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Cloquet Advances To Semi-Finals

March 9th, 2017

Tyler Peterson

The Cloquet Lumberjacks advanced to the Section 7AAA semi-finals on Tuesday night, toppling the Hermantown Hawks, 73-58.

The Lumberjacks trailed 35-34 at the half, but used a strong second half, outscoring the Hawks 39-23 to secure the playoff victory.

Tyler Moose and Bryce Turnbull powered the Lumberjack offense, scoring 23 points and 21 points respectively. Also scoring was Spencer Wehr who tallied 20 points, Markus Pokornowski who added 9 points, Brandon Hill and Mitchell Gerlach who each added 3 points, and Joe Obeidzinski and Tim Pokornowski rounding it out with 2 points each.

In the loss for the Hawks, Leo Corradini scored 20 points, while Ryan Lenz added 15 points. Also scoring was Connor Bich with 9, Nate Soumis with 6, Noah Soumis adding 4, and David Birkeland and Kevin Bauman each added 2.

The Lumberjacks, who are now 12-15 on the season will square off with the top seeded Grand Rapids Thunderhawks (22-5) on March 10th in Hibbing with a tipoff of 6pm. The Hawks ended their season with a 9-18 record.

Tyler Peterson can be contacted at tpeterson@northlandsportsonline.com

 

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