Good action movies suck you in early with an interesting plot, and then set you up for a great finish that leaves you hanging on for dear life at the end. That pretty much describes the boys’ game played against Cromwell last Friday, Dec. 17 at home. It had all of the drama and excitement of any great movie, and […]

Boozhoo. Snow now covers the ground, meaning that winter is upon us. Traditionally, winter has been a time for families to gather and tell Nanaboujou stories. Nanaboujou is the cultural hero of the Ojibwe people. Nanaboujou stories help to teach and reinforce the grandfather teachings of the Ojibwe people. The story of Aseban, or Raccoon, teaches us to respect our […]

Once the color came back into their faces, once the agony left their sore, achy muscles, and once they wiped the remaining sweat from their brows—and only then—could the fans finally get up from their seats and go home. Tired? You betcha. The fans left everything in the stands, just like the players from both teams left everything out on […]

Sophomore Luke Fenwick ripped two clean runs at Giants Ridge last week to take his first top 10 finish on the season. Luke finished eighth overall in an eight-team meet with 70+ plus boy racers and was just 1.36 seconds behind fifth place finisher. Thetime separation between first and fifth places was just 1.49 seconds. “When any one of the […]

The Cook County Nordic ski team traveled to Ely for classic-style ski race Saturday ,December 18. Conditions were cool and calm with fresh snow at the Hidden Valley course. It should have been a perfect day to race, but for some reason the trails were not holding the tracks. Everyone struggled with soft snow on the course and it took […]

Sugarbush Trail Association On Dec. 19, groomers report: “Widening and leveling continues where we have enough snow to work with. Summit view is now open with a track on each side of the skating lane. Tracks are good on the lower half, not so good in spots on the upper half. We will be out again today working on the […]

The lakes have all frozen over up here on the Trail and there have been a few snowmobiles running around. Christmas always seems to kick off the winter season and we are definitely going to have a white one. The trails are in pretty good shape and I cannot wait to get some miles on. The forecast is for some […]

Fishermen have been anxiously waiting for the lakes to freeze so they could once again wet a line. This week, Jon at Buck’s Hardware said he has been hearing reports of some success, although primarily on the smaller lakes. He urged caution on the larger lakes such as Gunflint, Saganaga and Greenwood. “But ice making has been pretty good thus […]