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April 4, 2013 in Pine Journal
In last week’s edition of the Pine Journal, a shocking letter to the editor was published inferring that Battaglia was a racist for removing Diver from the contest.
In my opinion, it wasn’t racism, but strategy.
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March 28, 2013 in Pine Journal
The “us-first” attitude defined Esko’s senior class. Continue Reading
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February 21, 2013 in Pine Journal
In ice hockey, there are times where a team is shorthanded.
Yet, I believe the Cloquet 12-and-Under girls hockey team recently redefined how to take the ice undermanned.
I call them the ‘Nifty Nine.’
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January 31, 2013 in Pine Journal
What the high-scoring Broman has done over time simply may never be surpassed. That’s why I’m as excited as a kid at Christmas to watch the Division-I recruit come to town tonight, when the Lions meet the Lumberjacks at Cloquet High School at 7:15 p.m. Continue Reading
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January 30, 2013 in Pine Journal
Last week, Lakeview Christian Academy senior basketball superstar Anders Broman became the first player in Minnesota history to surpass 4,500 points in a career.
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December 27, 2012 in Pine Journal
Monday morning the first time I touched the basketball that day I drained a 22-foot 3-pointer in front of the Cloquet boys basketball bench during the program’s annual alumni game.
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December 20, 2012 in Pine Journal
Squeezing on my helmet, putting in my rubber mouth guard and lacing up my black skates, I was an aspiring ice-mite hockey player.
My “career” lasted maybe a month.
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August 25, 2012 in Pine Journal
Entering seventh grade in Cloquet, I remember having a life-changing conversation with my parents at the kitchen table.
Play tackle football, or be a wimp.
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July 14, 2012 in Pine Journal
Although my Hall of Fame fastball lags velocity, my curveball doesn’t curve and my changeup has always been hittable, I love pitching wiffleballs.
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