History of Bronco Girls Basketball

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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface... 1 Looking Back... 2 The 1920 s... 6 Laurie Kohler... 7 Laurie Kohler Composite ( ) Kevin Dowty Kevin Dowty Yearly Composite ( ) Kevin Dowty Team Composite ( ) Matt Urbanek Matt Urbanek Composite ( ) Rick DeBenedet Rick DeBenedet Composite ( ) Shawn Gilbert Shawn Gilbert Yearly Composite ( ) Shawn Gilbert Team Composite ( ) Jay Boyle Jay Boyle Years and Team Composite ( ) Season Records and Team Scoring Composite ( ) Individual Team Composite ( ) Coaches Records ( )... 61

2 PREFACE This book is dedicated to players, coaches, and fans of Bronco girls basketball to whom over the years have been ambassadors of the great game of basketball. It is the hope that this book will be a source of history of the Bronco girls basketball program, and to be a guide to the many great memories of triumphant games and also to the difficult memories of heart-breaking defeats of the past. I wish to thank the following people for their help with putting this information together. First, the people at the International Falls Library who took the time to assist with finding many past newspapers and yearbooks. Second, the coaches who retained the vital information needed for this book. Third, the many people who helped with the little problems, but found big solutions. Finally, Stuart Nordquist, who kindled my interest in the history of all Bronco athletics and without whose original vision and love for Bronco athletics, this book would not have been possible. Timm Ringhofer 1

3 LOOKING BACK The history of girls basketball at Falls High School is a disjointed one. The first girls team played during the school year and recorded a perfect 9-0 record. Elvira Ehnbom was the first coach as the team defeated teams from Baudette, Blackduck, Littlefork, Northome, and Warroad. The girls interscholastic team continued to compete until the school year. Intramural basketball for the girls continued until the 1970 s through the Girls Athletic Association (GAA), when a varsity girls team was established under coach Laurie Kohler ( ). Many of the first scheduled games were cancelled or postponed due to a variety of reasons. These include the January 9, 1975, Storm of the Century and other schools having concerts scheduled that conflicted with the basketball games. The Broncos first game was finally played at Tower versus Tower-Soudan on January 17, 1975, and the Broncos were victorious, The first home game was played on January 21, Fort Frances traveled across the river and were defeated by the Broncos, Two state tournaments were played for the school year, one in the fall and one in the winter. The Broncos played during the winter season and competed in District 27 of Region 7. For the season through the season, the Broncos were assigned to play in Sub-Region 4 of Region 7AA, which was the larger of the two classes, AA and A. The early teams were successful having above.500 records and playing for the District 27 or Sub-Region 4 title for the first six seasons of Bronco girls basketball ( ), finally winning their first title in 1980 under coach Kevin Dowty ( ) in his second season as head coach. 2

4 Kevin Dowty s nineteen years as head coach is the longest tenure of any Bronco basketball coach, boys or girls. The Broncos record vacillated above and below the.500 mark until a late-eighties surge when the Broncos won three consecutive Region 7AA titles from 1988 to The Broncos best finish at the state tournament was a fourth place in The season also included the first Iron Range Conference championship in program history and set the standard for wins in a season with a final record of The season brought around a change to Region 7AA as the number of sub-regions changed from four to three. This change allowed teams to lose in the first or second round of subregions and still qualify to play in the region tournament. The season brought a significant change to the Broncos schedule and postseason tournament as declining enrollment switched the team from Class AA to Class A. This placed the Broncos in with the old District 27 teams in the newly formed Arrowhead Conference and Sub-Section 3 of Region 7A. However, the Broncos were unable to participate in the sub-section tournament in the season. The players honored the teachers strike and decided not to play any games while the teachers were on strike. The Broncos again were around the.500 mark in the early-nineties until the fortunes of the team took an upswing in the mid-nineties. The Broncos defeated Mesabi East for the Sub- Section 3 title in The season produced another major change as the Minnesota State High School League changed basketball from two classes to four classes. The Broncos were placed in Section 7AA. The season was also the last for Kevin Dowty, who finished his career with a record. Matt Urbanek ( ) took over for Dowty and remained with the team for only one 3

