Sophomore Alix Hyduke knocked in Abby Dalton's crossing pass with 24 seconds remaining in the second overtime to give Duluth East a 2-1 win over Cretin-Derham Hall in a Great Northern Shootout high school girls soccer semifinal Friday at Ordean Stadium.
The victory in their season opener sends the Greyhounds into today's championship game against top-ranked Woodbury, which defeated No. 2 Eden Prairie 2-0. East lost 2-0 to Woodbury in last year's tournament.
Sarah Hockett scored East's other goal for a 1-0 first-half lead. The Raiders equalized in the 69th minute when Margie Jancik curled in a corner kick.
Jackie Reinemann made seven saves for the Greyhounds.
Duluth Marshall 3,Duluth Central 2
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Laura Shearer's goal in the fourth minute of the second overtime lifted the Hilltoppers to the Lake Superior Conference win at Public Schools Stadium.
The Hilltoppers overcame a 2-0 deficit with second-half goals from Jillian Kratt and Lara L'Abbe. Shauna Wrazidlo scored both goals for the Trojans.
Minneapolis South 1,Duluth Denfeld 0
Olivia Faison scored the lone goal in the 74th minute to lead the Tigers to the season-opening victory at PSS.
Denfeld got sparkling goaltending from Ari Livingston, who made 20 saves.
Esko-Carlton 1,Proctor 0
Sara Skyberg broke a scoreless tie in the first overtime on an assist from Kate Marquis.
Emily Johnson had four saves for the Eskomos (1-0).
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boys soccer
Duluth Marshall 2,Duluth Central 0
Patrick Sheedy and Jesse Geary scored second-half goals to help the Hilltoppers win the LSC game at PSS.
Goalkeeper Derek Randall only had to make three saves as Marshall improved to 31-2-4 in their last 37 games and 20-2-4 in their last 26 LSC contests.
Duluth East 4,Minneapolis DeLaSalle 2
Dillon Friday scored two goals to help lead the Greyhounds to the win at Ordean Stadium. Rob Johnson also recorded a goal and an assist for the Greyhounds.
Cross Country
Duluth East sweepsTwin Ports Invite
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The Greyhounds ran in a tight pack to dominate the Twin Ports Invitational at Duluth Marshall.
Hibbing's Reily Dougherty won the boys 5-kilometer race in 17 minutes, 51.2 seconds, but East captured the next three spots. Reuban Verdoijak (18:13.5), Grant Cook (18:19.1) and Matt Florestano (18:23.6) placed 2-4 to help the Greyhounds boys to the team title.
East's Sarah Allen (16:48.7), Emily Yetter (17:20) and Macie Dorrow (17:25.7) claimed the top three places in the girls 4K race.
Volleyball
Hermantown 3,Duluth Marshall 0
Kelly Fichtner's 10 kills and Sannie Olson's 20 set assists propelled the Hawks cruise to a 25-13, 25-7, 25-9 LSC victory at home.
Winners of the past five Lake Superior Conference titles, the Hawks now have won 36 straight LSC matches since October 2001.
