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For the second time in a month, the Thunder won a close game against Itasca Community College. The difference from the double overtime game in January was, the Thunder came from behind twice and won the game 68-67 in regulation. The Thunder were down 11-0 in the first 3:23 and 15-3 after the first 8 minutes, before going on a 16-7 run over the next 5 minutes. Down by only 1 at halftime the second half was back and forth with the Thunder having a 51-48 lead with 9:22 left, then down 63-56 with only 3:33 remaining in the game. A 12-4 Thunder run capped by a Curtis Houle 3 with 20 seconds left gave the Thunder their 68-67 win. Itasca's Jared Sutherland had one final shot at the game winner but had the ball stolen by the Thunder's Justin Roberts to seal the victory at the Lester Jack Briggs Cultural Center Gymnasium.
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The Lumberjacks lost to the Duluth East Greyhounds 4-3 at the CARC February 9, 2010. Duluth East got off to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Kenny Mellin and Nate Repensky. The Lumberjacks answered in the second period on goals by Jack McFarlane and Adam Hanson. Dom Toninato scored twice in the third period, to give Duluth East a 4-2 lead. With 1:08 left in the third period, and goaltender John Scheuer pulled, the Lumberjacks put immense pressure on Duluth East goaltender Josh Jeanetta, and Cloquet's Mark Savage buried the puck to make the score 4-3. Duluth East tried to let Cloquet tie the game, icing the puck and allowing Scheuer to be pulled again, but the Jacks couldn't get the tying goal as time ran out. Scheuer finished with 29 saves on 33 shots while Jeanetta stopped 23 of 26 shots for the win.
Corbin Morse
Adam Hanson
Jack McFarlane
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The Lumberjacks got a 51 save performance from goaltender John Scheuer, and an overtime goal from Mark Savage to defeat the Hermantown Hawks 3-2 at the Cloquet Area Recreation Center. Connor Hady opened the scoring for Hermantown, and was answered by a Jack McFarlane powerplay goal. Tony Wilcox gave the Jacks a 2-1 lead, which was then answered by the Hawks Cody Christopherson. Tyler Ampe stopped 23 of 26 Cloquet shots in the loss.
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On Senior night, the Lumberjacks defeated the Hibbing/Chisholm Bluejackets 1-0 at the CARC February 1, 2010. Courtney Esse scored the Cloquet goal on a backhand in the first period, for the only goal of the game. Sarah Gustafson got the shutout win for the Lumberjacks, and Dory Johnson for the Bluejackets took the loss, despite stopping 37 of 38 shots she faced.
They played a great overall game but the Lumberjacks lost 2-1 to a tough Andover team at the CARC, January 30, 2010. Cal Decowski scored in the first period for Andover, and Nick Michaud scored in the second period for Cloquet. Taylor Portner scored the game winning goal for Andover with 19 seconds left in the third period.
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The Lumberjack girls hockey team, behind 24 Nicole Lund saves, shut out the Duluth Northern Stars at the Heritage Center, January 28, 2010. Melissa Clark got the Jacks on the board in the second period, and Emily Gustafson scored with just over two minutes left in the third to give the 2-0 final score.
Clark celebrates her goal
Lumberjack goaltenders Nicole Lund and Sarah Gustafson
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The Thunder men defeated the Itasca CC Vikings 71-68 in Grand Rapids, January 20, 2010. The back and forth game included 13 lead changes and 11 ties, and 50 fouls called between the two teams. The Thunder made up for 12 of 26 shooting free throws by shooting 42% from 3 pt range with 11 of 26 3's made. Travis Huesers lead the Thunder with 19, while LaDarius Frazier scored 15 and Greg Gillespie scored 13. Itasca kept themselves in the game by making 24 of 38 free throws and getting 22 offensive rebounds, to make up for shooting 32%.
The Thunder women lost to Itasca in the first game....
More from the women's game
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On Friday, January 15 the Thunder women and men both dropped games to Mesabi Range CC
Women's game pics vs Mesabi
On Saturday, the Thunder women played Vermillion Community College tough in the first half, down 27-36 at halftime. The bigger Vermillion team pulled away in the second half to secure their victory.
Women's game pics vs Vermillion
On Friday, the Thunder men took Mesabi CC to two overtimes, before losing 85-81, in a fast up-and-down game in Cloquet, January 15, 2010. The night was 'wear orange' or 'orange crush' night and included door prizes and a freethrow contest for fans.