5 season. He resigned to take the Bronco boys basketball head coaching position. Longtime assistant coach Rick DeBenedet ( ) took over as the Bronco head coach, and became the first non-faculty member to be head coach in the history of the girls basketball program. During DeBenedet s tenure, the fortunes of the program took a downturn in the late-nineties and beginning of the new millennium. However, beginning with season, the Broncos had four consecutive seasons of double-digit wins culminating with an appearance in the 2005 Section 7AA championship game versus Pequot Lakes. Shawn Gilbert ( ) became the fifth head coach in Bronco girls basketball history and the second consecutive non-faculty member. Beginning with the season, the length of the game was changed from four eight-minute quarters to two eighteen-minute halves. Under Gilbert s guidance, the Broncos continued to have double-digit or near double-digit win seasons, but were unable to advance to the quarterfinal round of the Section 7AA playoffs until the season. During the , the Broncos took the next step in the Section 7AA playoffs by advancing to the semifinals before losing to eventual state champion, Braham, and achieving their first above.500 record under Gilbert s leadership. In , Littlefork-Big Falls joined the Arrowhead Conference and four conference schools; Cook and Orr, and Babbitt-Embarrass and Tower-Soudan; combined to form two new schools, North Woods and Northeast Range. The Broncos won 20 games for the first time since the season before losing in the semifinal of the Section 7AA to Braham. International Falls again attained the 20-win plateau in the season by winning 21 games and for the third consecutive season were defeated by Braham in the Section 7AA semifinals. A third consecutive 20-win season followed in the 4

6 season as the Broncos matched their 21-8 record from the previous season, but lost in Section 7AA semifinals for the fourth consecutive year. The Broncos won the Iron Range Conference championship for the first time since 1989 and did it without a loss. The Broncos were finally able to break through to the Section 7AA finals but fell to Esko in the championship game. The Broncos also won a second consecutive undefeated Iron Range Conference championship, won 20 regular season games for the first time in program history, and tied the program record with 23 wins in a season. During the season, the Falls was able to reach the Section 7AA semifinals for the sixth consecutive season. Jay Boyle ( ) was named the head coach beginning with the season and the first head coach to be a member of the faculty since The Broncos compiled an 18-9 record and played in the Section 7AA semifinals for the seventh straight season in Boyle s first season. The finished the season with a record of and lost in the opening round of the Section 7AA playoffs to Virginia. The season ended the 44-year modern history of girls basketball. 5

7 ELVIRA EHNBOM (9-0) 36 Littlefork Littlefork Northome Warroad Baudette Warroad Baudette Blackduck Northome 19 Coach Unknown (3-0) 25 Littlefork 9 56 Littlefork 9 32 Baudette 23 Northome no score available ANN SAD (2-0) 48 Blackduck Blackduck 33 6

8 LAURIE KOHLER ( ) (4-4) DISTRICT 27 SECOND PLACE 33 Tower-Soudan Eveleth Fort Frances Fort Frances Eveleth Virginia 48 DISTRICT 27 TOURNAMENT 30 Tower-Soudan Virginia (9-4) SUB-REGION 4 SECOND PLACE 18 Fort Frances Biwabik Virginia Gilbert Eveleth Littlefork-Big Falls Littlefork-Big Falls Fort Frances Ely Greenway Hibbing 52 SUB-REGION 4 7AA TOURNAMENT 69 Greenway Hibbing 63 7

9 LAURIE KOHLER (Cont d) (11-6) SUB-REGION 4 SECOND PLACE 55 Grand Rapids Virginia Hibbing Littlefork-Big Falls 9 37 Eveleth Fort Frances Tower-Soudan Greenway Fort Frances Ely Gilbert Grand Rapids Hibbing Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Greenway 62 SUB-REGION 4 7AA TOURNAMENT 47 Greenway Hibbing 54 8

10 LAURIE KOHLER (Cont d) (7-10) SUB-REGION 4 SECOND PLACE 36 Virginia Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Eveleth Greenway Fort Frances Hibbing Grand Rapids Virginia Tower-Soudan Fort Frances Hibbing Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Ely Greenway Grand Rapids 34 SUB-REGION 4 7AA TOURNAMENT 40 Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Virginia 46 9

11 Laurie Kohler YEARLY COMPOSITE SUMMARY Year Season Tournament IRC A AA Overall WIN% WON LOST TOTAL WIN% Conference A Record AA Record Seasons Tournament Overall TEAM COMPOSITE SUMMARY Aurora-Hoyt Lakes 4-0(1-0) Grand Rapids 3-1(2-0) Biwabik 1-0 Greenway 5-2 Ely 1-2 Hibbing 0-7(0-2) Eveleth 3-2 Littlefork-Big Falls 3-0 Fort Frances 5-3 Tower-Soudan 4-0(1-0) Gilbert 2-0 Virginia 0-7(0-2) Playoff Record in Parentheses 10

12 KEVIN DOWTY ( ) (7-11) SUB-REGION 4 SECOND PLACE 44 Littlefork-Big Falls Virginia Eveleth Chisholm Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Fort Frances Hibbing Littlefork-Big Falls Grand Rapids Virginia Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Hibbing Greenway Fort Frances Ely Grand Rapids 58 SUB-REGION 4 7AA TOURNAMENT 41 Grand Rapids Virginia 41 11

