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Grand Rapids pummeled Duluth Denfeld 17-5 in a Lake Superior Conference softball game Wednesday afternoon at Dick Swanson Fields in West Duluth. Howie / HowieHanson.com

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TODAY'S EVENTS

National Football League Draft, 7 p.m. WDIO 10/13

Prep Softball

Hermantown at Grand Rapids

Proctor at Duluth Marshall

Esko at Duluth East

Northwestern at Cumberland

Chisholm at Ely

Prep Baseball

Hermantown at Cloquet

Duluth Marshall at Superior

Cherry at Chisholm

Greenway at Hill City

Two Harbors at Barnum

Prep Boys Tennis

Hibbing at Hermantown

Cloquet at Superior

Duluth Marshall at Duluth Denfeld

Rock Ridge at Bemidji

Prep Boys Lacrosse

Chisago Lakes at Duluth

Prep Girls Lacrosse

Proctor-Hermantown at Duluth

WEDNESDAY RESULTS

Prep Softball

Grand Rapids 17, Duluth Denfeld 5

Rock Ridge 5, Proctor 0

Esko 6, Barnum 2

Northwestern 9, Cumberland 0

Cloquet 9, Hibbing 0

Cloquet 15, Duluth Marshall 0

Prep Baseball

Duluth Marshall 7, Aitkin 0

Northwestern 11, Cumberland 5

Esko 11, Barnum 0

DULUTH FC NOTEBOOK

The Duluth FC, northern Minnesota’s premier semi-professional men's soccer team, opens May 15 against Joy FC at Walt Hunting Stadium in West Duluth. Thomas Pazo is the BlueGreens' new head coach. The club begins its eighth season in the National Premier Soccer League, and is co-owned by local businessman Alex Giuliani and 2018 Olympic curling gold medalist John Shuster of Superior.

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