Sports & Outdoors

The North Shore Nordic Ski team participated in another frigid ski meet at the Snowflake Nordic Ski Center in Duluth on Friday Jan. 28. The temperature hovered around 10 degrees F the entire meet with a breeze, making for a lot of skiers working hard to stay warm before and after their races. This was a relatively large meet with schools from Duluth East, Ely, Cloquet- Carleston-Esko, Mora, Proctor/Hermantown, Grand Rapids, North Star Academy, Marshall, and Mesabi East.

A scrum and a loose puck in front of North Shore netminder Zach Bentler nearly results in a goal for Ashland assistant captain Ty Gilbertson Tuesday afternoon. Helping protect the net are Jacob Carpenter (front) and Nate Bilben. The Agates prevailed in the match 4-1. Photo courtesy of Brian Rauvola

During the week of January 24-28th many students from the Minnehaha joined our Agate Cheerleading team for a fun filled week of stunts, sidelines and cheers. Our Agate cheerleaders shared their knowledge, skill and a love of cheerleading with their little counterparts.

North Shore high school girls’ hockey captain Livia Hoff, one of the top players in northeastern Minnesota and a varsity regular since the eighth grade, has verbally committed to attend Concordia College in Moorhead in the fall.

On right, Olya Wright of the North Shore gliding down the trail at the Snowflake Nordic. Photo courtesy of Baylee Johnson .

Two Harbors high school girls basketball team suffered only its sixth loss of the season Tuesday night, losing 54-53 at home to nonconference Eveleth-Gilbert. The Agates (10-6) will visit nonconference Greenway (5-10) on Thursday at 7:15 p.m.

The stark beautiful view of last summer’s Greenwood Lake Fire near Isabella is evident in winter. Volunteers were out during the annual winter bird count and you can find the story on page 8 in the B Section. Photo courtesy of Steve Wilson

North Shore girls hockey coach Zachary Vieau said his team is not only talented but resilient. When the going gets tough, no matter the quality of competition, the Storm dig deep and get going.

“The Two Harbors Invite at Korkki Nordic is always an entertaining race as the teams go retro,” said coach Jeanne Wright. “While our skiers are serious about skiing their best, we also have a lot of fun along the way, so we pulled out the team’s old suits and made quite the sensation.”