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Rebels race away with win at East Central
The Rebels allowed the Eagles to score more than 10 points in only one game as MLWR raced away with a sweep at East Central on Monday, October 2 at East Central. The game scores in the one hour and...
Rebels run into fumble troubles
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels, at No. 4 according to the Quality Rating Formula, were hoping to avenge last year's 37-36 loss and to gain some ground on the 5-1 No. 1 Barnum Bombers with a...
Rebels beat Panthers
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels used communication and cooperation to spread the ball around with three girls in the double digits in the kills category to beat a good blocking and digging South...
Rebels ice I-Falls with shut-out
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels further proved the football co-op works as they played very good on both sides of the ball to ice the International Falls Broncos with a big 42-0 Mercy Rule running...
MLWR uses balance to outlast Cloquet
The Class A Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels combined for better overall balance to come back from being down a game twice and wore down Cloquet before overcoming the Class AA Lumberjacks in the fifth...
Rebels bounce back to edge Blue Devils
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels football team proved it is not always the size of the dog in the fight, but it is often the size of the fight in the dog as they bounced back from last week's loss...
Rebels forced to four
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels were looking for their third sweep in a row, but they were forced to go to a fourth set by the Barnum Bombers in Moose Lake on Thursday, September 7. The set scores...
Rebels girls start season strong
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels volleyball team started the season strong by sweeping the Jaguars at Hinckley on Tuesday, August 29. The Rebels christened their new court with a second sweep as the...
Mustangs win championship in last at-bat
The Mustangs, sponsored by North States Crane & Hoist, had a strong offense and played superb defense to go on to win the Arrowhead 16/18 Fastpitch League championship in a dramatic last at-bat by...
Mustangs cruise to wins
The Mustangs cruised to a 10-3 win over the Chaos in a five-inning time-limited game on Wade 6 in West Duluth on Monday, June 26. The Mustangs out-hit the Chaos 9-2 as Raeann Barney and Lilli Skelton...
Outlaws fall in five innings to Eskomos
The Outlaws American Legion baseball team fell 15-5 to the Esko Eskomos in five innings in Moose Lake on Tuesday, June 27. Esko only out-hit the Outlaws 7-5. The Eskomos hits included a one-RBI...
Water-Cross rivalry
In a case of sibling rivalry at the Grand Prix Snowmobile Water-Cross "Cold Water Challenge" on Moosehead Lake in Moose Lake on Sunday, June 4, younger brother Trevor Fjosne, No. 27, and older...
Three Rebels qualify for state meet
Three Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels qualified for the Class A track and field meet at the Section 7A meet held at Esko on a nearly 80 degree and mostly sunny Thursday, June 1. The three MLWR...
Rebels blow by Dragons in first round
After committing three errors and giving up two quirky singles to allow Pine City three unearned runs in the first inning, the Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels shook out the cobwebs and brought out the...
MLWR boys downed by Duluth Denfeld
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels boys baseball team was downed 11-2 by the Duluth Denfeld Hunters in Moose Lake on Wednesday, May 24. The Rebels were out-hit 13-9 by the Hunters. MLWR hits were all...
Walker uses bat for win over Mora
Although Laura Walker did not get the pitching win, she made up for it with her bat as her second one-RBI single of the game came in the eighth inning and boosted the Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels...
Wegge lifts Rebels to victory over Vikings
Nick Wegge lifted the Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels to a nine-inning 3-2 victory over the Cook County Vikings as he went 3x5 with one single and two one-RBI doubles, including a walk-off game-winner...
Rebels golfers excel
The team of Maren Mesodejec and Ruby Mohelsky shot a 75 (three over par) to win a two-person scramble at Mora on Wednesday, May 10. Together the girls as a whole team placed second overall out of...
Rebels girls power past Panthers
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels softball team powered past the South Ridge Panthers 7-3 in Willow River on Tuesday, May 9. MLWR out-hit South Ridge 12-7. The Rebels had one solo home run, three...
Rebels boys slay Giants in five innings
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels boys baseball team was able to slay the Mesabi East Giants 13-3 in five innings in Moose Lake on Thursday, May 11. MLWR out-hit Mesabi East 11-5 and improved to a...
Rebels boys bring bats to beat Bombers
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels boys baseball team brought the bats and ran the bases to beat the Bombers 9-2 in Barnum on Thursday, May 4. MLWR had one home run and nine singles for 10 hits....
Barnum boys, MLWR girls retain Polar Cup
The 2017 Polar Cup meet between Barnum, Moose Lake/Willow River and Two Harbors was played at 29 Pines Golf Course in Mahtowa on Thursday, May 4. The Barnum boys defended and retained the cup as did...
Rebels girls down Duluth-Denfeld Hunters
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels girls played a third and final new team on the schedule this season and downed the Duluth-Denfeld Hunters 13-8 in a game that featured 20 hits, including four...
Rebels fall hard to Eskomos
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels boys baseball team fell hard in the home opener as they lost 13-1 in six innings to the Esko Eskomos in Moose Lake on Thursday, April 13. MLWR was out-hit 10-2. The...
Rebels slide past Spartans
Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels softball head coach Kelly Goeb put Nashwauk-Keewatin on the schedule so her girls could bat against some excellent pitching and she got all she asked for. In what was...
