2011 Arrowhead Leader Winter Sports Preview

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Moose LakeWillow River

is coming off astrong season as the2010-2011 PolarLeague Champions.Head Coach NeilDickenson willhave his work cutout having to re-place Polar Leaguescoring leaderTrevor Nummela,defensive specialistRyan Adamczak,as well as AdamJohnsen and NickTokar.

Taylor Mattison andCaleb Koecherreturn as starters forMoose Lake Wil-low River. Mattisonwas the leadingrebounder and shotblocker for the Reb-els last year, whileKoecher is solidin all phases of thegame.

Other returningplayers includefoot-ball phenom JakeDisterhaupt, as wellas Andy Olson,Tony Adamczak,and Peder Xiong.

Other players wholikely to contrib-ute for the Rebels include: Jon Bed-nar, Matt Mach,Ezra Szczyrbak,John Zinter, IsaacCoil, Mike Pender,Jake Indihar, KalebKamrowski, Ike Pe-terson, Kyle New-man, Grant Douglasand others.

Dickenson willstress defense asthe key to winninggames with histeam. The Rebels

Rebels replacing 9 seniorsGoal is state tournament

Moose Lake Willow River Boys BasketballHead Coach: Neil Dickenson (161-135 Career)Record last year: 27-3,Notes: 2010-11 Polar League Champs & Sect. 7AA Runner Up

will also have goodsize with 6’ 5”Taylor Mattison, 6’4” Caleb Koecherand 6’ 5” Ezra Szc-zybak. Watch for good shooting andball handling fromRebel guards.

“I am confident thisgroup will have asuccessful season. Our goal is to getto the State Tourna-ment,” states Dick-enson.

Taylor Mattison scores two. Submitted photo.

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The Rebels arecoming off

a difficult seasonafter going 9-18 in2009-2010. HeadCoach AndrewMiller enters histhird season havinglost five seniors--four of whomstarted at somepoint last season.

Coach Millerindicates that AdriJusczak has reallyimproved her gameover the summerand will be reliedupon to take hergame to a higherlevel. Watch forher to lead the team.

Point guard TaylorMiller will utilizeher skills to man-age the game anddistribute the ball.Defensive specialistShaelyn Halversonhas quickness todefend both insideand out, includingchallenging oppos-ing ball handlers.

Sam Johnson is theteams best utilityplayer, and accord-

ing to Coach Millerthe most coachablekid on the floor.Watch for Johnsonto exhibit leadershipskills throughoutthe season. OliviaBennett will useher offensive anddefensive talentsto score in doublefigures.

Other players whoshould see lots ofminutes are KalieLunde, HayleyJohnson, and KaylaRadal.Coach Miller de-tailed his plans toget to the secondround of Section

play this year inan email, “It is ourgoal to finish in thetop half of the polarleague and to playat UMD. The waythat we will be ableto do this is by hav-ing a great belief inourselves and ourteammates.” Millercontinued, “We willalso look to bring amore uptempo styleof play to the gymso that when teamsget done playing usthey will leavingsaying that it wasthe most exhaustinggame they played inall year.”

Adri Jusczak. Photo Daniel Gustafson.

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Girls to bring uptempo styleTeam looks to outlast others

Moose Lake Willow River Girls BasketballHead Coach: Andrew Miller (25-29 Career)Record last year: 9-18 overall, 2-9 conference Art’s Cafe

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After losing 6seniors to gradua-tion last year, HeadCoach Rich New-man and his Bar-num Bombers havetheir work cut outfor them.

Jake Naslund willreturn this year ina leadership rolefor the Bombers.During the 2010-11season, Naslundaveraged 10 pointsper game. DannyWarpula is also ex-pected to contributesubstantially, as headded 6 points pergame last year.

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Working hard togetherTeamwork and defense

Barnum Boys BasketballHead Coach: Rich Newman (268-92 career)Record last year: 22-7

look for BobbyMinkkinen, Bran-don King and JakeBlummer to seesubstantial playingtime whle addingenergy and talent tothe team. Addition-ally, Sam Andersonand Brandon New-man are underclass-man who should

develop this year.

Coach Nemanstates, “Our teamis about defense,teamwork andworking hard to-gether. We hope tobecome the best BBteam we possiblycan.”

