2022-2023 Conference Preview Schedule

A list of our upcoming conference previews. Previews will include overview, projected order of finish, conference POY, 5 Seniors to watch, 5 conference games to watch, and 5 non-conference games to watch.

Monday, October 24 - Indianhead

Tuesday, October 25 - Heart O' North

Wednesday, October 26 - Big Rivers

Thursday, October 27 - Northern Lakes (WI)

Friday, October 28 - Marawood - North & South

Monday, October 31 - Great Northern (WI)

Tuesday, November 1 - Lakeland - East & West

Wednesday, November 2 - Lake Superior

Thursday, November 3 - Polar - Large & Small

Friday, November 4 - Iron Range

Monday, November 7 - Northland

Tuesday, November 8 - Great River

Wednesday, November 9 - Arrowhead

Thursday, November 10 - Northern Lakes (MN)

Friday, November 11 - Mid-State

Monday, November 13 - Great Northern (MI)

Tuesday, November 14 - Copper Mountain

Wednesday, November 15 - West PAC

Thursday, November 16 - Skyline Central

Friday, November 17 - Eastern UP/Straits Area

Great Northern Elite High School Fall League (2022)

Hosted at Gladstone High School (MI)

SCHEDULE

Sunday, October 2, 2021

11:00am - Hawkeyes vs. Hoosiers (Court 1)

11:00am - Boilermakers vs. Badgers (Court 2)

12:00pm - Wolverines vs. Hoosiers (Court 1)

12:00pm - Spartans vs. Badgers (Court 2)

1:00pm - Wolverines vs. Hawkeyes (Court 1)

1:00pm - Spartans vs. Boilermakers (Court 2)

Sunday, October 9, 2021

9:00am - Badgers vs. Hawkeyes (Court 1)

9:00am - Boilermakers vs. Hoosiers (Court 2)

10:00am - Wolverines vs. Badgers (Court 1)

10:00am - Spartans vs. Hoosiers (Court 2)

11:00am - Wolverines vs. Boilermakers (Court 1)

11:00am - Spartans vs. Hawkeyes (Court 2)

Sunday, October 16, 2021

11:00am - Hawkeyes vs. Boilermakers (Court 1)

11:00am - Hoosiers vs. Badgers (Court 2)

12:00pm - Wolverines vs. Spartans (Court 1)

12:00pm - Hawkeyes vs. Hoosiers (Court 2)

1:00pm - Spartans vs. Boilermakers (Court 1)

1:00pm - Wolverines vs. Badgers (Court 2)

Sunday, October 23, 2021

9:00am - Boilermakers vs. Badgers (Court 1)

9:00am - Wolverines vs. Hoosiers (Court 2)

10:00am - Spartans vs. Hawkeyes (Court 1)

10:00am - Boilermakers vs. Hoosiers (Court 2)

11:00am - Spartans vs. Badgers (Court 1)

11:00am - Wolverines vs. Hawkeyes (Court 2)

Sunday, October 30, 2021

11:00am - Hawkeyes vs. Badgers (Court 1)

11:00am - Spartans vs. Hoosiers (Court 2)

12:00pm - Wolverines vs. Boilermakers (Court 1)

12:00pm - Hawkeys vs. Hoosiers (Court 2)

1:00pm - Spartans vs. Boilermakers (Court 1)

1:00pm - Wolverines vs. Badgers (Court 2)

