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Duluth Denfeld hosts Duluth East in baseball at Wade Stadium

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Prep report: Denfeld baseball prevails in cross-town rivalry

In softball, Hermantown's Natalie Vitek struck out 17 Bemidji batters in both ends of a doubleheader to record 51 K's in a 24-hour span.

Esko faces Mora in baseball at Esko Athletic Complex

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Prep report: Esko baseball slugs its way to victory

The Eskomos scored eight times in the bottom of the second inning to take control of the game.

May 20, 2022 10:32 PM

Superior catcher Emma Raye (27) congratulates pitcher Haley Zembo (20) after the Spartans clinched the Lake Superior Conference title

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Prep softball: Revenge-minded Superior blanks Proctor for LSC title

Spartan pitcher Haley Zembo recorded her second no-hitter in as many weeks and struck out 16 batters in the process.

May 18, 2022 07:51 PM

Northwood/Solon Springs’ Abe Ahlberg (21) gives a sly smile as he looks at his bench while rounding second

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Prep report: Ahlberg’s bomb lifts Northwood/Solon Springs past Chequamegon

Silver Bay's Cassidy Sullivan hit a game-winning RBI single against Carlton/Wrenshall.

May 16, 2022 10:17 PM

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Prep football: Taking over Proctor program a “dream” come true for Matt Krivinchuk

The Rails’ new coach played for Superior and was an assistant for the Spartans as well as at Vermilion Community College and St. Scholastica.

May 13, 2022 10:11 AM

By Jamey Malcomb

Superior’s Ari Robillard (3) delivers a pitch

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Prep report: Spartans shut out Carlton/Wrenshall

Northwood/Solon Springs’ Abe Ahlberg hit a grand slam and collected five total RBIs in a win over Bruce.

May 12, 2022 10:45 PM

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Northwestern’s Cam Benesch is hoping to make into the top spot of the Tiger pole vaulting records

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Prep track and field: Northwestern’s Benesch is ‘like a cat in the air’

The Tigers senior has already topped 14 feet on the pole vault this season and hopes to bring a state championship back to Maple as well as break the 40-year-old school record set by his coach, Bruce Nelson.

May 12, 2022 12:00 PM

By Jamey Malcomb

Superior’s Haley Zembo (20) fires a pitch in the fourth inning

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Prep report: Spartans’ Zembo throws no-hitter at Hermantown

Cloquet’s Roena Diver had a home run and five RBIs in a win over Duluth East.

May 11, 2022 10:42 PM

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Northwood/Solon Springs’ Tanner Carlson (7) fires a pitch

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Prep baseball: Northwood/Solon Springs hopes to pitch itself to the state tournament

The team’s sophomore pitchers have combined for four no-hitters and haven’t allowed more than six runs in any game so far this year.

May 10, 2022 10:07 PM

By Jamey Malcomb

Superior’s Mason Stenberg (18) celebrates a goal by Trevor Anderson (8)

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Prep boys hockey: Superior looks to one of its own for new hockey coach

New coach Evan Nelson played for the Spartans in 2006 and has been an assistant in the program since 2014.

May 10, 2022 08:00 AM

By Jamey Malcomb

Northwestern softball players in action.

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Prep softball: Peterson pitches Northwestern past Spooner

Tigers freshman struck out nine batters for the conference win

May 02, 2022 09:04 PM

By Jamey Malcomb

Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls hockey coach Courtney Olin (right) and her father/assistant coach, Dave Esse, talk about practice in the locker room Thursday while waiting for the ice to be resurfaced at Pine Valley Arena in Cloquet.

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Prep boys hockey: CEC’s Esse, Two Harbors’ Wasko honored at Wild game

The longtime friends were inducted into the Minnesota Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame Thursday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

April 26, 2022 07:00 AM

By Jamey Malcomb

Superior sprinter Darrel James gets in his starting stance on the main steps at Superior High School

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Prep track and field: Superior finds a diamond in the not-so-rough

Spartan sprinter Darrel James hasn’t lost a race this season, despite only joining the team in March after a chance encounter with coach Kris Leopold at the Superior YMCA.

April 22, 2022 07:00 AM

By Jamey Malcomb