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Three weeks ago the Minnesota Wilderness were poised to make a run in the standings, with the team tied for third in the NAHL’s Central Division and fresh off a sweep of the Bismarck Bobcats. Since then, the Wilderness have found wins hard to come by. The Cloquet-based team is 2-7-1 for the last 10 games and have fallen into fifth place — 10 points out of the last playoff spot. Central Division leader Aberdeen swept the Wilderness last weekend, outscoring them 8-1 in the two meetings. The Wil...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Isle March 5-15 Section 7A Tournament Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Proctor March 5-14 Section 7AAA Finals Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, March 1 7:15 pm vs. Nashwauk-Keewatin March 4-15 Section 5A Tournament Esko Eskomos Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Virginia Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaag March 5-7 Section 7A Tournament Wrenshall Wrens Friday, March 1 7:15 pm vs. Ely March 5-15 Section 7A Tournament GIRLS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Through March 7 Section 7A...
The Robert Rodd Memorial Scholarship fundraiser is Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Four Seasons Sports Complex in Carlton, Minn. Tickets are $10, which includes a Swedish meatball or turkey gravy dinner, admission to the costume hockey game, and entry for prize drawings. There is no admission fee for the hockey game for children 12 and younger, and the cost of dinner for children age 5 and under is $4. Dinner will be served 1-5 p.m., with a cash bar. Children’s activities include Chuck-A-Puck, Zamboni Bob coloring contest, and a shoot-out for kids a...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Feb. 15 7:15 pm vs. Cromwell-Wright Monday, Feb. 18 7:15 pm vs. Hill City Friday, Feb. 22 7:15 pm at Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichida Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, Feb. 19 7:15 pm at Duluth Marshall Friday, Feb. 22 7:15 pm vs. Bemidji Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Feb. 15 7:15 pm at Carlton Tuesday, Feb. 19 7:15 pm at Barnum Friday, Feb. 22 7:30 pm vs. Nevis Esko Eskomos Tuesday, Feb. 19 7:15 pm at South Ridge Friday, Feb. 22 7:15 pm vs. St. Croix Lutheran Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaag Friday, Feb. 15...
Cloquet school board members were presented certificates of appreciation Monday, Feb. 11, in honor of School Board Recognition week. “Thank you, I haven’t done anything yet,” said the newest board member Hawk Huard, who began his latest term in January, but had also served on the board 2004-2016. It was a quick meeting, lasting only 20 minutes. District staff gave reports on various schools and programs. It’s I LOVE TO READ month at the elementary schools, which are holding various activit...
Post-holiday play saw the Minnesota Wilderness on a roll, winning five of seven contests, but since their fast start to the second half of the season, the Wilderness have struggled to play consistent hockey, resulting in only one win in their last six games. “We have to be more consistent on both ends of the ice,” assistant head coach Mark Vachorek said. “We need to remember we should have won some of the games we lost to teams behind us in the standings, and they are fighting for a playoff spot...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Feb. 8 6:00 pm vs. Floodwood Monday, Feb. 11 7:15 pm vs. Cherry Friday, Feb. 15 7:15 pm vs. Cromwell-Wright Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, Feb. 12 7:15 pm at Grand Rapids Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Feb. 8 6:15 pm vs. Silver Bay Monday, Feb. 11 7:15 pm at Two Harbors Tuesday, Feb. 12 7:15 pm vs. Bigfork Friday, Feb. 15 7:15 pm at Carlton Esko Eskomos Friday, Feb. 8 4:30 pm at Perham Tuesday, Feb. 12 7:15 pm vs. Proctor Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaag Friday, Feb. 15 6:30 pm at Cook County Wrenshall... Full story
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. McGregor Tuesday, Feb. 5 7:15 pm at Lakeview Christian Academy Friday, Feb. 8 6:00 pm vs. Floodwood Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. Proctor Tuesday, Feb. 5 7:15 pm vs. Duluth Denfeld Thursday, Feb. 7 7:15 pm at Hibbing Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm at Floodwood Tuesday, Feb. 5 7:15 pm vs. Cherry Friday, Feb. 8 6:15 pm vs. Silver Bay Esko Eskomos Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. Barnum Tuesday, Feb. 5 7:15 pm vs. Pequot Lakes Friday, Feb. 8 4:30 pm at...
Cloquet hockey great Corey Millen has seen it all - from the time he laced up his first pair of skates to his current position as an assistant coach with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League. "I am really enjoying where I am at right now," Millen said via phone last week. "Since leaving Cloquet a couple of years ago, I've had my plate pretty full." That is an understatement. While he was back home, Millen coached the Cloquet-based Minnesota Wilderness to the Robertson...
