Prep SportsMonday, November 2
Hermantown holds off Cloquet 34-31 and sets a Friday rematch with Grand Rapids
The Daily Duluth team
If you're picking one football game this week, make it this one. Hermantown held off Cloquet 34-31 on Saturday in the Section 7AAAA semifinal. The Hawks play Grand Rapids on Friday in a rematch of last year's title game, with the winner taking the section title.
Hermantown beat Cloquet 34-31 and plays Grand Rapids next
- Cloquet31Hermantown34 (won)
- HermantownGrand Rapids
Sources: Duluth News Tribune, Fox21Online, wdio.com
Martin Sleen ran for 143 yards and two touchdowns, both in the second half, and returned a punt 83 yards to the Cloquet 1-yard line. The Hawks led 28-7 early in the third quarter. Then Cloquet's Keith Diver threw a 76-yard pass to Quinn Waters and scored twice, but Hermantown ran out the clock. Coach Mike Zagelmeyer called Sleen likely “the best player that's ever come through Hermantown.”
- Kickoff: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Walt Hunting Stadium in Duluth
- Grand Rapids: 9-0, beat Duluth Denfeld 37-0 in the semifinal
- Hermantown: 7-2, lost 24-15 to Grand Rapids in the regular season
Sleen carried Hermantown past Cloquet
- 143
- rushing yards for Martin Sleen
- 9
- 200-yard games for Sleen in three seasons
- 4
- straight section title games for Hermantown
Sources: Duluth News Tribune, wdio.com
Sources: Duluth News Tribune, Northern News Now, Fox21Online, wdio.com