Cathedral Wins; Ely, Babbitt Tie
Duluth News Tribune, April 14, 1973

...Proctor edged Moose Lake 4-2 as high school baseball put in its first day of action Friday...

...Randy Mackereth and Bill Moen provided the power hitting in Proctor's win while Jim Merling got the win on the mound. Blaine Muckala added a pair of singles for the Rails with Nathan Kolaski [sic] coming up with two doubles for Moose Lake.

Lakers drop game to Proctor
Moose Lake Star-Gazette, April 19, 1973

Moose Lake was defeated by the Proctor Rails 4-2 last Friday. The Lakers trailed throughout the game and both teams played a rather aggressive game.

The winning pitcher was Jim Merling and the loser was Terry Carlson. Steve Holt was the local starter but was relieved in the fifth inning by Carlson.

Nathan Kolosky had the hot bat for the Lakers as he went 2-for-3 with two doubles and scored one run ...