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Prep Sports Notebook: Grand Rapids clips Duluth East in OT

Class 2A/No. 15 Grand Rapids defeated 2A/No. 14 Duluth East 2-1 in overtime in high school boys hockey Tuesday night at Sill Arena. Junior forward Wyatt Peterson scored for the Greyhounds (0-3). The Thunderhawks improved to 2-0 overall. Duluth East next plays host to Bemidji on Thursday night at Sill.

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Tresean Sanigar scored a game-high 30 points to power host Superior past Saint Croix Central 79-68 in overtime in a nonconference high school boys basketball game Tuesday night. Brandon Aker added 17 points and sophomore sensation Calvin Anderson 14 for the Spartans (2-1).

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Bemidji defeated host Hermantown 57-42 in a high school girls basketball opener for both teams Tuesday night. Aurora Decker scored a team-high 10 points for the Hawks, and teammate Mikayla Sweeney added eight.

THURSDAY PREP EVENTS

Boys Basketball

Cloquet at Hibbing

Northwestern at Hayward

Floodwood at Two Harbors

Girls Basketball

Cloquet at Hermantown

Esko at South Ridge

Boys Hockey

Bemidji at Duluth East

Grand Rapids at Duluth Marshall

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