Lumberjacks, Lightning, Skate to 3-3 Tie

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Cloquet (CEC) and GRG (Rapids/Greenway) skated to a tie 3-3 tonight (December 1, 2009).. 1-1 after 1 period, 3-1 CEC after 2 periods and 3-3 after GRG ties the game with 6:59 left in the third. The Lumberjacks killed off a 5 on 3 powerplay in OT, on two tripping penalties 30 seconds apart, then of course the Lightning went shorthanded but the Lumberjack spent some of their powerplay in their own zone.

Sarah Gustafson came up HUGE in net for the Jacks the end of the third period and overtime, stopping 2 breakaways and then doing the splits across the crease to stop a great scoring chance on the 5 on 3. A Molly Illikainen goal was sandwiched by two Dana Gallop goals for the Lightning, while CEC got goals by Jessie Ryan, Savannah Hanson, and Melissa Clark.

UMD Bulldog recruit Dana Gallop (#7 black) faces off against Lumberjack Jessie Ryan

Lumberjack captain Courtney Esse

Sarah Gustafson stopping one of her 28 saves

CEC Boys Drop Home Opener to Virginia

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The Lumberjack boys held their own against a tough Virignia Blue Devils team through 2 and 1/2 periods being down only 1-0 and putting a lot of shots on the Virginia net.  Two defensive lapses allowed Virginia to put the game away, scoring two goals in the final 7 minutes of the third period.

 

 

 

Lake Superior Conference Boys Hockey Jamboree

The 09-10 LSC Jamboree took place at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center November 23, 2009.  Click the blog title to view all the photos from the event.

 

 

08-09 Class AA Stillwater Girls Hockey Storms Through Duluth, Cloquet

The #1 ranked Stillwater Ponies, class AA State Champions for 08-09 rolled through the Duluth Heritage Sports Center and Cloquet Area Recreational Center (CARC) this past weekend, beating the Duluth Northern Stars 5-0, and CEC Lumberjacks 5-1.  While the Northern Stars game was pretty lopsided, the CEC game wasn't decided until Stillwater turned their game way up in the third period, extending a 2-1 two period lead to the 5-1 victory over the 'Jacks.

Stillwater's Amanda Cartony scored 3 goals between the two games

Janessa Philipczyk scored a goal each night

Goaltender Marah Sobczak (making this save) allowed just one goal in two games

More pictures from the CEC game, with the CEC bias of course.

More from the Duluth game, a little of both from that game.

CEC Lumberjack Girls Hockey Shuts Out Forest Lake 5-0

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The CEC Girls opened their 09-10 season at Forest Lake, November 17, 2009 with a 5-0 victory over the Rangers. Jessie Ryan and Melissa Clark each scored twice, with Savannah Hanson scoring as well. Courtney Esse picked up 3 assists, while Carley Esse and Kara Cresap had an assist each. Sarah Gustafson earned the shutout for the Lumberjacks.

Esko, Hibbing Dominate 7AA Volleyball Semi-Finals

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Esko defeated Hermantown soundly 3-0, despite Hermantown beating them twice during the season (once in a tournament), while Hibbing defeated Cloquet 3-0 section 7AA volleyball semi-final matches in Grand Rapids, November 4, 2009. Both sets of photos are on that page, just scroll below to find the Cloquet/Hibbing match.

Esko's (#10) Kayla Handevidt, Hermantown's (#5) Jessica Muehlbauer

Esko's (#4) Lydia Pelletier and (#18) Danielle Salo

Hermantown's (#7) Samantha Kallberg, Esko's (#1) Keely Deadrick and Handevidt

Cloquet's (#9) Emily Fossen "rejeted" by Hibbing (#10) Kate Lange

Cloquet's Libero (#6) Kierra Johnson diving to save a serve

UMD Women's Hockey Galleries

Click the blog title to see all the UMD Women's hockey game pictures I've shot this season...  Also check out my UMD Women's Hockey Fans blog for game results and picture links



This season I'm shooting UMD Women's hockey games for another section of my website. This season the UMD women are playing with less players, while a bunch of them are off getting ready for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.


