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By Howie Hanson As a two-time defending Section 7AAA boys basketball champion, Hermantown almost always draws the best effort from its opponents. Last week was no different for the Hawks, who posted three victories against elite opponents – including an 89-87 home victory over St. Francis – to improve to 17-6 overall.

Section 7A boys hockey pairings

Tuesday No. 1-seed Hermantown (15-8-2) hosts No. 8 International Falls (6-17-2), 6 p.m. No. 4 Proctor (18-7-0) hosts No. 5 North Shore (11-11-3), 6 p.m. No. 2 Cloquet-Esko-Carlton (12-13-0) hosts No. 7 Ely (14-11-0), 7 p.m. No. 3 Hibbing-Chisholm (17-8-0) hosts No. 6 Greenway (5-17-3), 6 p.

Sports Notebook, Thursday

Today's Prep Sports Events Boys Hockey Northern Lakes at Proctor Thief River Falls at Bemidji International Falls at Lake of the Woods Duluth Denfeld at Greenway Boys Basketball Bemidji at Esko Moose Lake-Willow River at Hibbing Greenway at Deer River Proctor at Pine City Floodwood at Nashwauk-Keewatin Duluth

Tuesday Night Prep Scoreboard

Boys Hockey Hermantown 4, Grand Rapids 1. The Class 1A/No. 2-ranked Hawks, who captured another Lake Superior Conference title with the road victory, will be seeded No. 1 in the upcoming Section 7A playoffs. North Shore 6, International Falls 3 Class 1A/ No. 1 Warroad 4, Bemidji 3 Duluth

Howie: Hawks ready to begin run for state championship

Hermantown boys hockey doesn’t measure success by its won-loss record during the regular season. The stated goal is to play a highly-competitive regular season schedule against many of Minnesota’s Class 2A state-ranked teams, which hopefully prepares the Hawks well for the Section 7A playoffs and to make a

Esko Sports Notebook

Esko will launch a six-game boys basketball homestand Tuesday night against neighborhood rival Cloquet, as the traditional Polar League champions begin arguably the toughest stretch in their regular season schedule. Esko (14-6) won’t be the favorite in at least three of its final six home games, but will be

Howie: Hermantown Boys and Girls Basketball Notebook

With a week of no games, the defending Section 7AAA Hermantown boys basketball team was able to get its players rested and start to dial in on new concepts and schemes it wants to run in the upcoming playoffs, Hawks coach Andy Fenske said Monday morning. "We have a