Sports Notebook, Monday
Duluth Marshall and Esko are the teams to beat in Class 2A, Section 7. Cherry is the team to beat in 1A, Section 7. And, mark it down in your calendar, Duluth FC will hold a public meet-and-greet on Tuesday night.
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Five draftees among Vikings 2025 rookie minicamp participants
By Craig Peters The five-player Vikings 2025 NFL Draft class is taking the field for rookie minicamp along with 20 undrafted rookie free agents and 20 players who have been invited on a tryout basis. Additionally, six rostered Vikings players who have no prior NFL game experience — Bubba Bolden, Marcellus
Duluth FC Media Day, meet-and-greet Tuesday at Clyde Iron Works
Duluth FC, a national-caliber amateur men’s soccer club based in Duluth, will hold its annual Media Day at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Clyde Iron Works in Lincoln Park. Participants include BlueGreens' new head coach Thomas Pazo, co-owners Alex Guiliani and John Shuster, star third-year player Liam
Minnesota Star Tribune partners with local baseball leaders to support Baseball Day Minnesota and expand coverage of the sport
Sign up for North Report The Minnesota Star Tribune is teaming up with the organizers of Baseball Day Minnesota to support the state’s premier midseason event for high school baseball players on May 17 in Waconia. Additionally, Minnesota Star Tribune readers will see expanded coverage of high school baseball,
Thiesse/Dropkin secure mixed doubles Olympic berth
Facing an elite 20-team international field in Fredericton, NB, Canada, at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin turned in a gritty performance to earn a berth for the United States in Cortina in 2026. Teams accumulated points in both this event and the 2024 World
Study: Grandma's Marathon economic impact $40M
With each travel party spending $1,239 in 2024 as compared to $778 in 2019, that shows a nearly 60% jump in consumer spending on Grandma’s Marathon race weekend.
Sports Notebook, Tuesday
Hermantown defeated Cloquet 5-4 in eight innings in a Lake Superior Conference baseball classic on Monday afternoon at newly-renovated Fitchner Field in Hermantown. Jimmy Bartsch belted a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning for the Hawks, and teammate River Freeman had a pair of hits. Bartsch
Photo of the Day
Stella Maris Academy pitcher Caroline Anderson led her young and talented team against Carlton-Wrenshall today.
Hermantown High Sports Notebook, Sunday
The Hermantown boys track and field team showcased its superior team depth and benefited by impressive performances from several elite performers to win the prestigious 69th annual Doc Savage Invitational championship by a single point on Saturday afternoon in Hibbing. Hawks standout Martin Sleen won four events and broke two
Wednesday Prep Sports Schedule
Softball Proctor at Duluth Denfeld (Dick Swanson Fields outside Wade Stadium) Duluth East at Grand Rapids Baseball Duluth East at Elk River Boys Tennis Rock Ridge at Duluth East Grand Rapids at Brainerd Boys Golf Grand Rapids, Cloquet at Brainerd Mesabi East at Greenway Duluth East at Hudson
Hermantown High Sports Notebook, Wednesday
Hermantown wasted major offensive performances from Jimmy Bartsch (4-for-5) and Drew Sonneson (5 RBIs) and surrendered a five-run lead en route to a 12-10 nine-inning baseball loss against Duluth East on Tuesday afternoon at Fichtner Fields in Hermantown. The Hawks also fell 9-2 to Grand Rapids in a Lake Superior
Dave Goldberg: A tribute to Dale Race
My trip with Dale and Don Meyer, the nationally-known coach at David Liscomb, was particularly memorable with the two of them diagramming plays as they were catching walleyes and trout.
Sports Notebook, Sunday
Wisconsin-Superior men's soccer coach Joe Mooney on Duluth FC hiring Thomas Pazo as new head coach: “I am extremely excited to hear the news about Thomas. I have enjoyed working with him again as a player and colleague. He is a top-level coach with incredible knowledge of the
Hermantown Sports This Week
Monday Boys and Girls Track & Field – at Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin, 4 p.m. Boys Tennis – host Duluth Denfeld, 4:15 p.m. Baseball – host Duluth East, 4:30 p.m. Softball – host Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin, 4:30 p.m. Boys Lacrosse – at Superior, 7 p.m. Tuesday Boys Golf – at Cloquet,
Saturday Sports Notebook
FRIDAY RESULTS Prep Softball Hermantown 10, Esko 9 (8 innings) Superior 7, Cloquet 3 Cloquet 8, Carlton-Esko 2 Duluth East 7, Coon Rapids 5 Moose Lake-Willow River 12, South Ridge 1 Prep Baseball Hermantown 8, Rock Ridge 0 Duluth Marshall 10, Roseau 1 Duluth Marshall 8, Warroad 3 Duluth Denfeld
Dale Race passes away
Former Minnesota Duluth men's basketball coach Dale Race died today following a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 78. Race amassed more victories and has the best winning percentage (.709) of any coach in the history of Bulldogs men's basketball, with an overall record of