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
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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
My projection is 9-2 overall and 9-1 in the NSIC, with losses at Slippery Rock and Wayne State. That record should place UMD in the conference championship fight and produce another NCAA playoff berth.
The Vikings are too talented at receiver, too well coached and too versatile defensively to dismiss. They are also too uncertain at quarterback, center, safety and defensive-line depth to declare a championship contender. The most reasonable prediction is 10-7.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota will enter the 2026 football season with an established quarterback, a proven running back, one of the Big Ten’s best pass rushers and enough veteran leadership to become a better team than the one that won eight games last year. The problem for P.J. Fleck is
DULUTH, Minn. — Ja’Vonte Johnson threw two touchdown passes in the final two minutes, including the game-winner to LeDarian McAllister with 22 seconds remaining, as the Minnesota Monsters rallied past the Beaumont Renegades 42-40 Saturday night at Amsoil Arena. Minnesota trailed 40-29 before Johnson connected with Shiloh
