Culture, Attitude and Development is the name of the game this season for the Northland Eagles Volleyball team. With a young team that has a lot of heart, the Eagles are showing that they can make things happen when they work together as one.
After starting the season 3-1 the Northland Eagles boy's basketball team entered a difficult stretch of their schedule with a section game against Carlton on Tuesday and a Thursday match-up with the always tough, WHA Wolves.
Coming off the Christmas break, the Northland boy's basketball team faced two of the better programs in Class A northern Minnesota basketball over the last few decades in the Nevis Tigers and the Bigfork Huskies.
The Northland Eagles boys basketball team, like the rest of the area, has been dealing with inclement weather managing to play just three games in the last three weeks. After losing five of their last six games, the Eagles traveled to Ogilvie to take on the Tigers.
Coming off three straight victories, the Eagles welcomed the Bigfork Huskies, a team that has dominated the Northern Lakes Conference match-up in recent years.
When the schedule came out for the 2021 season with Walker, Sebeka, Deer River and Northwoods in the first four games, a 2-2 start seemed optimistic, but after starting out 4-0, the Eagles seem poised for bigger and better things.
The Eagles traveled to Walker on Thursday night to open the season against the Wolves. After a disappointing loss the previous year, the Eagles felt this was their chance to finally break through against the strong program to the west. They were not disappointed, pulling out a 65-59 victory.
The Eagles boys' basketball team keeps piling up victories with their latest wins coming against Laporte and Greenway. Last Thursday, the Eagles produced a convincing 65-33 victory over the Wildcats in a game that they jumped out to an early lead and were never threatened the rest of the way.
After some last-minute schedule changes that saw the Eagles drop Southridge and pick Class AA International Falls, the team traveled north to take on the Broncos on Wednesday night.
After a couple of easy wins, the Eagles boys basketball team faced a tough three game stretch to close out the year. First up were the Mt. Iron Buhl Rangers, a team that boasts two of the areas top scorers in Asher Zubich and Nikolas Jesch along with a host …
The Northland Eagles are heading down the home stretch of the 2016-'17 season. Senior Cooper Kovall entered the Feb. 17 game against Hill City needing just a handful of buckets to top 1000 career points.