Two Harbors softball finally got underway this past week, the girls going up against Polar League foes Esko and Moose Lake-Willow River. “We played our first softball games last week on Thursday,” said coach Ori Scherer, “and shook off a lot of rust.” At Esko, a 21-4 loss, Scherer said the girls hit the ball pretty well and got on base many times.
The North Shore Miners took a win in the AAA Hockey Championship, finishing the final game in overtime. The team played in Hudson, WI over the weekend and the Miners went into Friday playing Blaze Gold, losing 3-0.
Editor’s note: Yes, the Great March for Community Newspapers still awaits the parachute jump signal from the very reluctant editor and Tony Xzcerlippy of Tony’s Underwater Limousine Service (Lake County Press- -editions 2-5). And yes, in recalling an earlier skydiving incident in which the reluctant editor was stuck flying an old plane that he didn’t know how to fly. It was then that he reached into his pocket and pulled out the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook to refresh his memory about how to land a plane (page 114). He only briefly got ahead of himself when he jumped to step 9 and the suggestion that if possible he should take a pass over the landing strip to be better prepared for a landing. He was planning to fly low and give the old aviator’s salute to the waiting crowd to prove his competence.
Driftless Trout My feet were a bit cold in the sleeping bag when I woke up in the early light, an unusual occurrence for an April morning. My son, Everett and I were camped in a deep little valley where cold air tends to pool, and when I emerged from the tent and onto the snowless, but hard frozen landscape, I found my minimum thermometer pinned at ten degrees.
Silver Bay Sports Schedule Friday, April 22 - Saturday, April 23 • Boys Baseball @ Morris Tourney Monday, April 25 • Girls Softball @ Nashwauk 4:30pm Tuesday, April 26 • Girls Softball Home Floodwood 4:00pm • Boys Baseball Home Cromwell (cancelled) • Track and Field @ Two Harbors 4:00pm Wednesday, April 27 • Girls Softball Home Two Harbors 4:00pm Thursday, April 28 • Girls Softball Home MLWR 4:00pm • Boys Baseball @ MLWR 4:00pm Friday, April 29 • Boys Baseball @ Two Harbors 12:00pm • Track and Field @ Duluth East Matt Kero Invite 4:15pm Schedule changes can be found at polarleague.org. Two Harbors Sports Schedule Saturday, April 23, 2022 • Track and Field: Varsity Meet vs.
North Shore rivers finally opened after a few warm days last week and blew out the winter ice. On the Knife River the ice shelves were piled six to eight feet high in places and ice pretty much lines many stretches of the river below the Stanley Road and downstream of the Hawk Hill Road. Notice how thick some of the ice slabs are. We’ll have to watch and see how long the ice survives the late April sun and more rising water as the ample snowpack in the woods recedes. Photo courtesy of Forrest Johnson x to eight feet high in places
The Silver Bay Mariner track squad was able to get in an indoor meet at UWS several weeks ago but it’s been a slow go since then. Coach Rick Frericks, now in his 28 th year at the helm, said he has 23 kids out for track grades 7-12, and he feels pretty good with those numbers.
The lingering winter/spring conditions continued and postponed all Lake Superior schools sporting events this past week. More snow on the way seems to be the constant this spring sports season.
Even though the field has been plowed, plenty of snow remains on the Two Harbors High School baseball field and the season is still a ways away. More snow is predicted as winter and spring continue to jockey for position. Local ball teams are hoping to get games underway soon and it looks like next week is the target. Photo courtesy of Forrest Johnson
Silver Bay had a 4-1 lead on the defending section champ Cherry Tigers late in the game last Saturday but couldn’t hold on in an opening game 5-4 loss at Mesabi East. “It wasn’t quite the start we wanted,” said Mariner coach Mike Guzzo.