David Colburn

1 week ago | timberjay.com | David Colburn

REGIONAL- A return trip to the state tournament wasn’t in the cards this year for the Northeast Range/Ely girls golf team, as they placed third in the 7A sectional tournament in McGregor on Tuesday. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley took the team title and state berth with a stroke total of 830, well clear of runner-up Pine River-Backus at 861. The Nighthawks finished well back of that with a 917.

1 week ago | timberjay.com | David Colburn

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2025 11:15 am Aside from actually teaching, there’s nothing I love more from my years in education than graduations. The pomp and circumstance of that consequential right of passage never fails to inspire, no matter the level.

1 week ago | timberjay.com | David Colburn

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:45 pm REGIONAL- The North Woods boys golf team gave the field a run for its money at Tuesday’s 7A sectional tournament in McGregor, with state-tourney qualifier Gage Aune pacing the team to third in the eight team competition. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley breezed to the team title with a score of 624, but the Grizzlies and Deer River had a heated battle for second. The Warriors’ tally of 359 edged North Woods by a single stroke after the first round, but the...

1 week ago | timberjay.com | David Colburn

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:47 pm CHISHOLM- The North Woods baseball team came roaring out of the gate Tuesday in the 7A sectional tournament, scoring a 7-2 win over Mt. Iron-Buhl and a 5-4 upset of higher-seeded Chisolm to advance in the winner’s bracket for Thursday’s tournament action. The win in the opener against MIB was the third victory of the season for the Grizzlies over the Rangers. After giving up a pair of runs in the top of the first, North Woods got things rolling in the...

1 week ago | timberjay.com | David Colburn

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:44 pm REGIONAL- In a marathon 7A sectional tournament game last Thursday where both teams refused to give in, North Woods was the team that finally cracked, giving up a two-out 12th inning single to Mt. Iron-Buhl in a 12-11 loss that knocked North Woods out of the tourney. The tenth-seeded Grizzlies were looking for their second upset win of the tournament against the sixth-seeded Rangers, having dispatched No. 7 Cromwell-Wright 11-9 in the opening round. A...