Today's Prep Games
Boys Basketball
Duluth East at Duluth Denfeld
Rock Ridge at Duluth Marshall
Hinckley-Finlayson at Pine City
Ely at Mountain Iron-Buhl
Grand Rapids at Hibbing
Boys Hockey
Rock Ridge at Proctor
Greenway at International Falls
North Shore at Hibbing-Chisholm
Girls Basketball
Esko at Two Harbors
Proctor at Hermantown
Duluth East at Duluth Denfeld
Girls Hockey
Northern Lakes at Cloquet
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