Storm PWB1 hockey goes to state
Your North Shore Storm Peewee B1 team came away from the Minnesota Hockey Regional Tournament taking 2nd place and earning a trip to represent our communities in the State Tournament in Warroad March 16-19th.
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Press Prep Sports Notebook
The Silver Bay Mariners girls’ basketball squad ran into a buzzsaw in their first round Section 7A game against the highly rated Ely Timberwolves March 2. The Wolves topped the Mariners 101-36 to end the Silver Bay season.
Winter Soccer program brings the sport indoors
Soccer has been a favorite summer activity of Silver Bay and Two Harbors students for years. The kids are able to exercise, see friends, and experience the fulfillment of participating in a team sport. Normally, this experience would come to an end in early September, but not this year!
Lake County Press Prep Sports Notebook
The North Shore Storm boy’s hockey season ended last Tuesday at the hands of a tough Hermantown squad in a Section 7A quarterfinal matchup. The young Storm squad fell 15-1 to the likely section champion Hawks.
Basketball Report
Thursday Feb 23rd: Two Harbors 51 Esko 70 Esko used a 12-2 run over the last 8:30 of the 1st half to break a 19-19 tie to take a 31-21 lead into the half. The Agates battled but shot just 26 % on the night and couldn't close the gap. By virtue of the win, the Eskomos won the Polar League Conference Championship. Trent Gomez paced the Agates with 19 points while Ethan Bopp added 18. Friday Feb 24th: Two Harbors 83 Greenway 35 Shots were falling as the Agates celebrated senior night in cruising to a 54-19 halftime lead. In all, 14 different Agates hit the basket, led by Bopp's 17 points, Gomez added 14 and Kyler Pitkanen added 14 as well. The Agates introduced and honored their seniors: Ethan Bopp, Trent Gomez, Josh Cruz, Kyler Pitkanen, Ryan Seguin, Sebastian Bark, Deacon Bark, Cameron Nelson & Alex Cernada. Tuesday Feb 28: Two Harbors 83 Proctor 50 The Rails jumped out to a 7-1 lead but quickly the basket opened up for the Agates and a flurry of turnovers led to a 29-5 run and a 42-27 halftime lead. That would continue in the 2nd half as Trent Gomez remained hot, draining 6 3-pointers and scoring 34 points in the game. Cash Williams knocked down 3 triples as well totaling 13 points. Cam, Kyler & Ethan did an excellent job on the boards all night. With the win the Agates improve to 21-4 on the season, wrapping up the regular season this Friday at Barnum. The Agates will host the 1st round playoff game next Tuesday the 7th at 6pm at THHS. Should they win, they will advance to the second round on Saturday March 11th @ Hermantown HS with an opponent to be determined.
Sports Scores
February 22 The Silver Bay Mariners vs. The South Ridge Panters at William Kelly High School.
Runoff Report
Reluctant Editor’s note: The President of Canada will soon join the Great March for Community Newspapers but first he has an important hockey game to attend. The President of Canada brought the champagne to Tolton R.
Masked Fan Speaks
If you like hockey, this time of year in The State of Hockey is a veritable smorgasbord of the game we love. In the past week, the Girls State High School tourney was held and Gentry Academy prevailed in Class AA over Andover by a 4-1 final and Warroad repeated as the Class A Champ with a 3-1 win over Orono. At the annual Ms. Hockey banquet this afternoon, Edina senior netminder Uma Corniea was chosen as the senior goaltender of the year and Andovers Ella Boerger was crowned as the Ms. Hockey winner. I got to see several tournament games over the week and this event just keeps getting better and better.
From the Outside
Funding the Outdoors Last week I talked about government rules and regulations, how their importance in our modern society has grown along with the human population, and evolved as values changed and new challenges and threats emerged. The flip side of regulation is the ability to enforce them, which always involves money.