12/9/2011 Cromwell 7:1512/16/2011 Silver Bay (Kelley) 6:3012/17/2011 at New Life Academy 2:4512/20/2011 at McGregor 7:1512/22/2011 at Proctor 7:1512/27/2011 Two Harbors 7:1512/29/2011 Pine River-Backus 7:151/3/2012 at Wrenshall 7:151/6/2012 Carlton 7:151/10/2012 Moose Lake/WR 7:151/12/2012 at Pine City 7:151/19/2012 Aitkin 7:151/20/2012 at Floodwood 7:151/24/2012 at Cromwell 7:151/27/2012 Wrenshall 7:151/30/2012 at Two Harbors 7:152/3/2012 at Cook County 6:302/6/2012 at Carlton 7:152/9/2012 at Hill City 7:152/10/2012 McGregor 7:152/13/2012 Pillager 6:302/17/2012 at Esko 7:152/24/2012 at Moose Lake/WR 7:152/25/2012 Hinckley-Finlayson 2:002/28/2012 at East Central 7:153/2/2012 at South Ridge 7:15

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11/29/2011 at Cromwell 7:1512/2/2011 at Cloquet 7:1512/5/2011 at Mountain Iron 7:1512/12/2011 Grand Rapids 7:1512/13/2011 Prairie Seeds Acad. 7:1512/16/2011 Silver Bay 4:4512/17/2011 at New Life Academy 1:0012/19/2011 East Central 7:1512/22/2011 Isle 7:1512/27/2011 Two Harbors 5:4512/29/2011 Pine River-Backus 5:451/3/2012 Floodwood 7:151/5/2012 at Carlton 7:151/9/2012 at Moose Lake/WR 7:151/13/2012 Prairie Seeds Acad. 7:151/16/2012 Mountain Iron-Buhl 7:151/17/2012 at Duluth Denfeld 7:151/19/2012 at Floodwood 7:151/23/2012 Cromwell 7:151/26/2012 at Wrenshall 7:151/30/2012 at Hibbing 7:152/2/2012 7:152/3/2012 at Cook County 4:452/9/2012 at McGregor 7:152/13/2012 at Hermantown 7:152/16/2012 Esko 7:152/23/2012 Moose Lake/WR 7:15

Playing both ends of the floorGoal is making state tourney

Barnum Girls BasketballHead Coach: Randy Myrhe (654-150 Career)Record last year: 26-4


“I’ve been in thisbusiness a longtime,” says Bar-num Girls Basket-ball Coach RandyMyhre. Indeed hehas. The veteranCoach has beenwith Barnum since1978, and guidedhis team to the StateTitle in 2010.

This season, CoachMyhre will have toreplace 3 starters,and talked about his4 captains when theArrowhead caughtup with him. “Wehave the twins, theRodgers sisters,Caitlin and Claireas well as KatieMyhre, and ClaudiaTurner,” stated theCoach.

“They can play,both ends of thefloor. They are allveterans, Clairecan get the ball tothe rim against anykind of defense.She played a sig-nificant roll on the2010 State Title

team. Caitlin Rodg-ers does the littlethings, keepingballs alilve, boxingout, hustling forevery ball.”

Barnum fans shouldalso watch forCladia Turner, the team’s point guardas Coach Myrheindicates she can get to the rim, andfinish.

Coach Myrhe alsohas the pleasure ofCoacing his daugh-ter Katie, a 3rd year starter and his 3rd

Jake Naslund. Submitted photo.

daughter throughthe program.Watch for theBombers to dowell this season, as the team’s goal isto make the StateTourney.

Coach M. elaborat-ed, “We have some very skilled playerswho have playeda lot of basketball.Our goal is to winthe Polar Leaguetitle and get in theState tournement.Anything short ofthat, and we are notreaching our goal.”

Daron Mainville. Photo Daniel Gustafson

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After recordingan 11-15 seasonin 2010-2011, theCromwell-Wrightbasketball team willfeature a pair of re-turning starters andsome fresh faces asit looks to improveover last season.

Senior Center JakeRamberg and juniorpoint guard JaredHutar will returnas starters for theCardinal this year.Ramberg contrib-uted 10.4 points and7.3 rebounds pergame, and Hutaraveraged 4.9 pointsper game.

Along with the tworeturning starters,Austin Johnsonshould contributesubstantially to theteam. The seniorforward is athletic,a good perimetershooter, and can putit on the floor.

