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.
Esko's Reinertsen Announces College Decision
 May 14, 2012 Esko’s multi-sport and multi-talented athlete Max Reinertsen has announced his much awaited college decision. Reinertsen has selected Carnegie Mellon as his college of choice to continue his academic and athletic careers. Read more
Reinertsen & Lesar To Play In State All-Star Football Game
April 5, 2012 The 39th Annual Minnesota All-Star High School football game will be held on Saturday, June 30th at TCF Stadium in Minneapolis. The game pits a north team against a team of players from the southern part of the state. Two NSO area players Max Reinertsen and Frank Lesar have made the cut to play in the game this year. Read more
Bulldogs Defensive Coordinator Resigns
April 3, 2012 Defensive Coordinator Todd Strop has resigned after two seasons with the University of Minnesota Duluth football program, citing personal reasons. Read more
Thunder Football Recruiting Day A Huge Success
March 26, 2012 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College football continues to build towards another season as the recruiting process for next year has reached a fever pitch. Coach Keith Turner and his staff have hit the recruiting trail in force this spring and commitments from top local talent continue to come in. Read more
Scholastica's Parkevich Takes Iowa Wesleyan Head Coaching Job
Feb 14, 2012 St. Scholastica Defensive Coordinator Tom Parkevich has been named the head football coach at Iowa Wesleyan College; it was announced on Monday. Parkevich, who has been the Saints' defensive coordinator since its inception, guided a CSS defense that led all of NCAA Division III in turnover margin and was second in all of NCAA College Football.
FDLTCC Football Team Members Sign To Play Division I Football
 Feb 1, 2012 CLOQUET, MN – Two Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Thunder Football team members signed national Letters of Intent today to attend universities and play football at the NCAA Division I level next season. A total of six Thunder Football student athletes who will graduate from Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College this year will continue their collegiate playing careers next season. Read more
UMD Knocks Off #1 Ranked CSU-Pueblo
Nov 26, 2011 Trailing at halftime to the nation's top-ranked team in their own backyard -- and with the season on the line at that -- is the kind of challenge that the University of Minnesota Duluth and its battle-tested playoff quarterback Chase Vogler appear well-suited. Vogler engineered a pair of key second-half scoring drives to help rally the Bulldogs past Colorado State University-Pueblo 24-21 and keep their aspirations for a second consecutive NCAA II national championship intact.
UMD Advances In Playoffs With 30-27 Overtime Win
Nov 19, 2011 It was a battle of the rush versus the pass Saturday afternoon. And the rush won. University of Minnesota Duluth senior running back Zach Hulce and junior quarterback Chase Vogler each ran for a pair of touchdowns to lead the ground-happy Bulldogs to 30-27 overtime victory over Saginaw Valley State University in the opening round of the NCAA II playoffs at Malosky Stadium. Read more
15 Bulldogs Receive All-NSIC Honors
Nov 15, 2011 A pair of three-time selections -- senior placekicker David Nadeau and senior strong safety Cody Eich -- highlight the list of 15 University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs who received All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division recognition for 2011. Read more
Bulldogs To Host Saginaw Valley State In First Round of Playoffs
Nov 13, 2011 The University of Minnesota Duluth will begin defense of its NCAA Division II championship this Saturday afternoon with a first-ever clash against Saginaw Valley State University at James S. Malosky Stadium. This marks the fourth year in row the Bulldogs have advanced to NCAA II postseason play, but the first time they've not received a first-round bye. Read more
Rebels Stay Perfect at 12-0 Move On to the Metrodome
 Nov 11, 2011 ST. CLOUD- Four Years ago it was the Pierz Pioneers that routed the Rebels in the state quarterfinals and advanced to the state semi-finals, but Friday it was the Rebels exacting some revenge as they came from behind to defeat the Pioneers by a score of 26-20 at Huskies Stadium in St. Cloud. Read more
Fall High School Sports Practices Begin
 Aug 15 Today is the day! For most fall high school sports teams practice will begin today. That means don't be surprised to see cross country runners putting time in on our local roadways, soccer players on the pitch, the sound of football players calling out plays at football fields and volleyball teams getting their time in on the volleyball courts. Read more
Esko Football Sets State Record In Friday's 63-49 Win
