Category Archives: Duluth News Tribune

David vs. Goliath

This past weekend marked the end of my month-long swing through the state tournaments of Wisconsin and Minnesota as I traveled down to Minneapolis to shoot the Grand Rapids boys basketball team play for the Class AAA championship.  The Thunderhawks, despite being ranked third, did not earn one of the top four seeds.  The logic...

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Minnesota State Boys Hockey: The Finals

This is the day everyone has been waiting for.  It’s a day that has existed only in dreams for many of the kids taking to the ice in the title games Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.  For a state that almost treats hockey as a religion, this is as close as...

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MN State Boys Hockey Day Three: A game for the ages

I’ve learned throughout my years of covering sports that it’s not wise to leave until the buzzer has sounded.  In 2005, the Wisconsin football team blocked a Minnesota punt in the final seconds and recovered it in the endzone to complete an improbable win.  A few weeks prior to that, the Badgers sacked Kyle Orton...

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Minnesota Boys State Hockey Day Two

Thursday was a pretty fun day at the Minnesota state boys hockey tournament. It was a long day and I was wiped out at the end, but I was happy to be able to grab some nice images and beat some insane deadlines for the last game. Duluth East and Hill-Murray faced off in the...

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