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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...
Rebels girls to defend Polar Cup, boys want it back
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels girls golf team wants to defend as champs and keep possession of the Polar Cup, while the boys want to win and take back the traveling prize. Second-season head...
Rebels baseball will work to refine specific skills
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels baseball team is working every day in practice to focus on refining one of the specific skill sets of pitching, fielding or hitting with the goal of reaching peaks...
Rebels track boys seek True Team title, girls grow in numbers
Head Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels track and field coach Tony Andres, in his seventh season at the helm, has every reason to be optimistic for this year's team. The Rebels brings back a contingent...
Rebels softball girls set sights on 7AA title, a trip to state
After tying the best finish since 1996 as the Section 7AA runner-up last year, the 2017 Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels softball girls have set their sights set on winning the Section 7AA title to...
Bird girls picked to play in prestigious tourney
Senior defenseman Jamie Bird and senior forward Jessica Bird were recently picked to play in the prestigious High Performance National Invite Tournament to be held on April 20-23 at Edina. Players...
Rebels rally to top Tigers in double OT
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels rallied on Senior Night to top a taller Rush City Tigers team 82-74 in double- overtime on Thursday, March 2, for the regular season finale and to retire the Moose...
Four MLA girls chosen for All-Star game
Four girls from the record-setting 20-6-1 Moose Lake Area Rebels were honored to be chosen to be on rosters for the K1 Northern Minnesota All-Star game held at Cloquet on Tuesday, February 28. Each...
Rebels toppled by undefeated Tigers
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels girls were toppled 53-19 by the undefeated 22-0 but unranked Rush City Tigers in Willow River on Thursday, February 23. The Tigers roared to a 34-4 halftime lead...
Rebels boys use stats to beat Cardinals
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels boys basketball team used superior statistics in every category except one to beat the Cromwell-Wright Cardinals 68-53 on a night that inducted two into the Wall of...
MLA boys edged by Ely in overtime
Ely scored first and last and it was enough for the Timberwolves to win as the Moose Lake Area boys hockey team was edged 2-1 in an overtime heartbreaker on Parents and Senior Night as the regular...
Barnum free throws overshadow MLWR
After the Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels had shot and made a disproportionate number of free throws to beat Barnum 52-41 in Moose Lake on December 9, the Bombers turned the tables and overshadowed...