 Oct 11 A lot of different words have been used to describe Friday’s football game between Esko and Deer River, which the Eskomos won 63-49. The words Thrilling, Exciting, and Breathtaking, were tossed around just to name a few. Now you can add one more descriptive word to that list, record setting. The record for most points scored by both teams was broken and another was tied. Read more |
Its Lights Out For Esko Football And Girls Soccer
 Apr 27, 2012 A significant problem, decades in the making, has risen to the forefront for Esko Athletics. In separate but related instances, the field lighting as well as the bleachers and press box were recently red tagged and put out of service, creating an embarrassing and potentially expensive situation for the football and girls soccer teams. Read more
UWS To Honor Doug Southerland
 Mar 14, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Superior Athletic Department will be honoring the career and accomplishments of alumnus Doug Sutherland with a brunch on Saturday, March 31. The program is being coordinated by the UW-Superior Alumni Association and the Superior “S” Club, UW-Superior’s letter winners organization. Read more
Defending NSIC Champion Bulldogs Announce 2012 Recruiting Class
Feb 1, 2012 A talent-laden group of 19 student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to attend and play football for the reigning four-time Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference champion University of Minnesota Duluth in 2012. Read more
Rebels Present Football Trophies to Moose Lake and Willow River Community
 Dec 5, 2011 The communities of Moose Lake and Willow River turned out in full force on Sunday evening to watch the football team present the State Class AA second place trophy to the city’s mayors and school officials. Read more
Prep Bowl Football Preview
Nov 24, 2011 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. Read more
Saints Fall To St. Thomas 48-2
Nov 19, 2011 Third-ranked University of St. Thomas showed its dominance on Saturday on a snow-covered field at O'Shaughnessy Stadium on Saturday, defeating the St. Scholastica football team in a NCAA Division III First Round Playoff Game 48-2. Read more
Rebels Are Back In The Prep Bowl
 Nov 18, 2011 For the second time in three years the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels are back in the prep bowl. Behind a 223 yard rushing performance by Jake Disterhaupt, the Rebels defeated Waterville-Elysian-Morristown by a score of 35-14 to advance to the title game for the second time in three years. Read more
Seway Conference All-Conference team Announced
Nov 15, 2011 Jeremy Peterson of Hermantown and Derek Schofield of Proctor lead the All-Conference Selections for the 2011 football season. Senior halfback Peterson for the Hawks was named the co-conference player of the year along with Jordan Peratalo from Greenway-Nashwauk-Keewatin. Read more
Saints To Play St. Thomas In NCAA Playoffs
Nov 13, 2011 The St. Scholastica football team will face third-ranked University of St. Thomas in it’s first-ever NCAA Playoff game next Saturday at O'Shaughnessy Stadium; it was announced on Sunday night. The Saints are in their fourth year as a program and just completed a perfect 10-0 regular season, capturing the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference's (UMAC) first automatic qualifier. Read more
Thunder Holds Youth Football Camp
 June 15 The Fond du Lac Thunder Football staff and players were at Barnum High School on Wednesday, putting on a youth football camp. Read more
Cromwell Advances To Prep Bowl With 18-12 Win
 Nov 20 MINNEAPOLIS- When the Cromwell-Wright Cardinals entered the Metrodome Saturday morning, the Cardinals knew they were going to look for senior quarterback Jordan Suhonen to be the on-field leader for the Cards. Coming off a five touchdown performance in the state quarterfinals win over Mountain Iron-Buhl last Saturday in Duluth, once again he provided the highlights as the Cardinals defeated the Underwood Rockets by a final score of 18-12. Read more
Rebels Come Up Short Against Eden Valley-Watkins
 Nov 12 An old sports line is it isn’t fair to ask for wins, you ask for effort and accept the results that effort produces. Such was the case with the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels on Friday night in the quarterfinal round of the Minnesota Class AA state tournament. Although they played hard throughout, the end result was a 21-6 loss to Eden Valley-Watkins. Read more
Cromwell Cards Are State Champs!!
 Nov 26 Minneapolis- In what would best be described as an unbelievable dream the Cromwell-Wright Cardinals overcame a 2-4 start to the regular season and ran the table as the Cardinals captured their fourth state 9-Man Football title Friday. The Cardinals knocked off the Burros of Lanesboro 49-42. Cromwell-Wright and their senior quarterback Jordan Suhonen set four and tied a fifth prep bowl record Friday in the seven point victory. Read more |