13 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (14-7) SUB-REGION 4 CHAMPIONS 37 Eveleth Littlefork-Big Falls Virginia Bigfork Chisholm Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Hibbing Fort Frances Baudette Littlefork-Big Falls Grand Rapids Virginia Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Ely Hibbing Greenway Grand Rapids Fort Frances 34 SUB-REGION 4 7AA TOURNAMENT 58 Virginia Grand Rapids 28 REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 34 Proctor 44 12

14 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (11-8) 22 Eveleth Fort Frances Littlefork-Big Falls Virginia Bigfork Chisholm Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Lake of the Woods Hibbing Littlefork-Big Falls OT Grand Rapids Virginia Ely Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Hibbing Greenway Grand Rapids Fort Frances 20 SUB-REGION 4 7AA TOURNAMENT 37 Grand Rapids 39 13

15 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (10-9) 30 Eveleth Fort Frances Littlefork-Big Falls Virginia Bigfork Chisholm Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Lake of the Woods Hibbing Ely Littlefork-Big Falls Grand Rapids Virginia Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Hibbing Fort Frances Greenway Grand Rapids 35 SUB-REGION 4 7AA TOURNAMENT 41 Virginia 43 14

16 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (6-13) 32 Eveleth Ely Fort Frances Littlefork-Big Falls Virginia Bigfork Chisholm OT Lake of the Woods Hibbing Littlefork-Big Falls Grand Rapids Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Virginia Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Hibbing Greenway Grand Rapids OT Fort Frances 48 SUB-REGION 4 7AA TOURNAMENT 35 Virginia 59 15

17 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (11-9) 44 Eveleth Orr Fort Frances OT Littlefork-Big Falls Virginia Bigfork Chisholm Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Lake of the Woods Hibbing Littlefork-Big Falls Grand Rapids Virginia Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Hibbing Greenway Grand Rapids Fort Frances 31 NORTH SUB-REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 55 Hibbing 47 REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 34 Duluth East 48 16

18 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (12-11) 33 Eveleth Orr Littlefork-Big Falls Virginia Bigfork Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Chisholm Erskine Bemidji Lake of the Woods Hibbing Littlefork-Big Falls Grand Rapids Virginia Fort Frances Hibbing Greenway Grand Rapids Fort Frances 17 NORTH SUB-REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 47 Hibbing Virginia 39 REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 52 Princeton Duluth East 61 17

19 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (5-16) 36 Eveleth Orr Littlefork-Big Falls Virginia Bemidji Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Staples Chisholm Mountain Iron-Buhl Lake of the Woods Hibbing Littlefork-Big Falls Grand Rapids Virginia Chisholm Hibbing Greenway Tower-Soudan Grand Rapids Deer River 39 NORTH SUB-REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 34 Grand Rapids 69 18

20 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (13-8) 93 Orr Lake of the Woods Virginia Bemidji Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Mountain Iron-Buhl Chisholm Eveleth-Gilbert Hibbing Littlefork-Big Falls Grand Rapids Virginia Chisholm Hibbing Greenway Tower-Soudan Grand Rapids Deer River Littlefork-Big Falls Eveleth-Gilbert 26 NORTH SUB-REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 42 Hibbing 45 19

21 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (19-8) SECTION 7AA CHAMPIONS STATE PARTICIPANT 59 Littlefork-Big Falls Lake of the Woods Virginia Bemidji Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Grand Rapids Babbitt-Embarrass OT Chisholm Eveleth-Gilbert Hibbing Virginia Chisholm Hibbing Mountain Iron-Buhl Greenway Deer River Littlefork-Big Falls Eveleth-Gilbert Proctor Grand Rapids 57 NORTH SUB-REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 58 Virginia Grand Rapids 66 REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 59 Princeton Duluth Denfeld Grand Rapids 50 STATE TOURNAMENT 62 Hutchinson Alexandria 46 20

22 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (23-3) IRON RANGE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS SECTION 7AA CHAMPIONS STATE 4 th PLACE 75 Mountain Iron-Buhl Lake of the Woods Bemidji Mesabi East Littlefork-Big Falls Nashwauk-Keewatin Eveleth-Gilbert Mountain Iron-Buhl Hibbing Grand Rapids Virginia Chisholm Littlefork-Big Falls Hibbing Deer River Greenway Cloquet Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Proctor 41 REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 58 Proctor Princeton Duluth Denfeld 45 STATE TOURNAMENT 48 Woodbury Osseo St. Louis Park 55 21

23 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (17-8) SECTION 7AA CHAMPIONS STATE PARTICIPANT 65 OT Mountain Iron-Buhl Bemidji Warroad Mesabi East Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Nashwauk-Keewatin Chisholm Hibbing Grand Rapids Virginia Chisholm Littlefork-Big Falls Hibbing Greenway Cloquet Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Deer River Proctor 51 REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 60 St. Francis Cloquet Duluth Denfeld 47 STATE TOURNAMENT 53 Rosemount St. Paul Harding 67 22

