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The Section 7A girls basketball tournament ramped up last Wednesday as the second and third rounds of the tournaments commenced at various sites around the Northland. After opening the tournament with a win over Fond du Lac, the No. 14 seeded Carlton Bulldogs took on No. 3 South Ridge. The Panthers prevailed 94-17. "Their main three scorers can shoot and they were hitting everything," said Carlton coach Brian Hey. "They were 25-of-32 from the field and 11-of-14 from the three-point line.They...
Local boys basketball teams began first-round playoff action Monday night, with playoffs throughout the week with state playoff berths at stake. Section 5A Carlton County schools in the 5A tournament are Barnum and Cromwell-Wright. The Bombers, with a record of 18-8, received the No. 1 East Seed and the Cardinals, with a record of 12-12, are the No. 2 East Seed. Both teams were set to play on Thursday at home, with Barnum vs. St. John's Prep and the Cardinals facing McGregor. Section 7A The 7A...
Wrenshall School Quarter 2 A Honor Roll Olivia Aldridge Natylee Anderson Bryce Bartczak Eli Beetcher Corvus Eckdahl Sage Fernquist Mason Goetz Addison Hulgan Taylor Hulgan Tyler Iverson Eathen Johnson Jenna Johnson Kaylie Lammi Joel Lembke Tyler Mills Alex Murray Hannah Niemela Andrew Olesen Audranna Padilla Isaias Padilla Camden Peterson Abbie Resberg Owen Resberg Isabel Riley Jack Riley Dustin Roepke Molly Sheda Janae Sjodin Jeshua Sjodin Magdalene Sowada Kaya Stark Birk Stensaas Alexis Swanson Eli Twedt B Honor Roll Joshua Anderson Gavin...
Words of William Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn's music, dance by the Minnesota Ballet and acting by Wrenshall High School students connected during an expressive, and impressive, combination of fine arts in Wrenshall on March 2. The one-of-a-kind event was creatively assembled as a response to delays and interruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Centered around Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the event was a perfect fit with the literary classic's major themes on the...
It was another good year for area Nordic skiers at the 2022 American Birkebeiner ski events held last Friday and Saturday in Hayward, Wisconsin. Outstanding performances came from across a range of age groups, from high school-aged skiers and recent graduates on up to more seasoned, veteran skiers. Several local skiers were participating for the first time in a Birkie event, while others have been making the trek for decades. In the Birkebeiner 50-kilometer skate race, Cloquet's Benjamin Bauer...
Thursday, Feb. 24 Girls Basketball Barnum-58 Braham-57 Esko-54 Marshall-49 Cloquet-76 Eveleth-Gilbert-36 Boys Basketball Braham-78 Wrenshall-71 Friday, Feb. 25 Girls Basketball South Ridge-61 Ely-39 Cromwell-Wright-81 Cook County-17 Cherry-72 Wrenshall-27 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright-67 Cook County-44 Cloquet-70 Grand Rapids-52 Esko-75 Duluth Denfeld-69 Ely-48 South Ridge-47 Pequot Lakes-59 ML/WR-57 Virginia-63 Barnum-60 Wrenshall-57 Ogilvie-50 Saturday, Feb. 26 Girls Basketball Cook County-45 Fond du Lac-21 Ogilvie-71 Barnum-59 Esko-43...
Local girls basketball teams kicked off the start of section play Monday. Here’s a breakdown of how local teams have fared and what their future may hold in the postseason. Section 7A The 7A tournament opened with No. 14 seed Carlton downing No. 19 seed Fond du Lac 48-41. Carlton’s Eliza Decaigney poured in 20 points and Megan Matarelli added 18 points. Both Madison Asleson and Haley Ableiter finished with three points for the Bulldogs. Solai Mohr and Talayah Martineau led the Ogichidaa in scoring with 28 and 13 points. The No. 15 seeded Wre...
School board members for the Carlton and Wrenshall school districts voted on Monday to move ahead with adding softball as a cooperative spring sport. If approved by the Minnesota State High School League, the partnership would begin immediately and be effective for at least this season. Both schools have lagging participation rates that would have put junior high students on varsity rosters, often before they are ready, the application to the MSHSL said. The two districts earlier this year agreed to combine track programs as well. The...
