Hermantown Activities This Week
A busy week of action awaits the Hawks across multiple sports, highlighted by a football showdown under the lights Friday and several key volleyball and soccer matchups.
Hermantown’s girls tennis team opens the week on Tuesday with a road match at Cloquet. The Hawks’ volleyball program also begins its slate that afternoon, as the C team and junior varsity host Duluth East before the varsity caps the evening in the Hermantown High School gym. In boys soccer, Hermantown’s varsity travels to Hibbing for a 4:30 p.m. start, while the girls varsity welcomes Cloquet at 6:30 p.m. at Centricity Stadium. The JV boys follow with a nightcap at Vic Power Field.
The Hawks return to competition Thursday in a packed lineup. Hermantown’s cross country teams run at the Eagle Ridge Invitational in Eveleth, while the girls tennis team travels across the bridge to face Superior. The volleyball program heads to Proctor, with the varsity playing the Rails in a 7 p.m. matchup. On the pitch, the Hawks’ boys varsity hosts Cloquet at Centricity Stadium, while the girls varsity visits Hibbing. Hermantown also competes in girls swimming and diving, joining forces with Proctor against Duluth Denfeld in Proctor.
Friday’s main event features the Hawks’ varsity football team hosting Proctor at Centricity Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m.
The weekend continues Saturday with Hermantown volleyball competing in invitational tournaments at North Branch, while the girls swim team travels to Superior for an invitational meet. The Hawks’ soccer teams close the week as the girls face Two Harbors, capped by a varsity contest at 6 p.m. at Centricity Stadium.
HAWKS NOTEBOOK
Hermantown used a balanced scoring attack to defeat Proctor 4-0 in a girls soccer match.
The Hawks jumped out early with three first-half goals. Senior forward Brooke Wiese converted a penalty kick to open the scoring, and Claire Niksich followed by finishing a setup from Mya Gunderson. Bryden Giesen pushed the margin to 3-0 before halftime on an assist from Vienna Kolenda.
Niksich struck again midway through the second half, netting her second goal of the game off a pass from Kaitlyn Glanville to cap the scoring.
Hermantown goalkeeper Lucy Critchley stopped two shots to preserve the shutout. Proctor’s Peyton Walters kept the score from climbing higher with 13 saves.
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Hermantown blanked Proctor 3-0 in a Lake Superior Conference boys soccer match at Centricity Stadium in Hermantown.
Hunter Nelson opened the scoring for the Hawks in the 22nd minute of the first half, assisted by Brennan Malmstrom.
In the second half, Quinn Raukar netted a goal in the 58th minute with help from Keegan Bradley, and Malmstrom added an insurance tally in the 65th minute on a pass from Raukar.
Goalkeeper Ethan Aysta recorded 11 saves for Hermantown. Proctor’s Kurtis Maher stopped 10 shots.
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Hermantown placed three runners in the top seven to win the Rock Ridge Cross Country Invitational at Virginia Golf Course.
The Hawks edged Hibbing 49-51 in the team standings.
Hermantown's Ferrah LaLone, a junior, finished fourth, with eighth-grader Zoey Lucarelli fifth.
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Duluth Marshall and Hermantown battled to a 2-2 draw girls high school soccer.
Lucia Lozano put the Hilltoppers ahead in the first half, finishing a setup from Heidi Weis. Weis later added a goal of her own, converting a second-half penalty kick.
Hermantown rallied in the second half behind unassisted goals from Brooke Wiese, who buried a penalty kick, and Mya Gunderson.
Marshall goalkeeper Emma Johnson kept the game even with 11 saves. Hermantown split time in net between Cambriia Thomas, who made one stop, and Lucy Critchley, who added two.
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Hermantown edged host Esko 3-2 in a nonconference volleyball match. Lilah Conley led the Hawks with 12 kills and 40 digs. Anna Bergerson finished with 19 assists, and Kylee Stocke added 13. Evie Nelson contributed nine kills.