ROSTERS

Badgers

Nolan Connaughton - Munisung

Easton Guenette - Negaunee

Nathan Komp - Menominee

Blake Lundquist - Rapid River

Alex Ortman - Norway

Joshua Racine - Gladstone

Trent Rutter - Superior Central

Jesse Sampson - North Central

Thomas Tackman - Gladstone

Lukas Weaver - Escanaba

Boilermakers

Tanner Blake - Superior Central

Simon Brown - Munising

Connor Florenski - North Central

Matthew Hagebusch - Gladstone

David Romps - Escanaba

AJ Schroeder - Escanaba

Nathan Schultz - Menominee

Morgan Sleik - Kingsford

Ian Sundling - Rapid River

Ashton Wandahsega - Carney-Nadeau

Hawkeyes

Jacob Bazinette - Westwood

Connor Coduti - Minominee

Cade Franks - Escanaba

Jordan Guenette - Negaunee

Carson Kienitz - Munising

Nolan Molinari - Gladstone

Cole Reese - Escanaba

John Roman - Gladstone

Jacob Schultz - Menominee

Mason Trudeau - Norway

Hoosiers

Brody Bell - Negaunee

Zander Bigger - Superior Central

Rafe Cambron - Rapid River

Owen Gereau - Gladstone

Trevor Nolan - Munising

Dylan Plunger - North Central

Marcus Racine - Gladstone

Sam Salo - Carney-Nadeau

Aiden Savon - Menominee

Shane Wallin - Escanaba

Spartans

Landen Daigneau - Menominee

Kevin Frazier - St. Ignace

Kaden Gibbs - Gladstone

Tyler Marenger - Escanaba

Dashawn Metzger - Hannahville

Tyler Nelson - Munising

Cody Noel - Escanaba

Jake Poquette - North Central

Michael Rexford - Holy Name

Wolverines

Eli Beal - Menominee

Derek Butler - Menominee

Logan Frusti - Superior Central

Josh Harnick - Gwinn

Tanner Howes - Gladstone

Drake Johnson - Gladstone

Bryson Lancour - Escanaba

Jaxon Malone - Munising

Kane Nebel - Munising

Zack Schwartz - Stephenson

2021 Graduates Update (Freshman Year)

A quick follow-up about all of the 2021 Northwood commits who played during their freshman year of college. 

Brevin Antilla (Calumet/Bay College)

Appeared in 16 games. Scored 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Shot 37.5% from three-point range. Scored a career-high of 10 points against Lake Superior State JV.

Cole Bracket (Kingsford/Gogebic)

Appeared in 30 games, started 2 of them. Averaged 3.9ppg and 2.5rpg. Shot 37.8% from the floor. Scored a career-high of 17 points against UW-Manitowoc.

Mayson Brown (Hibbing/Bay College)

Appeared in 9 games, started 1 of them. Averaged 2.1ppg and 1.1rpg. Scored a career-high of 8 points against Vermillion. Didn't appear in any games after Christmas Break. After the season ended he transferred to Lake Region State.

Logan Depew (Newberry/Finlandia)

Appeared in 22 games, started 2 of them. Averaged 1.8ppg and 1.6rpg. Scored a career-high of 8 points against Great Lakes Christian, along with 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

JT Dougherty (River Falls/Army)

Redshirted during his first year at Army.

Liam Dougherty (River Falls/U of Mary)

Appeared in 6 games. Scored 5 points and grabbed 4 rebounds. 

Cade Faber (Abbotsford/Knox)

Appeared in 10 games, started 1 of them. Averaged 3.6ppg and 3.7rpg. Posted a double-double with career-highs in points (13) and rebounds (12) against Grinnell. Transferred to UW-Stevens Point at the end of the season.

Riley Fischer (Esko/St. Scholastica)

Appeared in 6 games. Scored 2 points and grabbed 3 rebounds.

Davin Hill (Dollar Bay/Bay College)

Appeared in 19 games. Averaged 2.2ppg and shot 24.3% from three. After the season ended he transferred to Finlandia.

Christian Hocking (Jeffers/Gogebic)

Started all 30 games that he played in as a freshman. Averaged 14.9ppg and 5.9rpg. Shot 50.1% from the floor along with 27.9% from three. Scored a career-high 25 points on multiple occasions. Grabbed a career-high of 12 rebounds against Red Lake College on February 17th. At the end of the season he was selected to the NJCAA Division II All-Region 13 Basketball Team.

Carter Hudson (Escanaba/Bay College)

Started all 13 games that he played in as a freshman, but didn't appear in a game after Christmas Break. Averaged 5.4ppg and 3.8rpg. Shot 59.2% from the floor and 47.4% from three. Scored a career-high 14 points vs. Vermillion.

