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This Week in Duluth Denfeld Sports

Tuesday Girls Hockey – host Hibbing, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball – at Superior, 7:15 p.m. Thursday Nordic Skiing – host Cloquet, 11 a.m. Spirit Mountain Girls Basketball – host Hibbing, 7 p.m. Girls Hockey – at International Falls, 7 p.m. Boys Hockey – host Proctor, 7 p.m. Friday Girls

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This Week in Duluth East Sports

Tuesday Nordic Skiing – vs. Cloquet, Spirit Mountain, 4 p.m. Thursday Boys Basketball – host Rock Ridge, 7 p.m. Boys Hockey – at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. Friday Girls Basketball – at Hermantown, 7:15 p.m. Saturday Boys Swimming – Multiple teams at Ordean East Pool, 9 a.m. Boys Hockey

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This Week in Cloquet Prep Sports

Tuesday Boys Basketball – host Barnum, 7:15 p.m. Girls Basketball – at Proctor, 7:15 p.m. Thursday Nordic Skiing – at Spirit Mountain, 11 a.m. Boys Hockey – host Superior, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball – host Esko, 7:15 p.m. Friday Girls Hockey – at Osseo, 7 p.m. Boys

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This Week in Esko Prep Sports

Thursday Boys Basketball – at Proctor, 7:15 p.m. Girls Basketball – at Cloquet, 7:15 p.m. Saturday Girls Basketball – at Bemidji, 2:15 p.m. Boys Basketball – host Perham, 4 p.m.

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Registration open for first three YAF races in 2024

Registration is now open for the first three Young Athletes Foundation (YAF) fundraising running events scheduled for 2024, the organization announced today. Each of these events saw participation increase in 2023, an encouraging sign to organizers who say these races have an even deeper meaning to the community. “Just by

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This Week in Hermantown Prep Sports

Tuesday Nordic Skiing – at Cloquet, 5 p.m. Boys Hockey – at Proctor, 7 p.m. Game Notes: The Class 1A/No. 1-ranked Hawks will be looking to rebound from a 4-0 loss at Shakopee last Friday, their first shutout loss since 2015. In fairness, Hermantown (6-2-2)

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Quote Me, Howie: Prep boys basketball coaches Rhett McDonald and Andy Fenske, on their respective teams
Greyhounds boys basketball coach Rhett McDonald. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Quote Me, Howie: Prep boys basketball coaches Rhett McDonald and Andy Fenske, on their respective teams

Duluth East boys basketball coach Rhett McDonald on his young and quickly improving team, which has won two of its last three including a 90-81 victory over North Branch in the Owatonna Holiday Tournament Saturday – "Coming into this season, we knew we had a lot of holes to

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Howie's Prep Sports Notebook, Saturday
Class 2A powerhouse Duluth Denfeld clipped Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 4-3 in overtime on Friday afternoon at Sill Arena in Duluth's Friendly West End. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Howie's Prep Sports Notebook, Saturday

Hermantown went 1-1 in a pair of Delano boys basketball holiday tournament games last week, losing to Delano 85-61 before blitzing Monticello 80-63. The Hawks (5-5), who are led by 6-foot-5 senior power forward Abe Soumis, will visit Rock Ridge at 7:15 p.

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Vikings Notebook
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Vikings Notebook

The Vikings on Saturday placed linebacker Troy Dye on Injured Reserve ahead of hosting the Packers in Week 17. Dye has been a core special teams player for Minnesota since his selection in 2020. He's played 296 special teams snaps across all 15 Vikings games this season. The

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Howie's Prep Sports Notebook, Friday

Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Duluth Denfeld will play for the Heritage Holiday Classic high school boys hockey championship at 3:30 p.m. today at Sill Arena in Duluth's Friendly West End. Both teams have won their first two games in the three-day, eight-team event, with

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Quote Me, Howie: John Gilbert

Local sports columnist John Gilbert on the Vikings, NFC North – "Traditions can be hard to change in the NFL, but this season, the Vikings and Detroit Lions almost single-handedly have turned the NFC North upside down. The torn Achilles tendon and the season-long recovery have hardly stabilized

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Today's Prep Sports

Boys Basketball Duluth Denfeld vs. Tartan, 4 p.m. in Hibbing Cromwell-Wright at Cloquet, 4:30 p.m. Mountain Iron-Buhl at Hibbing, 7:30 p.m. in Hibbing Girls Basketball Superior vs. Forest Lake, 12:30 p.m. at Duluth East Coon Rapids at Duluth East, 3:30

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Quote Me, Howie: Fred Friedman, Mike Zagelmeyer, Scott Hanna, Joel Heller on the Vikes
The Duluth Northern Stars play Wayzata at 1:30 p.m. today at the Herb Brooks Holiday Classic (Gold) in Blaine. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Quote Me, Howie: Fred Friedman, Mike Zagelmeyer, Scott Hanna, Joel Heller on the Vikes

My lifetime buddy Fred Friedman on the woeful Vikings, moving forward – "They have to sign (Danielle) Hunter if they want to win. He is one of the best players in football. They should sign (Kirk) Cousins but they cannot win with or without him unless they improve the offensive

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Hermantown Sports This Week
Hermantown boys basketball coach Andy Fenske. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Hermantown Sports This Week

Today Girls Basketball – vs. Bloomington Kennedy at Esko tournament, 2:45 p.m. Game Notes: The Hawks are 2-7, the Eagles 3-6. Hermantown players to watch are junior center Olivia Johnson, sophomore guard Bailey Hermanson, senior guard Bailey Zagelmeyer and junior guard Mikayla Sweeney. Wednesday Girls Basketball – TBD

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Howie: Prep Notebook, Friday

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

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Today's Sports

Prep Boys Basketball Minneapolis North at Esko North Branch at Hermantown Hibbing at Cloquet Duluth East at Tartan Pine City at Moose Lake-Willow River Prep Girls Basketball Superior at Duluth East Two Harbors at McGregor Esko at Pine City Prep Boys Hockey Grand Rapids at Minnetonka Cloquet at St.

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