CLOQUET (3-2) AT DULUTH EAST (4-1)
What: Northeast Red subdistrict game
When: 4 p.m.
Where: Ordean Stadium
Outlook: The Greyhounds beat Proctor for the second consecutive week, 33-8 on Friday, as Austan Orvedahl rushed for 85 yards and three touchdowns. Orvedahl and Aaron DeBeir give the Greyhounds a solid punch out of the backfield. QB Dean Hudoba passed for 109 yards and a touchdown. East has lost all three meetings with Cloquet since redistricting took place, including 34-19 a season ago. … The Lumberjacks were trounced 41-0 by unbeaten Grand Rapids on Friday as the Thunderhawks dominated offensively and defensively. Cloquet did rush for 200 yards, led Reese Sheldon’s 98 yards on 15 carries, but injuries hampered the backfield. Fullback Marshall Hayes leads the team with 335 yards, while Sheldon surpassed 300 with his most recent performance. QB Alec Turnbull (32-for-50, 488 yards, 6 TDs) completed 8 of 18 passes for 84 yards, but four lost fumbles by the team contributed to the shutout. Cloquet was without four coaches, including head coach Tom Lenarz, due to COVID-19 precautions.
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HERMANTOWN (3-2) AT PROCTOR (1-4)
What: Northeast Red subdistrict game
When: 6 p.m.
Where: Terry Egerdahl Memorial Field
Outlook: The Hawks intercepted five passes en route to a dominating 38-12 victory over Hibbing last week. That came on the heels of a one-point win over previously unbeaten Cloquet, which puts the Hawks in the running for the top seed in a depleted Section 7AAAA playoffs. The Hawks have overcome the loss of running back Luke Lind for the season as Gavin Blomdahl and Robbie Thorsten have put together solid campaigns in the backfield along with first-year starting quarterback Michael Lau. … The Rails lost 33-8 to Duluth East last Friday, playing the Greyhounds for a second straight week after the game against Duluth Denfeld fell victim to COVID-19 restrictions. This is a rivalry game where cliches like throwing the teams’ records out the window are true. Proctor won 12-8 in last year’s regular-season finale, giving the school a 35-33-1 edge in the all-time head-to-head series that began in 1941.
