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Andrews, DeSutter named Grandma's Marathon Volunteers of the Year
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Andrews, DeSutter named Grandma's Marathon Volunteers of the Year

Joan Andrews and Tom DeSutter have been named the 2023 Don Fennessy Volunteers of the Year, it was announced today by Grandma’s Marathon. The pair each has more than two decades of volunteering history with the event, with most of it coming side-by-side as co-coordinators of the race weekend

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Friday Prep Sports Notebook

Friday Prep Sports Notebook

Grand Rapids posted its first high school baseball win of the season Thursday after, clipping Duluth East 2-1 at Wade Stadium. The Thunder Hawks improved to 1-3 overall. Thursday Scoreboard Baseball Esko 14, Greenway 4 Hermantown 10, Cloquet 4 Duluth Denfeld 11, Two Harbors 4 Grand Rapids 2, Duluth East

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Thursday Sports Notebook
Six-foot-5 sophomore-to-be Brooks Johnson of Duluth Marshall, pictured competing for powerful Minn Starks National in an AAU U7 tournament last weekend in Kansas City, MO, already has received a scholarship offer from the Bulldogs, with several more Division I and II offers likely headed his way. Greg Johnson photo

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Tuesday Night Sports Notebook

Tuesday Night Sports Notebook

Abe Soumis and Nathan Hill of Hermantown are rostered to play for Northern Lakers 2024 in the Prep Hoops Live AAU tournament in Minneapolis this weekend.

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Locals to compete in AAU boys hoops tourney in Minneapolis
Brooks Johnson of Starks Elite 2025 blocked a shot in an AAU tourney in Kansas City last weekend. Greg Johnson / For Howie Press

Locals to compete in AAU boys hoops tourney in Minneapolis

Abe Soumis and Nathan Hill of Hermantown are rostered to play for Northern Lakers 2024 in the Prep Hoops Live AAU tournament in Minneapolis this weekend. Esko standouts Zander Gabel, Jacion Owens and Dalton Spindler are Northern Lakers teammates. Starks Elite 2024, led by 6-foot-5 2025 Brooks Johnson of Duluth

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Duluth lands arena football league team

Duluth lands arena football league team

Duluth has been awarded the second of four planned The Arena League professional indoor football league franchises, league officials and local community leaders announced today. The yet-unnamed team has signed a three-year lease to play five home games — in a 10-game schedule — at Duluth Arena each summer, starting in June

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Johnson named Howie 2023 High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Chloe Johnson of Duluth Marshall is an unanimous Howie 2023 Player of the Year selection. 

Johnson named Howie 2023 High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

FIRST TEAM Chloe Johnson, Marshall School 7th-grader (2023 Player of the Year). Good Video: Watch Johnson at this weekend’s Deep South Classic in Raleigh, NC. Johnson, a 5-foot-10 point guard, is the No. 1-ranked recruit nationally in the Class of 2028. Emma Raye, Superior senior Alexa Snesrud, Cloquet senior

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