24 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (19-5) 58 Mountain Iron-Buhl Bemidji Warroad Mesabi East Littlefork-Big Falls OT Duluth Central Duluth Denfeld Greenway Mesabi East Mountain Iron-Buhl Hibbing OT Grand Rapids Cloquet Virginia Chisholm Hibbing Duluth East Greenway Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Deer River Proctor 40 REGION 7AA TOURNAMENT 65 OT Grand Rapids Duluth East 62 23

25 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (10-9) 40 Bemidji Mesabi East Duluth Central Littlefork-Big Falls Duluth Denfeld Hutchinson Rocori Duluth Denfeld Hibbing Grand Rapids Cloquet Virginia Chisholm Hibbing Duluth East Greenway Mountain Iron-Buhl Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert 34 *Season shortened due to teachers strike 24

26 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (7-15) 30 Bemidji Cook-Orr Mesabi East Cherry Littlefork-Big Falls Hermantown Esko Virginia Tower-Soudan Cloquet Virginia Chisholm Duluth Central Hibbing Ely Greenway Mountain Iron-Buhl Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Babbitt-Embarrass Warroad 50 SUB-SECTION 3 SECTION 7A TOURNAMENT 37 Mountain Iron-Buhl 44 25

27 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (12-12) 23 Bemidji Cook-Orr Cloquet Chisholm Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Esko Nashwauk-Keewatin OT Barnum Eveleth-Gilbert Babbitt-Embarrass-Soudan-Tower Mesabi East Virginia Hibbing Cherry Duluth Central Grand Rapids Greenway Ely Warroad Cook-Orr Deer River 29 SUB-SECTION 3 SECTION 7A TOURNAMENT 66 3 OT Cook-Orr Mesabi East 60 26

28 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (14-11) 35 Bemidji Cook-Orr Chisholm Mountain Iron-Buhl McGregor Proctor Isle Roseau Eveleth-Gilbert Babbitt-Embarrass-Soudan-Tower Mesabi East Virginia Ely Hibbing Cloquet Cherry Roseau Grand Rapids Greenway Warroad Cook-Orr Deer River 42 SUB-SECTION 3 SECTION 7A TOURNAMENT 50 Cook-Orr Eveleth-Gilbert Mesabi East 66 27

29 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (21-6) SUB-SECTION 3 CHAMPIONS 46 Cook Mountain Iron-Buhl Chisholm Cook Hibbing Esko McGregor Barnum Orr Roseau Babbitt-Embarrass-Soudan-Tower Eveleth-Gilbert Virginia Grand Rapids Babbitt-Embarrass-Soudan-Tower Mountain Iron-Buhl Cherry Littlefork-Big Falls Greenway Warroad Deer River Ely Mesabi East 62 SUB-SECTION 3 SECTION 7A TOURNAMENT 63 Mountain Iron-Buhl Eveleth-Gilbert Mesabi East 30 SECTION 7A TOURNAMENT 43 Esko 56 28

30 KEVIN DOWTY (Cont d) (15-8) 60 Ely Roseau Cook Virginia Chisholm Barnum Deer River Hibbing Proctor Warroad Barnum Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Mesabi East Mountain Iron-Buhl Babbitt-Embarrass Littlefork-Big Falls Cherry Greenway Warroad Orr Ely 43 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 41 Chisholm 42 29

31 Kevin Dowty YEARLY COMPOSITE SUMMARY Year Season Tournament IRC A AA Overall WIN% * * * Year Season Tournament IRC Arrowhead A AA Overall WIN% Year Season Tournament IRC Arrowhead A AA AAA AAAA Overall WIN% * Section Champions + Conference Champions WON LOST TOTAL WIN% Iron Range Conference Arrowhead Conference A Record ( ) AA Record ( ) Seasons Tournament Overall

32 Kevin Dowty TEAM COMPOSITE SUMMARY Alexandria 0-1(0-1) Hibbing 16-20(1-2) Aurora-Hoyt Lakes 11-5 Hutchinson 1-1(0-1) Babbitt-Embarrass 3-0 Isle 0-1 Babbitt-Embarrass-Soudan-Tower 3-0 Lake of the Woods 9-1 Barnum 0-4 Littlefork-Big Falls 27-3 Bemidji 3-8 McGregor 1-1 Bigfork 4-2 Mesabi East 5-8(1-2) Cherry 5-0 Mountain Iron-Buhl 14-4(1-1) Chisholm 7-17(0-1) Nashwauk-Keewatin 3-0 Cloquet 5-3(1-0) Orr 6-0 Cook 3-0 Osseo 0-1(0-1) Cook-Orr 7-0(2-0) Princeton 3-0(3-0) Deer River 8-2 Proctor 6-2(1-1) Duluth Central 2-2 Rocori 0-1 Duluth Denfeld 4-2(3-0) Roseau 2-2 Duluth East 1-4(0-3) Rosemount 0-1(0-1) Ely 9-2 St. Francis 1-0(1-0) Erskine 1-0 St. Louis Park 0-1(0-1) Esko 1-3(0-1) St. Paul Harding 0-1(0-1) Eveleth 2-6 Staples 0-1 Eveleth-Gilbert 12-4(2-0) Tower-Soudan 4-0 Fort Frances 13-1 Virginia 13-23(3-3) Grand Rapids 12-28(3-4) Warroad 4-4(1-0) Greenway 13-7 Woodbury 1-0 Hermantown 1-0 Playoff Record in Parentheses 31

