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Bulldogs picked third in NCHC preseason media poll

Minnesota Duluth will enter the 2026-27 season carrying some of the highest expectations in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Bulldogs were picked to finish third in the NCHC

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Sports Notebook: Chloe Johnson in the news
Hilltoppers standout Chloe Johnson (fourth from left in the middle row). Submitted

Sports Notebook: Chloe Johnson in the news

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Freshman guard Chloe Johnson scored 44 points to reach 2,000 for her brief career as Duluth Marshall blitzed visiting Mesabi East 90-63 in a nonconference high school basketball game Thursday night. MINNESOTA PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL STATS Most points, career: 5,060 – Rebekah Dahlman, Braham,

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Friday Prep Sports Notebook
Duluth Marshall freshman girls basketball phenom Chloe Johnson lunged for a loose ball headed out of bounds in the first half of Thursday night's home game against Grand Rapids. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Friday Prep Sports Notebook

THURSDAY RESULTS Girls Basketball Duluth Marshall 102, Grand Rapids 36. Chloe Johnson had 37 points and Cairin Berger 20 for the Hilltoppers. Proctor 75, Hermantown 52. Chloe Carlson and Lily Smith scored 16 points each for the Rails, and Bailey Hermanson had 16 points for the Hawks. Esko 66, Barnum

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Wednesday Prep Notebook

SECTIONS – St. Louis County . Lake Superior College . Sports . Media Note: Prep Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. PREP STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Duluth Denfeld senior point guard MarNaries Ferguson has been named HowieHanson.com Prep Student-Athlete of the Week.

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Quote Me, Howie: Chibuzo Osuchukwu, Duluth Marshall girls basketball coach
Duluth Marshall basketball standouts Chloe Johnson (left) and Gabija Krasauskaite. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Quote Me, Howie: Chibuzo Osuchukwu, Duluth Marshall girls basketball coach

"She's bigger, faster and stronger than a year ago. She extended her range a lot, too. That's the goal, to improve each year. She has a high basketball IQ and that's why a lot of college coaches love her already." -- Osuchukwu on ultra-elite freshman Chloe Johnson

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Quote Me, Howie: Dyami Starks
Chloe Johnson (left) as a 7th-grade varsity starter for Duluth Marshall in 2022-23. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Quote Me, Howie: Dyami Starks

Dyami Starks, founder of Starks Academy, a renowned basketball program, and Player Development Coach for All Iowa Attack, talks about Chloe Johnson, the basketball prodigy from Duluth Marshall – "Chloe (Johnson) has the ingredients to go down as one of Minnesota’s All-Time Greats (like Gianna Kneepkens before her)

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Not Too Early: 2024-25 Howie Hanson Prep Boys and Girls Basketball Dream Teams

BOYS Brooks Johnson, Duluth Marshall senior forward (Bulldogs commit) Calvin Anderson, Superior junior forward Ray Brau, Hibbing sophomore forward GIRLS Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall freshman forward Regan Juenemann, Duluth Marshall senior guard Chloe Carlson, Proctor sophomore guard Lily Smith, Proctor junior guard Bailey Hermanson, Hermantown junior guard

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Prep girls basketball tourney results from Saturday
Eighth-grade phenom Chloe Johnson (left) scored 43 points to power Duluth Marshall past Mesabi East 88-70 in a Section 7AA quarterfinal Saturday night. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Prep girls basketball tourney results from Saturday

Section 7AA Quarterfinals ■ Proctor defeated Esko 55-52. Sophomore guard Chloe Carlson had 15 points for the Rails. Hannah Swanson and Kyra Johnson had 14 points each for Esko. ■ Pequot Lakes defeated Pierz 65-44 ■ Duluth Marshall defeated Mesabi East 88-70. Eighth-grade phenom Chloe Johnson had 43 points

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Quote Me, Howie: Chloe Johnson

Duluth Marshall's Chloe Johnson, a 5-foot-10 point guard who led the Hilltoppers in scoring last season as a 7th-grader, is one of the top prospects in the nation in the class of 2028 and already has a full-ride scholarship offer from the University of

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Johnson invited to Blue Star All-America Camp
Chloe Johnson last season against Duluth Denfeld. Howie / Duluth Times

Johnson invited to Blue Star All-America Camp

Duluth Marshall girls basketball phenom Chloe Johnson has been invited to the prestigious Blue Star All-America Camp on Aug. 11-13 in Westfield, IN. The Hilltoppers' eighth-grader-to-be is one of the nation's top prospects in the Class of 2028.

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Photo of the Day: Chloe Johnson
Chloe Johnson. Greg Johnson / For Duluth Times

Photo of the Day: Chloe Johnson

Chloe Johnson of Duluth Marshall led MINN Starks to a 58-48 victory over North Tartan in the Summer Jam championship game Sunday. Johnson is one of the top-ranked recruits in the nation in the Class of 2028.

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Quote Me, Howie: Fred Friedman on the Twins, Vikings

'The Vikings cannot advance in the playoffs with untested cornerbacks, no interior rush, a center and a guard that regularly get overrun and a quarterback who has no escapability skills.' -- Fred Friedman

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