2011-12 Boys Basket-ball Schedule

12/9/2011 at Barnum 7:1512/12/2011 Wrenshall 7:1512/16/2011 MLWR 7:1512/20/2011 at Silver Bay 6:1512/29/2011 at Pillager TBD12/30/2011 at Pillager TBD1/3/2012 at Hill City 7:151/6/2012 Cook County 6:151/9/2012 Mountain Iron-Buhl 7:151/10/2012 McGregor 7:151/13/2012 Carlton 7:151/17/2012 at Cook County 4:451/24/2012 Barnum 7:151/27/2012 at Floodwood 7:151/30/2012 at South Ridge 7:152/3/2012 at Wrenshall 7:152/4/2012 Lakeview Academy 4:302/7/2012 at Northland 7:152/10/2012 Two Harbors 7:152/14/2012 at Carlton 7:152/17/2012 McGregor 7:152/21/2012 Floodwood 7:152/24/2012 Esko 7:153/2/2012 East Central H.S. 7:15

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Ramberg to lead CardinalsCoach expects improvement throughout

Cromwell-Wright Boys BasketballHead Coach: Bill Pocernich (192-164 career)Record last year: 11-15

According to CoachPocernich, JoshOliver, Alex Haka-maki, Jo Couture,Keegan Warner andJustin Smith arejuniors who willcompete for playingtime.

Pocernich statedin an email, “Asalways, our teamwill be built on self-

lessness, working hard, and improvingevery day, both asplayers and people.I expect our teamto be very competi-tive and to have alot of fun improv-ing throughout theseason.”

Building on successTeam anxiously awaiting challenges

Cromwell-Wright Girls BasketballHead Coach: Terry Sawdey (11-15 Career)Record last year: 11-15


After recordingan 11-15 seasonin 2010-2011, theCromwell-Wrightbasketball team willfeature a pair of re-turning starters andsome fresh faces asit looks to improveover last season.

Senior Center JakeRamberg and juniorpoint guard JaredHutar will returnas starters for theCardinal this year.Ramberg contrib-uted 10.4 points and7.3 rebounds pergame, and Hutaraveraged 4.9 pointsper game.

Along with the tworeturning starters,Austin Johnsonshould contributesubstantially to theteam. The seniorforward is athletic,a good perimetershooter, and can putit on the floor.

Ramberg to lead CardinalsCoach expects improvement throughout

Cromwell-Wright Boys BasketballHead Coach: Bill Pocernich (192-164 career)Record last year: 11-15

According to CoachPocernich, JoshOliver, Alex Haka-maki, Jo Couture,Keegan Warner andJustin Smith arejuniors who willcompete for playingtime.

Pocernich statedin an email, “Asalways, our teamwill be built on self-

lessness, working hard, and improvingevery day, both asplayers and people.I expect our teamto be very competi-tive and to have alot of fun improv-ing throughout theseason.”

2011-12 Girls Basket-ball Schedule

11/29/2011 Barnum 7:1512/1/2011 at Northland 7:30 12/5/2011 at Wrenshall 7:1512/8/2011 East Central 7:15 12/12/2011 at Mountain Iron 7:1512/15/2011 at Moose Lake/WR 7:15 12/20/2011 at Silver Bay 4:45 12/22/2011 South Ridge 7:15 12/27/2011 at Ogilvie Tourney TBD 12/28/2011 at Ogilvie Tourney TBD1/3/2012 Hill City 7:15 1/6/2012 Cook County 4:45 1/9/2012 at McGregor 7:151/12/2012 Carlton 7:151/17/2012 at Cook County 4:451/23/2012 at Barnum 7:151/26/2012 Floodwood 7:151/30/2012 South Shore 7:152/2/2012 Wrenshall 7:15 2/6/2012 at Floodwood 7:152/9/2012 at Two Harbors 7:152/13/2012 at Carlton 7:152/16/2012 McGregor 7:152/23/2012 at Esko 7:15

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Cromwell-WrightGirls Basket-ball Coach TerrySawdey is enteringher second year asHead Coach for theCardinals. Sawdeywill have to replacetwo starters thisyear, and has fourgirls who are likelyto contribute sub-stantially this year.

Sisters MaKayleighand Allie Cahoonwill play and loga lot of minutesthis years. SeniorMarlene Westerwill also be vital tothe teams success.“Both MaKayleighand Marlene aremore than capable,”stated Sawdey in aninterview.

Also watch forJuniors BrittanyJohnson and Chris-tina Stenson to getmore playing time

that last year.

“This year we arelooking to step itup and build uponthe success we hadlast year,” statesSawdey. “Last yearthere were very fewplayers that had var-sity minutes. It was

also my first year ashead coach.”

The team will alsoface new challengesas they will hap toplay in Section 7.“We are anxiouslyawaiting those chal-lenges!”

