"The Hammer" towered over Caleb Maki's head as the Proctor senior grabbed a hold of the traveling trophy and attempted to pound an imaginary nail into the Rails' football field Friday night. It was ...

When Jesse Bodell set out to fashion a traveling trophy for the decades-old Hermantown-Proctor football rivalry, the finished product proved apropos in a region where rivals are known to battle for ...

Both the Proctor and Hermantown football teams are gearing up to honor a long-lived tradition and rivalry in Friday’s 74th annual Hammer Game. “The Hammer game has always been something that’s about ...