Bad call? Ely's Santa Claus is watching you

On March 14, Dan Jourdain, Jonathan White and Phillip Johnson became the first all-Indigenous three-man referee crew to officiate a Minnesota basketball state tournament game.

Shelly Foster, a graduate of Cass Lake High School, was recently inducted into the 2025 North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. Foster walked on the Stanford University Volleyball team in the spring of her sophomore year and played two season for the Cardinals as a libero.

Referee Rob Bissonnette recently took to the floor to officiate his 2,500th game. He began officiating in 1994.

Sports have always been an opportunity for Amy Cooper. Sports opened doors of opportunity, and when physical limitations prevented her from competing, she used her love of sports to open up doors for others.