In January, I celebrated the 50-year anniversary of my scoring 12 points in a Cloquet high school boys basketball game versus the stunned Morgan Park Wildcats. It was my all-time CHS high. There was no three-point line back then, or I might have had 13 total points. I made four of five shots from the field and the same on free throws. With being mostly a bench player, it was a big deal for me. That anniversary got me thinking about how much hard work is involved for local athletes to put up...
Gerald Frederick Crisler, 73, resident of Moose Lake and formerly of Sterling, Nebraska, passed away unexpectedly in his home Feb, 25, 2022. He was born in Prairie City, Oregon, on May 17, 1948, to John and Eileen (Dieckgrafe) Crisler. When he was an infant, the family moved to Sterling. Upon graduation from Sterling High School, Jerry attended college in Lincoln, Nebraska. He then joined the United States Navy and honorably served four years with the submarine force. Following his service, he...
Deborah J. Rubesh, 72, of Carlton passed away Feb. 25, 2022, at Benedictine Health Center in Duluth. She was born Dec. 19, 1949, the daughter of Stanley and Helen (Dzuck) Menart. She graduated from Morgan Park High School and pursued a degree in education, graduating From the University of Minnesota Duluth with a master’s degree. Deb worked for the Wrenshall school district, teaching in the elementary school for 35 years. She was married to Richard “Dick” Rubesh in Duluth on Dec. 18, 1971, and t...
Ann Marie Tario died peacefully in her sleep at age 74 on Feb. 23, 2022, at Lino Lakes Assisted Living in Lino Lakes. Ann was born June 5, 1947, in Cloquet to Harold and Marie Tario. The third of six children, she graduated from Cloquet Senior High School in 1965. She was an avid Girl Scout during her school years and was a member of an active troop that took many trips throughout the country. She made many lifelong friends through the Girl Scouts. Ann earned her teaching degree at Mankato State...
Sunday wasn't exactly a spring-like day in Carlton, but compared to the tight grip of cold on the region this winter, it felt rather balmy as temperatures neared 30 degrees and a bit of melt occurred. Not so fast, winter said, as a two-day blow of cold and plenty of snow hit the area on Monday and Tuesday. The wind made snow totals difficult to measure. The National Weather Service in Duluth took reports of 11 to 15 inches of snow in Carlton County. Wrenshall had the highest total reported at 15...
Thursday, Feb. 17 Girls Basketball Cromwell-Wright-48 Carlton-18 Esko-54 Hermantown-23 South Ridge-72 Two Harbors-50 Floodwood-38 Wrenshall-29 Boys Basketball Moose Lake/Willow River-89 Cloquet-82 Friday, Feb. 18 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright-52 Carlton-33 South Ridge-62 Two Harbors-54 Barnum-74 Moose Lake-Willow River-59 Saturday, Feb. 19 Girls Basketball Cloquet-82 Bemidji-65 Cass Lake-Bena-81 South Ridge-57 Boys Hockey Section 7AA Play-In game CEC-3 Duluth Marshall-2 Section 7A Play-In game International Falls-7 Moose Lake Area-0 All...
Friday, Feb. 25 Boys basketball Cloquet at Grand Rapids, 7:15 Esko vs. Denfeld, 7:15 Barnum at Virginia, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright at Cook County, 6:15 ML/WR at Pequot Lakes, 7:15 South Ridge vs. Ely, 7:15 Wrenshall at Ogilvie, 7:15 Girls basketball Carlton vs. Cherry, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright at Cook County, 4:45 South Ridge vs. Ely, 5:45 Wrestling Section 7 varsity sectional at Cloquet, 1 Saturday, Feb. 26 Boys basketball Esko at Holy Angels, 5 Girls basketball Barnum vs Ogilvie, 7:15 Wrestling Section 7 varsity sectional at Cloquet, 11 Monday, Feb....
Joel Lembke and Jenna Johnson were crowned Wrenshall homecoming king and queen Friday, Feb. 18, after the boys basketball game. Other homecoming candidates included Corey Despot, Abbie Resberg, Jordyn Harvey, Joshua Anderson, Magdalene Sowada, Austin Larva, Abby McKay and Joseph Mills. Zeke Rousseau-Sheff and Anne Mattson were returning royalty. Crown bearers were Evelyn Reinsch and Novalee Martinez-Dahl. Train bearers were Owen Reinsch and Lincoln Ferrelly. Photo contributed by Chloe...
