Monday
Dance – Tryouts, 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Dance – Tryouts, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Dance – Tryouts, 3:30 p.m.
Volleyball – host Duluth Denfeld, Section quarterfinal at 6 p.m.
Thursday
Boys and Girls Cross Country Running – at Section 7AA Meet in Hibbing, Girls 1 p.m. and Boys 1:45 p.m.
Dance – Tryouts, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday
Girls Swimming & Diving – Conference Meet in Hibbing, 10 a.m.
Football – host either Duluth Denfeld or Cloquet in Section 7AAAA semifinal at 6 p.m.
Game Notes: The Hawks defeated Duluth Denfeld 31-19 and Cloquet 35-6 in the regular season. Hermantown (7-1) is led by senior quarterback Alex Schott, sophomore halfback Martin Sleen, and a host of dominating offensive and defensive linemen. The Hawks controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball in an impressive 31-19 win at Duluth Denfeld in the final regular season game. Sleen rushed for 261 yards and three touchdowns against the Hunters. “I think our section is wide open,” said legendary Hawks football hed coach Mike Zagelmeyer. “Obviously, until someone dethrones North Branch, they have to be the favorite, but there are a multitude of teams who could win this thing. Denfeld is always dangerous when you have the playmakers like they have. Grand Rapids has played its best football coming down the stretch here, and even Rock Ridge is dangerous. The one thing I do know is that we have to remain focused and take it one game at a time. We can't afford to look ahead as that is how teams get knocked off. However, it will be nice to see other teams battle it out on Tuesday night. That helps with not only keeping our guys healthy but healing up from the regular season stretch run. Furthermore, there are also some things we need to clean up from last Wednesday night. We made some mistakes in that game that we shouldn't be making in the last week of the regular season, so those mistakes will need to be addressed early in this upcoming week as well. I know for certain that our guys are really looking forward to the playoffs and whoever we play on Saturday.”