Softball preview: Senior-less Cloquet is confident
A look at Cloquet and Carlton softball teams as well as other county high school softball teams around the state.Pine Journal, 04/04/2013
Thunder’s Sylvester returns to softball, this time to coach
There are days at softball practice where Laura Sylvester watches her team and remembers when she played third base years ago. Sylvester is now the energetic base of the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College women’s softball program, as the upbeat 29-year-old enters her first season as the coach of the Thunder.Pine Journal, 04/04/2013
Korby's Corner...Battaglia’s a basketball coach
In last week’s edition of the Pine Journal, a shocking letter to the editor was published inferring that Battaglia was a racist for removing Diver from the contest. In my opinion, it wasn’t racism, but strategy.Pine Journal, 04/04/2013
Spring sports at a standstill
All practices for the Lumberjacks’ spring sports programs — and surrounding area — have been inside this month, as snow banks still sit high, ice blankets the ground and temperatures remain bitter cold entering Easter Sunday and the beginning of April.Pine Journal, 03/28/2013
Goessling sets his sights for the top
As the sun melted snow away every spring, Maura Goessling said her son, Raleigh, would pile up what was left in the shade. It was there, she said, her youngster would ski for hours.Pine Journal, 03/28/2013
Korby’s Corner..Esko's selfless seniors
The “us-first” attitude defined Esko’s senior class.Pine Journal, 03/28/2013
State tournament experience ‘a dream come true’
The Eskomos lost to Annandale 59-58 Saturday afternoon in St. Paul on the season’s final day, finishing fourth place in the Class AA State Championships. Yet for the prestigious Polar League school, making just their third-ever state appearance after trips in 2003 and 1955, it was an everlasting experience for Esko.Pine Journal, 03/28/2013
State Boys Basketball: Esko edged by Annandale
Pine Journal, 03/23/2013
State Boys Basketball: Litchfield lashes Esko
The Dragons deadened the Eskomos 72-47 in a Minnesota state boys basketball Class AA semifinal Friday at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis.Pine Journal, 03/23/2013
State Boys Basketball: Esko trails at halftime
Pine Journal, 03/22/2013
