The Minnesota Duluth softball team will honor its 2020 and ’21 seniors on Saturday — before and between games of a highly-anticipated Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference home doubleheader against defending NCAA Division II national champion and second-ranked Augustana University. The first pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at historic James S. Malosky Stadium. “We can’t...
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May 28, 2021September 5, 2021Columns, Howie Hanson
Howie: Bulldogs eye men’s hoops opener against Winona
The Twin Ports has a strong appetite for competitive college basketball, Bulldog men’s basketball coach Justin Wieck said in a phone interview earlier this week. “We’ve seen that hunger from our fans and alumni base over the last two years, as we’ve battled down the stretch for a conference championship and an NCAA tournament berth,”...
May 28, 2021September 5, 2021Columns, Howie Hanson
Howie: Bulldogs blitz Crookston
The Bulldogs turned up the defensive heat on Minnesota Crookston in the nightcap of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference men’s basketball back-to-back victories at historic Romano Gym on Saturday afternoon. UMD was allowing 76 points per game, but held the Golden Eagles to 29 percent shooting (16 of 54) with a cohesive, man-to-man team defensive gem....
Denfeld names new boys basketball coach
Phil Homere (pronounced Homer) has been hired as the new boys basketball coach at Denfeld High School. He replaces Mike Devney, who retired after the 2021 season. Homere played college basketball at Rainy River CC, Midwestern State (Wichita Falls, TX) and UMD. After completing his playing career, he has been an assistant coach at Fond...
Prep Sports Notebook
Duluth East will play host to Centennial at 1 p.m. and Derham at 3:30 p.m. in a high school baseball split doubleheader today. The Greyhounds (2-3) defeated visiting Cloquet 8-7 on Wednesday afternoon. . In other local high school baseball must-watch games, Hermantown (5-1) — which pounded Cloquet 18-5 Thursday afternoon at Mettner Field —...
May 28, 2021September 5, 2021Sports
Wild to host Blues
The Wild will play host to the St. Louis Blues at 8 p.m. today at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. With seven games remaining in the regular season, Minnesota (31-14-4) is in third-place in the Honda West Division with 66 points, two points behind second-place Colorado (32-12-4) and six points behind division leader Las...
May 28, 2021September 5, 2021Adult Softball, Sports
Parks and Recreation adult softball league registration deadline approaching
Registration is now open for the City of Duluth Parks and Recreation adult softball leagues. The city offers men’s and coed recreational softball leagues that play at Wheeler Athletic Complex throughout the summer months. Players must be at least 18 years of age unless they are 17 and just graduated from high school. All skill...
May 27, 2021September 5, 2021Sports
Minnesota Hockey
HP Spring Festival B15 hockey skater and goaltender stats (three games): Max Plante, Hermantown — 1-3=4 Dallas Vieau, Hermantown — 2-1=3 Joshua Kauppinen, Hermantown — 2-1=3 Brady McGinn, Denfeld — 1-0=1 Carson Pavlowich, Proctor — 1-0=1 Christian Houser, Duluth East — 0-1=1 Nikolas Gentilini, Cloquet — 0-1=1 Brody Olson, Duluth East — 0-1=1 Karson Young,...