Jake Przytarski

Noah Sundquist's 32 points led top-ranked Cherry in an 89-72 win over the Hunters on Friday in the Candy Cane Crossover tournament.

Cloquet senior Jacob Nelson provided a steady scoring punch inside for the Lumberjacks in an 81-58 win over Pine City in the Wood City Classic championship game.

The Wolverines went long stretches without a basket in the first half after leading by as many as 18 points in a 65-57 loss on Saturday.

Berkley Messel and Antonio Brown each scored 12 points for the Hunters in a 74-48 win over Proctor on Tuesday.

With Hermantown, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Hibbing/Chisholm all in the top five and multiple teams in Section 7AA vying for the title, this could be the wildest finish in recent memory.

The final day of the Hockey Day Cloquet celebration included four consecutive CEC girls and boys games, including a varsity boys' tilt against Sartell.

The Thunderhawks and Hawks are playing their best hockey of the season after struggling with consistency through the first part of the season.

The Lumberjacks built an early lead but were unable to maintain it due to foul trouble and other factors in a 53-45 loss to the Spartans.

UMD true freshman Kole Hanson set new career highs in points, assists, steals and minutes in a 75-59 win over Bemidji State on Friday.

Marnaries Ferguson scored 15 of his team-high 21 points in the second half.