UMD Captain Saara Tuominen vs Robert Morris University

Cloquet's Kirsti Hakala returned to the Bulldogs for her senior season after playing for Wisconsin-Superior 2 seasons ago and sitting out last season.

Two Freshmen, Audrey Cournoyer (10) and Katie Wilson (9) celebrate a goal vs St. Cloud State

German goaltender Jenny Harss makes a save against North Dakota

Duluth's Gina Dodge has been getting a lot of ice time and taking a lot of important faceoffs, including powerplays and shorthanded.

The next chance to see the UMD Women at home is November 21/22 against Minnesota-State Mankato

Cloquet Volleyball Opens Playoffs with 3-0 Win

On October 13th, Cloquet dominated Proctor, winning 3 games to 0. October 28th was no different as the Lumberjacks dominated Proctor again winning 3 games to 0 in the first round of the 7AA playoffs.


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#8 Duluth Central Upsets #1 Seed Cloquet 7AAAA Football Playoffs

8th seed Duluth Central used a 3 headed monster of QB #27 Steve Knuth, RB #23 Luke Johannessen, and FB #44 Joey Janchar, to control the ball in the first half and build a 20-0 lead before Cloquet finally got on the board in the 4th quarter. RaRa Jones and Corbin Morse caught Tyler Tollerud touchdown passes in the 4th quarter but the defense couldn't make one last stand to get the ball back in the last 3 minutes, thus Central won over #1 seed Cloquet 20-14.

I didn't get a ton of really good photos, there was a lot of running up the middle of the field.  Click the blog title to view what I got for game photos.

Cloquet Girls Soccer Wins Section 7A Championship

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In their third meeting of the year (each team won a match), the Lumberjacks knocked beat the Eskomos 2-1 at Public Schools Stadium in Duluth, to win the Section 7A championship and return to the state tournament. Lena Swander scored in the first half off a Courtney Esse pass for Cloquet, putting a ball just under the crossbar, while Kate Marquis scored for Esko/Carlton early in the second half to tie the game. Cloquet's Jessie Ryan scored the game winner not too long after on a 60+ yard solo sprint to the net, putting a shot to the far post and past the goaltender for the 2-1 lead.






Cloquet's Lena Swander

Cloquet's Jessie Ryan the go-ahead/game winning goal sequence

The view FANS get at Public Schools Stadium in Duluth on nice evenings

Cloquet Volleyball Beats Proctor 3-0

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The Cloquet volleyball team ended the home portion of it's regular season in style, dominating the Proctor Rails, winning 3 games to 0 October 13, 2009.

Cloquet Girls Soccer Beats Duluth Marshall 2-0

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The Lumberjacks scored a goal in each half to beat Duluth Marshall 2-0 at Hilltop Park in Cloquet, October 11, 2009. Emily Johnson and Hailey Basset scored for the Lumberjacks, who hit 3 crossbars and a post in the game as well.

Esko/Carlton Beat Cloquet 3-2

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Cloquet scored a goal in each the first (Haley Bassett) and second half (Lena Swander), but Esko Carlton scored three goals after Swander's goal, by Amanda Bergstedt, Kate Marquis, and Tess Mattson to win the game 3-2.

Esko/Carlton's Kate Marquis (#10) and Cloquet's Emily Johnson battle for the ball.

Cloquet's Jessie Ryan (#19) and Esko/Carlton's Lisa Westerback #18

Cloquet's Lena Swander

Cloquet Volleyball Beats Carlton 3 Games to 1

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I didn't shoot much and only ended up posting 6 pictures from Cloquet's volleyball victory over the Carlton Bulldogs... was busy getting Minnesota Twins updates in the tie-breaker game vs Detroit.

Cloquet Volleyball Sweeps Duluth Denfeld 3 Games 0

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The Lumberjacks volleyball team defeated Denfeld 3 games to 0 on parents night




 

 

 

Cloquet Boys Soccer Loses 2-0 to Duluth Marshall

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Marshall School got second half goals from Gunnar Sengbush and Connor Erickson to beat the Lumberjack boys soccer team 2-0 in an extremely windy & cold match at Hilltop Park in Cloquet, October 1, 2009.