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Hockey Notebook

Updated Bulldogs incoming freshmen stats (as of Monday, Feb. 19): F, Max Plante (U.S. National U-18) – 10 goals, 28 assists, 38 points, +13 in 31 games F, Zam Plante (Fargo Force) – 20-34=54, +27, 38. Notes: Third in USHL individual scoring, with 14 points (five goals) in last five

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Hermantown Sports, Essentia Health in the News

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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sports Notebook, Saturday

Today's Events Prep Girls Hockey No. 3 seed Cloquet-Esko-Carlton (14-11-1) vs. No. 2 Proctor-Hermantown (16-8-2), Section 7A semifinal. Results: Jane Eckstrom and Izy Fairchild scored two goals each and goaltender Neelah McLeod stopped all nine shots as the Mirage cruised to a 6-0 victory. Proctor-Hermantown outshot the Lumberjacks

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Sports Notebook, Thursday

Today's Events Prep Boys Basketball Cloquet at Denfeld Proctor at Hinckley-Finlayson Mt. Iron-Buhl at Rock Ridge International Falls at Mesabi East Barron at Northwestern Prep Girls Basketball Hermantown at Grand Rapids Cloquet at Coon Rapids Pequot Lakes at Esko Carlton-Wrenshall at Barnum Two Harbors at Moose Lake-Willow River

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Quote Me, Howie: Fred Friedman

My longtime buddy and Duluth YMCA Noon Basketball Hall-of-Famer Fred Friedman on the Gophers men's basketball team, which edged Big Ten rival Michigan State 59-56 on Tuesday night at historic Williams Arena in Minneapolis – "I like (power forward Pharrel) Payne's game a lot and believed

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Sports Notebook, Wednesday

Tuesday Results Prep Girls Hockey Proctor/Hermantown 5, North Shore 1 (Section 7A quarterfinal) Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 4, Hibbing-Chisholm 2 (Section 7A quarterfinal) Moose Lake Area 1, Rock Ridge 0 (Section 7A quarterfinal) Prep Boys Basketball Cloquet 83, Grand Rapids 74 Esko 50, Pequot Lakes 40 Cromwell-Wright 71, Proctor 53 Carlton/Wrenshall

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Quote Me, Howie: John Shuster

My legendary curling buddy John Shuster on skipping his Olympic gold medal-winning team to the 2024 U.S. National men's championship in New Jersey last week: "It was week to remember, that’s for sure. I cannot express enough how lucky I am to go to battle

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Sports Notebook, Tuesday

Today's Events, High School Girls Hockey Hibbing-Chisholm at Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 7 p.m. (Section 7A quarterfinal) North Shore at Proctor-Hermantown, 7 p.m. (Section 7A quarterfinal) Rock Ridge at Moose Lake, 7 p.m. (Section 7A quarterfinal) Boys Basketball Esko at Pequot Lakes, 7:15 p.m. (Livestream radio)

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