Jamey Malcomb

Duluth

Sports Reporter at Duluth News Tribune

Prep sports reporter for the Duluth News Tribune. Clemson fan and possibly the only Hornets fan in the Central Time Zone.

Articles

Marsolek-Berrisford battery keeps Hilltoppers going and going

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

DULUTH — It was the top of the seventh inning Wednesday at Wade Stadium and Duluth Marshall senior Owen Marsolek had already pitched an excellent game against Esko. Esko’s only hit through the first six innings was the leadoff batter, Bobby Thornton. Marsolek had recorded 10 strikeouts and walked just one batter and the Hilltoppers led 3-0. An impressive performance any day, but especially against the fourth-ranked Class AA team in Minnesota.
Presenting the 2025 News Tribune All-Area Girls Basketball Team

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

DULUTH — Only two girls basketball teams — Rock Ridge and Cromwell-Wright — qualified for the state tournament and both lost in the state quarterfinals, but that certainly doesn’t mean the area was starved for good basketball. Far from it. Section 7AA was perhaps the toughest section in Minnesota, regardless of class, with three teams ranked in the top 10 all season.
Chloe Johnson is ‘locked in, even when she’s going to bed’

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

DULUTH — To watch Chloe Johnson play basketball is a genuinely special thing. The Duluth Marshall phenom averaged 28.9 points per game, 9.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game. They're spectacular numbers that earned her a Class AA All-State selection, but what was truly remarkable was the consistency she played with as a freshman on a team with just one junior starting.
Aaden Westerbur, Duluth Marshall seize the moment in opener

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

DULUTH — Trailing Duluth Denfeld by a run in the bottom of the fifth inning, Duluth Marshall junior Aaden Westerbur came to the plate with the bases loaded Friday at Wade Stadium. “I saw the moment, bases loaded and I was thinking, ‘I’m the guy — I want to be here,'” he said.
Disappointment at state motivates Hibbing/Chisholm’s Tate Swanson

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

HIBBING — The 2024-25 season didn’t start the way the boys from Hibbing/Chisholm had envisioned it. The Bluejackets were highly ranked and coming off an appearance in the 2024 Section 7A final. Instead of reeling off a long win streak to start the season, Hibbing/Chisholm stumbled. They started the season 7-4, with losses to Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, another top-ranked section contender, and Orono, a regular at the Class A state tournament.
2025 News Tribune Boys Hockey All-Area team

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

The 2024-25 season was unlike any other in recent memory for Section 7. For the first time since 2008, Hermantown was denied a spot in the section title game and they failed to claim a spot in the Class A state tournament for only the second time since 2009. Instead, it was a young Hibbing/Chisholm team coming together at the right moment to send the Hawks home without a section title for the first time since 2019.
Hibbing/Chisholm’s Jace Kampsula snaps into viral fame

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

HIBBING — When Hibbing/Chisholm senior Jace Kampsula skated out during the player introductions for the Class A quarterfinal against Luverne on March 5, he was an instant hit. As the Bluejackets’ forward approached the 45TV camera at the Xcel Energy Center, he took a bite out of a Slim Jim meat stick and was immediately the talk of the state tournament. By the time Hibbing/Chisholm took to the ice for the Class A semifinal two days later, he was a viral sensation.
MSHSL shakes up Section 7AA boys hockey

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

DULUTH — Grand Rapids coach Grant Clafton will be the only coach in Section 7AA to have a section title in his pocket when teams take to the ice next season. In a round of section realignment announced Friday by the Minnesota State High School League, eight sections consisting of eight teams each were created for Class AA. Andover and Anoka will move to Section 5AA for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons without any teams to replace them.
Jamey Malcomb column: Dude, where’s my helmet?

3 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

DULUTH — There I was, face down on the ice at Portman Park, and before I attempted to stand up, I laid there a little longer and I repeated six words a couple times in my head. “Thank God I listened to Dave,” I kept thinking. It wasn’t exactly a hard fall, but somehow my head came down and slammed against the ice — something that really would have hurt me without my new headgear.
2025 News Tribune All-Area Girls Hockey Team

3 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jamey Malcomb

As the girls hockey season got going in the fall, perennial section champion Proctor/Hermantown faced an altered landscape in section 7A. The Mirage’s challenger last season, Duluth Marshall, graduated two-time All-Area Player of the Year Ilsa Lindaman and some of her talented partners like Nina Thorson and Sarah Stauber played with North Shore. Thorson and Stauber both made another All-Area team and they’re joined by Storm sophomore Berkley Hoff, who had 60 points this season.