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Feb 20, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  As the 2011-2012 regular season starts to wind down, several local high school girls basketball teams find themselves jockeying for position as the section seedings will be determined this week. The sections no longer go by a point system but by a QRF rating system, which is based upon strength of schedule similar to how College Football teams are ranked.

Feb 18, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels picked up their third win a row Saturday afternoon as the Rebels knocked off Pine City in a Section 7AA match-up in Willow River by a score of 70-49. The Rebels, with the win improve their section record to 6-3 on the season as they will have a tough sectional battle on Tuesday.

Feb 16, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Caleb Koecher was sitting two points shy of 1000 points for his career and was anxious to get it out of the way in Thursday night’s game against Aitkin. That’s exactly what happened when the opening tip from Taylor Mattison went to Tony Adamczak who made a pass to Koecher for an easy layup and his 1000th point on Thursday night as the Rebels pick up the section win, 61-55.

Feb 1, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels started fast Saturday afternoon by jumping out to a 3-1 lead after one period; but were unable to hold the lead as penalties ended up plaguing the Rebels in the second and third periods and the Minneapolis Novas came from behind to down the Rebels by a score of 7-4 Saturday afternoon at Moose Lake Ice Arena.

Feb 3, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  CARLTON- On paper it looked as the Carlton Bulldogs were huge underdogs against the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels Friday night. When the Bulldogs top offensive player fouled out early in the second half, many thought the Rebels would blow away Carlton. But the Bulldogs held strong and battled until the end as the Rebels picked up the conference victory by a score of 62-48.

Jan 29, 2012
Wes Vork-NSO

  Josh Cisar had a game for the ages in Moose Lake Area's 13-5 win over North Branch on Saturday. Cisar broke and tied several Minnesota State High School League records by scoring eight goals in one game.

Jan 14, 2012
Wes Vork-NSO

  WILLOW RIVER - Jackson Lindquist has accomplished a lot in his time on the Esko boys basketball team including scoring his 1000th point earlier this year. One thing Lindquist had never done in his time on the varsity team was beat the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels. That all changed Saturday night in Willow River when he hit a jump shot with four seconds left in regulation to give the Eskomos a 61-59 win.

Jan 9, 2012
Wes Vork-NSO

  A late first half and early second half run helped the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels to a 64-50 victory over the Barnum Bombers in a jam-packed gym in Barnum on Tuesday night in boys basketball.

Jan 5, 2012
Northland Sports Online

  For the Yellowjacket women's basketball team, the 2011-12 season has been all about steady progress, taking steps forward. On Wednesday afternoon at UW-Oshkosh, head coach Don Mulhern's team bypassed the steps entirely and moved forward with a leap. Four players scored in double figures and the balanced attack put up 37 points in each half, as the Yellowjackets made history with a 74-66 win at the Kolf Sports Center.

Dec 29, 2011
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  After losing by just one point in the semi-finals of the Hibbing Holiday Tournament, the Moose Lake-Willow River girls basketball team bounced back to beat Eveleth-Gilbert 67-62 in the third place game.

Dec 20, 2011
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  WILLOW RIVER- Taylor Mattison who was speculated to be out of action until the first of the year made his first start since doctors gave him the ok to play last week. With Mattison back on the floor the Rebels looked and played like a poised team with a lot of confidence as the Rebels knocked off the Wrenshall Wrens in this Polar League contest 74-34 Tuesday night.

Dec 15, 2011
Northland Sports Online

  With four minutes gone in the second period the Moose Lake Area Rebel boys hockey team led Northern Lakes by a 6-3 score, but then the unthinkable happened, as the Lightning scored nine unanswered goals to eventually win a wild hockey game in Hallett, Minnesota 13-8.

Feb 16, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Shaelyn Halverson scored a game high 20 points on Thursday night as the Rebels beat the Cloquet Lumberjacks by a 41-38 margin in a non-conference battle at Cloquet High School.

Feb 10, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  For the second time this season the Esko Eskomos have defeated the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels and have put themselves in position to capture the Polar League title for the first time in several seasons.

Feb 9, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  ESKO- With two close games in the past week, the Eskomos were hoping to jump out early and not have a tight finish like they have had in their last two games; and they did just that as they jumped out early and rolled to a 66-26 win Thursday night at Esko High School.

Feb 2, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  MOOSE LAKE- Two former students of Moose Lake High School were inducted into the High School wall of fame while the Lady Rebels continued their fine season by defeating the Carlton Bulldogs by a score of 58-50 in a Polar League battle Thursday night in Moose Lake.

Jan 17, 2012
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  Adri Jusczak pumped in 25 points and the Moose Lake-Willow River girls basketball team slipped by Eveleth-Gilbert 61-49 on Tuesday night.  A big first half, along with Jusczak and her teammates play, helped to propel the Rebels to a 31-16 edge at intermission; a lead that would be too much for the Golden Bears to overcome.

Jan 9, 2012
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  Both Barnum and Moose Lake-Willow River have been having good years in girls basketball. Through 13 games the Rebels were 10-3, while Barnum was 10-2 through 12 games. On Tuesday night the two schools took to the hard-court in Moose Lake with the Bombers coming through with a convincing 66-39 win over the Rebels.

Jan 4, 2012
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  The revival of the Moose Lake-Willow River girls basketball program is continue to make nice progress as the Rebels improved their record to 9-3 with an impressive 65-32 trouncing over Hinckley-Finlayson on Tuesday night.

Dec 27, 2011
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  Moose Lake-Willow River opened play in the Hibbing Holiday Basketball Tournament with an impressive 53-44 win over Nashwauk-Keewatin. The win improved the Rebels record in girls basketball to 7-2, while the loss was only the second of the season for N-K.

Dec 15, 2011
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Moose Lake- With the Rebels and the Cardinals tied 28-28 at halftime of the girls Polar League matchup Thursday night in Moose Lake; the Rebels halftime motivation speech was one of inspiration. The Rebels came out in the second half and blew past the Cardinals as they scored 30 points in the first nine minutes of the second half en-route to a 65-48 win Thursday night at home.

Dec 12, 2011
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  Sam Johnson lit up the net with long range hoops as she led her Moose Lake-Willow River girls basketball team to a 68-47 victory over Aitkin.

Nov 25, 2011
Wes Vork-NSO

  It is said that without a lot of expectations, there isn’t a lot of disappointment and the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. Such was the case with the Moose Lake-Willow River football team on Friday. The Rebels came within one game of the lofty goal of winning a state championship; but fell to Caledonia by a score of 27-0. And, although the teams great disappointments were evident, they handled it with the utmost of class and respect for their opponents and displayed what high school sports are, or should be all about.

Nov 24, 2011
Northland Sports Online

  The 2011 Prep Bowl will be conducted over two days, Friday, Nov. 25 and Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels will be making their second trip to the Prep Bowl in three years and look to bring home their first state champinoship.