The Cook County baseball team started the season with impressive back-to-back wins over Polar League opponents Cromwell and Two Harbors this past week. On Thursday April 8, the Vikings traveled to Cromwell and tore up the Cardinals 27-1. In the match-up the next day at home against the Agates, the Vikings won in a closely contested 7-6 contest. On the... READ MORE >
The Cook County softball team started the season on the road in Cromwell on Thursday, April 8. After a decisive 19-2 win on Thursday, the Vikings played the next day at home against the Two Harbors Agates. Playing on little rest, Cook County lost to the Agates 2-14. Despite the long bus trip to Cromwell, the Vikings started strong in... READ MORE >
My transition from winter to spring has been especially crazy this year. It must have something to do with the early spring weather we have had. It is either the good weather, or I have been too busy to notice that it is already time for baseball and softball games! As usual, basketball ended in March and I instantly got... READ MORE >
I am in the planning stages of creating a basketball court for my kids. While they are still young and not quite ready for a standard hoop, I know all of my kids would spend time shooting hoops if they had a court to play on. We currently have a six-foot hoop set up in the basement and the kids... READ MORE >
I have interests in many things, but two of my passions are working with young people and athletics. In particular, I love team sports because they combine these passions. Unless one is truly involved with a team throughout an entire sports season, it is hard to fully understand how difficult it is to establish positive team chemistry in which all... READ MORE >
On Wednesday, March 10, the Cook County girls’ basketball team took on the Nashwauk- Keewatin Spartans in the Section 7A Semifinals at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. The Vikings had a tough time in the final minutes against the senior-laden Spartans, losing a closely contested game, 53-61. Nashwauk would go on to win the Section 7A championship. After the first six... READ MORE >
The Cook County boys’ basketball team lost its second round playoff game to the Silver Bay Mariners, 46-50. On Thursday, March 11 in Esko, the Vikings couldn’t match the Mariners’ intensity in the final minutes, losing a closely contested game to bring the Vikings’ overall season record to 8-13. In the first five minutes of play, Cook County’s defense was... READ MORE >
After the girls’ basketball season came to a close, I had a chance to sit down and talk with senior basketball standout Essa Jacobsen. I had Jacobsen in class as a freshman in World Geography, and now I have her again as a senior in Economics and Government. Four years seem to have flown by and Jacobsen has matured as... READ MORE >
The Cook County girls’ basketball team won its first two playoff games to advance in the Section 7A playoffs. In second-round play, the Vikings trampled the Lions of Lakeview Christian Academy, 77-16. Cook County then survived a quarterfinal scare by beating the Cherry Tigers, 48-46. The two playoff wins improve the Vikings’ overall season record to 23-4. On Thursday, March... READ MORE >
The Cook County boys’ basketball team finished its regular season with a 56-38 win over the Two Harbors’ Agates. The win brought the Vikings’ overall season record to 8-12. To start the game, the Vikings tried to run their “opening tip” play in which Mike Austin tips the ball forward to teammate Ryan Martinson. While the tip takes place, a... READ MORE >