Zac Johnson (River Falls/Augustana)

Appeared in 18 games. Scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Scored a career-high of 5 points twice, once against South Dakota Mines and once against Grand View. Augustana won the NSIC Regular Season Championship. Qualified for the NCAA Division II National Tournament and lost in the Third Round.

Kam Karp (Marquette/Northern Michigan)

Redshirted during his first year at Northern Michigan.

Logan Latvis (Ontonagon/Finlandia)

Appeared in 8 games. Scored 9 points and grabbed 2 rebounds. Scored a career-high 3 points against Northwestern-St. Paul.

Adam Libertoski (Wakefield-Marenisco/Gogebic)

Appeared in 28 games, started 4 of them. Averaged 2.5ppg and 1.8rpg. Shot 43.8% from the floor while playing 10.8 minutes per game. Had a career-high of 10 points against UW-Wausau while also grabbing 6 rebounds in the same game.

Ty Lotterman (Marquette/Alma)

Did not appear in any games during the 2021-2022 season.

Keagan Monroe (Menominee/Bay College)

No stats recorded in the 2021-2022 season.

Justin Nelson (West Iron County/Bay College)

Appeared in 24 games, started 14 of them. Averaged 7.2 ppg and 4.7rpg. Shot 53.6% from three and led the team with 16 blocks on the season. Scored a career-high of 12 points multiple times during the season. Had a great game of 8 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks against Leech Lake.

Parker Maki (Hibbing/Bemidji State)

Appeared in 5 games. Scored 7 points and grabbed 6 rebounds on the season. Scored his career-high of 4 points against Northland College.

Noah Paulson (Duluth East/Minnesota-Duluth)

Redshirted during his first year at Minnesota-Duluth.

Kevon Powell (Ashland/Northland)

Appeared in 19 games. Averaged 6.9ppg and 1.4rpg. Shot 47.8% from the floor and finished the season with 10 steals. Scored a career-high of 22 points against Martin Luther.

Joe Rueter (Chippewa Falls/Hillsdale)

Appeared in 31 games. Averaged 7.5ppg and 2.3rpg. Shot 51.3% from the floor and 40.3% from three-point range. Scored a career-high of 21 points against Malone. He was named the G-MAC Freshman of the Year. Hillsdale qualified for the NCAA Division II National Tournament and lost in the Elite Eight.

Mattie Thompson (Chippewa Falls/Minnesota-Duluth)

Redshirted during his first year at Minnesota-Duluth.

Erik Victorson (Escanaba/Milwaukee Area Tech)

Appeared in 28 games, started 5 of them. Averaged 5.3ppg and 1.6rpg. Shot 42.4% from three-point range. Scored a career-high of 20 points twice, once against Kishwaukee and once against McHenry.

Jacob Walczak (Chippewa Falls/UW-Stout)

Appeared in 8 games. Scored 19 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. Scored 10 points against Northland College in his first college game. Scored 9 points and grabbed 3 rebounds against Finlandia.

Foster Wonders (Iron Mountain/Southern Illinois)

Redshirted during his first year at Southern Illinois.

Twin Ports Summer Jam (2022)

**Hosted by Duluth East, held at Lincoln Park Middle School**

Participating Teams: Big Lake, Cambridge-Isanti, Cherry, Chisago Lakes, Cloquet, Duluth Denfeld, Duluth East #1, Duluth East #2, Esko, Forest Lake, Grand Rapids, Hermantown, Hibbing, Northwestern, Rock Ridge, Superior