As Covid case numbers continue to fall after peaking here in early February, so too do the mask mandates. The only school district in the county to mandate universal mask wearing in all grades since the start of school, Cloquet school board members took a cautious approach through both the Delta and the Omicron variants, never altering the mandate. On Monday, however, board members voted 5-0 to end the mask mandate effective Saturday. Their decision was greeted with applause by nearly a dozen...
The Wrenshall school board on Feb. 9 appointed district substitute teacher Ben Johnson to the school board as a temporary replacement for member Alice Kloepfer, who had a serious case of Covid last fall and is still recovering. Johnson, who is also a firefighter in Duluth, expressed interest in becoming a board member last summer as the board needed to replace Michelle Blanchard, who became principal of the school. Cindy Bourn eventually filled that spot. Johnson has a child in the school and one who graduated from Wrenshall. He said he’d l...
I have to write and say that the editorial, “Choices have consequences” in the Feb. 11 Pine Knot News was just that — your opinion. The word discrimination gets used a lot of ways just like, say, liberal and conservative. Making people get shots which are not true vaccines, wear masks and test often. It’s also a form of bullying, control, fear or trying to use peer pressure. Discrimination has more meanings than your one Google online source: distinguish, differentiate, exposing differences and making distinctions. Not everyone believes in the...
Thursday, Feb. 10 Girls Basketball Cromwell-Wright-78 Barnum-45 South Ridge-97 Wrenshall-26 Pequot Lakes-71 Esko-54 Northwoods-72 Fond du Lac-38 Cloquet-61 Hibbing-49 Boys Basketball Northwoods-82 Fond du Lac-40 Cloquet-84 (OT) Hibbing-78 Boys Hockey CEC-5 Superior-2 Friday, Feb. 11 Boys Basketball South Ridge-70 Wrenshall-61 Fond du Lac-71 Carlton-66 Hermantown-105 (OT) Esko-103 Barnum-89 Cromwell-Wright-57 Moose Lake-Willow River-92 Floodwood-31 Boys Hockey Moose Lake Area-2 Ely-2 Saturday, Feb. 12 Girls Basketball Cass Lake-Bena-72...
Friday, Feb. 18 Boys basketball Esko at Cook County, 6:15 Cromwell-Wright at Carlton, 6:15 ML/WR at Barnum, 7:15 South Ridge vs. Two Harbors, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. Floodwood, 6:15 Girls basketball Esko at Cook County, 4:45 Saturday, Feb. 19 Girls basketball Cloquet at Bemidji, 1:30 Hockey Boys hockey playoffs Round 1 - TBD Monday, Feb. 21 Boys basketball Carlton at Two Harbors, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright vs. Mountain Iron-Buhl, 7:45 Cloquet at ML/WR, 7:15 Girls basketball Esko vs. Grand Rapids, 7:15 Carlton s. Two Harbors, 7:15 Barnum vs. Ogilvie, 7:15...
In the opening game of the boys basketball season, Carlton downed its next-door neighbors from Wrenshall. On Tuesday night, the teams met for a rematch in Carlton in the annual battle for the Brown Jug. This time it was the Wrens who came away with an impressive 85-68 win. "Our guys were focused and ready to play," said Wrens coach Jon Bartczak. "It was a huge win for our guys, especially after losing that first game when we didn't have a lot of practice time on our own floor. We seem to make...
Graduated Cooper Ketola, of Cloquet, graduated from the University of Tampa on Friday, Dec. 17. Ketola graduated with a bachelor of arts in avertising and public relations. Esko’s Dawsen Cossalter graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in December. Cossalter received his bachelor of science in nursing. Dean’s list The University of Minnesota Duluth announced its dean’s list for fall semester. These local students on the dean’s list achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Ezekiel R. Palmer, political science - Carlton Ben Talaric...
Across Carlton County, northern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, farmers are firing up the heaters in their greenhouses, ordering seeds and preparing for another season of feeding families across the region. For one unique type of farm, this is also the season when they begin to take orders from households that will receive weekly deliveries of farm fresh produce and other products throughout the summer and fall. It's called community supported agriculture, or just CSA, and it is an approach to...
Due to labor shortages and supply chain issues, Locally Laid Egg Company in Wrenshall has been unable to secure a steady stream of egg cartons. But it's not from a lack of trying. "I've been on the phone, on the road, talking with suppliers, setting up plan Bs, Cs and Ds," said owner Jason Amundsen. "We've been getting by that way for a while, but on Friday (Feb. 11) it all just fell apart." Supply chain issues across the country have come to roost in Wrenshall. "It's frustrating to have the...