33 MATT URBANEK ( ) (3-20) 33 Ely Cook Chisholm Barnum Deer River Hibbing Aitkin Pequot Lakes Crosby-Ironton Babbitt-Embarrass Virginia Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Warroad Orr Roseau Ely 40 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 30 Chisholm 42 32

34 Matt Urbanek YEAR COMPOSITE SUMMARY Year Season Tournament IRC Arrowhead A AA AAA AAAA Overall WIN% WON LOST TOTAL WIN% Iron Range Conference Arrowhead Conference A Record AA Record AAA Record AAAA Record Season Tournament Overall TEAM COMPOSITE SUMMARY Aitkin 0-1 Greenway 0-1 Babbitt-Embarrass 1-0 Hibbing 0-1 Barnum 0-1 Littlefork-Big Falls 0-1 Cherry 0-1 Mesabi East 0-1 Chisholm 0-2(0-1) Mountain Iron-Buhl 0-1 Cook 0-1 Orr 1-0 Crosby-Ironton 0-1 Pequot Lakes 0-1 Deer River 0-1 Roseau 0-1 Ely 1-1 Virginia 0-1 Eveleth-Gilbert 0-1 Warroad 0-1 Grand Rapids 0-1 Playoff Record in Parentheses 33

35 RICK DEBENEDET ( ) (3-20) 43 Ely Cook Chisholm Deer River Hibbing Moose Lake-Willow River Aitkin Virginia Crosby-Ironton Babbitt-Embarrass Virginia Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Warroad Orr Roseau Ely 66 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 45 Pequot Lakes 70 34

36 RICK DEBENEDET (Cont d) (7-15) 51 Ely Crosby-Ironton Cook Chisholm Hibbing Moose Lake-Willow River Aitkin Deer River Virginia Ely Babbitt-Embarrass Virginia Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Warroad Orr 37 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 37 Mesabi East 52 35

37 RICK DEBENEDET (Cont d) (6-19) 41 Ely Hermantown Cook Two Harbors Chisholm Babbitt-Embarrass Deer River Hibbing Esko Duluth Central East Central Virginia Proctor Virginia Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Littlefork-Big Falls OT Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry OT Greenway Warroad Orr Ely 51 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 29 OT Two Harbors 36 36

38 RICK DEBENEDET (Cont d) (14-11) 61 Ely Hermantown Cook Two Harbors Chisholm Babbitt-Embarrass Deer River Hibbing Babbitt-Embarrass Tower-Soudan Orr Virginia Proctor Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Virginia Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Warroad Orr Ely 42 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 44 Hermantown 51 37

39 RICK DEBENEDET (Cont d) (17-10) 46 Ely Hermantown Cook Chisholm Babbitt-Embarrass Tower-Soudan Hibbing Nashwauk-Keewatin Lake of the Woods Orr Virginia Proctor Lake of the Woods Two Harbors Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Warroad Orr Ely Marshall School 41 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 52 Two Harbors Proctor 52 38

40 RICK DEBENEDET (Cont d) (14-11) 52 Ely Deer River Cook Blackduck OT Chisholm Babbitt-Embarrass Crosby-Ironton Hibbing Tower-Soudan Virginia Proctor Lake of the Woods Two Harbors Grand Rapids Eveleth-Gilbert Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Warroad Orr Littlefork-Big Falls Marshall School 33 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 42 Deer River Crosby-Ironton 55 39

41 RICK DEBENEDET (Cont d) (19-9) SECTION 7AA SECOND PLACE 53 Deer River Ely Lake of the Woods Cook Littlefork-Big Falls Chisholm Babbitt-Embarrass Hibbing OT Virginia Proctor OT Tower-Soudan Warroad Aitkin Grand Rapids Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Lake of the Woods Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Eveleth-Gilbert Blackduck Orr 42 2* Crosby-Ironton 0 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 35 Lake of the Woods Deer River Esko Pequot Lakes 53 *Game forfeited due to teachers strike in Crosby-Ironton 40

