Prep report: Hermantown offense singes Cloquet
Jan. 11—Hermantown racked up 100-plus points for the second time in a week, with Abe Soumis' 34 points at the forefront of an overwhelming offensive performance, 106-77 over Cloquet in a Lake Superior Conference boys basketball game on Thursday night, Jan. 11 at Cloquet Middle School.
The Hawks scored 58 points in the first half for a 24-point lead at the break, and kept up the intensity through the finish. In four games in 2024, Hermantown is averaging 98.8 points.
Nathan Hill kicked in 21 and Brayden Lundeen 17 for Hermantown (10-5), now winners of six straight.
Cloquet (6-7) wasn't exactly slouching on its end, as Jack Battaglia poured in 30 and Shazae Henigin finished with 20 points.
Ethan Starstead flirted with a double-double as the Hunters rolled past their city rivals in their meeting on the west side on Thursday night.
Starstead ended up with 21 points and eight boards, while Marnaries Ferguson (15 points) and Finnley Powell (12) each contributed as Denfeld ascended to 7-5 overall.
A high-flying Comets squad handed the Tigers their first Heart O'North Conference loss on Thursday night in Maple and created a three-way tie with Ladysmith atop the league.
Tyson Lucas scored 26 points and was 14-for-14 at the free-throw line for Cameron, while Trey Zimmerman made six threes in the second half alone.
Tyler Nelson made eight triples and finished with a game-high 26 for Northwestern (8-4, 6-1 HON), which also got 16 from Boden Teal.
Isaiah Kastern became the all-time leading scorer, male or female, in Solon Springs history as the Eagles (11-1, 8-0 Northern Lights) cruised to a road victory.
Kastern passed 2019 grad Morgan Anderson, who had 1,502 career points.
The Rebels got another balanced scoring effort and earned a nonconference road win.
MLWR (9-3) got 19 points apiece from Adam Neumann and Eli Youngs, plus 18 from Nolan Nelson and 15 from Kaden Robbins.
An undefeated C-I squad (11-0) stayed that way on Thursday night at home, getting four scorers in double figures led by 20 points from James Stokman.
The Raiders, who fell to 7-5, wee led by a game-high 25 points from Stephen McGee.
Four Greyhounds scored in double figures as East earned its sixth win of the year.
Lilly Kuettel led the charge with 14 points, while Candice Ndomb added 11 and both Maggie Winesett and Piper Witzman added 10. The Greyhounds (6-9) have won three of their last four in the new year.
Hannah Swanson and Cairin Berger scored 15 points apiece as Esko (9-5) cruised to a sixth win in its last seven games.
Tara Hertling scored 17 for Hibbing, which fell to 2-11.
Sophomore Kenzie Kiminski had a huge night for the Polar Bears, scoring 32 points as her team held off the Rebels in Moose Lake on Thursday, Jan. 11.
Floodwood (8-4) also got 12 points from eighth-grader Sadie Kiminski and 11 from Alice Irvine.
MLWR (3-10) got a team-high 16 points from Tyler Orvedahl.
Panthers junior Mercedes Lawrence crossed into 1,000-point territory while scoring 29 points for South Ridge on Thursday night, Jan. 11 in Carlton.
Lainee Olson added 18 points, Svea Snickers 16 and Kaitaia Klemetsen 14 as the Panthers go to 12-3 on the year.
For the Raptors, Brielle Simula scored a team-high 17.
Four assists from Luke Anderson got the Greyhounds' offense going on Thursday night in Brainerd.
After falling behind a goal in the first period, Anderson helped set up Timmy Balthazor for a shorthanded goal and Wyatt Peterson on the power play to put East in the lead, 2-1 after two. Stratton Maas, Thomas Gunderson and Peterson struck in succession as the Greyhounds cemented the win.
Noah Teng added a late goal, plus two assists for East (4-10-1), which got 16 saves in goal from Drew Raukar.
Grady Knutson had a goal and assist as the Lumberjacks claimed a Lake Superior Conference victory on the road at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth.
Niko Gentilini was credited with CEC's first goal in the first period, which went in off a Marshall skate. Bobby Thornton made it 2-0 late in the second period before Knutson's insurance goal about halfway through the third.
Owen Marsolek scored with 63 seconds to play for Marshall to spoil the shutout for CEC goalie Jacob Iallonardo (29 saves). Kaenan Smith stopped 26 shots for Marshall.
Proctor/Hermantown sophomore Mya Gunderson more than doubled her season goal total by recording a hat trick in the Mirage's win on Thursday night at Hermantown Hockey Arena.
PREP SCOREBOARD
BOYS BASKETBALL
Moose Lake/Willow River 78, Pierz 64
Ogilvie 66, Cromwell-Wright 56
Duluth Denfeld 82, Duluth Marshall 48
Cherry 103, Littlefork-Big Falls 57
Rock Ridge 99, International Falls 30
Hermantown 106, Cloquet 79
Crosby-Ironton 81, Greenway 54
Cameron 91, Northwestern 66
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Superior 51, Rice Lake 44
Floodwood 64, Moose Lake/Willow River 53
Mountain Iron-Buhl 100, North Woods 35
Duluth East 51, St. Francis 43
Mesabi East 59, Aitkin 22
South Ridge 92, Carlton/Wrenshall 40
Grand Rapids 93, Duluth Marshall 63
Esko 72, Hibbing 35
BOYS HOCKEY
Hermantown 3, St. Cloud Cathedral 1
Northern Lakes 7, Greenway 1
Duluth East 6, Brainerd 3
Cloquet/Esko/Carlton 3, Duluth Marshall 1
GIRLS HOCKEY
Proctor/Hermantown 6, Chisago Lakes 2
Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 4, Duluth 3
BOYS SWIMMING
Duluth East 107, Proctor/Esko 57
Mesabi East 85, Chisholm 62
