Hermantown’s boys basketball team, improving quickly with formerly injured star players returning to the lineup, will be looking for its first road victories of the season tonight at Duluth East and Thursday at Cloquet.
“Those are always two tough environments to play in, as well as the fact that they are tough match ups for us,” said Hawks coach Andy Fenske. “It's going to be a great test for us to try a few new things out that we hope to have dialed in come March, as well as see if we can find that competitive drive to get them to continue to fight until the end.”
Hermantown (2-7) is coming off an impressive 65-62 home victory over nonconference Milaca last week, with Sawyer Senst scoring 19 points, Alex Schott 16, Ben Sundland 13 and Corbin Petcoff 10.
“We've told the players that balanced scoring will be the key to our success this season,” said Fenske. “We can't rely on just one player taking a game over, and it's going to take all of us to do it for all possessions.
“One thing I was incredibly proud of was we started the Milaca game not letting them score for just about four minutes, and we ended the game not letting them score for almost the last five minutes. Those key runs were not only the difference but a huge way for our boys to close the game. They also showed how they can battle back and find ways to build upon those runs in the future.”
2024-25 Hermantown Boys Basketball Schedule / Results
Proctor – L 78-66, Overall: 0-1. Lake Superior Conference: 0-1. Home: 0-0. Road: 0-1.
Princeton – L 95-87. Overall: 0-2. LSC: 0-1. Home: 0-1. Road: 0-1.
Hibbing – L 86-56. Overall: 0-3. LSC 0-2. Home: 0-2. Road: 0-1.
Columbia Heights – L 75-67. Overall 0-4. LSC 0-2. Home: 0-2. Road: 0-2.
Duluth Denfeld – L 94-58. Overall 0-5. LSC 0-3. Home: 0-2. Road: 0-3.
Chisago Lakes – W 97-84. Overall 1-5. LSC 0-2. Home: 1-2. Road: 0-3.
Delano (Delano Tournament) – L 102-75. Overall 1-6. LSC 0-2. Home: 1-2. Road: 0-4.
Monticello (Delano Tournament) – L 72-36. Overall 1-7. LSC 0-2. Home: 1-2. Road: 0-5.
Milaca – W 65-62. Overall 2-7. LSC 0-2. Home: 2-2. Road: 0-5.
Tuesday – at Duluth East.
Thursday – at Cloquet
Jan. 14 – Bemidji
Jan. 21 – Duluth Denfeld
Jan. 23 – at Duluth Marshall
Jan. 28 – at Bemidji
Jan. 30 – Grand Rapids
Jan. 31 – Cloquet
Feb. 4 – at Mounds View
Feb. 6 – at Grand Rapids
Feb. 11 – at St. Francis
Feb. 14 – St. Paul Harding
Feb. 20 – Superior
Feb. 21 – Rock Ridge
Feb. 25 – at Mound Westonka
Feb. 27 – at North Branch
Feb. 28 – Duluth East
Mar. 5, 7, 13 – Section Tournament
Home games listed in boldface.