Sept 3
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  CARLTON- The Carlton Bulldogs opened up their 2010 football season with high hopes and expectations under the direction of first year head coach Dennis Korman. The Bulldogs started strong but ended up falling to the Jaguars of Hinckley-Finlayson Friday night by a final score of 18-14.

Sept 3
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  Midway through the 4th quarter of the opening game of the season things looked good for the Cloquet Lumberjack football team.  Just minutes later, the Jacks found themselves on the short end of a 20-19 score, and instead of a victory, they were trying to figure out what happened in their first loss of the season.

Sept 2
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  At times it must have felt like the Mesabi East Giants were in the middle of Hurricane Earl during their Thursday night football game against Moose Lake-Willow River. The Rebels pounded out 10-touchdowns much like the anticipation of Earl on the east coast later today and over the weekend as ML-WR stormed to a 75-0 victory at home in Willow River.

Aug 16
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  And it all begins again! The day many high school athletes have been waiting all summer for has arrived! Football, volleyball, tennis and cross country teams are all reporting today for their first official day of practice after holding captains practices for the past couple of weeks.

Aug 5
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  Fans of the AlBrook/Cotton football team will have a whole new era ushered in as Dan DuPay takes over the reins as head coach after the retirement of longtime Falcon coach Larry Anderson. DuPay, who played high school football at Hermantown, also played college football at Valley City State University in North Dakota.

Nov 27
Wes Vork-NSO

  MINNEAPOLIS - In Fridays Class AA Minnesota State Prep Bowl, the Moose Lake–Willow River Rebels fell to Waterville–Elysian–Morristown by a score of 33 -22. W-E-M defeated the number one and number two ranked teams in the state as well as the number three ranked Rebels en-route to winning the 2009 state title. The Rebels finish their season with a school record of 13 wins and only one loss, while advancing to the prep bowl for the first time in school history.

Nov 20
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  MINNEAPOLIS - The Luverne Cardinals were seeking to make it back to the Class AA state championship game for the fourth straight season, but it was the Rebels of Moose Lake-Willow River who would advance for the first time in school history. The Rebels defeated the Cardinals 27-21 Friday night at Mall of America Field, better known as the Metrodome.
 

Nov 12
Wes Vork-NSO

FARGO N.D. – Moose Lake – Willow River and Hawley met Thursday evening in the Fargodome in Fargo North Dakota for a quarterfinal match-up in the Minnesota State Class AA Football Tournament. In a game that could be compared in most every way to a boxing match between two veteran heavyweights, both matched the other blow-for-blow until the final play of the game in which Rajean Carlson scored on a 1 yard touchdown run in overtime to give the Rebels a 41-35 victory.

Nov 11
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels are looking to make a run in this year’s state football Class AA tournament. The Section 7AA Rebel champions will square off on Thursday at 6:00 pm at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota against the Hawley Nuggets. The Rebels enter the game with an 11-0 record, whereas Hawley comes in at 10-1 overall.

Nov 5
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  DULUTH - The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels were looking to advance to the state football tournament for the fourth consecutive year going into the section final game. They did just that when they stomped the Tigers of Rush City by a final score of 42-24. The Rebels high power offense ran wild against the Tigers, amassing 468 yards of total offense, complete with 408 yards rushing on the evening.

Oct 31
Wes Vork-NSO

  WILLOW RIVER – With fall in full swing in the Northland, there are some things that just seem to take place every year--raking leaves, setting the clock back an hour and, if you are the ML-WR Rebels, making a trip to Public Schools Stadium for the Section 7AA football section finals. The Rebels will make their sixth straight trip to the finals onThursday, looking for their fourth consecutive title after defeating Braham 40-0 in the section semi-finals.

Oct 27
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

The Barnum Bombers used a dominating second half to pull away from the Carlton Bulldogs and advance to the semi-finals in Section 7A football playoffs. The Bombers built on an 8-0 halftime lead to cruise to a 33-0 victory.

Sept 4
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

The NSO area Football Recap for Week One.

Sept 3
Wes Vork-NSO

  ESKO - A quick start helped the Esko Eskomo football team gain their first win of the season when they ran past Cook County 30-6 in Esko on Friday night.

Sept 3
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  It has been a long time since a Cromwell football team started the season with a loss, but that is exactly what transpired on Friday night when the Cardinals fell 27-26 in overtime to Nevis.

Aug 16
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  Many people know Dennis Korman as an attorney in Cloquet and Carlton County. Now, the people of Carlton will get a chance to know Korman as their high school football coach. Korman was named football coach just a week ago and will take over the reins this week.

Aug. 12
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  NSO has learned that Cloquet attorney Dennis Korman has been hired to coach the Carlton High School football team this fall. The job became vacant when former coach, Scott Battaglia, took a job in Willow River earlier this summer. Korman confirmed his hiring on Wednesday night.

Feb 3
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Cloquet's three sport athlete, Jerahvenne RaRa Jones, has signed his national letter of intent to play football for St. Cloud State University. The Cloquet senior has signed to say that he will be a part of the Huskies football team beginning next August. RaRa chose the Huskies over Minnesota State University in Mankato.

Dec 8
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  The Associated Press has named the 2009 All-State football team and four Northland Sports Online players made Honorable Mention at their positions.

Nov 27
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels will be venturing into new and uncharted waters on Friday afternoon. For the first time in school history, the Rebels will be playing in the state championship football game.

Nov 18
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

 The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels will be facing a familiar opponent on Friday afternoon in the state football semi-finals, the Luverne Cardinals. The Cardinals are another regular at the state football tournament, being the state Class AA runner-up for the past three seasons.

Nov 13
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Jordan Suhonen had been the leader of the Cromwell Cardinal offense all season. His quiet but effective role as a leader of this State Tournament team ended at midfield Friday night late in the second quarter with a broken leg. Suhonen, the team’s leading rusher and passer went down after an 11 yard run which gave the Cardinals a first down at the Ada-Borup 49 yard line.

Nov 6
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  CROMWELL - The Cromwell Cardinals have once again proved why they are consistently one of the strongest football programs in northern Minnesota. This will be the Cardinals 14th state football appearance in the last 22 years. 

Oct 31
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  CROMWELL - The Cromwell Cardinals and the AlBrook Falcons met Saturday night in what should have been a tight Section 5 nine man football contest. However, the Cardinals easily persevered in dominating the Falcons to win the semi-final game 62-0.