It's said that the harder you work, the luckier you get. The Hill City/Northland Storm would put hard work up against Friday the 13th and the Vikings from Littlefork-Big Falls.
The Hill City-Northland Storm topped the Wrenshall Wrens by a point in a home field match-up. The Storm jumped out to a 14-7 halftime lead with the defense stepping up to slow the Wrenshall offense, allowing no passing yards at all and two interceptions - both by Vinny Ruschmeier.
Culture, Attitude and Development is the name of the game this season for the Northland Eagles Volleyball team. With a young team that has a lot of heart, the Eagles are showing that they can make things happen when they work together as one.
After starting the season 3-1 the Northland Eagles boy's basketball team entered a difficult stretch of their schedule with a section game against Carlton on Tuesday and a Thursday match-up with the always tough, WHA Wolves.
Coming off the Christmas break, the Northland boy's basketball team faced two of the better programs in Class A northern Minnesota basketball over the last few decades in the Nevis Tigers and the Bigfork Huskies.
The Northland Eagles boys basketball team, like the rest of the area, has been dealing with inclement weather managing to play just three games in the last three weeks. After losing five of their last six games, the Eagles traveled to Ogilvie to take on the Tigers.
Coming off three straight victories, the Eagles welcomed the Bigfork Huskies, a team that has dominated the Northern Lakes Conference match-up in recent years.
When the schedule came out for the 2021 season with Walker, Sebeka, Deer River and Northwoods in the first four games, a 2-2 start seemed optimistic, but after starting out 4-0, the Eagles seem poised for bigger and better things.
The Eagles traveled to Walker on Thursday night to open the season against the Wolves. After a disappointing loss the previous year, the Eagles felt this was their chance to finally break through against the strong program to the west. They were not disappointed, pulling out a 65-59 victory.
The Eagles boys' basketball team keeps piling up victories with their latest wins coming against Laporte and Greenway. Last Thursday, the Eagles produced a convincing 65-33 victory over the Wildcats in a game that they jumped out to an early lead and were never threatened the rest of the way.
After some last-minute schedule changes that saw the Eagles drop Southridge and pick Class AA International Falls, the team traveled north to take on the Broncos on Wednesday night.
