Cruz Runyan scattered six hits to earn the pitching victory in the opener, and River Freeman and Wylie Arro collected three hits each.
Hermantown pounded Denfeld 13-0 and lost to Spring Lake Park 9-5 in a split doubleheader Saturday at Wade Stadium.
Cruz Runyan scattered six hits to earn the pitching victory in the opener, and River Freeman and Wylie Arro collected three hits each.
The Hawks (11-4) will play host to Proctor on Monday and to Grand Rapids Tuesday before playing a home-and-home series against Duluth East Wednesday at Fitchner Field and Friday at Ordean Field.
Hermantown has lost three of its last four.
His stat line towered over the league: a .383 batting average, 17 home runs, 68 RBIs, 23 doubles, three triples, 48 runs scored, 28 walks, and 15 stolen bases over 52 games. His OPS landed at 1.252, powered by a .471 on-base percentage and a .781 slugging percentage.
This isn’t corporate sports media. This isn’t fluff. Howie Sports is Independent. Local. Unfiltered. Fifty years in the game — telling you who’s hot, who’s not, and who needs a swift kick in the butt.
For Hermantown, the impact is already unmistakable. A high school program in northern Minnesota placed three of its own among the nation’s best college hockey players — simultaneously, on the sport’s biggest individual stage — reinforcing a legacy that now stretches far beyond state lines.
The Bellville and Baumgarten hires reflect a newsroom making deliberate bets: on audience intelligence, on subject-matter authority, and on leadership that understands journalism doesn’t succeed just because it’s good — it succeeds because it reaches people where they actually live now.
“The Northland is home to me, from my hometown of International Falls to the Iron Range and rural areas of northwestern Wisconsin." -- Maria Vollom
I’m not handing Hermantown a boys hockey state trophy in January. I’ve been around too long for that. But when the Section 7A tournament begins and the pressure turns real, I know who I’m riding with. I’ve seen this movie before. It usually ends with everyone else wondering how they missed it.