Men's game pics vs Mesabi
On Saturday, The Thunder men led Vermillion CC by 10 midway through the first half, and by 4 at halftime, Saturday, January 16, 2010. By the 8 minute mark of the second half, Vermillion had a 68-62 lead that led to an 84-72 Vermillion victory over the Thunder.
Men's game pics vs Vermillion
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The Lumberjacks got on the board first, but Superior scored three straight goals to take a 3-1 lead to intermission. The Jacks tied the game at 3, then at 4, but had no answer for Superior's 5th goal, the game winner for a 5-4 victory, despite outshooting the Spartans 39-27.
Despite 31 from Annabel Morrisroe, the Cloquet Lumberjacks basketball team lost to the Bemidji Lumberjacks in Cloquet, January 12, 2010. Six-foot-three, University of Minnesota recruit, junior Kayla Hirt scored 40 for Bemidji, and as a team they recorded a double digits in blocked shots.
Kialee Kutter with a running shot
2 of Morrisroe's 31 pts
Bemidji's Hirt at the free throw line
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Behind 38 Paige Turner saves, the Duluth Northern Stars shut out the Elk River/Zimmerman Elks 1-0 at Duluth's Heritage Sports Center, January 9, 2010. The Northern Stars goal was scored by Nikki Logergren, in the first period.
The only goal of the game
Paige Turner making one of her 38 saves
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Fox Sports North brought their High School Hockey Night to Duluth's Heritage Sports Center for a double header, with Duluth East tying Blaine 2-2, and Duluth Denfeld defeating Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 3-1. The first set of pictures on the page is East/Blaine, while the second is Denfeld/Cloquet.
Nick Bjugstad, nephew of former North Star Scott Bjugstad
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Gogebic CC from Ironwood, Michigan came to Cloquet and their men's and women's basketball teams swept the FDLTCC Thunder at the Lester Jack Brigg's Cultural Center Gymnasium.
Thunder Men's BBall Photos
Thunder Women's BBall Photos
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Teams in the 2009 Cloquet Wood City Basketball Tournament included St. Paul Humboldt's boys AND girls teams, East Central girls, Ashland girls, Duluth Central Boys, Blake School boys, and of course both the Cloquet Lumberjack boys and girls teams. This page is pictures from the first day of action.
A few players stood out from the rest.. including The Blake School's Kebu Johnson, who is only a freshman but plays much bigger than that.
Also St. Paul Humboldt (Section 1A St. Paul city-league team) sisters Angelina (Junior) and Annessa (senior) Hicks, who've played in the tournament together before have picked up their games each time they come to the Wood City Tournament.
Annessa Hicks playing defense against Cloquet
Tim Defoe starred for the Cloquet boys as they won and lost one game each, while Annabel Morrisroe did the same for the Cloquet girls
Defoe shooting a 3
Morrisroe with one of many baskets in the tournament
Hostgator emailed and already had my domain re-setup and the website is already back up and running with everything in the right place. By the end of the coming weekend, I'll have pictures added from Cloquet boys hockey's win over Park/Cottage Grove in the Duluth Denfeld hockey tournament and pictures from both boys and girls basketball games in the annual Cloquet Wood City Classic tournament. After that, everything should be back to normal with updates each night I shoot something.
I am making some server adjustments on my website and while Hostgator changes them, pages will be offline, but everything should be back up and back to normal by Thursday!
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The Lumberjack girls basketball team hosted the Hermantown Hawks, Tuesday, December 23, 2009. The teams were tied at 30 at halftime, and with 7:17 left in the second half, Hermantown was up 45-42 when they went on a 17-4 run to buzzer to win 62-46. Annabel Morrisroe and Brianna Henagin each had 15 pts for Cloquet.
Cloquet's Kialee Kutter
Brianna Henagin shooting a jumper
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The Northern Stars and Mirage skated two scoreless periods at the Hertiage Center. Mirage 8th grader Reilly Fawcett scored in the 4th minute of the third period to put PHM up 1-0. Duluth's Frankie Bergman tied the game in the middle of the period, but PHM's Abby Fox answered 21 seconds later to finish the scoring at 2-1 for the Mirage victory.
Northern Stars Goaltender Paige Turner gets a faceoff
Fawcett scoring from her knees
Mirage goaltender Anja Morris finishes strong in the 2-1 victory
