Cloquet Girls, Hermantown Boys Learn State Opponents

Oct 24

Wes Vork-NSO

On Sunday, the Cloquet Lumberjack girls and Hermantown
Hawk boys
learned who their first round opponents would be in the 2009 Class “A” State soccer tournament.

The Cloquet girls will face #3 seed East Ridge High School in their first round of state tournament play.

East Ridge High School opened this year when the South Washington county school district decided to make a third high school addition. The campus is located in Woodbury, which is an eastern suburb of St. Paul. The Raptors, with a total enrollment of 1050, finished the year with a record of 11-6-1.

The 18-3-1 Jacks will square off with the Raptors at 5:30 pm Thursday at Roseville High School.

On the boys side of the tourney, Hermantown learned they received the #3 seed and drew Mankato West as their first round opponent. The 20-1 Hawks will take on the 18-2 Mankato West Scarlets at 5:30pm on Friday. The Hawks game will also be played at Roseville High School.

Wes Vork can be reached at wes@northlandsportsonline.com