Last weekend was a big opportunity for the Minnesota Wilderness to make a move up the standings in the Central Division of the North American Hockey League. The Cloquet-based Wilderness played host to the Brookings Blizzard: a team with just five wins in 35 games played, and a team mired in last place in the division. Instead of a sweep and a chance to solidify their third-place hold in the division, the Wilderness lost both games and now find themselves in the fourth and final playoff spot....
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm vs. Moose Lake-Willow River Tuesday, Jan. 29 7:15 pm vs. Duluth Marshall Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. McGregor Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm at Superior Monday, Jan. 28 7:15 pm vs. Esko Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. Proctor Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm at Esko Tuesday, Jan. 29 7:15 pm at Moose Lake/Willow River Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm at Floodwood Esko Eskomos Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm vs. Cromwell-Wright Monday, Jan. 28 7:15 pm at Cloquet Friday, Feb. 1 7:15... Full story
Cloquet City Councilors got mixed news about money Tuesday night - and in some cases the bad news came on the flip side of the coin. Take the Cloquet Public Library, for example, and the happy news that it was offered a $784,000 library expansion grant from State of Minnesota, not quite the $1 million the city asked for. On the flip side is the fact that the grant is a matching one, so the city or some other agency must fund the other part of the estimated $2 million project. The previous...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Jan. 18 7:15 pm vs. Barnum Tuesday, Jan. 22 7:15 pm at Silver Bay Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm vs. Moose Lake-Willow River Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, Jan. 22 7:15 pm vs. Chisago Lakes Thursday, Jan. 24 7:15 pm vs. Moose Lake-Willow River Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm at Superior Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Jan. 18 6:30 pm vs. Cook County Tuesday, Jan. 22 7:15 pm vs. Wrenshall Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm at Esko Esko Eskomos Friday, Jan. 18 7:15 pm at Floodwood Tuesday, Jan. 22 7:15 pm vs. Duluth Denfeld...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Jan. 11 7:15 pm at Two Harbors Tuesday, Jan. 15 7:15 pm at Wrenshall Friday, Jan. 18 7:15 pm vs. Barnum Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, Jan. 15 7:15 pm vs. Virginia Thursday, Jan. 17 7:15 pm at Crosby-Ironton Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Jan. 11 7:15 pm at South Ridge Tuesday, Jan. 15 7:15 pm at McGregor Esko Eskomos Tuesday, Jan. 15 6:30 pm vs. Cook County Friday, Jan. 18 7:15 pm at Floodwood Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaag Friday, Jan. 11 7:00 pm at Sacred Heart Tuesday, Jan. 15 7:00 pm at Minnesota...
This is the cold, hard truth - changes are coming to Cloquet's Northwoods Credit Union Arena and the neighboring Pine Valley hockey arena, no matter what. The Cloquet ice hockey arenas are looking at a future that includes renovations to the tune of close to $3 million, City Administrator Aaron Reeves told the new Cloquet City Council at its first work session meeting Jan. 3. At the same meeting, he recommended the council consider taking over ownership of the arena from the Cloquet Area Hockey...
The second half of the North American Hockey League season has arrived and the Minnesota Wilderness team is fighting for the fourth and final playoff position in an extremely tough Central Division. The Cloquet-based Wilderness opened the second half by taking two of three games against the second-place Austin Bruins. "It was a good way to get the second half started," said Wilderness coach Dave Boitz. "We are two points out of third- and fourth place and we need to keep focused on the job...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Thursday, Dec. 27, 6:00 pm at Blackduck Friday, Jan. 4, 7:15 pm at Floodwood Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, Dec. 28, 6:15 pm vs. Pine City Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Dec. 28, 2:45 pm vs. Duluth Denfeld at Cloquet Thursday, Jan. 3, 6:30 pm vs. Silver Bay Friday, Jan. 4, 6:15 pm at Silver Bay Esko Eskomos Saturday, Dec. 29, 6:00 pm vs. Hinckley-Finlayson Friday, Jan. 4, 7:15 pm vs. Moose Lake/Willow River Wrenshall Wrens Friday, Jan. 4, 7:15 pm vs. McGregor GIRLS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Thursday, Jan. 3, 7... Full story
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Jan. 4 7:15 pm at Floodwood Tuesday, Jan. 8 7:15 pm at Cromwell-Wright Friday, Jan. 11 7:15 pm at Two Harbors Cloquet Lumberjacks Saturday, Jan. 5 5:15 pm vs. Duluth East Tuesday, Jan. 8 7:15 pm at Ashland Thursday, Jan. 10 7:15 pm at Hermantown Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Jan. 4 6:15 pm at Silver Bay Tuesday, Jan. 8 7:15 pm vs. Carlton Friday, Jan. 11 7:15 pm at South Ridge Esko Eskomos Friday, Jan. 4 7:15 pm vs. Moose Lake/Willow River Saturday, Jan. 5 7:15 pm at Columbia Heights Tuesday, Jan.... Full story
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Jan. 4 7:15 pm at Floodwood Tuesday, Jan. 8 7:15 pm at Cromwell-Wright Friday, Jan. 11 7:15 pm at Two Harbors Cloquet Lumberjacks Saturday, Jan. 5 5:15 pm vs. Duluth East Tuesday, Jan. 8 7:15 pm at Ashland Thursday, Jan. 10 7:15 pm at Hermantown Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Jan. 4 6:15 pm at Silver Bay Tuesday, Jan. 8 7:15 pm vs. Carlton Friday, Jan. 11 7:15 pm at South Ridge Esko Eskomos Friday, Jan. 4 7:15 pm vs. Moose Lake/Willow River Saturday, Jan. 5 7:15 pm at Columbia Heights Tuesday, Jan....
