"We're finally fully healthy and with a team full of seniors, we're ready to lay it all on the line and see what happens. Hopefully we get a little luck and find a way to win this thing. Fun time of the year." -- Cloquet boys basketball coach Steve Battaglia
“After a very tough game against Proctor, I loved our response against Irondale on Saturday. We had fifteen different players score in the game, led by junior point guard Bailey Hermanson who had 23 points.” -- Hawks head coach Eric Borndal
"I’ve coached this group of seniors since they were in kindergarten, and I expect us to be very competitive." -- Cloquet boys basketball coach Steve Battaglia
Cloquet boys basketball coach Steve Battaglia on the Jacks, as they wrap up the regular season and prepare for the 2024 playoffs – "It’s really been a pretty good year for us considering we only play two seniors and one of them was out for a month. We gave
Cloquet junior guard Jack Battaglia exploded for 38 points as the Lumberjacks blitzed winless Hibbing 113-83 at Cloquet Middle School Gym on Thursday night. Shaze Henagin contributed 24 points and Seth Rothamel 20 for the Jacks (3-4), who visit Cromwell-Wright Dec. 27. Battaglia, a deft outside shooter and rising college
The two-day Twin Ports Summer Jam high school boy's basketball tournament is wrapping up today at Lincoln Park Middle School in West Duluth. Cherry, Hermantown and Duluth Denfeld are elite teams in the 16-team field. Top prospects taking part: . Cherry point guard Isaac Asuma, a Gophers commit and
FIRST TEAM 1. Abe Soumis, Hermantown 2. Marnaries Ferguson, Duluth Denfeld 3. Aidan Altona, Duluth Denfeld 4. Brooks Johnson, Hermantown 5. Koi Perich, Esko SECOND TEAM 1. Tre Sanigar, Superior 2. Ty Nyberg, Duluth East 3. Jack Battaglia, Cloquet 4. Finnley Powell, Duluth Denfeld 5. Calvin Anderson, Superior