Brandon Veale

Duluth

Sports Editor at Duluth News Tribune

Sports Editor of @Duluthnews, but this account still full of sports takes, song parodies and puns. Still striving to be a better Christian, human and friend.

Articles

Calls From Home: Esko’s Furcht a fine 49er

2 weeks ago | pinejournal.com | Brandon Veale

Esko native Noah Furcht has been an everyday presence in the lineup for Division I Charlotte’s baseball program. At the conclusion of the regular season, Furcht has started all but one game of 52 for the 49ers, posting a .254 batting average with six homers and 27 RBIs as the team’s primary right fielder. Furcht, a senior, recently went 2-for-4 and scored three times in a win at Rice on May 4.
Calls From Home: Esko’s Furcht a fine 49er

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Brandon Veale

Esko native Noah Furcht has been an everyday presence in the lineup for Division I Charlotte’s baseball program. At the conclusion of the regular season, Furcht has started all but one game of 52 for the 49ers, posting a .254 batting average with six homers and 27 RBIs as the team’s primary right fielder. Furcht, a senior, recently went 2-for-4 and scored three times in a win at Rice on May 4.
CEC defenseman Karson Young picks Bulldogs

3 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb |Brandon Veale

Cloquet-Esko-Carlton blue line standout Karson Young plans to continue his college career close to home, as the defenseman announced a commitment to the Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey program via social media on Wednesday. The decision wasn’t exactly hard for Young, growing up in Cloquet and watching some of the other Lumberjack greats that suited up for the UMD. “The Bulldogs have always been a special team in my eyes,” Young said.
Calls From Home: Super sub Casey pushing Waterloo to USHL finals

4 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Brandon Veale

A Grand Rapids Thunderhawk, called in to play in goal on relatively short notice, has led his new USHL team into the league’s championship series. Carter Casey joined up with the USHL Waterloo Blackhawks after the end of the high school season and, after injuries to two goalies in front of him, has stepped up spectacularly as Waterloo reached the Clark Cup finals, scheduled to start on Friday night.
Calls From Home: Denfeld's Rudd swims for Gophers at NCAAs

1 month ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Brandon Veale

Duluth Denfeld alum Joe Rudd represented the University of Minnesota at the NCAA men’s swimming and diving championships in the Seattle area in late March. Rudd was part of a 400-yard medley relay team that finished 25th in 3 minutes, 6.36 seconds. Earlier in the season, Rudd finished 11th in the 200-yard breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships, which Minnesota hosted. He swam a 1:54.24 in that event on March 1, capping off a competition in which Minnesota was fifth overall.
Calls From Home: CEC's Stewart takes part in hockey marathon

1 month ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Brandon Veale

As the college hockey season concluded earlier this month in St. Louis, athletes from throughout the Northland made a mark on the 2024-25 season. The deepest run of all of them came in Division III women’s hockey, where Augsburg made a noteworthy run to a league championship and the Frozen Four, with Esko native Tenley Stewart on the blue line. Stewart, a junior and alternate captain, posted two goals and 10 assists on the season.
Dropkin, Peterson lift USA Curling championships

Feb 2, 2025 | duluthnewstribune.com | Brandon Veale

DULUTH — Curling stones are heavy, roughly 42 pounds of dense granite from a single island in Scotland. The trophies that go to USA Curling’s men’s and women’s champions are heavier still, recently refurbished triple-decker towers that require many hands just to hold up.
Casper completes clean sweep, but curling playoffs await

Jan 31, 2025 | duluthnewstribune.com | Brandon Veale

DULUTH — Daniel Casper skipped his four-man curling team to an unbeaten record through seven matches at the USA Curling Men’s & Women’s Nationals. But after shaking hands early with Korey Dropkin and his team on Friday after putting them away 9-3 in just six ends, he and the other teams in Saturday’s playoffs have only earned a ticket out of the proverbial frying pan and into the fire.
Shuster, Dropkin teams roll in first curling Nationals test

Jan 28, 2025 | duluthnewstribune.com | Brandon Veale

DULUTH — Both of last year’s finalists, Team Shuster and Team Dropkin, got off to successful starts in the opening games at the USA Curling Men’s and Women’s Nationals at the DECC Arena on Monday night. Dropkin’s team scored in each of the first five ends in a 11-2 rout of Team Dunnam, which Team Shuster won 9-2 over Team Sinnett, but only after a six-pointer in the eighth end put the game away. “I think our team had a great mindset going into the game.
House comes home to Duluth at curling nationals

Jan 24, 2025 | duluthnewstribune.com | Brandon Veale

DULUTH — Other than perhaps baseball, the concept of “home” is more deeply ingrained in curling than most other sports. After all, that circle of rings the curlers are aiming at is called “the house.” But home can sometimes be a rare experience for elite American curlers. They go where the competition is, whether it be Saskatchewan or Switzerland.