The 2010 Cook County girls’ varsity tennis team enjoyed its first-ever varsity tennis match experience on September 1, at Duluth Central High School. The CCHS girls’ team competed as an undersized team— presently five team members— against a large Duluth East team and large Duluth Denfeld-Duluth Central team. The Viking tennis team competed against Duluth East at noon and against […]
The Boys of Fall
This past weekend I was outside and could just smell my favorite season of the year. I love the fall. The weather cools off, the leaves change colors, and the smell of a football field on Friday night is tough to beat. A fall weekend seems as close to heaven on earth as I will ever find. Earlier this summer […]
Viking Football loses opener
The Cook County High School Vikings football team traveled to Esko last week to take on the larger, more experienced Eskimos and the results were somewhat predictable, with Esko winning 30-6. Despite the difference on the scoreboard, the Vikings moved the ball quite well, gaining 293 yards through the air and on the ground. Sophomore Peter Warren carried the pigskin […]
Vikings run at the front of Pincushion meet
After only a couple weeks of practice, we were looking forward to the first race of the season at our home course on the Pincushion trails. The Viking Challenge has always been a tough meet, as Class AA Duluth East and Hibbing come each year, along with four Class A schools, Proctor, Carlton, Albrook and Wrenshall. East coach Dave Wicker […]
Where are the fish biting?
According to our area fishing gurus, Tyson at the Beaver House and Jon at Buck’s Hardware, fishing is what it has always been—spotty! Ever changing weather affects the fish just as it does the fisherman, so fishing has been up and down this last week. Tyson said walleye fishing has been especially spotty, however he heard they are biting well […]
Work or Play?
From unbearable heat to frost warnings, things are looking pretty normal up here. Thebig winds have been keeping us off of the best fishing spots lately, so I have not been playing on the water much this week. It is a great time of the year to get some projects done and my list just keeps growing. Thecool weather is […]