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Cisars line 1, Gasserts line 2...Another strong season expected

Moose Lake Area Boys HockeyHead Coach: Josh Gamst (18-8-1 Career)Record last year: 18-8-1


Moose Lake AreaBoys hockey had astrong season lastyear under thenfreshman CoachJosh Gamst. CoachGamst and his teamplan to be back inforce this year afterlosing 3 seniors, in-cluding the startinggoaltender.

Figuring stronglyin the plans forthe Rebels are theCisars--brothersJosh and Tyler, aswell as cousin Jakeon the first line.The Gassert broth-ers of Chris, Mike,and Steven also areslated to contributeheavily.

“They will be funto watch--this yearthey will really begood,” indicatedCoach Gamst in atelephone interview.“Those are our firsttwo lines. We are

looking for the third line to step up.”

Also look forSophomore JohnEvanson to playdefense and forward for the Rebels, as well as SpencerClough who is aSenior defenseman.

Freshman Jessie Graham will con-tribute on defense,and has a goodknowledge of thegame, accordingto Coach Gamst.

“In time he will bea good player forus. He played lastyear as an eighthgrader.”

“We hope to contin-ue on with a goodrecord. Learning on and off the ice,how to deal withadversity--it’s more than just a gameof hockey,” Gamststated. “We hope toget on a good rideand run with it.”

Lady Rebels replace 5 seniorsHardest working team on ice

Moose Lake Area Girls HockeyHead Coach: Joe MohelskyRecord last year: 7-8-0


The Moose LakeArea Girls hockeyteam figures tohave another stonrgseason, accord-ing to Coach JoeMohelsky. “Lastyear was our bestyet,” he stated in atelephone interview.Mohelsy is enteringhis 6th season asHead Coach.

The Rebels lost 5starters--including3 senior captains,so the Rebels willhave their work cutout for them. “Welost 75% of our of-fensive power fromlast year,” contin-ued Mohelsky.

Erim Mollberg isa returning Juniorfirst line center whois very skilled withthe puck, and is thequickest player onthe team. CoachMohelsky expectsher to put a lot ofpoints up on theboard.

Maggie Unzen isalso likely to con-

tribute points, andwas the teams 3rdleading scorer lastyear.

Senior EmilleeFranken is alsoexpected to contrib-ute.

Freshman Chey-anne Wilson cur-rently plays startingdefense on the JVteam, and is ex-pected to contributeon the Varsity teamthis year offensive-ly. “She is a greatskater, and has greateyes and aware-ness,” indciated

Mohelsky.

Freshman KarinaCisar is also ex-pected to contrib-ute with some firstline playing time.

“We are all abouthard work andhaving fun. Everynight I challengethe girls to be thehardest workingteam on the ice,”stated Coach M.“It’s bluc colarhockey. We workhard every shift.”

Josh Cisar. Photo Daniel Gustafson.

Karina Cisar. Photo Daniel Gustafson

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SUPER SEVEN QUIZ 11-48“My Old Kentucky Home”

1) When she sang "Come On AMy House" maybe Rose-mary____________ was alluding to her Kentucky birth-place?

2) Born in Rosine, Kentucky, Bill Monroe, is considered"the father of ________ music, a word that also describesthe state of Kentucky and a type of lawn seed.

3) Billy Ray__________, father of Milly, singer of "AchyBreaky Heart”, born in Flatwoods, Kentucky.

4) The ________Brothers fromMuhlenberg County, Ken-tucky sang "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Kathy's Clown."

5) Was jazz vibraphonist Lionel __________ "FlyingHome" to his native Louisville?

6) Mother and daughter Naomi and Wynona______________ of Ashland, Kentucky.

7) Match the Kentucky song to the artist. ( Extra credit:one of the songs was performed by more than one of thethree artists.)Artists- Neil Diamond Elvis Presley Bill Monroe

"Kentucky Rain"_____________

"Kentucky Woman" ____________

"Blue Moon of Kentucky" _____________

.............................................Super Seven Quiz 11-47 answers

1) Martina Macbride 2) Stan Kenton 3) Charlie "Yard-bird" Parker 4) Joe Walsh 5) "Carry on my WaywardSon" and "Dust in the Wind" 6) The Atchison, Topeka,and the Sante Fe" 7) Wichita Lineman"

Best scores this week were DM with 6, RK with 5.5,and RE with 4. The Sonshine Closet and

