7 points. "Every year we set a goal to sweep the Lake Superior Conference to put two more plaques on the wall," said head coach Tim Prosen. "For the past decade we've been consistently contending for the title, sweeping a...
Senior Night at Ed Mettner Field in Cloquet on Thursday, May 11 was special in more ways than one. The Lumberjacks honored 13 seniors between the varsity and junior varsity games, and fans got a chance to see many new renovations to the 14th Street complex, including a new scoreboard, new windscreen around the outfield fences, a new padded back stop, new dugout fencing and a brand-new sound system, new clay home plate area and a clay mound for the pitchers. "Nate Knutson has done a great job at...
After going 1-2 last weekend at a tournament in Becker, the Cloquet softball team returned to local play Monday with a 14-0 win at home against Barnum. Barnum was the home team, but had to play in Cloquet because the Bombers field is still unplayable. "Our field has been a problem for a while now," said Barnum coach Dusty Collelo. "We haven't played a home game yet. Our field is mostly clay and doesn't drain well, so we have had to play all of our games on the road." Monday's game was played at...
Esko sweeps round robin The weather broke long enough on April 25 for the Esko, South Ridge and Barnum baseball teams to play a three-game round robin at Wade Stadium in Duluth. Barnum came in at 1-0 after a 6-2 win over ML/WR a week earlier, but fell hard, 27-0, to an impressive Esko team. One of the top-ranked teams statewide in Class AA, Esko belted out 17 hits in the shutout. Sam Haugen, AJ Kazel and Isaak Sertich all had two hits for Esko. Kazel led the Eskomos with four RBIs while Bryce Hipp added three RBIs. Cale Haugen, Jamis...
'God always takes the good ones first' Hundreds of people packed the National Guard Armory in Cloquet Tuesday morning to pay their respects to a Cloquet dad, husband, father and coach who died earlier this month. Master Sgt. Noah Feehan, 39, died of glioblastoma, a brain cancer likely caused by exposure to toxins emitted by burn pits and jet fuel while serving in the Air National Guard as an avionics technician for 18 years. Before the service started, the line of folks waiting to get in snaked...
While wins have been hard to come by in the early part of the season, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys tennis team is suddenly gaining tons of experience after having several earlier matches postponed by weather. This week alone, the Lumberjacks played Hibbing on Monday, then faced Mora Tuesday, followed by Hermantown on Wednesday. They wrapped up the week Thursday against Superior. On Monday the 'Jacks opened play against a stout Hibbing squad with the Bluejackets prevailing 6-1. The lone CEC win...
With 13 seniors on the roster, the Cloquet baseball team is aiming to take another step up the ladder this season. The Lumberjacks play in a difficult section and they hope their overall depth will come into play as the spring season kicks off. "This is my third season as coach and we are looking forward to it," said head coach Tyler Olin. "This is a group we are familiar with and just knowing them better will help as the season progresses." On Friday, April 14, the Lumberjacks opened the season...
For two weeks prior to their home opener against Milaca, the Cloquet girls softball team did double duty to prepare for the game. The Lumberjacks not only spent time in the gym practicing, but they also headed to Braun Park with shovels and spent many hours removing heavy wet snow from the playing field. "It was a pretty remarkable and unthinkable task to get the fields ready," said Cloquet head coach Tyler Korby. "On Tuesday afternoon I would have given us a 5 percent chance to be playing our...
On April 13, the Cloquet High School boys golf team had an outdoor, "on real grass" golf meet. No April Fools joke. Granted, they had to travel to Red Wing, but once they got there, the players were greeted at the Mississippi National Golf Links by temperatures near 90 degrees and a course that had opened just a few days before. "We had 20 boys try out for the 12 available positions on the varsity and junior varsity teams," said CHS head coach Aaron Young, "which is great, but we had to have...
The Cloquet Lumberjacks softball team is looking to take another step this spring. The 'Jacks finished with a 13-7 record, but for the second straight year were beaten in the Saturday round of the playoffs by Hibbing. "We have a lot of kids who play a lot of softball and who adore the game," said 'Jacks head coach Tyler Korby. "It will be a tough section again this year, but our girls are up to the task." Cloquet will have some tough shoes to fill, with the loss of five seniors from last year's...
After picking up an impressive quarterfinal win over Grand Rapids last Wednesday, Cloquet hit the road again March 10 to play Section 7AAA top seed Hermantown. When the dust cleared, the Lumberjacks fell 80-58 and were bounced from the playoffs. In the Friday loss to the Hawks, Cloquet struggled out of the gate and trailed 39-22 at halftime. The Hawks, on the other hand, had three players in double-digit scoring by halftime as Blake Schmitz, Abe Soumis and Nate Hill each had 10 points. "The...
One wouldn't be able to tell by seeing the Cloquet senior's red, teary eyes afterward, but Macie Majerle saved her best basketball game for last. Entering last week scoring just 5 points per contest, Majerle more than tripled that, scoring a team-best 18 points in looking to lead the Lumberjacks to their first state tournament since 2004. "I didn't want it to be over," Majerle said. "I knew I had to step up." Grand Rapids stepped in the way, winning its third consecutive Section 7AAA crown by...
A quick start helped propel the Lumberjacks girls basketball team past Hermantown 71-46 in the Section 7AAA semifinals Friday. "It was nice to see our girls start out strong," said Cloquet coach Heather Young. "Sometimes we struggle to get going right away; however, these girls realize the opportunity they have. They know they need to play their best to continue to move on. Hermantown is always a tough team to go up against. I am just really proud of our girls who were able to finish the job."...
Winners of four straight games, the Cloquet boys basketball team is headed to the Section 7AAA semifinals against Hermantown, after a 40-35 road win over Grand Rapids on Wednesday. The Lumberjacks trailed 21-18 at halftime, before getting double-digit scoring efforts from Jack Battaglia (11), Seth Rothamel (10) and Marco Mayorga (10) to squeeze out a playoff win. "I was really proud of our defensive effort - we didn't allow very many second chances," head coach Steve Battaglia said. "To hold a...
Cloquet-Esko wrestler Aiden Theisen competed in two matches at the state wrestling meet in St. Paul last weekend at Xcel Energy Center. He was pinned in both matches, competing for a total of 3 minutes, 46 seconds in the losses. The state tournament is a double elimination affair, providing the Lumberjacks eighth-grader invaluable experience for the future. Theisen was wrestling at 113 pounds in the AA bracket. Theisen was pinned in 1:48 in the first match and in 1:58 in the second. Theisen was the Lumberjacks’ top finisher throughout the c...
