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Denfeld takes aim at elusive trip to state

PREP SOFTBALL: Denfeld (16-1) earned the No. 2 seed in Section 7AAA and will meet the winner of Wednesday’s first-round game between Duluth East and Grand Rapids in Saturday’s double-elimination Elite Eight at Wheeler Field in Duluth.

• Alexia Klaas

Hermantown’s Bang still making noise as softball coach with 600 victories

Hermantown softball players presented coach Tom Bang with a plaque and a cake Thursday to commemorate his 600th career victory.

• Tom Bang

Duluth Denfeld boys, Hermantown girls claim Lake Superior Conference track titles

Just as it did a year ago, the LSC boys track and field team title came down to the final two events Tuesday.

Mayasich, McDonald named to MSHSL Hall of Fame

PREP SPORTS: John Mayasich and Bob McDonald both graduated from Iron Range high schools in 1951.

Ashland’s Miller takes running in stride

This is a big week for Bryce Miller. The Ashland senior signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to attend Missouri-Kansas City, an NCAA Division I university, where he will run cross country and distance events on the track.

• Bryce Miller

Prep softball finally springs into outdoor action

The adult mayfly has the shortest lifespan in the animal kingdom, lasting anywhere from a few minutes to a day.

• Denfeld tops Hermantown

Northwestern's Nelson hurdling toward a three-peat

PREP GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: If Tess Nelson is going to win a third consecutive state title in the 300-meter hurdles, the Northwestern senior will have to accomplish the feat with little more than one month of on-track preparation.

• Tess Nelson

Proctor's Welch running in place after winter injury

PREP BOYS TRACK AND FIELD: As much time as Matt Welch has spent in the Proctor High School swimming pool, one might think the state’s top distance runner had switched sports.

• Matt Welch

United they ran: Boston is remembered, and a race record is set at Fitger's 5K

RUNNING: When Joe Moore first heard about Monday’s bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon, his thoughts flashed back to 17 years ago when he watched his father, Marc, run the 100th edition of the storied race.

• Overall winner Joe Moore
• Women's winner Morgan Place
• Photo gallery: 2013 Fitger's 5K race in Duluth
• Brian Prudhomme

Getting back to state drives experienced Rails

PREP BASEBALL PREVIEW: Instead of spending time taking batting practice or perfecting a new pitch, Ben Nelson and his Proctor baseball teammates were stuck performing an all-too-familiar task Wednesday.

• Proctor baseball

Columns

There's truth beneath all of boxing hype

If you cut through all the smoke that local boxing trainer/manager/promoter Chuck Horton typically blows, you will hear more than a glimmer of truth: Duluth-Superior is a boxing town again.

MSHSL teaches hockey new geography

For at least the next two years, and likely much longer, the three Class A Duluth schools will not be paired together in the section playoffs. The high school league must be sponsoring some kind of new math — or geography.

UMD moves back to minors

Now that Minnesota Duluth received its proverbial cup of coffee in the majors, it’s back to the minor leagues.

Hermantown sets Northland standard

Capturing a Class A hockey championship — and doing it by going undefeated — might be something that doesn’t happen again in this region for quite some time.

Northern teams’ state success has far-reaching impact

When Hermantown defeated Duluth Marshall for the Class A boys hockey state championship Saturday, the victory was satisfying for more than just the current group of Hawks.

Boarding isn’t a (half) pipe dream

The extent of my snowboarding knowledge can be traced to playing CoolBoarders3 on my son’s PlayStation years ago.

It’s time to put hockey ties on ice

Five times this season, high school hockey fans in Northeastern Minnesota have seen games pitting highly ranked opponents end in ties. Leaving the ice with the score tied doesn’t resolve anything.

Lack of snow piles on problems

A sign posted inside the office at Snowflake Nordic says, “Will work for snow.”

Glory days still elude Gophers

Here we go again.

Bowl season needs to be flushed

It’s the time of year that never seems to end.