From left, the Vikings’ Kaylee Kennedy (4) dribbles inside while being guarded by Bigfork’s Kia Tower (1) in Thursday night’s Section 7A Tournament game at Hibbing Memorial Arena.
The 17-year-old International Falls High School senior is a guard on the Bronco girls basketball team. She is also Falls' latest girls basketball player to score 1,000 career points.
From right, the Broncos’ Janet Humbert drives inside past Greenway’s Delaney Mjolsness (23) in Wednesday night’s Section 7AA playoff game in the Falls High School gym.
Dieter Humbert
After a one-year hiatus from coaching women's basketball, Dieter Humbert is returning as Rainy River Community College's head coach next season.
Humbert's return as the head women's basketball coach was announced Wednesday morning in an e-mail message from RRCC director of student services LeAnne Hardy and comes following another announcement earlier this week from the school that first-year head coach Adam Rotar will not be returning next season.
Rotar coached much of the Voyageurs' 2014-15 season with only five players on the roster and compiled a record of 2-12 in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference's Northern Division and 6-19 overall.
Humbert, who has more than 20 years of experience coaching women's basketball at RRCC, had stepped down after the 2013-14 season to spend more time watching his own children in grades 7-12 play sports.
Following the high school graduation of his son, Ben, at the end of this school year, Humbert said he will be able to commit the time to coaching RRCC women's basketball in 2015-16.
“I didn't envision it happening this fast,” Humbert said of returning as the head women's basketball coach.
Humbert, who presently is also RRCC's head softball coach, said he will be involved in recruiting both women's basketball and softball players for next season.
Today’s games
Women’s hockey
RRCC in ACHA D2 National Tournament semifinals at York, Pa., TBD
Girls basketball
I. Falls vs. Proctor in Section 7AA Tournament at UMD, 2:45 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Women’s hockey
ACHA D2 National Tournament finals in York, Pa., 9 a.m.
Tuesday’s games
Women’s softball
RRCC vs. Itasca/Lincoln Land/Cumberland in Titusville, Fla., 10 a.m./noon/2 p.m.
Men’s baseball
RRCC vs. Owen CC in Lakeland, Fla. (DH), 3 p.m.
Wednesday’s games
Women’s softball
RRCC vs. Rowen College/Kishwaukee in Titusville, Fla., 9 a.m./2 p.m.
Men’s baseball
RRCC vs. Hannibal LaGrange JV in St. Petersburg, Fla. (DH), noon
Thursday’s games
Girls basketball
I. Falls vs. Rush City in Section 7AA semifinals at UMD, 5:45 p.m.
Friday’s games
Men’s baseball
RRCC vs. Macomb CC in St. Petersburg, Fla. (DH), noon
March 14 games
Men’s baseball
RRCC vs. Sussex County CC in St. Petersburg, Fla. (DH), noon
Girls basketball
Section 7AA finals at UMD, 7 p.m.
