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Class 2A, No. 5 Blake defeated Duluth Denfeld 72-66 in a high school boys basketball nonconference game Saturday afternoon at historic Denfeld Gym. The Bears improved to 7-0 and the Hunters fell to 4-6.
Also Saturday:
Boys Basketball
Duluth Marshall 51, Proctor 47. Brooks Johnson had 21 points for the Hilltoppers.
Cherry 74, Nevis 59
Elk River 70, Duluth East 65
East Central 80, Fond du Lac Ojibwe 54
Hibbing 80, North Branch 57
Girls Basketball
Duluth Marshall 92, Park Center 62
North Branch 76, Grand Rapids 59
Duluth Denfeld 46, Hibbing 42
Pequot Lakes 75, Cloquet 38
Barnum 61, Mora 58
Bemidji 52, Esko 32
Becker 65, Rock Ridge 57