Babbitt-Embarrass player Jessie LaValley scored the first basket of the game played last Thursday night, January 27 in Grand Marais. The bucket put her team up 2-0. It was a small lead, and the last lead they would have. Then it was Cook County’s turn to score, and score they did, as the Vikings racked up the next 17 points, […]
Sensational stats for Viking girls
With 16 games played, the Vikings girls’ team is in high gear with 14 wins and two losses. They are on a record pace to set all-time wins, and because of their excellent play, several Vikings are in the top 20 players in a variety of statistics kept by the Polar League. Ashley Deschampe leads all players with 42.7 percent […]
Vikings win one, lose heartbreaker
The Cook County High School boys’ basketball team rebounded from a tough loss to Ely by beating Babbitt-Embarrass 69-36 on Thursday, January 27 in front of appreciative Viking fans. Dylan Quaife and Colin Everson led the Vikings in scoring with 19 each. Ryan Martinson followed with 17 while Justin Goldstein chipped in 7. Jordan Lack, Will Petty, and David Bergstrom […]
The trials and tribulations of teamwork
Most people watching from a distance probably think that high school athletics are all fun and games. This perception is held by many fans and observers who have never experienced a full season of competitive athletics. However, those former athletes in the stands know that there are trials and tribulations during every season. High school athletics are competitive and despite […]
Power on powder for junior alpine racers
Eighty-nine junior alpine racers and a large contingent of parents, coaches and fans ascended to Lutsen Mountains for Race No. 4 of the Northland Junior Race Series. Team Lutsen fielded 36 enthusiastic young skiers for the two-run giant slalom event held on Koo Koo under sunny skies. Course setter David Salo of Hermantown said, “I’m going to make the kids […]
Gone to Iowa
The road trip to Des Moines, Iowa was short and sweet. Des Moines is a long way to travel for a three-day weekend and the weather was terrible. I much prefer the sub zero temperatures up here than the in-between weather they experience down there. It was 30 degrees and sunny the first day and dropped to zero with freezing […]
Where are the fish biting?
Mike Quaife of Holiday said his only report is that Kemo Lake is producing decent-sized splake, and a 2-pound brookie was caught. Slush was not bad on Kemo. Otherwise, it was slow all over, said Quaife. Craig Schulte of Super America said he’s heard reports that the fishing is slow all around, too, with the exception of Loon Lake, where […]
Ski jumper with local roots heading to world championships
Ski jumper Brian Wallace, son of Kathy and Brian Wallace of Woodbury and grandson of Delores and the late Lyle Saethre of Grand Marais, participated in the World Junior Championships January 25-31 in Otepaa, Estonia. Seventeenyear old Wallace, a junior at Woodbury High School, is on the U.S. National Junior Ski Team, and this was the second time he competed […]
Busy week for Nordic Vikings
The Cook County Nordic Vikings hit the road twice this past week traveling to Duluth on Monday for the Marshall Sprints, and again on Friday to the Duluth East Invite. Each race had a very different format. The Marshall Sprints were held at the Hill Topper stadium with a 1.2-kilometer sprint course. All varsity racers skied a qualifying heat with […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, Jan. 17 11:13 a.m., Grand Marais: Report that a vehicle was unloading snowmobiles in the middle […]