42 Rick DeBenedet YEARLY COMPOSITE SUMMARY Year Season Tournament IRC Arrowhead A AA AAA Overall WIN% WON LOST TOTAL WIN% Iron Range Conference Arrowhead Conference A Record AA Record AAA Record Seasons Tournament Overall TEAM COMPOSITE SUMMARY Aitkin 1-2 Hibbing 3-4 Babbitt-Embarrass 8-0 Lake of the Woods 3-3(1-0) Blackduck 2-0 Littlefork-Big Falls 6-2 Cherry 3-4 Marshall School 2-0 Chisholm 3-4 Mesabi East 4-4(0-1) Cook 1-6 Mountain Iron-Buhl 3-4 Crosby-Ironton 1-4(0-1) Moose Lake-Willow River 0-2 Deer River 5-3(2-0) Nashwauk-Keewatin 1-0 Duluth Central 0-1 Orr 8-1 East Central 0-1 Pequot Lakes 0-2(0-2) Ely 7-5 Proctor 1-5(0-1) Esko 1-1(1-0) Roseau 0-1 Eveleth-Gilbert 3-4 Tower-Soudan 2-2 Grand Rapids 1-6 Two Harbors 2-4(1-1) Greenway 2-5 Virginia 4-7 Hermantown 0-4(0-1) Warroad 3-4 Playoff Record in Parentheses 41

43 SHAWN GILBERT ( ) (12-15) 46 Deer River Lake of the Woods Cook Littlefork-Big Falls Chisholm Babbitt-Embarrass Hibbing Virginia Maranatha Academy Cass Lake-Bena Nashwauk-Keewatin Tower-Soudan Proctor Warroad Crosby-Ironton Aitkin Lake of the Woods Eveleth-Gilbert Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Blackduck Orr Ely 45 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 36 Lake of the Woods 52 42

44 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (11-16) 52 Ely Deer River Lake of the Woods Cook Chisholm Hibbing Virginia OT Spring Grove OT Kenyon-Wanamingo Babbitt-Embarrass Tower-Soudan Proctor Warroad Crosby-Ironton Eveleth-Gilbert Indus OT Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Greenway Blackduck Littlefork-Big Falls Lake of the Woods Orr Chisholm Cherry 38 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 40 Aitkin 55 43

45 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (9-18) 44 Ely Deer River Lake of the Woods Cook Chisholm Babbitt-Embarrass Hibbing Virginia Esko Mesabi East East Central Two Harbors Proctor Warroad Marshall School Crosby-Ironton Tower-Soudan Eveleth-Gilbert Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Littlefork-Big Falls Orr Blackduck 48 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 47 Deer River 57 44

46 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (12-15) 46 Ely Deer River Lake of the Woods Babbitt-Embarrass Indus Cook Hibbing Proctor Duluth Denfeld Cloquet Warroad Virginia Two Harbors Chisholm Tower-Soudan Eveleth-Gilbert Crosby-Ironton Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Greenway Cherry Littlefork-Big Falls Marshall School Orr Indus 22 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 52 Mesabi East 64 45

47 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (12-16) 51 Ely Deer River Lake of the Woods Chisholm OT Cook Proctor Duluth Denfeld Babbitt-Embarrass Virginia Crosby-Ironton Warroad Hibbing Tower-Soudan Eveleth-Gilbert Two Harbors Littlefork-Big Falls Lake of the Woods Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Virginia Littlefork-Big Falls Marshall School Orr Cloquet 65 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 56 Greenway Two Harbors 58 46

48 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (15-13) 60 Ely Deer River Lake of the Woods Eveleth-Gilbert Chisholm Cook Carlton Deer River Babbitt-Embarrass Virginia Warroad Hibbing Tower-Soudan Eveleth-Gilbert Two Harbors Lake of the Woods Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Virginia Littlefork-Big Falls Marshall School-Lakeview Christian Academy Orr 66 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 70 Proctor Two Harbors Braham 81 47

49 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (20-9) 60 Ely Deer River Lake of the Woods Eveleth-Gilbert Chisholm Bigfork Mora Mountain Iron-Buhl Northeast Range Virginia Warroad Grand Rapids Hibbing Eveleth-Gilbert Two Harbors Lake of the Woods Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Deer River Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Virginia Littlefork-Big Falls Marshall School-Lakeview Christian Academy North Woods 75 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 61 Deer River Eveleth-Gilbert Braham 80 48

50 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (21-8) 69 Ely Deer River Lake of the Woods Eveleth-Gilbert Chisholm Bigfork Northeast Range Mora Cook County Virginia Warroad Grand Rapids Hibbing Eveleth-Gilbert Two Harbors Lake of the Woods Littlefork-Big Falls Mountain Iron-Buhl Deer River Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Virginia Littlefork-Big Falls Marshall School-Lakeview Christian Academy North Woods 75 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 74 Deer River Virginia Braham 91 49

