BOYS BASKETBALL
Cherry 109, Deer River 50. The Tigers (1-0) will host Mountain Iron-Buhl on Monday at 7 p.m.
Cloquet 76, Hibbing 70
Northwestern 103, Hayward 64
BOYS HOCKEY
2A/No. 16 Duluth East 4, Bemidji 0. The Greyhounds (1-3) visit 2A/No. 4 Wayzata Saturday afternoon.
Class 2A/No. 14 Grand Rapids 3, Duluth Marshall 2
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cloquet 72, Hermantown 27
Rock Ridge 67, Esko 44
Note: Prep Scoreboard is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Football Hermantown 49, Grand Rapids 22. The Hawks improved to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the Northeast Red. Hermantown will host Rock Ridge on Friday night. Duluth Denfeld 48, Duluth East
Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Support Our HowieHanson.com Publishing Efforts! How 'Bout Those Hunters! Unbeaten Duluth Denfeld is ranked 6th in Class 4A in the latest StarTribune.com high school football state rankings (paywall). "I
Note: This Week in Hermantown Sports is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Monday Boys Soccer – at Duluth Marshall, 4 p.m. Match Notes: The Hawks defeated the Hilltoppers 4-1 on August 27 at Centricity Stadium. Hermantown also blitzed Proctor 6-0
Note: Prep Sports Tonight is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Duluth Denfeld improved to 3-0 on Thursday night with a 56-0 high school football nonconference victory over Pine City at Public Schools Stadium. The Hunters will host Duluth East on
Player of the Year frontrunner Malik Henry of Michigan tops my 2026 AF1 Dream Team, as teams battle for six playoff spots. Offense QB — Malik Henry, Michigan League leader in passing yards and touchdown passes. Nashville's Tyler Kulka and Albany's Sam Castronova are close, but Henry
The first five names on this list will generate most of the headlines. That's how the draft works. The real story, however, often emerges years later. Somewhere between picks 25 and 50 sits a future NHL star. Every draft has one.
The rankings begin this way: Hermantown, Grand Rapids, North Branch, Cloquet, Duluth Denfeld, Duluth East and Rock Ridge.
Recruiting services rank Duluth Marshall's Chloe Johnson among the top players nationally in the Class of 2028, and ESPN has rated her among the elite prospects in her class.
