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When you walk into the Cloquet football field complex, you'll see a picture of a man with glasses holding a football. The high school football field is named after him. Roland Bromberg, known to many as "Rollie," "Brom" or "Rol," was a former coach, teacher and administrator for the Cloquet School District. He passed away last Wednesday in Northfield, Minnesota. After growing up as an outstanding high school athlete in four sports in Fergus Falls, Bromberg went on to star in four sports at...
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton wrestling team may be low in numbers, but they are high in talent. Last Tuesday the Lumberjacks took on Mille Lacs and came away with four wins in the five matches that took place at Cloquet High School small gymnasium. "That's kind of been our M.O.," said coach Al Denman. "We just don't have the overall number of wrestlers that most schools do, so we lose points for every weight class that we can't put someone on the mat. But our kids that do get out on the mat are very...
A goal just 32 seconds into the game turned out to be the only goal in Thursday's girls hockey game between Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Moose Lake Area. Marina Dostal scored for CEC before many fans got a chance to get into their seats at Riverside Arena in Moose Lake, giving the Lumberjacks the narrow road win. "The team did a great job setting the tone from the start with really nice, patient puck possession which led to the lone goal for us," said CEC coach Courtney Olin. The teams met Nov. 23 i...
It took a little while, but the Esko boys basketball team started clicking early in the second half and came back to win 66-63 over the Lumberjacks Friday night at Cloquet Middle School. "For us, we were a little sluggish on offense in the first half," said Esko coach Derek Anderson. "We had too many guys watching one guy dribble or try to create. There was no flow or movement, which is why we struggled." Cloquet played its way to a 32-25 halftime lead, with five players scoring in the opening s...
Entering Tuesday night's home game against Cloquet, the Cromwell-Wright girls basketball team was undefeated and sported a 4-0 record. The Lumberjacks came in with a 3-2 record, trying to reverse a two-game losing streak. After the dust cleared, Cloquet came away with a 61-47 road victory over the Cardinals. "It was just a great atmosphere, and it always is at Cromwell," said Cloquet coach Heather Young. "The fans are right on top of you, they're vocal, and they just make it a great place to...
After a slow start Friday, the Cloquet boys basketball team bounced back with an impressive early-season win against a good Barnum squad. The Lumberjacks relied on some strong play from Connor Barney to pull out the hard-fought 77-68 win in Cloquet. "They came out and jumped on us right away with (Joe) Peterson dropping in a couple of three-point shots," said Cloquet head coach Steve Battaglia. As the first half continued, the Lumberjacks made an effort to get the ball in to Barney, who began...
Talks about a tuition agreement that would allow Carlton to close its high school and send students in grades 9-12 to Cloquet are moving toward action. On Monday, committee members representing both school boards met in Cloquet. They touched on minor changes to the evolving tuition agreement. Both sides agreed that they were comfortable with the agreement, which outlines both student enrollment and financial arrangements between the districts. The next step is to send the final documents to the...
After the first three games of the girls hockey season, the Moose Lake Area team was 3-0 and Cloquet-Esko-Carlton was 1-2. On Nov. 23, the two teams met, with the Lumberjacks coming out on top 2-1 in a well-played game at Cloquet's Northwoods Credit Union Arena. Numbers don't always tell the whole story. CEC had the tough task of opening the season against two of the state's top-ranked Class A teams in Orono and South St. Paul. The Rebels are an up-and-coming squad that is serving notice that...
After 19 seasons, Tom Lenarz has resigned as head coach of the Cloquet Lumberjacks football team. Lenarz notified activities director Paul Riess on Monday, and prior to that had sent out a letter to players, who received them just after Thanksgiving. "I've been talking to my wife, Collette, about this for a while now," Lenarz said on Monday. "I wanted to be sure. I talked to a lot of people I trust, including my old high school football coach at Blaine." Lenarz played linebacker for Blaine and...
Prior to the Lumberjacks first game of the season Tuesday, head coach Heather Young said "the first game of the season we normally feel rushed and ready to go, but tonight I think we are set." This was a prophetic statement. Cloquet came out in mid-season form to beat the Eskomos for the first time in eight years with a 68-54 victory in Esko. The Lumberjacks jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. Dominant play from Maddie Young and Alexa Snesrud proved to be the big difference in...
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team wasted little time jumping into their early season schedule, playing three games within the past five days. CEC went 1-2 during that stretch after suffering road losses to Andover and Minnetonka before winning at home against Hibbing Tuesday night. The Lumberjacks opened the day after Thanksgiving against an impressive Andover Huskies team, which is ranked No. 5 in the Minnesota State Class AA rankings, and fell by a score of 4-0 despite an impressive sh...
There’s an adage in hockey that to be a successful team you need to build from the nets out, meaning good goaltending is key. If that’s true, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boy’s hockey team should have a pretty good shot at success this season. “In my opinion, we have two of the best goalies in the state,” said CEC coach Shea Walters. “Jacob Walsh and Kyle Abrahamson played in the elite league this fall and both were heavily scouted and finished as two of the top goalies in the league.” At 6 feet 3 inches tall, Abrahamson uses his size and abil...