51 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (21-8) IRON RANGE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 88 Eveleth-Gilbert Chisholm Virginia Bigfork Bemidji Eveleth-Gilbert Virginia Hibbing Grand Rapids Hibbing Warroad Eveleth-Gilbert Two Harbors Lake of the Woods Littlefork-Big Falls Deer River Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Virginia Littlefork-Big Falls Marshall School North Woods Mountain Iron-Buhl Ely Deer River 36 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 78 Greenway Virginia Barnum 62 50

52 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (23-7) IRON RANGE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS SECTION 7AA SECOND PLACE 50 Esko Eveleth-Gilbert Chisholm Virginia Bigfork Bemidji Hermantown Eveleth-Gilbert Esko Warroad Grand Rapids Hibbing Eveleth-Gilbert Two Harbors Mountain Iron-Buhl Deer River Mesabi East Duluth East Cherry Greenway Virginia Moose Lake-Willow River Littlefork-Big Falls North Woods Roseau Deer River 36 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 99 Greenway Proctor Rush City Esko 55 51

53 SHAWN GILBERT (Cont d) (17-12) 59 Eveleth-Gilbert Chisholm Virginia Bigfork Bemidji Roseau Roseau Crookston Warroad Hibbing Mountain Iron-Buhl Eveleth-Gilbert Two Harbors North Woods Esko Deer River Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Virginia Moose Lake-Willow River Littlefork-Big Falls Proctor Grand Rapids Crosby-Ironton Deer River 41 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 68 Greenway 8 49 Eveleth-Gilbert Peqout Lakes 68 52

54 Shawn Gilbert YEARLY COMPOSITE SUMMARY Year Season Tournament IRC Arrowhead A AA AAA AAAA Overall WIN% Iron Range Conference Champions WON LOST TOTAL WIN% Iron Range Conference Arrowhead Conference A Record AA Record AAA Record AAAA Record Season Tournament Overall

55 Shawn Gilbert TEAM COMPOSITE SUMMARY Aitkin 0-2(0-1) Babbitt-Embarrass 4-2 Barnum 0-1(0-1) Bemidji 1-2 Bigfork 4-1 Blackduck 3-0 Braham 0-3(0-3) Carlton 1-0 Cass Lake-Bena 1-0 Cherry 5-6 Chisholm 6-6 Cloquet 0-2 Cook 1-5 Cook County 1-0 Crookston 1-0 Crosby-Ironton 0-6 Deer River 11-9(2-1) Duluth Denfeld 0-2 Duluth East 0-1 East Central 0-1 Ely 5-4 Esko 1-4(0-1) Eveleth-Gilbert 17-4(2-0) Grand Rapids 0-5 Greenway 15-0(4-0) Hermantown 1-0 Hibbing 4-8 Indus 3-0 Kenyon-Wanamingo 1-0 Lake of the Woods 10-6(0-1) Littlefork-Big Falls 15-5 Maranatha Academy 1-0 Marshall School 3-1 Marshall School-Lakeview Christian Academy 3-0 Mesabi East 8-5(0-1) Moose Lake-Willow River 2-0 Mora 0-2 Mountain Iron-Buhl 0-12 Northeast Range 1-1 North Woods 2-3 Nashwauk-Keewatin 1-0 Orr 2-4 Pequot Lakes 0-1(0-1) Proctor 5-3(2-0) Roseau 0-3 Rush City 1-0(1-0) Spring Grove 0-1 Tower-Soudan 5-1 Two Harbors 7-4(1-1) Virginia 16-5(2-0) Warroad 5-6 Playoff Record in Parentheses 54

56 JAY BOYLE ( ) (18-9) 49 Eveleth-Gilbert 48 0 forfeit Chisholm 2 (71-33W) 44 Virginia Bigfork Bemidji Roseau Littlefork-Big Falls Hibbing Mountain Iron-Buhl Warroad Eveleth-Gilbert Two Harbors North Woods Duluth Denfeld Esko Deer River Mesabi East Ely Cherry Greenway Virginia Proctor Crosby-Ironton Deer River 39 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 78 Mesabi East Two Harbors Esko 73 55

57 JAY BOYLE (Cont d) (15-11) 76 Eveleth-Gilbert Chisholm Ely Virginia Bigfork Aitkin Deer River Littlefork-Big Falls Hibbing-Victory Christian Academy Mountain Iron-Buhl Eveleth-Gilbert Two Harbors Esko North Woods Duluth Denfeld Mesabi East Cherry Greenway Virginia Proctor Marshall School-Lakeview Christian Academy Roseau Crosby-Ironton Warroad Deer River 33 SECTION 7AA TOURNAMENT 45 Virginia 48 56

