HERMANTOWN- The top-seeded Ely Timberwolves cashed their third consecutive ticket to the Class A state championship volleyball tourney on Saturday with a 3-0 win over upstart No. 3-seed Bigfork. The …

MINNEAPOLIS – Ely sophomore Molly Brophy had the highest finish among the three Ely and three North Woods runners competing in the Class A cross country championships in Minneapolis on …

VIRGINIA— The Timberwolves made short work of South Ridge last Wednesday as they beat the second-seeded Panthers in straight sets, 25-12, 25-16, 25-13, to clinch their fourth straight berth in …

ELY— Will the Timberwolves claim the Section 7A volleyball title for a fourth year in a row? That answer remained unknown as of the Timberjay’s Wednesday press time. The Wolves were set …

REGIONAL- North Country high school volleyball is on the radar of the state’s coaches. That was apparent this week with the announcement that two of the area’s finest players have been …

REGIONAL- Six area cross country runners— three from Ely and three from North Woods— will be competing in the Class A state championships in Minneapolis this Saturday after turning in …

BIGFORK- “The one that got away” is supposed to be a fishing story, not a volleyball lament, but it’s a phrase that will linger into the offseason for the North Woods Grizzlies …

LITTLEFORK- If ever the North Woods Grizzlies had it too good in Tuesday’s 42-38 sectional playoff loss to Littlefork-Big Falls, it might have been on their next to last possession of the game. …

REGIONAL- The Ely Timberwolves and North Woods Grizzlies took care of business against lower seeds on Tuesday and advanced to the next round of play in the Section 7A volleyball tournament. The No. …

BRAHAM— The Timberwolves largely held their own in the early going of their Section 7A playoff opener here, but a big Bombers’ third quarter put a cap on a disappointing season for Ely. …

REGIONAL- As expected, the Ely Timberwolves will be the team to beat in the Section 7A volleyball tourney that gets underway next Tuesday. Although Section 7A has two subsections with number one …

REGIONAL- The Ely and North Woods football teams drew identical No. 6 seeds in their playoff brackets for next week, but face remarkably different challenges when they each take the field on Tuesday. …

CLOQUET—Ely’s high school and junior high mountain bikers wrapped up their regular season races as Team BOREALIS competed here on Oct. 5 and 6. Forty-three teams, with nearly 1,000 riders …

REGIONAL- Ely’s Caid Chittum ran to the championship of the Iron Range Conference cross country meet on Oct. 8, with teammate Molly Brophy taking second in the girls’ race. Chittum led …

GRAND RAPIDS—Competing against a huge field in Grand Rapids this past Saturday, Anna Larson and Via DeBeltz both posted top ten finishes in three different individual events to lift Northeast …

ELY— The Timberwolves put the icing on the cake here on Monday as they wrapped up their regular season without a loss to a Section 7 team. Monday’s win over Cook County was one of the …

REGIONAL- North Woods senior running back Kaden Gornick etched his name in Grizzlies football lore on Friday with a scintillating 96-yard touchdown run, the first of an eight-touchdown avalanche as …

FIELD TWP- The North Woods volleyball team tuned up Tuesday for the upcoming sectional tournament by polishing off the Fond du Lac Ojibwe 3-0 in their regular season finale at North Woods. With Fond …

REGIONAL- Three North Woods cross country runners scored all-conference honors for their performances at the Polar League championship meet at Pincushion Trails in Grand Marais on Oct. 10. The meet …

ELY— Early mistakes proved fatal for the Timberwolves here as Barnum took advantage in a 44-8 rout last Friday night. “Barnum is a well-run team,” said Ely Head Coach Louie Gerzin. …

FIELD TWP – Fans of big play football games got their fill at Friday’s North Woods home football game against Cherry, but the Tigers came up with far more of them in chalking up a 47-12 …

ELY— Homecoming proved a home drubbing for the Timberwolves this past Friday as Deer River racked up more than 340 yards of offense enroute to a 37-8 victory before a large homecoming crowd. …

ELY- Over 400 high school and junior high cross country runners swarmed the Ely Golf Course last Thursday for the annual Ely Invitational meet to run under a partly-cloudy sky and favorably cool …

ELY— The Timberwolves continued their dominance in Section 7A volleyball action this past week, notching six more match wins, including four straight victories on Saturday to take first at the …

FIELD TWP- It was a mixed bag for the North Woods volleyball team this past week as the Grizzlies went 2-2 at a tournament at Mesabi East on Saturday and picked up a convincing 3-0 road win at …