At the final Cloquet City Council meeting for the year and before heading into closed session, city officials and fellow councilors said goodbye to outgoing Mayor Dave Hallback along with council members Dave Bjerkness, Jeff Rock and Barb Wyman. All four ran for re-election but were defeated either in the primary or general election. As one of the final business items of the year, the council voted 4-3 (Bjerkness, Roger Maki and Kerry Kolodge dissenting) to approve a tentative settlement with...
The old man squints through the cold air and down to rooftops and updrifting chimney smoke, silver-snow farm fields, the golden glow of street lamps, dark holes of wilderness. The night surrounds him as he sails in air, his eight trained beasts heaving vapor from the effort. Their legs kick rhythmically, their breath deep and chugging as they drag on their reins, pulling. The old man sighs and feels his tired bones. “I am old,” he murmurs. He tugs off heavy mittens and kneads, with gnarled fin...
It has been a tumultuous season for the Minnesota Wilderness. As they near the halfway point of the season, the Wilderness find themselves in unfamiliar territory in the standings - near the bottom of the North American Hockey League Central Division. The good news is the Wilderness picked up impressive back-to-back wins on Friday and Saturday at home over the bottom-dwelling Brookings Blizzard. "It was an important weekend from a standpoint of making up ground in the standings," said...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Dec. 14 7:15 pm vs. Silver Bay Monday, Dec. 17 5:45 pm vs. Ogilvie Friday, Dec. 21 7:15 pm at McGregor Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, Dec. 14 7:15 pm vs. Princeton Tuesday, Dec. 18 7:15 pm at Duluth Denfeld Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Dec. 14 7:15 pm at Wrenshall Friday, Dec. 21 7:15 pm vs. Floodwood Esko Eskomos Friday, Dec. 14 7:15 pm vs. Duluth East Friday, Dec. 21 7:15 pm at Two Harbors Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaag Saturday, Dec. 15 2:30 pm at Red Lake Wrenshall Wrens Friday, Dec. 14 7:15 pm vs.... Full story
CLOQUET – One of the most anticipated events in the Santa's Home for the Holidays celebration in Cloquet has fast become the Alumni Hockey game. Featuring alumni from Cloquet, Esko, and Carlton taking on alumni from longtime rival Duluth East, the now annual event was a high-scoring affair, with the Lumberjacks coming out on top by a score of 14-9. Still, it wasn't the score that mattered in the end - it was old friends and opponents out on the ice once again, competing like they did back in t...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Dec. 7 7:15 pm vs. Wrenshall Monday, Dec. 10 6:30 pm vs. Cook County Tuesday, Dec. 11 7:15 pm at Northland Friday, Dec. 14 7:15 pm vs. Silver Bay Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, Dec. 7 7:15 pm at Esko Tuesday, Dec. 11 7:15 pm vs. Hermantown Thursday, Dec. 13 7:15 pm vs. Grand Rapids 1230 AM Friday, Dec. 14 7:15 pm vs. Princeton Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Dec. 7 7:15 pm vs. McGregor Friday, Dec. 14 7:15 pm at Wrenshall 96.5 FM Esko Eskomos Friday, Dec. 7 7:15 pm vs. Cloquet Tuesday, Dec.11 7:15 pm at... Full story