58 Jay Boyle YEARLY COMPOSITE SUMMARY Year Season Tournament IRC Arrowhead A AA AAA AAAA Overall WIN% WON LOST TOTAL WIN% Iron Range Conference Arrowhead Conference A Record AA Record AAA Record AAAA Record Season Tournament Overall TEAM COMPOSITE SUMMARY Aitkin 0-1 Bemidji 0-1 Bigfork 0-2 Cherry 1-1 Chisholm 1-1 Crosby-Ironton 2-0 Deer River 4-0 Duluth Denfeld 2-0 Ely 2-0 Esko 0-3(0-1) Eveleth-Gilbert 4-0 Greenway 2-0 Hibbing 0-1 Hibbing-Victory Christian Acad. 0-1 Littlefork-Big Falls 2-0 Marshall School-Lakeview Christian Academy 1-0 Mesabi East 2-1(1-0) Mountain Iron-Buhl 0-2 North Woods 2-0 Proctor 0-2 Roseau 0-2 Two Harbors 3-0(1-0) Virginia 3-2(0-1) Warroad 2-0 Playoff Record in Parentheses 57

59 SEASON RECORDS/TEAM SCORING COMPOSITE / SEASON POINTS POINTS YEAR GAMES RECORD SCORED AVERAGE AGAINST AVERAGE * ** ** ** ~ Iron Range Conference Champions * Sub-Region 4 Champions ** Region 7AA Champions ~ Sub-Section 3 Champions, Region 7A 58

60 SEASON RECORDS/TEAM SCORING COMPOSITE SEASON POINTS POINTS YEAR GAMES RECORD SCORED AVERAGE AGAINST AVERAGE ^ ^ ^ Averages divided by 27 games due to Crosby-Ironton forfeit + Iron Range Conference Champions * Sub-Region 4 Champions ** Region 7AA Champions ~ Sub-Section 3 Champions, Region 7A 59

61 INDIVIDUAL TEAM COMPOSITE ( ) Baudette 3-0 Northome 2-0 Blackduck 3-0 Warroad 2-0 Littlefork 4-0 Total Composite ( ) 14-0 (1.000) Aitkin 1-6(0-1) Alexandria 0-1(0-1) Aurora-Hoyt Lakes 15-5(1-0) Babbitt-Embarrass 16-2 Babbitt-Embarrass-Soudan-Tower 3-0 Barnum 0-6(0-1) Bemidji 4-11 Bigfork 8-5 Biwabik 1-0 Blackduck 5-0 Braham 0-3(0-3) Carlton 1-0 Cass Lake-Bena 1-0 Cherry Chisholm 17-30(0-1) Cloquet 5-5(1-0) Cook 5-12 Cook-Orr 7-0(2-0) Cook County 1-0 Crookston 1-0 Crosby-Ironton 3-11(0-1) Deer River 28-15(4-1) Duluth Central 2-3 Duluth Denfeld 6-4(3-0) Duluth East 1-5(0-3) East Central 0-2 Ely Erskine 1-0 Esko 3-11(1-3) Eveleth 5-8 Eveleth-Gilbert 36-13(4-0) Fort Frances 18-4 Gilbert 2-0 Grand Rapids 16-41(5-4) Greenway 37-15(4-0) Hermantown 2-4(0-1) Hibbing 23-41(1-4) Hibbing-Victory Christian Academy 0-1 INDIVIDUAL TEAM COMPOSITE ( ) Hutchinson 1-1(0-1) Indus 3-0 Isle 0-1 Kenyon-Wanamingo 1-0 Lake of the Woods 22-10(1-1) Littlefork-Big Falls Maranatha Academy 1-0 Marshall School 5-1 Marshall School-Lakeview Christian Academy 4-0 McGregor 1-1 Mesabi East 19-19(2-4) Moose Lake-Willow River 2-2 Mora 0-2 Mountain Iron-Buhl 17-23(1-1) Nashwauk-Keewatin 5-0 Northeast Range 1-1 North Woods 4-3 Orr 17-5 Osseo 0-1(0-1) Pequot Lakes 0-4(0-3) Princeton 3-0(3-0) Proctor 12-12(3-2) Rocori 0-1 Roseau 2-9 Rosemount 0-1(0-1) Rush City 1-0(1-0) St. Francis 1-0(1-0) St. Louis Park 0-1(0-1) St. Paul Harding 0-1(0-1) Spring Grove 0-1 Staples 0-1 Tower-Soudan 15-3(1-0) Two Harbors 12-8(3-2) Virginia 36-45(5-6) Warroad Woodbury 1-0(1-0) Total Composite ( ) (.545) Total Composite ( ) (.551) Italicized school name and record indicate that the school or co-op no longer exists. Playoff Record in Parentheses 60

62 COACHES RECORDS YEARS SEASONS COACH RECORD WIN% Elvira Ehnbom Unknown Ann Sad Laurie Kohler Kevin Dowty Matt Urbanek Rick DeBenedet Shawn Gilbert Jay Boyle