Louie St. George
Duluth News Tribune
Duluth, MN, United States
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Hard-throwing Marshall senior Pedersen taken by Baltimore Orioles in 38th round of MLB Draft
When you're 6-foot-6 and can comfortably pump your fastball into the mid-90s at the age of 18, Major League Baseball teams tend to take notice.So Ben Pedersen knew there was a strong possibility he'd get selected during this week's MLB draft. He just had no idea when. The Duluth Marshall senior found... → Read More
Former Denfeld goalie Kuusisto losing battle with cancer
The voice, out of place as it was, gripped Angie (Francisco) Flygh as soon as it escaped the speaker’s mouth.Flygh was a freshman defenseman on the Harvard... → Read More
Prep softball: Plachta has South Ridge one win from state
CLOQUET — Rarely is Roger Plachta at a loss for words. But when the first-year South Ridge coach was asked the name of his catcher following Tuesday's tidy... → Read More
Preps: Injury bug bites Cloquet twice
No baseball pitcher wants to hear the words "Tommy John surgery."It's not that they represent an insurmountable obstacle, but they certainly indicate... → Read More
Prep baseball: East's Grindahl excelling in return to field
According to every platitude and motivational quote, Drew Grindahl was doing exactly what he was supposed to be doing in the offseason preceding his junior... → Read More
DECC Athletic Hall of Fame: Eveleth's Ikola a legend in goal and on bench
Nobody could have possibly known it at the time, but Eveleth's 4-1 loss to Roseau in the semifinals of the 1947 boys hockey state tournament would spur one... → Read More
Former Marshall hockey coach Flaherty battles back from cancer, brain infection
When Brendan Flaherty was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the right tonsil on April 20, 2018, he and his family at least had an idea of what to expect in the weeks and months ahead. The cancer hadn't spread much, and thus the survival rate was high, the outlook positive. → Read More
Prep girls lacrosse: Duluth East's Jorja Schooler is proving to be goal-oriented
In the winter, Jorja Schooler plays defense for the Duluth Northern Stars hockey team. And while she knows her contributions in that sport are essential, they... → Read More
Women's basketball: Port Wing native Gustafson ready to tackle WNBA
Megan Gustafson has been here before.Overlooked and underappreciated, she heads to training camp with the WNBA's Dallas Wings needing to prove herself all over... → Read More
DECC Athletic Hall of Fame: Mark Sertich, still playing hockey at 97, is one for the ages
DECC ATHLETIC HALL OF FAMEWhen Mark Sertich turned 80, the firefighters he plays hockey with gave him a lifetime membership that forever waived the $5 fee for... → Read More
NFL draft: Hibbing graduate Harris looking for his shot
Before an Achilles tendon injury intervened, cornerback Deion Harris was shooting up NFL draft boards about as fast as he jumps passes. The 2014 Hibbing graduate's... → Read More
College track and field: UMD's Laughlin 'wing'ing it in training
Jonathan Laughlin didn't start the 2018 cross-country season with the kind of mileage base that portends front-of-the-pack success at the NCAA Division II level.He... → Read More
Running notebook: Barno returning to Grandma's
Already the only man or woman to win four consecutive Grandma's Marathons, Kenya's Elisha Barno will strive for No. 5 at the 43rd installment of Minnesota's oldest marathon on June 22.And he'll bring along his buddy and countryman, Grandma's record-holder Dominic Ondoro. Their New Mexico-based agent,... → Read More
Prep baseball: Talent-rich Marshall seeks return to state tournament
Go to a high school hockey game between a pair of talent-rich Northland teams and you won't have much trouble identifying the scouts in attendance, despite... → Read More
Prep softball: Sweeney replaces a Hermantown legend as coach
Multiple times this spring, first-year Hermantown softball coach Michelle Sweeney has called her predecessor, Tom Bang, to talk shop. The conversations start... → Read More
Community college football: Mesabi Range coach Lysaker remembered as a people person
When Rory Johnson retired as Proctor's athletic director in 2017, it had been more than 40 years since he played football for Herschel "Pepper" Lysaker... → Read More
Prep boys basketball: North Woods' Goggleye is All-Area Player of the Year
Perusing the box score from North Woods' 86-53 win over Mountain Iron-Buhl in the Section 7A boys basketball quarterfinals, you'd think Cade Goggleye was a seldom-used reserve who made the most of his mop-up duty to score four points.Far from it. Goggleye was the Grizzlies' heart and soul, the rare player... → Read More
Prep boys hockey: Greenway senior Donte Lawson overachieved on his high school plans
PREP BOYS HOCKEY / ALL-AREA PLAYER OF THE YEARAbout the time he started high school, Donte Lawson penned a letter to his father, Jim. A page and a half of promises... → Read More
Fond farewell: Longtime Vermilion coach Paul McDonald turns to politics
When it comes to coaching longevity, three-plus decades is a heck of a run.Unless you're the son of Bob McDonald."I would have to coach for 24 more years... → Read More
Prep boys basketball: North Woods falls in Class A title game again
MINNEAPOLIS — The third time definitely was not the charm for the North Woods boys basketball team.After falling in the 2017 and ’18 Class A championship... → Read More