Monday, July 25

8:00am (Court 1) - Duluth Denfeld vs. Duluth East #2

8:00am (Court 2) - Duluth East #1 vs. Cloquet

8:00am (Court 3) - Esko vs. Chisago Lakes

9:00am (Court 1) - Superior vs Grand Rapids

9:00am (Court 2) - Hermantown vs. Northwestern

9:00am (Court 3) - Chisago Lake vs. Hibbing

10:00am (Court 1) - Forest Lake vs. Grand Rapids

10:00am (Court 2) - Big Lake vs. Rock Ridge

10:00am (Court 3) - Cambridge-Isanti vs. Esko

11:00am (Court 1) - Duluth East #2 vs. Hermantown

11:00am (Court 2) - Northwestern vs. Duluth Denfeld

11:00am (Court 3) - Cambridge-Isanti vs. Chisago Lakes

12:00pm (Court 1) - Cherry vs. Grand Rapids

12:00pm (Court 2) - Duluth East #1 vs. Big Lake

12:00pm (Court 3) - Cloquet vs. Rock Ridge

1:00pm (Court 1) - Hibbing vs. Esko

1:00pm (Court 2) - Superior vs. Forest Lake

1:00pm (Court 3) - Hermantown vs. Duluth Denfeld

2:00pm (Court 1) - Cherry vs. Forest Lake

2:00pm (Court 2) - Duluth East #1 vs. Rock Ridge

2:00pm (Court 3) - Cloquet vs. Big Lake

3:00pm (Court 1) - Duluth East #2 vs. Northwestern

3:00pm (Court 2) - Cherry vs. Superior

3:00pm (Court 3) - Cambridge-Isanti vs. Hibbing

Tuesday, July 26

Bracket Play

The Northwoods Top 2023 Players 1.0

Our first list of the Top 25 high school seniors (class of 2023) in the Northwoods. The list is in alphabetical order of last names.

Logan Baumgartner (Medford)

Dominic Croci (Hurley)

Isaiah Dietz (Chequamegon) - Concordia-St. Paul commit

Jax Effertz (Cumberland)

Trent Gomez (Two Harbors)

Grant Hansen (Greenway)

Evan Johnson (Florence)

Austin Josephson (South Ridge)

Cole Lahti (Northwestern)

Eli Laposky (Pequot Lakes) - Bemidji State commit

Nolan Lurvey (Northland Pines)

Mason Monarski (Chippewa Falls)

Tyler Orr (Rice Lake)

Grant Paetzold (Cameron)

Mason Prey (Newman Catholic)

Isaac Seidel (Newman Catholic)

Isaac Severts (Bemidji) - Bemidji State commit

Patrick Smith (Duluth East) - Carleton commit

Davin Stoffel (Mosinee) - South Dakota State commit (football)

Mason Stoik (Eau Claire Memorial)

Slayton Strochein (South Ridge) - UW-Superior commit

Eli Talsma (Hurley)

Jackson Tomczak (Chippewa Falls)

Connor Welsch (Eau Claire Memorial)

Owen Wilson (Blackduck)

Asher Zubich (Mountain Iron-Buhl) - St. Olaf commit (football)

Rice Lake High School Tournament (2022)

Participating Teams: Ashland, Barron, Bruce, Cameron, Cumberland, Elk Mound, Hayward, Ladysmith, Mondovi, Osceola, Rice Lake, Rice Lake 2, Shell Lake, Stanley-Boyd, and Turtle Lake

