Apr 21
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Cloquet senior Ben Shultz has signed a letter of intent to attend and play basketball for Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota. Ben signed his letter of intent over this past weekend and will be playing for the Lancers next season.

Apr 11
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The second annual DAYBA Border Battle took place Saturday night. It featured some of the best players from Minnesota and Wisconsin squaring off this year at Romano Gymnasium at UMD. The series was again won by Wisconsin in both the boys and girls game, but it was indeed a night where several players shined.

Mar 29
Wes Vork-NSO

  DULUTH - Kolten Karppinen led the Iron Range All-Stars and all scorers with 20 points, including six 3-pointers in Tuesday nights Kernz Army National Guard all-star game at Duluth East.  Darcell Williams drove the lane and hit a game winning shot at the buzzer to give the Duluth Area the 91-89 win.

Mar 30
Wes Vork-NSO

  The 2010 Kernz & Kompany All-Star basketball games will take place Tuesday March 30 at Duluth East High School. The girls game is scheduled for 6:00pm and the boys game at 8:00pm. Both games will be preceded by a skills competition.  Click Here for complete game rosters.

Mar 29
Wes Vork-NSO

  BARNUM – As a final wrap-up to several Northland area senior athletes career, the annual boys and girls Polar League All-Star games were held in Barnum Monday evening. Blue must have been the color of the day as both the boys and girls blue teams won their respective games.

Mar 16
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  In what one fan stated “Wow, what a game” it was the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks overcoming a Lumberjack halftime lead to defend their section title for the third straight season and second consecutive victory in the section finals. The Thunderhawks beat Cloquet 62-56.

Mar 13
Andrew Chalberg

  The AlBrook Falcons advanced to the Section 7A semi-finals Saturday in Hibbing with a 67- 65 victory over the Lakeview Christian Academy Lions.

Mar 13
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Braham Bombers boys basketball team copied the same feat their girls basketball team did on Thursday night--beat Esko in sectional play at UMD. The Bombers shot down the Eskomos by a final score of 80-63.

Mar 13
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  MORA - The Barnum Bombers used hot outside shooting Saturday night to open up the inside and come away with a big Section 5A quarterfinal win over Northland. The Bombers defeated the Eagles 67-51.

Mar 11
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  Josh Belden scored 27 points and the Floodwood Polar Bears parlayed an explosive second half into a 71-48 win over Wrenshall in Section 7A boys basketball playoff action on Thursday night.

Mar 11
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The AlBrook Falcons advanced to the Section 7A quarter-finals on Thursday night in Hermantown with a 91-74 win over Fond du Lac in front of a capacity crowd at Hermantown High School.

Mar 10
Wes Vork-NSO

  The Cloquet Lumberjacks opened the Section 7AAA playoffs Wednesday night with a 70-53 win over the Chisago Lakes Wildcats at Cloquet Senior High School. With the win, the Jacks advance to the section finals against Duluth Central on Friday Night at Duluth East High School.

Apr 3
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Barnum Boys head basketball coach Richard Newman has been selected to coach in the Minnesota Coaches Basketball Association All-Star Series. This is the 28th year of the MBCA All-Star Series.

Apr 2
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Cloquet’s senior center Chad Calcaterra added yet another award to his career thus far when he was named second team all-state by the media. The media throughout Minnesota votes on this award.

Mar 16
Wes Vork-NSO

  The Duluth Amateur Youth Basketball Association (DAYBA) announced today that they will be sponsoring the DAYBA Second Annual High School Seniors’ “Border Battle” All-Star basketball games. The contests will feature the best high school seniors from Northeastern Minnesota and North Central Wisconsin competing in head-to-head matchups on April 10, 2010 at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Ralph Romano Gymnasium.

Mar 20
Andrew Chalberg

  HIBBING - Anticipation of the AlBrook Falcons making it to the boys state high school basketball tournament for the second time in four years was the topic of conversation in the towns of Alborn, Brookston and Saginaw and all areas in between since Thursday night’s shocking last minute win over Chisholm.

Mar 18
Andrew Chalberg-NSO

  HIBBING - The Hibbing Memorial Arena is a special place for the AlBrook Falcons when it comes to reaching section final games. For only the third time in the schools fifty year history, the Falcons will play for the Section 7 championship on Saturday in Hibbing after rallying from a 17-13 point half time deficit to defeat the heavily favored Chisholm Bluestreaks 43- 41 Thursday evening.

Mar 16
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Last season the Barnum Bombers fell to the Isle Huskies in the Section 5A Quarterfinals. Two years ago it was Barnum beating Isle in the Section 5A semi-finals so it was only fitting that these two teams battled to another close contest Tuesday night at East Central High School in Askov. It would be the Bombers losing to the Huskies for the second straight season as Isle hung on to beat Barnum 57-49.

Mar 13
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels' season came to an end Saturday night when the Tigers of Rush City beat them 55-52. This was the second time this season the Rebels have lost to the Tigers. Rush City overcame the Rebels by 11 the first game of the season in the beginning of December.

Mar 13
Dwight Cadwell-NOS

  MORA - The Cromwell Cardinals came up short as the Isle Huskies beat them 66-49 for the third time this season. The Mustangs won by 17 points and advance to play the Barnum Bombers Tuesday night at East Central High School.

Mar 11
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Cloquet boys basketball team advanced to the Section 7AAA finals for the second straight season when they shot down the Duluth Central Trojans in their last basketball game ever. Cloquet trailed twice in the game, but overcame their deficits to take the 75-48 victory.

Mar 11
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  MOOSE LAKE - The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels opened the Section 7AA playoffs with a win at home Thursday night over Pine City. The Rebels pulled off a 59-48 victory to advance them to the quarterfinals.

Mar 10
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Esko Eskomos opened the Section 7AA playoffs with a win at home Wednesday night over the Mora Mustangs. The Eskomos came away with a twenty-one point win and now advance to the semi-finals at UMD on Saturday afternoon.

Mar 9
Wes Vork-NSO

  With the regular season wrapping up, the Lake Superior Conference released their boys basketball All-Conference team with several NSO area players receiving honors.

Sept 14
Kerry Rodd-NSO

It is official! Cloquet star basketball player, Chad Calcaterra, has made a verbal commitment to play ball for Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado next season. Calcaterra, who has been courted by a number of Division I schools, made the decision on Sunday morning while visiting with Colorado State coach Tim Miles.