"I think we have some real playmakers this year who are excited for the challenge ahead. We graduated only eight seniors, although several were major contributors. For the first time in a long time, I like our depth." -- Hermantown Hawks football coach Mike Zagelmeyer
■ Friday, August 29 – host Duluth Denfeld, 7 p.m. ■ Friday, Sept. 5 – host Proctor, 7 p.m. ■ Friday, Sept. 12 – at Duluth East, 6 p.m. ■ Friday, Sept. 19 – at Cloquet, 7 p.m. ■ Friday, Sept. 26 – host Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. ■ Friday, Oct. 3 – at Esko, 5 p.
“To say a section championship is a goal is one thing, but we must go out and achieve it now. No more words, just actions.” -- Hawks coach Mike Zagelmeyer
Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Howie's Prep Football Rankings 1. Hermantown (4-0). Tonight: host Rock Ridge (2-2), Homecoming 2. Duluth Denfeld (4-0). Tonight: at North Branch (3-1) 3. North Branch (3-1). Tonight: host Duluth Denfeld (4-0)
We have won many great games in the past at Hermantown, but we have also lost our share of those great games. This one has to rate close to the top, if not at the top, as one of the toughest regular season losses I can remember in my 28-year tenure here. -- Mike Zagelmeyer
North Branch 33, Duluth Denfeld 13. Both teams are 4-1. The Hunters face Cloquet (3-2) Friday in Proctor. Esko 32, Two Harbors 3. Esko improved to 5-0 and Two Harbors fell to 3-2. On Friday night, the Eskomos visit Hibbing (1-4) and the Agates play host to Rock Ridge. Grand
Hermantown raced to a 38-0 halftime lead and coasted to a 41-7 victory over traditional rival Cloquet in a Northeast Red high school football game Friday night at Egerdahl Field in Proctor. "That might have been one of the best halves of football I have seen us play in