Chris Stafne scored at 4:19 in overtime to propel Duluth Denfeld over Superior 5-4 in a Lake Superior Conference high school boys hockey game Tuesday night at Wessman Arena.
John Ledoux scored the game-tying goal for the third-ranked Spartans (11-4 overall, 4-2 LSC), who had their eight-game winning streak snapped.
Brad Skurich stopped32 shots as the No. 10-ranked Hunters (13-6, 6-0) beat Superior for the second time this season.
Duluth East 7,Forest Lake 2
The No. 12-ranked Greyhounds put 50 shots on net and scored four times in the second period to win on the road.
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East (11-6-1) won the final six games of a seven-game road trip.
Hermantown 5, Proctor 1
Five players scored goals in the second period as the host Hawks won the LSC game.
Girls Hockey
Duluth 3,Proc.-Herm.-Mars. 2
Stephanie Lenz scored two goals, including the game-winner at 15:04 in the third period, to boost the Northern Stars (13-4-4, 3-0) to the LSC win.
Duluth scored three unanswered goals to hand the Mirage (16-4-2, 2-2) their first loss in 10 games.
Boys basketball
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Crosby-Ironton 38,Esko 37
Derek Swanhorst had17 points to boost the undefeated Rangers, the top-ranked team in Class AA, in the tight, low-scoring affair.
Jake Olson had 13 points and Scott Lindquist added11 for the 10th-ranked Eskomos (10-3).
Barnum 75,Two Harbors 64
Josh Earlywine tallied22 points to go over 1,000 in his career as the sixth-ranked Bombers (11-1, 8-1) came back from a 39-38 halftime deficit in the Polar League game.
Fordes Lodin scored a game-high 26 for the Agates.
Duluth Central 67,Hibbing 54
Garth Heikkinen scored29 points and grabbed10 rebounds to lead the Trojans (7-8) to the nonconference win.
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Jay Cary's 18 pointscouldn't stop the Bluejackets' six-game losing skid.
Duluth East 68,Duluth Denfeld 64
Ben Hayes scored 25 points for the Hunters (2-10), but East (5-10) had three players in double figures to win the intracity game.
Girls Basketball
Virginia 61,Mesabi East 45
Alexis Podpeskar scored17 as the Blue Devils (16-1, 6-0) remained undefeated in the Iron Range Conference.
Jessie Larson had 19 points for the Giants (6-10, 1-4).
Superior 67,Cloquet 54
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Britnee Blake scored21 points, Taylor Kosey had18 and the Spartans (7-5, 5-1) won the LSC game.
Northwestern 26,Barron 24
The host Tigers (12-1) avenged their only loss of the season behind a stingy defense that blanked Barron in the first quarter.
Esko 59,Eveleth-Gilbert 54
Roz Chromy broke out with 29 points to lead the Eskomos (10-6) past the host Golden Bears.