Tony Stewart Motors present the

3rd AnnualToy Drive

Collected toys are to be given away December 17at the Evangelical Covenant Church of Moose Lake

To receive toys, please register at the Sonshine Closet, Moose Lake

Collection baskets are located at these fine local businessesMOOSE LAKE

ALCO • Arrowhead Leader • Bigg D’s Donut ShopJoe Jitters Coffee House

First National Bank of Moose Lake (main and branch offices) • Flhair Salon & Spa• Gamper’s • Lake State Federal Credit Union

Moose Horn Framing Studio • Moose Lake Co-op - Country StoreMoose Lake Motor Vehicle • Moose Lake Oil • Moose Lake Veterinary Clinic

O’Reilly Auto Parts • Star-Gazette/EvergreenSTURGEON LAKE

Embassy Bar • Ernie’s • Ray and Marge’s • Tony Stewart MotorsWoodlands National BankWillow River Mercantile

For more information, please call:Marilyn 218-372-8212 or Tony 218-372-3375

Thank you for your donation

Rebels dumpTwo Harbors 8-3The Moose Lake Area

Rebels, behind the Cisarboys, dumped theAgates 8-3on Saturday, Dec. 3, in TwoHarbors.Tyler Cisar came up big

with a hat trick and 2 assists,while Josh Cisar had a pairof goals and three assists.Jake cisar had a goal and

three assists, and MikeGassert put in the final goalin the third period for the (2-0) Rebels.

Arrowhead Leader’s

Athlete of the WeekAdri Jusczak

Scored 16 points and hauled down 14rebounds in the win over Mesabi East.

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Moose Lake Community Bandto Perform

The Moose Lake Area Community Band will be per-forming its annual Christmas concert on Dec. 16, at7:30 p.m. in the Moose Lake High School auditorium.The band will be performing several very challeningpieces, including “William Tell Overture” and Stravin-sky’s “Firebird Suite”, along with various Christmaspieces.The band is composed of area residents interested inmaking music fun and of high quality. Bill Taylor, thenew director as of last summer, is looking for newmembers (especially trumpets). The band meets Mon-day nights at 7 p.m. in the Moose Lake High Schoolband room.

Trophy presentation

Alarge crowd took in the trophy presentation on Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Willow River High School.

Lady Bombers fallMIB dumped the Barnum

Bombers 61-51 on Monday,Dec. 5, in Mt. Iron.The game was decided de-

cided in the first half withMIB leading 32-21.Katie Myhre put in 12

points; the only player indouble figures for the (2-1)Bombers.

Rebels 69Proctor 45For the second game in a

row Adri Jusczak came upwith a double-double in thewin over the Rails on Friday,Dec. 2, in Proctor. Jusczakhad 14 points, 10 rebounds,four assists, five steals andfive block shots; a spectacu-lar performance for a fresh-man.Jusczak’s teammate Sam

Johnson was the otherRebels player in double fig-ures with 14 points, includ-ing three 3-pointers. GuardsShaelyn Halverson and Tay-lor Miller had eight pointsapiece for the (2-0) Rebels.

Rebels roll overEaglesThe ML-WR Rebels took

an early 13-0 lead and wenton to a 73-33 win over theEast Central Eagles on Fri-day, Dec. 2, in Sandstone.The Rebels buried six 3-

pointers in the first half andshot 50 percent for a 40-14lead.Caleb Koecher was the

only Rebels player in doublefigures with 23 points andthree 3-pointers. Jake Dister-haupt and Andy Olson hadeight points apiece, whileTony Adamczak hit sevenpoints and a pair of 3-point-ers. The (1-0) Rebels were11-for-25 from long rangefor 44 percent.Olson and Matt Mach hit

a a pair of threes and NateKoeck and Peder Xiong hadone apiece for the Rebels,who out rebounded the Ea-gles 39-28 and were led byKoecher and Disterhauptwith nine apiece.

Rebels 1Eveleth-Gilbert 0Coming off of an early 2-

1 win over Pequot Lakes onTuesday, Nov. 15, and a 2-0loss to MinnehahaAcademy,the ML Area girls battled itout with Eveleth-Gilbert onTuesday, Nov. 29, and cameout victorious.In a scoreless game senior

Maggie Unzen scored 17seconds into overtime for a1-0 Rebels win.

The Thunder lost to the 3rd-ranked Central LakesRaiders 113-60 Dec. 2Brainerd.Halftime score was 52-25.Thunder scoring-Carlos Holcey 14 pointsTyler Campbell 11 pointsKolten Karppinen 9 points

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