Viking volleyball advances in playoffs
With the Cook County Vikings volleyball team getting a No. 1 seed in the Section 7A playoffs, they had a first-round bye. In the second round of playoff action, the Vikings hosted the No. 8 seed Cotton Cardinals on Wednesday, October 28. The Cardinals had defeated No. 9 seed Tower-Soudan to advance to round two against Cook County. Full Story
Two quarters for Paul
It seems that our basement at home has become a glorified football field lately. All three of our boys have this insatiable desire to play catch, tackle, or any other kind of football they can think of. It has become more and more competitive as Adam (seven years old), Jacob (six years old), and Paul (four years old) constantly want my attention when I get home. Full Story
Almost a perfect run
We don’t believe there is such thing as a perfect race, and certainly not a perfect team race, but the Viking cross country team came about as close to perfect as they could at last week’s Section 7A meet in Cloquet. Full Story
Lions overpower Vikings in playoffs
Cook County Vikings football fans that sport some gray hair may remember the early years of ABC’s Monday Night Football. When it was clear that one of the teams wasn’t going to come back from too great a deficit announcer “Dandy” Don Meredith would begin to sing the refrain, “Turn out the lights, the party’s over…” Full Story
First place finish for Wallace at Lake Placid
Staff reports
As the first dusting of snow covered the ground in Minnesota, the St. Paul Ski Club’s finest jumpers were in New York for the Lake Placid Flaming Leaves Festival. This kickoff event for the 2010 ski jumping season included U.S. Nationals competition on Oct. 10 and an NYSEF Super Tour competition on Oct. 11. Full Story
Trick or Treating on the Trail
We are approaching the never-ending month of gray, and the traffic on the Gunflint Trail has all but subsided. Things are very quiet and the only thing stirring is the wildlife. A lot of people are asking if any deer have been seen lately and I have to report that I have not seen any. Full Story
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