Sports & Outdoors

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.

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.

Job well done by North Shore Storm hockey player Reese Radtke. Freelance sportswriter Thomas Smith witnessed one of the most honorable hockey assists ever at a North Shore Storm boys varsity hockey game in International Falls February 14. This is an excerpt from Smith’s blog www.smalltownsbigstories.com.

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Junior Varsity and Junior High Championships Results Gunny Skadberg finished first in the 7th grade boys race! Maddie Linn took 6th and Winter Byrns took 18th for the 7th grade girls. In the 8th grade girls race, Harper Smith took 13th and Amelia Saamanen came in right behind her for 14th.

Friday Feb 17th Two Harbors 77 South Ridge 63 The Agates had a very strong team effort on the boards in out rebounding the much bigger Panthers 45-26. Trent Gomez paced the Agates with 29 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists & 8 steals and Trevor Kleive had a solid game with 6 points and 10 rebounds as well. Other high scorers for the Agates included Isaiah Hietala with 14, Ethan Bopp with 10 & Kyler Pitkanen with 8. On the evening, Trent hit a historic milestone, surpassing Jayden Ruberg’s school record of 2,204 points to become the all-time leading scorer in Two Harbors history.