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Schneider, Watt give Bulldogs hockey a distinctly Duluth voice

DULUTH — Bulldogs hockey sounds different when the two men describing it have spent much of their lives around the game in Duluth. Zach Schneider has spent nearly two decades learning

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Vikings' draft picks:

First round: 10th overall: QB J.J. McCarthy, Michigan

First round: 17rd overall: OLB Dallas Turner, Alabama

Fourth round: 108th overall: CB Khyree Jackson, Oregon

Sixth round: 177th overall: T Walter Rouse, Oklahoma

Sixth round: 203th overall: K Will Reichard, Alabama

Seventh round: 230th overall: OL Michael Jurgens, Wake Forest

Seventh round: 232nd overall: DL Levi Drake Rodriguez, Texas A&M University-Commerce

The Minnesota Vikings on Saturday followed the 2024 NFL Draft by agreeing to terms with the following 17 undrafted free agents (listed alphabetically by last name):

Matt Cindric, OL, California

K.J. Cloyd, LB, Miami

Jeremy Flax, OL, Kentucky

Dallas Gant, LB, Toledo

Devron Harper, WR, Mercer

Ty James, WR, Mercer

Jeshaun Jones, WR, Maryland

Trey Knox, TE, South Carolina

Tyler Manoa, DL, Arizona

Donovan Manuel, LB, Florida International

Dwight McGlothern, CB, Arkansas

Gabriel Murphy, OLB, UCLA

Doug Nester, OL, West Virginia

Owen Porter, OLB, Marshall

Bo Richter, OLB, Air Force

Spencer Rolland, OL, North Carolina

Taki Taimani, DL, Oregon

Hermantown High Sports This Week

Monday

Girls Golf – at Ridgeview, 8 a.m.

Boys Golf – at Cambridge, noon

Boys Tennis – at Duluth Denfeld, 4:15 p.m.

Softball – host Superior, 4:30 p.m. Games Notes: The Hawks (3-1) blitzed Grand Rapids 18-0 last Thursday at Rose Field. The Spartans are 5-3 and are hoping to rebound from two losses at Chippewa Falls on Friday, 8-6 and 10-3.

Tuesday

Boys Golf – at Cloquet, 9 a.m.

Girls Golf – vs. Rock Ridge, The Quarry, 11 a.m.

Boys Tennis – at Grand Rapids vs. Grand Rapids, 2 p.m., and vs. Bemidi, 4 p.m.

Boys and Girls Track & Field – at Hibbing, 4:15 p.m.

Softball – host Proctor, 4:30 p.m. Game Note: The Rails (8-1) have won six of their last seven, including a 19-1 home victory against Duluth Marshall last Thursday.

Girls Lacrosse – at Grand Rapids, 6:30 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse – host TriMAC, 7 p.m. Hermantown

Wednesday

Boys and Girls Golf – at Nemadji in Superior, 9 a.m.

Thursday

Boys Tennis – at Aitkin, 4:15 p.m.

Friday

Boys Golf – at The Quarry at Giants Ridge, 11 a.m.

Girls Lacrosse – at Columbia Heights, 6 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse – at Moorhead, 6 p.m.

Saturday

Boys Golf -- at The Quarry at Giants Ridge, 10 a.m.

Softball – two games TBA at Sunshine Park, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse – vs. St. Cloud, 12:30 p.m.

Baseball – host North Branch, 2 p.m. Proctor. Game Notes: Hermantown (3-3) lost 7-3 at Rock Ridge last Friday. North Branch was 4-5 heading into games at Cloquet Tuesday, at Princeton Friday, and at Duluth Denfeld at 11 a.m. Saturday.

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