Cook County High School Sophomore guard Kale Boomer had a breakout game against a very good Barnum team in Barnum last Friday night, but it wasn’t enough to beat back the 18-5 Bombers. “Kale played his best game of the year and is playing how I envision him to be from this point forward. He plays without fear and we […]
Vikings hit a beehive in Barnum
The Cook County High School (CCHS) girls’ basketball team took its stellar 18-2 record to Barnum on Friday, February 25 to face an equally impressive team in the Barnum Bombers, who came in with a 22-3 mark. It figured to be a hard, hotly fought contest on the hardwood, but it didn’t work out that way. “We played Barnum tough […]
Flooding the trail with pink
An amazingly fun fundraiser, the Mush for a Cure, will be held March 11 – 12, 2011. For the fifth year the Gunflint Trail will be flooded with pink—at an evening Pink Masquerade Ball, a pink pancake breakfast, a race filled with pink-clad competitors, and a wrap-up party at which shiny pink bald heads will appear. All the craziness is […]
What’s in a name?
The 2011 Mush for a Cure (MFAC) was almost de-railed—or renamed—thanks to threatened legal action from Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. The little dog-sled-race –that-could was advised to trademark its name after its fourth successful event. In 2010 MFAC had 52 participants and raised over $23,000. However, when Mush for a Cure submitted its application, it came to […]
Return of the Bald, the Brave and the Beautiful
After last year’s hilarious “The Bald, the Brave and the Beautiful” competition ended with all four competitors—Cook County Sheriff Mark Falk, Chief Deputy Leif Lunde, Gunflint Trail Fire Chief Mike Prom, and Gunflint Assistant Fire Chief Bob Baker—getting their heads shaved, attendees at the Mush for a Cure Pink Prom Party thought nothing could top the insanity. Perhaps not, but […]
Happy Trails
Bearskin The latest from Bearskin, posted Feb. 24: “Fresh snow overnight. Groomers out this morning…It’s nice to see the evergreen boughs coated in snow again.” Visit bearskintrailreports.wordpress.com for the most current information. Cook County Ridgeriders Sky Dan’s Feb. 28 update: “The trails continue to be in excellent condition in the Arrowhead of Minnesota near and around the Grand Marais/Gunflint Trail […]
Trout Derby
It is getting to be that time of year again when winter events start happening on the Gunflint Trail. The annual Trout Derby sponsored by the local snowmobile club will be held Sunday, March 13 on Gunflint Lake. Last year there were not too many trout caught considering the number of anglers on the ice, but hopefully this year will […]
Where are the fish biting?
Jon at Buck’s has filed this report for the week of Feb. 28: Walleye fishing tailed off a little but if you’re heading to Saganaga I’d still fish deep, 45 to 60 feet of water with a jig and minnow. Seagull Lake is also reporting a few walleyes in the 30- to 45-foot range. Jig and minnow is the way […]
Fabulous finish for Fabius at the American Birkebeiner
The American Birkebeiner cross country ski race held from Cable to Hayward, Wisconsin is the largest cross country ski marathon in North America, and some of the finest cross country ski racers in the world travel to Cable to compete. And that’s what makes Kerrie Fabius’s second place finish in the 54-kilometer classic race so special. For Fabius, a recently […]