May 1, 2012
Northland Sports Online

  Matt Bowen and Jeff Rutter have been named as finalists for the position of head men’s basketball coach at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Apr 3, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Moose Lake-Willow River senior standouts again showed why they were two of the best in the Northland, as over this past weekend Caleb Koecher and Taylor Mattison played in the North Central All Star game which featured players from throughout Northern Minnesota.

Mar 26, 2012
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  The Polar League held its annual Polar League All-Star Games on Monday night in Barnum with plenty of flair and dramatics to go around for any basketball fan. Katie Myhre helped to lead the Black team to win the girls division, and on the boys side it was more of the same with Jackson Lindquist leading the black team to victory.

Mar 24, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Last season while the Moose Lake Willow-River Rebels were playing in the Section 7AA basketball tournament, junior Caleb Koecher injured his knee early in the section championship game and it was the Rebels who were unable to overcome the injury and advance to the state tournament.

Mar 17, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Braham boys basketball team, which was seeded second according to the Minnesota State High School League’s new QRF standings format showed why they were the team that was ranked number one atop the state Class AA polls all season long as the Bombers and Tyler Vaughn defeated the Eskomos 81-73 Saturday night at UMD.

Mar 13, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Lions of Lakeview Christian Academy advanced to the state tournament Friday night with an 80-68 victory over North Woods in the Section 7A championship game in Hibbing at the Hibbing Memorial Arena. The Lions will be making their first trip to the state boys basketball tournament next week in Minneapolis.

March 15, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Behind the Superb effort of Jackson Lindquist, the Esko Eskomos defeated a very pesky Deer River Warrior team on Thursday night at UMD by a score of 71-68 to advance to the section finals on Saturday night back at UMD. The Eskomos will face the Braham Bombers who defeated the defending section champions the Virginia Blue Devils also at UMD on Thursday night.

Mar 14, 2012
Wes Vork-NSO

  HIBBING - In a game for the ages, the Fond du Lac Ogichida gave it their all but lost a heartbreaker to North Woods in double overtime of the Section 7A Semi-Finals by a score of 75-71.

Mar 13, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Hermantown Hawks battled the four time defending Section 7AAA champion Grand Rapids Thunderhawks tooth and nail for one half Tuesday night, but in the end it was the Thunderhawks defeating Hermantown 68-47 and advancing to the section finals for the fifth consecutive season.

Mar 12, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Last Thursday night at Barnum High School, Bombers senior forward Jacob Naslund entered the Section 5A quarterfinal contest needing only 18 points to reach 1000 for his career, and in the second half Naslund reached that plateau and added two more to the total.

Mar 10, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  Anders Broman hit for 44 points Saturday evening as the junior guard for Lakeview Christian Academy broke Kevin Noreen’s all time state record for most points in a season. He finished the night with 1217 points and he’s still going to add to the total as the Lions defeated Silver Bay 112-92 and moved on in the Section 7A playoffs.

Mar 10, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  MORA- Over the past five seasons, the Barnum Bombers have played sectional tournament games at Mora High School and has compiled a 5-2 record at Mora. On Saturday it was another victory, as the Bombers knocked off the Hornets of Hill City by a score of 63-49.

Mar 27

Northland Sports Online announces its 2010-2011 Boys All-Area Basketball Team. Click on the link below for all the details.

Click Here For The 2010-2011 Boys All-Area Basketball Team

May 11, 2012
Wes Vork-NSO

CARLTON - The Bulldogs led 3-1 in the fifth inning and nearly got out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth, but Mesabi East scored two runs in each of the sixth and seventh innings to leave town with the 5-3 victory Friday at Chub Lake Park in Carlton.

May 2, 2012
Northland Sports Online

  Head St. Scholastica Men's Basketball Coach David Staniger announced today that Grand Rapids' Mike Spoden will attend the College of St. Scholastica in the fall and intends to play basketball for the Saints next season.

Apr 9, 2012
Wes Vork-NSO

  On March 31st, the Esko 5th Grade Boys travel team participated in the Pacesetter Regional Basketball tournament at Virginia High School. The Eskomos won the Region 7 championship and a spot at the Minnesota State Tournament on July 1st at the College of St. Benedict.

Apr 3, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  For the fourth consecutive season, the Esko girls basketball team has be named to the state all-academic team for the winter sports season 2011-2012. As well as the girls team being named all-academic; Esko’s Jackson Lindquist was named all-state academic on the boy’s side as well for the 2011-2012 season.

Mar 27, 2012
Kerry Rodd-NSO

  Kello Brown showed that he can run with the big dogs! Brown tossed in 29 points to lead a star studded Minnesota All-Stars team to a 135-75 victory over Wisconsin in the annual Border Battle held at Romano Gym at UMD on Tuesday night. The win was the first for the Minnesota All-Stars to go against three losses. On the girls side, it was Wisconsin posting a fairly easy 85-69 victory over Minnesota with Heather Bowe of Eau Claire Regis pumping in 29 points to lead her team.

Mar 26, 2012
Northland Sports Online

  Gary Holquist, the University of Minnesota Duluth head men’s basketball coach for the past 14 years, has stepped down from that position to become the new director of development for UMD athletics. In 14 seasons at the head coaching helm, Holquist amassed a 206-197 overall record and earned a pair of NCAA Division II playoff berths , captured one Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference regular season title and two NSIC tournament championships.

Mar 23, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Duluth Amateur Youth Basketball Association announced they will be sponsoring the fourth annual DAYBA Boarder Battle between high school players from northeastern Minnesota and players from North Central Wisconsin with the series being played this year at the University of Minnesota-Duluth on Tuesday March 27.

Mar 16, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  CROSBY- Friday night in Crosby Minnesota, basketball fans were treated a game of high school basketball right out of the old annals of high school basketball. The Barnum Bombers, who had fallen 17 points behind at one point, came back strong and took the lead, built it to six points with :55 seconds remaining only to see their state tournament hopes dashed as a desperation 3-point shot hit the rim, the backboard, the rim again, and finally fell through the basket as the Bombers fell to Browerville by one point, 75-74.

Mar 14, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

The #1 seeded Lakeview Christian Academy Lions advanced to the Section 7A finals for the second consecutive season as the Lions knocked off the Mesabi East Giants by a score of 72-65 Wednesday night in Hibbing.

May 15, 2012
By Dwight Cadwell

  I have been around the game of basketball almost my entire life, as a player, a coach, a game official, observer, as a radio broadcaster, and a sports journalist. Wednesday night I was treated to one the poorest officiated games that I have seen in my number of years associated with the game of basketball.

Mar 13, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  MORA- In the spring of 2007, the Barnum Bombers had just capped off a state tournament appearance where the Bombers finished in fourth place, representing Section 7A at the state tournament. A few weeks after the state tournament, the Bombers found out that the Minnesota State High School League had a realignment of basketball teams, and one was the Bombers moving to Section 5A.  On Tuesday night, after three years of being eliminated either in the quarterfinals of semi-finals, the Bombers defeated the Royals of Royalton 69-51 to advance to the section finals.

Mar 10, 2012
Dwight Cadwell-NSO

  The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels found themselves in the Section 7AA quarterfinals as a three seed facing a number two seed. The main difference about this game is the number two seed is the state’s top ranked team by the associated press and Minnesota Basketball news; yet, with the new seeding format, the Rebels were put up against the Bombers. That number one ranking proved well deserved as Braham defeated the Rebels 68-35.

April 9, 2010

Northland Sports Online is pleased to announce its 2009-2010 All-Area Boys basketball team. Click here for the complete team