Superior’s confidence in Carter Gilbertson is surging, as the junior pitcher threw six shutout innings in a victory over Cloquet on Thursday afternoon in Superior.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Head coach Derek Anderson credited Esko’s success thus far to an unselfish group of players who has bought into making plays for each other and staying committed to playing team basketball.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Former Cloquet head coach Tom Lenarz, who led the ’Jacks to four section titles in the 2010s, said new head coach Mike Klyve has what it takes to make the program a statewide power.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Esko ran the option for years, but a new coaching staff has installed a fresh offensive scheme, and it has players in the program excited about what is possible this season.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Joe Seymour, a native of Hayward, Wisconsin, spent the last two years as an assistant with the Proctor Rails, experience that helped him land Cloquet’s coaching position.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Allie Jones has been the Lumberjacks’ ace pitcher the last four years, and now, with her playing the best softball of her life, the program is confident she can lead them to new heights.| Cloquet Pine Journal
A large senior class and an undefeated start to the season, including a win over Moose Lake/Willow River on Monday, has Cloquet believing this is the year it makes a big leap.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Moose Lake/Willow River’s seniors have been to three consecutive state softball tournaments, and their past experience gives them the confidence that they will reach a fourth.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Reagan Hoverman joined the Duluth News Tribune as a sports reporter in July 2023 after spending the better part of two years covering a variety of prep and collegiate sports at the Pierce County Journal in Ellsworth, Wis. Before that, he was a news and sports reporter at the Inter-County Leader in…| Cloquet Pine Journal
When Battaglia stepped down from the basketball head coaching job after 20 years, former players and coaches praised his ability to craft relationships, which built a winning program.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Esko’s Sam Haugen will play baseball next spring at Minnesota State Mankato, but his first true love as a child was basketball. He is the Pine Journal Boys Basketball Player of the Year.| Cloquet Pine Journal
When an ankle injury threatened Isabella Anderson’s senior season, she persisted, adapted her game and led the Cardinals to the state tournament. She is the Pine Journal Player of the Year.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Esko senior Sam Haugen scored a game-high 20 points in a lopsided win against Moose Lake/Willow River on Friday night and both head coaches agreed that when Haugen gets going, he’s tough to stop.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Tempers flared in the final minute of Esko’s win over Pequot Lakes on Monday, as both teams received at least one technical foul during the course of a season-altering game.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Cloquet head coach Heather Young, after a lopsided loss at Duluth East on Tuesday, said she, her coaching staff and players are puzzled about the Lumberjacks’ lack of development this season.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Your local prep sports news, game results, high school highlights, and more from Cloquet, Minnesota.| Cloquet Pine Journal
The Rangers are ranked third in the state in Class A.| Cloquet Pine Journal
In other local boys basketball action, Northwestern scored 52 second-half points to top Chetek-Weyerhaeuser and Greenway topped Two Harbors.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Tuesday's prep report includes seven playoff boys hockey games plus prep boys and girls basketball.| Cloquet Pine Journal
After having its season ended by Mountain Iron-Buhl in four-straight Section 7A tournaments, Cromwell-Wright’s seniors have set their sights on bucking the trend and getting to the state tournament.| Cloquet Pine Journal
