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HHS golfers finish second at Grand Slam event
COLERAINE—The Hibbing High School boys golf team wound up in second place at the Grand Rapids Grand Slam held Friday at the Pokegama Golf Course and Saturday at Eagles Ridge. Bemidji won the two-day event with a score of 625, followed by the Bluejackets with 640. Hermantown was third at 657, followed by Proctor/Esko at 663, Grand Rapids 668 and Rock Ridge 686. Duluth Marshall had a 711, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 726,...
Thunderhawks team effort topples Duluth East
Grand Rapids 11, Duluth East 1 GRAND RAPIDS— The Thunderhawks opened up Bob Streetar Field for the first time this season Tuesday and 10-runned Duluth East in a five-inning ball game. Klous Jones got the start for Grand Rapids, pitching a complete game while allowing four hits and one earned run. Head coach Bill Kinnunen likes what he saw from his starting pitcher on Tuesday. “Klous got the ball down...
Norse lose two to division-leading Vikings
GRAND RAPIDS—The Minnesota North-Mesabi Range baseball team had their hands full with division-leading Itasca on Thursday as the Norse fell twice in a doubleheader, 15-1 and then 10-0. In the opening game, the Vikings took a 1-0 lead after the first and then poured it on in the second and third, adding seven and five runs each. They capped their scoring off in the fourth with two more runs finishing with 15 on 13 hits. ...
Weekly Round-Up - Area scores and reviews
BASEBALL Greenway-Nashwauk-Keewatin 7, Mountain Iron-Buhl 6 NASHWAUK— GNK improved to 5-5 on the year with a 1-run victory last Friday at home against Mountain Iron-Buhl. The Titans will travel to 2-6 International Falls on Thursday to try and push their record passed .500 for the first time this season. Pine River-Backus 4, Hill City-Northland 2 ...
Tom Beaudry brings a lifetime of experience back to Pokegama Golf Course
Laying along the shores of Pokegama Lake is Grand Rapids’ 18-hole picturesque golf course that is turning 96-years-old in 2024. Opened in 1901 with nine holes, Pokegama Golf Course has made some but few changes over the last century: adding a back-nine in the late 70’s, a layout design change here and there, and a new clubhouse outfitted with a restaurant in 2010. Now after 35 years as Director of Golf at Pokegama, Bob Cahill has retired, and Tom Beaudry has been selected to fill the vacancy left by the long-time director, marking a new era for the heralded local...
Warba Freely youth baseball program receives Twin Community Fund grant
The Warba Feeley Youth Baseball program announced today that they are receiving a Fields for Kids matching grant of $5,000 from the Minnesota Twins Community Fund. This grant will help fund improvements to the fencing and baselines. The Twins Community Fund’s Fields for Kids grant program provides financial support to improve baseball and softball facilities for youth in the Upper Midwest and Southwest Florida. The program makes matching grants to nonprofit organizations and local government units that operate baseball and/or softball programs. The Twins Community...
Bluejacket boys, girls win LSC Quad Meet
GRAND RAPIDS—The Hibbing High School boys and girls track teams both won at the Lake Superior Conference Quad Meet held Tuesday at the Webb-LeBeau Track and Field Complex Tuesday. The Bluejacket boys scored 65.33 points, followed by Duluth Denfeld with 54.33, Grand Rapids 49 and Duluth Marshall 17.33. Hibbing got individual first-place finishes from Finn Eskeli in the 400 (54.33); Lucas Arnhold in the 800 (2:14.40); Aiden Shepherd in the...
Weekly Round-Up - Area scores and reviews
BASEBALL Greenway-Nashwauk-Keewatin 4, Hill City-Northland 0 NASHWAUK— It was a pitcher’s duel last Thursday in the Titans’ victory over the Hornets until an error brought three Titan runs across the plate. GNK will host Hibbing on Tuesday while Hill City-Northland went to McGregor on Monday. ...
Deer River's Watkins wins Knights of Columbus free throw championship
Josie Watkins, a 12-year-old participant from Deer River, MN , won first place at the state Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship held at Cathedral School in St Cloud, MN on Saturday, April 6. She competed with 10 other 12-year-old girls who were region winners from throughout the state. She made 18 baskets out of 25 free throw attempts and tied with another 12-year-old girl. In the first tie-breaker round she made four baskets out of five attempts to win the 1st place trophy. There were seven other girls and boys, ages 10-14 that were winners from the Knights of Columbus Northeast Minnesota region who participated in the State KofC Free Throw Championship, but didn’t win any of the three 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place trophies presented for each age and gender. It was a memorable experience for all participants in St. Cloud at the Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Championship. Congratulations to Josie!
Hill City-Northland shuts out WHA 14-0 on three hits
The Wolves managed only three hits while visiting Hill City-Northland had six, but it was the 14 free bases that allowed the Storm to win 14-0 in five innings Thursday night in Walker. Alexis Gardner and Jasmyn German had back-to-back singles in the third, which was Walker-Hackensack-Akeley’s best chance of scoring. But a strike out and a fielder’s choice cut the lead runner down at third to end the inning. ...
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