TODAY'S FEATURED PREP FOOTBALL GAMES
DULUTH CENTRAL (2-3) AT DULUTH EAST (0-5)
What: Nonconference game
WHEN: 6 P.M.
WHERE: PUBLIC SCHOOLS STADIUM
OUTLOOK: THIS MARKS THE SCHOOLS' FINAL MEETING, AND IF THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE RIVALRY ARE ANY INDICATION, SOMETHING CRAZY MIGHT HAPPEN. EAST HAS WON FOUR STRAIGHT MEETINGS, INCLUDING A GAME CALLED DUE TO LIGHTNING IN THE SECOND QUARTER IN 2008 AND 20-16 LAST YEAR WHEN, AFTER THE GREYHOUNDS' LAST-SECOND FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT WAS BLOCKED AND THE TROJANS CELEBRATED, OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ANDERS RYDEN SCOOPED UP THE BALL AND RAN IT IN FOR THE WINNING TD. CENTRAL'S LAST WIN IN THE SERIES CAME DURING THE 2006 PLAYOFFS.
TV: MY9
INTERNET: IFAN.TV
CLOQUET (3-2) AT PROCTOR (4-1)
What: Sea-Range Conference game
WHEN: 7 P.M.
OUTLOOK: CLOQUET CAN STILL SHARE THE CONFERENCE TITLE FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR WITH THREE MORE WINS AND A VIRGINIA LOSS. ... PROCTOR HAS WON FOUR STRAIGHT, MORE WINS THAN THE SCHOOL HAD IN 2009. THE RAILS HOPE TO AVENGE A 49-20 LOSS TO CLOQUET A YEAR AGO, THEIR FIRST DEFEAT TO THE RAILS ALL DECADE.
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FLOODWOOD (5-0) AT MCGREGOR (5-0)
What: Great Northern game
WHEN: 7 P.M.
OUTLOOK: THE CONFERENCE TITLE AND NO. 1 SEED IN SECTION 5 ARE ON THE LINE IN A BATTLE OF HIGH-SCORING RANKED TEAMS. THE EIGHTH-RANKED POLAR BEARS ARE HAVING THEIR FINEST SEASON AND AVERAGING 44.8 POINTS PER GAME. ... NO. 6 MCGREGOR IS AVERAGING 47.4 POINTS PER GAME AND WON WON 15-14 IN A 2009 REGULAR-SEASON MATCHUP, BUT HAD ITS SIX-GAME SERIES WIN STREAK SNAPPED IN A 20-6 SECTION SEMIFINAL LOSS.
RICK WEEGMAN, NEWS TRIBUNE
