Cloquet Boys Hammer Marshall

Jan 19

Dwight Cadwell-NSO

The Cloquet Lumberjacks came out making a statement that they are ready to get on a roll and play tough the second half of the season. The Lumberjacks cruised to the 64-35 victory over the Marshall Hilltoppers at home on Tuesday night.

Cloquet opened up early on, going on a 30-6 run to start the game and take a 24 point lead halfway through the first half. They continued to pound the ball inside to Chad Calcaterra, who had 12 points at halftime for Cloquet.

The Jacks used a very balanced scoring attack all night, having four players finish in double figures. They had both the inside game as well as their outside game going strong, shooting over 50% in the first half.

The Lumberjacks led at halftime 40-14 and went on to coast to the win. RaRa Jones led all scorers on the night in finishing with 18 points. Calcaterra and Tim DeFoe both added 16 points, Andy Wappes finished with 10, Peter LaCourse and Zach Zezulka ended the game with 2 points each. Calcaterra also had 13 rebounds and four blocked shots for the Lumberjacks as well.

John Fox led Marshall with 12 points on the night. Marshall falls to 1-14 on the season and will be in action again on Friday when they host the state ranked Crosby-Ironton Rangers. The Lumberjacks improve to 10-4 on the season and will next be at home Friday when they host Mesabi East. This is the first time these two schools have met.

Dwight Cadwell can be reached at dwight@northlandsportsonline.com