Hermantown Star

ALS walleye tourney

The annual ALS walleye fishing tourney was held Saturday at Island Lake. Doug and Saint Laurent of Hermantown won the event this year. The father-son team had a total weight of 12.05 pounds with six walleyes caught. It was less than a pound more than runner-up Frank Amendola Jr. and Kevin Amendola of Duluth, who had 11.26 pounds. The Laurents had one walleye that came in at 6.92 pounds.

This is the 13th year of the event, which continues to raise important dollars to help find a cure for ALS.

1st and 15

The Hermantown boys’ golf team is making its first trip to the state meet. Hawks’ softball is making trip number 15.

Both will start action this Thursday. The golfers (along with girls’ individual Haley Wolfe) will tee off at the The Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan throughout the morning and early afternoon. The 18-hole "Ridges" course at the Ridges At Sand Creek facility in Jordan,  features 6,936 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 73.1 and it has a slope rating of 133 on Blue grass.  Designed by Joel Goldstrand, the Ridges golf course opened in 2000. If you are looking to make the trip, the number at the golf course is (952) 492-2644.

Brett Ludwig will tee off at hole No. 1 at 11:49 a.m. Tom Cox will tee off at 12:16 p.m. Kyle Gustofson will tee off at 12:43 p.m. Alex Kolquist will tee off at 1:01 p.m.

Andrew Oakes will tee off at hole No. 10 at 12:16 p.m. Trevor DeRoche will tee off at 1:10 p.m.

Wolfe tees of at 7:48 a.m. at hole No. 10.

The softball team starts action at 1 p.m. at Caswell Park in North Mankato. The second game is at 7 p.m. The championship game is Friday at 1 p.m.

Golfers head to state

The Hermantown boys golf team won the Section 7AA team title Tuesday with a final score of 622. For the first time in school history, the Hawks will play in the state meet, which gets underway Thursday, June 5 at Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan.

Alex Kolquist led the way for Hermantown, tying for the top stop with a score of 151 for 36 holes.

Haley Wolfe advanced as an individual for the girls, shooting a 184 for 36 holes and finishing third overall.

Check out more results in Thursday’s Hermantown Star.

Powerful voices

Hermantown High School Vocal Music Department held a pop concert Thursday in the auditorium. Will Klein performed a song he wrote in honor of his mother, who passed away from cancer in 1992. He received a standing ovation from the crowd for his moving piece. Students sang 19 different tunes that showed the variety of talent and depth of the performers. Ken Ahlberg directed the show.

499 and counting

The Hermantown softball squad defeated Hibbing 19-1 in five innings Tuesday to advance in the Section 7AA playoffs. With the Hawks win, coach Tom Bang picked up win No. 499. Hermantown hopes its only coach will finish with over 500 wins for his career by the time the season ends. The Hawks face Moose Lake-Willow River in the quarterfinal round today at 3 p.m. in Cohasset.

Prom 2008

Hermantown High School held its annual prom Saturday at the DECC. Joe LeGarde and Danica Lowry were one of 108 couples to take part in the grand march. Check out more photos in our Photos of the Week album.

Kids for Hunger

Peace in Christ Lutheran Church in Hermantown held a Kids for Hunger event Saturday to help package food for distribution both locally and internationally. The goal was to fill 80,000 pages of food. Volunteers helped with the bagging of the food. Check out more photos in our Photos of the Week section . More information on the event will be in the May 22 issue of the Hermantown Star.

Radio show

Five Hermantown High School seniors will be part of a radio show on Wednesday, May 21, from 6-9 p.m. on WKLK Radio (96.5 FM) in Cloquet.

The students will take over the station and dedicate the three-hour program to the graduating class. 

Students participating are  Sarah Berg,  Chelsey Hausch, Tim Crossmon,  Elliot Carlson and Danica Lowry.

Hawks win LSC golf title

Tom Cox putts for the Hawks during the final round of the Lake Superior Conference golf tournament Wednesday at Northland Country Club. The Hermantown boys won the 2008 LSC golf title with a team score of 636, 11 strokes better than second-place Duluth Denfeld. Cox finished with an 83 for 18 holes on the day.

The Hawk girls finished second overall with a team score of 842. Duluth Marshall won the girls’ title with a score of 732.

Pick up the May 22 copy of the Hermantown Star for more photos and scores for the LSC tournament.

All they do is win

The Hermantown Hawks stayed undefeated with wins over Ashland and Esko Thursday at home. The softball team continues to pile up the victories season after season, yet rarely does the local squad get a state ranking until late in the season, if at all. If you enjoy great softball, check out the squad this month and be treated to some great play on the field.