Streaking East skates past Grand Rapids

Adam Essling had two goals as Duluth East won its fifth straight high school boys hockey game with a 5-1 nonconference win Thursday over Grand Rapids at the DECC.

The Greyhounds improve to 10-5-1.

Cloquet-E-C 7,Superior 2

Justin Jokinen scored four goals as the second-ranked Lumberjacks (13-0, 3-0) ended Superior's three-game winning streak with the Lake Superior Conference win.

Eveleth-Gilbert 8,Silver Bay 3

Kyle Johnson and Garrett Bone had two goals apiece as the Golden Bears (5-10) won the nonconfence road game.

Proctor 5,Ashland 1

Justin Filzen registered his fifth hat trick of the season as the Rails (7-8, 1-4) won their first Lake Superior Conference game.

Girls Hockey

Centennial 2,Cloquet-E-C 1

Casey Montgomery scored the game-winning goal with 4:41 remaining in the third period as No. 11-ranked Centennial beat the seventh-ranked Lumberjacks (11-3-3).

Paige Thunder had 24 saves for CEC and Christa Hansen had 26 saves for Centennial.

Boys Basketball

Duluth Denfeld 63,Grand Rapids 43

Cory Schleret had 15 points and eight steals as the Hunters (8-2) won the nonconference home game.

Steve Birman led Denfeld with 17 points.

Duluth Marshall 89,Silver Bay 34

Doug Frey scored 20 points for the Hilltoppers in the road win.

Wrenshall 73,Cromwell 54

Aaron Mettling had a game-high 22 points to lead the Wrens (5-4, 3-3) in the Polar League win.

Girls basketball

Barnum 57,Moose Lake-WR 29

Colleen McKay scored 22 points, her season average, as the fourth-ranked Bombers (13-0, 6-0) won the Polar League game.

Carlton 60,McGregor 46

Amber Bloom had 24 points and two 3-pointers as the Bulldogs won the Polar League home game.

Duluth East 72,Bemidji 62

Marisa Yernatich had 20 points and Sarah Johnson had 18 points as the Greyhounds (8-4) won the nonconference home game.

Esko 86,Mesabi East 57

Sami Mattson had 20 points for Esko (11-1).

Ely 52,Tower-Soudan 35

Barb Klun scored 23 points for the Timberwolves (10-2).

Northwestern 41,Spooner 33

Nicole Hughes had 12 points for the Tigers (3-6).