Hermantown baseball coach Troy Warren on his team’s 2-0 loss at Proctor on Tuesday afternoon, throwing a curve ball at the Hawks' 3-0 start to the season, and looking ahead to games at Cloquet and Rock Ridge to finish a busy week of play: “I thought the game was a good old fashion pitcher’s duel between River Freeman and Nick Terhaar. A couple of the top pitchers in the area for sure. Both of them only gave up two hits. Both had 5 walks and they got their runs on an untimely error by us that unfortunately was all they needed yesterday. Both pitchers were amazing and fun to watch them work. Ethan McCubbin had our only two hits but we battled to the end, and Nick's pitch count got to his limit after one batter in the 7th. We made some contact but Proctor made the plays. I think Proctor is a good team and we will see what happens the next time we play them this year. Hopefully, we limit our mistakes against Cloquet, and will get the bats going right away. Our pitchers need to hit their spots and not walk anyone. The last game was close with them (a 2-1 Hawks’ win) so I expect the same Thursday. Then, on Friday, we face Rock Ridge at their beautiful new field.”
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Hermantown's Claire Kaups and Nora Gunderson had four hits and three hits, respectively, and ace righthander Lindsey Ewer scattered three hits in six innings in a 13-3 softball home win over Duluth Denfeld. The Hawks host Grand Rapids on Thursday.
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Congratulation to the Hermantown All-State Band selections for 2024-25:
Luke Willoughby, tuba
Elyana Hewitt, vocalist
Jack Collins, jazz drummer
Isabel Kirekby, clarinetist
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Former Hawks and Minnesota Duluth defensemen Neal Pionk and Dylan Samberg are skating a regular shift for the Winnipeg Jets against the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Brothers Zam and Max Plante and Ty Hanson, all of Hermantown, will join the Bulldogs men's hockey program starting next season. The Plantes are forwards and Hanson a defenseman.