With the return of a large nucleus of players from last year's team, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls hockey team has high expectations this season as they hope to make another run to the state hockey tournament. "We are returning 17 of 20 varsity players from last year's playoff roster, which has been a positive and allowed us to hit the ice running from the start," said CEC coach Courtney Olin. "Last year, many of those players earned some varsity experience and gained the confidence needed to...
MLA girls team should be a force After grinding out an 8-11 record during a Covid season a year ago, the Moose Lake Area Rebels girls hockey team is raring to go. “I thought that despite Covid and overcoming so many obstacles, our girls had a great season,” said coach Reilly Fawcett. “We were a young team last year and many of our young girls were a huge key to our success. We made it to the second round of playoffs which Moose Lake Area has not done for some time. Proctor/Hermantown — who end...
At the ripe old age of 21, former Cloquet standout Riley Leslie has been an award-winning high school athlete and scholar, then a hard-working college student, and now you can call him “Captain.” Leslie recently acquired his own boat as part of the Happy Hooker Charters fleet in Duluth on Lake Superior. Sports were always a big part of Leslie’s life. As a junior, he played on the undefeated Lumberjacks football team, which lost for the first time in the state championship game. Although the t...
The Lumberjacks girls swim team wrapped up its season Saturday with a 7A Section meet that was both amazing and disappointing, according to head coach Rachel Peterson. It was amazing because so many girls set new personal records Saturday, and disappointing because that wasn't good enough to advance any of them to this week's state meet, as Grand Rapids dominated the meet at Lincoln Park Middle School in Duluth. New to the section this year, the Thunderhawks won Saturday's section meet by a...
Two Cloquet High School athletes made their collegiate intentions known last week on the first National Signing Day of the school year. Dana Jones signed a letter of intent to play softball for Winona State University, while Katie Turner will head to Northern Michigan to play soccer. Both girls have been leaders for their respective Lumberjack teams and multi-sport athletes in their years at Cloquet. Golf standout Sam Baker, a 2021 Cloquet graduate, was awarded the Minnesota Golf Association...
Photographer Dan Saletel captured the orange-out for Cloquet fans at the home section semifinal volleyball match Nov. 3, a sign of unity and an homage to Halloween past and deer hunting future. The Lumberjacks won against Hermantown but just missed state qualification over the weekend in a loss to Grand Rapids....
The Cloquet girls soccer team ended its state run last week with two losses and a fourth place in Class AA. The Lumberjacks took to the big stage at U.S. Bank Stadium Thursday afternoon in a semifinal game against top-seeded Benilde-St. Margaret's. It was the Red Knights who defeated Cloquet-Carlton 3-0 and advanced into the state finals, while Cloquet faced Holy Angels in Friday's third-place contest, a 6-1 loss. Sadie Senich said the team had waited for this trip to state for a long time,...
Cloquet volleyball had a busy week in pursuit of its first ever trip to the state tournament. The final week began with a semifinal victory over Hermantown last Wednesday, Nov. 3. The Lumberjacks beat Hermantown 3-1 to advance to the section finals. Senior Breea Rasmussen led the way with a career-high 15 kills and 14 digs. Sophomore sensation Ava Carlson continued her successful season with 16 kills and 18 digs. Senior middle hitter Geneveve Fonoti had nine kills and four blocks, junior Aili Bu...
With Covid-19 still circulating, this was the second year in a row that Sunnyside Health Care Center could not open its doors to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. But Sunnyside residents and staff came up with a sweet idea to save Halloween. They filled bags of donated candy for the 366 students at nearby Churchill Elementary School Thursday. In fact, they collected so much candy from Sunnyside, Community Memorial Hospital and Raiter Clinic employees that they were also able to donate to three...
If not for the pandemic, this would be the sixth consecutive year the Cloquet boys cross country team competed in the Class AA state meet. Last year the state meet was canceled due to Covid-19 restrictions, so this trip will be the Lumberjacks' fifth. "The key to the boys team's success is that they have gone as a team now for four years in a row and they make it their goal each season to get back to the state meet," said Cloquet head coach Chandra Allen. It was certainly a team effort. Cloquet...
Sectional football play entered its midpoint last Saturday as all the remaining local football teams were in action. Four local teams will be moving on to section championship games, while two other teams were eliminated. South Ridge, Barnum, Moose Lake/Willow River and Esko all moved on. Section 7A The Barnum Bombers came into their sectional game against North Woods as the No. 3 seed to the Grizzlies No. 2, and knowing the Grizzlies defeated the Bombers 28-14 Sept. 24. On Saturday, the...
The Section 7 girls volleyball playoffs kicked off in earnest last week. Opening games in tournament action were played on Wednesday with second-round games played on Friday. Section 7A Barnum entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed in Subsection 1 in Section 7A and they have not dropped a set in two matches. Last Wednesday the Bombers opened tournament play by playing neighboring Wrenshall. The Wrens had entered the tournament seeded No. 8 and on Monday opened play by beating No. 9 Silver...
The Lumberjacks were hoping for the No. 5 seed in the Minnesota Class AA state tournament, knowing they would have a rematch with St. Francis, which defeated Cloquet in the first match of the season. They got their wish, and ultimately defeated the Saints by a score of 1-0 last Wednesday night at Irondale High School. "We knew this was a team that we could defeat heading into the state tournament," said head coach Dustin Randall. "They whooped up on us in the first game of the season. We...
