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TODAY'S GAMES

Boys Basketball

Grand Rapids at Proctor

Duluth Denfeld at Cloquet

Greenway at Hibbing

Two Harbors at Deer River

Rock Ridge at Mesabi East

Girls Basketball

Esko at Carlton-Wrenshall

Proctor at Pine City

Aitkin at Hibbing

Two Harbors at North Woods

Barnum at Moose Lake-Willow River

South Ridge at McGregor

Floodwood at Silver Bay

Northwestern at Hayward

Deer River at Cherry

Boys Hockey

Brainerd at Duluth East

Superior at Duluth Denfeld

Moose Lake at International Falls

Girls Hockey

Cloquet-Esko-Carlton at Rock Ridge

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