Saturday, June 16

9:00am (Court 1) - Rice Lake vs. Barron

9:00am (Court 2) - Bruce vs. Ladysmith

9:00am (Court 3) - Shell Lake vs. Spooner

10:00am (Court 1) - Cumberland vs. Elk Mound

10:00am (Court 2) - Osceola vs. Ashland

10:00am (Court 3) - Turtle Lake vs. Rice Lake 2

11:00am (Court 1) - Cameron vs. Stanley-Boyd

11:00am (Court 2) - Mondovi vs. Hayward

11:00am (Court 3) - Ladysmith vs. Shell Lake

12:00pm (Court 1) - Rice Lake vs. Ashland

12:00pm (Court 2) - Barron vs. Osceola

12:00pm (Court 3) - Bruce vs. Spooner

1:00pm (Court 1) - Cameron vs. Hayward

1:00pm (Court 2) - Elk Mound vs. Rice Lake 2

1:00pm (Court 3) - Cumberland vs. Turtle Lake

2:00pm (Court 1) - Rice Lake vs. Osceola

2:00pm (Court 2) - Bruce vs. Shell Lake

2:00pm (Court 3) - Mondovi vs. Stanley-Boyd

3:00pm (Court 1) - Elk Mound vs. Turtle Lake

3:00pm (Court 2) - Ladysmith vs. Spooner

3:00pm (Court 3) - Ashland vs. Barron

4:00pm (Court 1) - Stanley-Boyd vs. Hayward

4:00pm (Court 2) - Cameron vs. Mondovi

4:00pm (Court 3) - Rice Lake 2 vs. Cumberland

2023 Commitments

Player	High School	Height	Position	College
Logan Baumgartner	Medford	6'4"	Wing	UW-Stevens Point (D3)
Cade Beaulieu	Red Lake	6'1"	Guard	Lake Region State (NJCAA D1)
Dillon Bement	Duluth East	6'1"	Guard	Bethany Lutheran (D3)
Cuinn Berger	Esko	6'1"	Guard	Minnesota-Crookston (D2)
Aidan Carufel	River Falls	6'3"	Guard/Wing	St. Scholastica (D3)
Easton Clements	Marquette	6'5"	Wing/Forward	Bay (NJCAA D2)
Dominic Croci	Hurley	6'1"	Guard	UW-Stout (D3)
Isaiah Deitz	Chequamegon	6'6"	Forward	Concordia-St. Paul (D2)
Jax Effertz	Cumberland	6'4"	Wing	Rockford (D3)
Connor Florenski	Powers North Central	6'3"	Wing	Alma (D3)
Kevin Frazier	St. Ignace	5'11"	Guard	Gogebic (NJCAA D2)
Trent Gomez	Two Harbors	6'0"	Guard	Augsburg (D3)
Dominic Haller	Sault Ste. Marie	6'1"	Guard	Bay (NJCAA D2)
Grant Hansen	Rock Ridge	5'10"	Guard	Mesabi Range (NJCAA D3)
Austin Josephson	South Ridge	6'10"	Forward	Bemidji State (D2)
Jobe Juenenmann	Duluth East	6'2"	Guard	Bemidji State (D2)
Wyatt Kocurek	Unity	6'3"	Wing/Forward	Northland (D3)
Cole Lahti	Northwestern	6'5"	Wing	Minnesota-Duluth (D2)
Eli Laposky	Pequot Lakes	6'3"	Guard	Bemidji State (D2)
Daynen Lull	Superior	6'5"	Forward	Morton (NJCAA D2)
Ben Mestelle	Eau Claire Memorial	6'5"	Wing/Forward	Edgewood (D3)
Mason Monarski	Chippewa Falls	6'1"	Guard	UW-Eau Claire (D3)
Charlie Morning	Menomonie	6'1"	Guard	UW-Superior (D3)
Jase Nelson	Northwestern	6'3"	Guard/Wing	Minnesota-Morris (D3)
David Olson	Cumberland	5'11"	Guard	Simpson (D3)
Tyler Orr	Rice Lake	5'11"	Guard	Winona State (D2)
Grant Paetzold	Cameron	6'0"	Guard	UW-Eau Claire (D3)
Rocco Paulson	Duluth East	6'8"	Forward	UW-Superior (D3)
Mason Prey	Newman Catholic	6'4"	Guard	UW-Stevens Point (D3)
Eli Rogers	Ladysmith	6'2"	Guard/Wing	Dubuque (D3)
Averyon Sands	Eau Claire North	5'11"	Guard	UW-Superior (D3)
Blake Schmitz	Hermantown	6'2"	Guard	Bethel (D3)
Isaac Seidel	Newman Catholic	6'2"	Guard	Concordia-Wisconsin (D3)
Isaac Severts	Bemidji	6'6"	Forward	Bemidji State (D2)
Gabriel Smith	Northland Pines	6'5"	Forward	Michigan Tech (D2)
Patrick Smith	Duluth East	6'8"	Forward	Carleton (D3)
Mason Stoik	Eau Claire Memorial	6'1"	Guard	UW-Stout (D3)
Slayton Stroschein	South Ridge	6'8"	Forward	UW-Superior (D3)
Eli Talsma	Hurley	6'3"	Wing	Gogebic (NJCAA D2)
Jackson Tomczak	Chippewa Falls	6'7"	Wing/Forward	UW-Eau Claire (D3)
Tyson Wilson	Rock Ridge	6'4"	Forward	Mesabi Range (NJCAA D3)