Takeaways from Duluth Denfeld's 64-52 high school boys basketball win over Duluth East on Tuesday night, from Hunters head coach Phill Homere, Greyhounds head coach Rhett McDonald, Hunters elite guard MarNaries Ferguson and legendary The Fan 106.5 play-by-play announcer Brian Prudhomme. Read the story.
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With Derrizett Croop coaching both offensive and defensive fronts, Minnesota also gains a unified voice — consistent technique standards, shared terminology and a system built around player development rather than roster churn.
Peter Niss died November 13, 2025 at his home in Mt. Royal Manor Apartments in Duluth. He was born in Minneapolis on October 19, 1946, and grew up in Duluth and at Timber Bay Lodge on Birch Lake near Ely. After attending Duluth East High School and Lawrence University in
Stability is the real product. If teams stay in their markets, if players get paid on time, if the community sees the league year after year, the perception changes. But you can’t fix 30 years of history overnight.
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Dean Lee Gagne. He died on November 17, 2025 at the age of 62 years old. Dean was a smart and loving man, but his life was marked by illness. Overcoming Hodgkin's disease, and a ruptured hernia,
