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Rock Ridge third, Hibbing fifth at Hibbing Invite
HIBBING—Eli Devich and Andrew Slatten are good friends. The Rock Ridge and Hibbing High School golfers are usually paired together at meets, so they have a fun time trying to best each other. That was the case Friday at the Hibbing Invite, and they didn’t disappoint as Devich, Slatten and Grant Faherty of Duluth East all fired 5-over-par 77s to tie for first place at the Mesaba Country Club. ...
Boben tosses perfect game as 'Jackets beat Titans
HIBBING—If finding some hitting was the main priority coming into the season, then Hibbing High School softball coach Kadee is heading on the right track. The Bluejacket mentor watched her team rap out nine hits, including two home runs, en route to a 10-0, five-inning, 10-run rule victory over Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin Friday at Bennett Park Field. The best thing about it was that it wasn’t just the top of the order...
Pack9 freshman, elite pitching take down Virginia in Top 25 ACC win
No. 23 NC State earned an important ACC series-opening win at No. 10 Virginia Friday night, clinching its ninth win over a ranked opponent this season. The Wolfpack (28-18, 14-10 ACC) bottled up an electric Cavaliers (36-13, 14-11 ACC) lineup thanks to strong pitching by Sam Highfill and Jacob Dudan and timely hitting throughout the game. With freshman batters Luke Nixon and Alex Sosa getting clutch hits and Dudan slamming the door, State asserted its resilient, "next man up" identity in the face of Shane Van Dam's season-ending injury.
Wolverines win Tingstad Invite
HIBBING—Rock Ridge had quite the day at the John Tingstand Invitational Track and Field Meet Thursday at Dr. Ben Owens Stadium in Cheever Field. The Wolverines accumulated four first-place finishes, plenty of top eight finishes and set some school records en route to 165 points to place first in the eight-team event. Hibbing finished second with 141, followed by International Falls with 104, Ely 87, Chisholm 64, Hermantown 63, Mountain...
Muni Men's Club results
Muni Men’s Club results HIBBING—A total of 41 members took part in Hibbing Municipal Men’s Club golf action Wednesday. Blind birdie winners were Joe Ferris and Tony Wilson. Greg Gargano won the deuce pot. Closest to the pin on the fourth hole was Tony Zubich; closest to the pin on No. 8 was Gargano; and Gary Simonson sank the longest putt on the ninth hole. The lone skins winner was Gargano on the eighth hole. Blind-bogey winners were Harold Maki, Karl Manner, Don Mulner, Shawn Rojeski, Warren Sanders, Matt Olson, Dave Simons, Simonson, Ferris and Anthony Martin.
Cherry baseball hangs on for 3-2 win over Rock Ridge
VIRGINIA—In a game with only six combined hits between both teams, whoever did the little things right between the Rock Ridge and Cherry baseball teams was going to get the win Monday at Frandsen Bank & Trust Field. The Tigers were decisively that team as they picked up the 3-2 win over the Wolverines in a game where starter Noah Sundquist allowed just one hit and the Rock Ridge defense gave up four errors. ...
Wolverines, Thunderhawks tie at Rock Ridge Invite
VIRGINIA—The Rock Ridge girls’ golf team came away with a first place finish on Thursday, tying with Grand Rapids to win the Rock Ridge Invite at the Virginia Golf Course. Both the Wolverines and the Thunderhawks tied with a final score of 353 and the two teams were declared co-champions on the day. Rock Ridge head coach Kyle Lawrence said it was a solid showing for his squad and some...
'Jacket netters split two matches in Duluth
DULUTH—The Hibbing High School boys tennis team split a pair of matches Wednesday at Longview Courts, beating Duluth Denfeld 7-0, but falling to Duluth East by the score of 5-2. Against the Hunters, the Bluejackets got singles wins from Isaiah Hildenbrand over Mathias MacMillan, 6-1, 6-3; Keaton Petrick over Valtteri Luhtalampi, 6-2, 6-1; Whitaker Rewertz over Sam Eklund, 6-0, 6-9; and Rex Walli over Nolan Frietag, 6-1, 6-0. In doubles,...
Giant softball blanks 'Streaks, 8-0
AURORA—The Mesabi East girl’s softball team did not get off to a good start on Wednesday afternoon against Chisholm. But when they did, the Giants played great offense and defense and got some stellar pitching from Reese Heikkila on their way to an 8-0 win over the Bluestreaks. “It took some time to get going today,” Mesabi East head coach Matt Zimmer said. “The way that Reese tossed the ball...
Rock Ridge, Hibbing compete at True Team Meet
HIBBING—With two events left, the Rock Ridge and Cloquet High School boys track teams were separated by half a point. When everything was said and done, the Wolverines came up 13.5 points short as the Lumberjacks came with the Section 7AA True Team championship held Tuesday at Dr. Ben Owens Stadium in Cheever Field. Cloquet won the meet with 536.5 points, followed by the Wolverines with 523. Chisago Lakes was...
MN-Hibbing punches ticket to Region XIII Tournament
INT’L. FALLS—The Minnesota North-Hibbing baseball team punched their ticket into the Region XIII Tournament with a 9-6 victory over Minnesota North-Rainy River in an MCAC play-in game Tuesday. Juna Bess started for the Cardinals, tossing 4.1 innings. He allowed eight hits, struck out four and walked one. Joss Parantala worked two innings, giving up two hits and striking out one. Owen Hindermann worked the final .2 innings to close out the game. ...
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 ...
Cheney's homer lifts Grizzlies over Rangers, 7-4
MOUNTAIN IRON—Through three innings, the North Woods softball team trailed Mountain Iron-Buhl 3-1. But that didn’t stop the Grizzlies from fighting their way back. A two-run homer from River Cheney helped lead North Woods in the comeback as they out-scored MI-B 6-1 the rest of the way to get the 7-4 win. “I’m proud of these girls,” North Woods Coach DeeAnn Sandberg said. “They came back today and battled out...
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