The North Shore Storm boy’s cross country season ended on Thursday, October 26, at the Section 7A cross country meet held on the Eagle Ridge Golf Course in Coleraine on the Iron Range. The blended team of Two Harbors and Cook County High School runners didn't advance as a team, nor did any runners advance to state as individuals.
The Cook County Vikings ran into a bee's nest in their second round of Section 7A nine-man playoffs when they traveled to play the defending state nineman champions, Mountain Iron-Buhl, last Saturday.
It took the Vikings 22 seconds on a razzle-dazzle play to take the lead against Kelliher/Northome Mustangs in the first playoff game played at home on Tuesday, October 24. Macoy Fairbanks caught the kickoff and handed the ball to Amos Falter on a reverse, with Falter running it to the 43-yard line. On the first play from scrimmage, the Vikings lined up JV quarterback Nicholas Spry in the backfield along with Viking Quarterback Hunter Rex. The ball was snapped to Spry, who threw a long pass to a wide-open freshman wideout Macoy Fairbanks, who ran in untouched for a 57-yard score. The twopoint try failed, and the Vikings led 6-0.
North Shore Strom cross country coach April Wahlstrom understated a wee bit when she noted that the 'Proctor meet went well.' The North Shore Storm (NSS) boys and girls varsity placed first and second in the Class A division, with the JV boys and girls finishing second, the junior high boys winning, and the junior high girls placing third. All in all, a great cross country meet! Varsity girls 5K Moose Lake/Willow River/Barnum won the girl's varsity team title with 139 points.
The Cook County Viking football team traveled to Cook, Minnesota, on Wednesday, October 18, and stopped the North Woods Grizzlies 50-0. With the win, the Vikings upped their record to 4-4.
Cook County High School Alpine ski coach John Oberholtzer was named Coach of the Year for 2022-2023 by the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association. It was an honor he wished to share with his assistant volunteer coaches, he said.
Brian Larsen Talent, grit, and determination pretty well describe the Cook County seventh-grade girl's volleyball team. And add selflessness because it took all of that to claim the seventh-grade Polar League championship.
Led by senior running back Ray Dressely's six touchdowns and a stout defense, the Cook County High School Viking football team put on an excellent show for fans during Homecoming weekend with their 38-0 defeat of the Kelliher/Northome Mustangs last Friday night. Dressely was undoubtedly the 'X' Ray factor in this game.
It wasn’t raining cats and dogs at the Thursday, October 12 Polar League Conference championship race held on the Pincushion Mountain trails, but a light drizzle midway through the girls varsity race turned into a steady rain during the boys 5K. Still, the rain didn’t seem to slow the runners down as some very good times were posted on the hilly trails.