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Hawks ride trusty strategy to two wins
PREP SOFTBALL: Hermantown coach Tom Bang has a relatively simple plan to bring his team back to the high school softball state tournament after a one-year respite: grab an early lead and let Katie Thun hold on to it.
RELATED CONTENTPrep track: Northwestern’s Nelson gets disqualification ruling overturned
PREP TRACK AND FIELD: Tess Nelson used part of Wednesday’s practice working on her 300-meter hurdle start times. The Northwestern senior was just glad to be practicing her favorite event.
RELATED CONTENTDuluth East’s Meirs Moore commits to Division I RPI
HOCKEY: Perhaps Skeeter Moore’s feelings about Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will soften now that his son, Meirs, has made a commitment to attend that institution.
RELATED CONTENTDenfeld 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.
RELATED CONTENTHermantown’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.
RELATED CONTENTDuluth 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.
RELATED CONTENTPrep 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.
RELATED CONTENTNorthwestern'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.
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Humor and optimism describe the life of Grand Rapids coach
Several times in the past few years when covering an evening event in the Grand Rapids area, I found myself unable to find a public phone line to transmit a story via laptop computer.
UMD home field makeover adds to a new season
The four-level, $6.5 million structure towering over Malosky Stadium isn’t the only face-lift the Minnesota Duluth football program underwent lately.
Remembering a coach who led by example
As Dave Hylla and a reporter walked off the artificial surface at Public Schools Stadium last November, the longtime Proctor football coach had a gleam in his eyes when talking about the following season.
In support of coach Bang's theories
Tom Bang doesn’t intend to stick around coaching Hermantown softball for another 17 or 18 years.
RELATED CONTENTDeath has made Cherry community stop, consider what is important
Even in death, Caitlin Calgaro didn’t stop giving.
RELATED CONTENTCherry senior athlete's heart abnormality fixed
One morning three months ago, Laura Griffiths rested on her family’s couch, unable to go to school, her heart racing at an uncontrollable, life-threatening rate.
RELATED CONTENTOne-year wondering about UMD women's basketball job
One and done. The Minnesota Duluth women’s basketball program apparently has adopted that mantra as its motto.
RELATED CONTENTGrand Rapids hero saying goodbye
Wayne Pender’s first introduction to athletic administration convinced him there wasn’t much to the job.
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