The North Shore Storm stormed the Iron Range at the Eveleth Lions Invitation on Thursday, Setptember 15. It was early on in the boys’ race that Jake Paron ran away from the field to win the race with more than a 40-second lead, a time of 17:21. This helped to lead his teammates to a 2nd place finish behind Ely... READ MORE >
The Vikings had five representatives who qualified to compete at the section 7A track and field meet on June 2. The meet took place at the Esko stadium. We had two representatives running the 400-meter dash. Molly Thomas got out quick and hung on. Thomas ran a season-best, earning 13th place with a time of 65.83. Sophie Eliasen, also in... READ MORE >
The Cook County Vikings Track and Field team was finally able to get outside for a meet this past week. We competed both at Two Harbors on Tuesday, May 3 and at Esko on Saturday, May 7. With a team of over 40 kids (most between 7th and 10th grades) it will be a fun group to watch develop over... READ MORE >
Our young cross country team really showed their abilities at Proctor on the 20th of October. We stacked our junior high girls’ team with all of our junior high runners and they came in with an almost perfect score. Isabel Schottenbauer (14:03) came in 1st place followed by Emily Seipke (14:48) in 2nd, with Kate Walsberg (14:56) in 3rd place,... READ MORE >
The Polar League Conference Meet marks the winding down of the cross country season. Many of our runners only have one more meet, which will take place on Tuesday, October 20. Fourteen of our runners will move on to run at the 7A Section Meet on October 29 and a couple may make it to the State Meet at St.... READ MORE >
Blue colored the sky at the Swain Invitational on Saturday October 3, which has been a seemingly rare occasion for the course that has gained a reputation for a challenging hill and miserable weather. We were lucky this year with the weather and as usual the challenging hill didn’t keep the Vikings from performing well against the competition. All of... READ MORE >
When the Cook County Vikings cross country team rolled up to Eveleth Golf Course on Thursday, September 17, we were instantly sweaty with the heavy humid air. There was a black cloud looming in the west and five minutes into the girls’ varsity and JV race it hit and forced down sheets of rain. As I stood cheering on our... READ MORE >
An exciting season lies ahead for Viking cross country. Returning to us, we have Jake Paron, a 10th grader from Two Harbors leading our young boys’ team. Last year was the year of the young boys’ team and this year is the year of the young girls’ team. Matea Acero and Abi Seipke, both seniors, will be finding a boost... READ MORE >
Envirothon is an academic competition in which students, in teams of five, take exams to assess their knowledge about the environment and develop a presentation to share their solution to a problem. The problem for the 2015 competition was released in January and that is when the preparation for the regional tournament begins. This year’s scenario dealt with urban forestry.... READ MORE >
Wednesday, May 13 marked the day of the Polar League Conference track and field meet at Barnum High School. It was a perfect day for a race, nice and cool. Eleven teams competed on the girls’ side. In first place was Cromwell followed by Esko, South Ridge/Northwoods, Two Harbors, Moose Lake Willow River, Carlton, Barnum, Cook County, Silver Bay, McGregor,... READ MORE >
