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Prep report: Lily Smith scores 1,000, Rails roll past Hawks

In other local girls basketball action, Duluth Marshall topped Grand Rapids, Esko beat Barnum and Moose Lake/Willow River downed Pillager.

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Lily Smith (22) of Proctor shoots the ball against Cloquet on Nov. 21 at Cloquet Middle School. Smith scored her 1,000th career point Thursday against Hermantown.
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PROCTOR — Proctor’s Lily Smith and Chloe Carlson each scored 16 points in the 75-52 win over Hermantown, but for Smith it had a little more significance.

Early in the second half, Smith hit a 3-pointer that pushed her past 1,000 career points.

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Peyton Walker added 13 points for the Rails and Paige Evans joined them in double figures with 10.

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The Rails girls basketball team didn’t graduate a single player, while the Lumberjacks introduced four new starters.

Proctor (16-1) jumped out to a 43-21 halftime lead and cruised to the rivalry game victory.

Bailey Hermanson led Hermantown (10-5) with 16 points.

Duluth Marshall 102, Grand Rapids 36

Duluth Marshall freshman Chloe Johnson scored 37 points in the blowout home win for the Hilltoppers.

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The Hilltoppers added several new players for the 2024-25 season, but the team takes its cues from the freshman phenom.

Junior Cairin Berger added 20 points for Marshall (10-6).

Esko 66, Barnum 27

Clara Swanson scored 18 points to lead Esko past the Bombers on Thursday, Jan. 16 in Esko.

Swanson was joined in double figures by Layla Peterson with 14 points and Kaitlyn McConnell with 12 as Esko got to 7-10 on the season.

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Sophia Frank led the Bombers (10-4) with 11 points.

Moose Lake/Willow River 66, Pillager 52

Tyler Orvedahl and Madison Wasche each scored 18 points to lead the Rebels to a convincing win Thursday.

Piper Nielsen and Madison Volk each added 10 points for MLWR (5-7).

Alivia Brown led Pillager with 16 points.

Two Harbors 61, Carlton/Wrenshall 37

Rachel Bopp scored 21 points as the Agates cruised to the 24-point home win.

Trinity Giddings added nine points and Belle Bolle had seven for Two Harbors (8-6).

Brielle Simula led the Raptors (3-12) with 14 points.

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Greenway 80, Hill City 41

Gage Olson scored 35 points to lead the Raiders to the rout over Pillager.

Stephen McGee added 15 points for Greenway (5-7) and Mekhi McCoy scored 12.

Northwestern 74, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 32

Boden Teal scored 17 points for the Tigers, but it was a stifling defense that secured the Heart O North Conference win Thursday in Maple.

Northwestern led 40-27 at halftime, but throttled Bulldogs from there on, allowing just five second half points.

Tysen Teal and Camden Kroll each finished with 16 points for the Tigers (6-4, 5-2 HON).

Brodrick Olson scored 11 to lead Chetek-Weyerhaeuser.

BOYS HOCKEY

Rock Ridge 9, Proctor 2

The Wolverines unleashed their offense on Thursday night at Iron Trail Motors Event Center, as both Caz Carlson and Cal Scott had a hat trick in their big win.

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Rock Ridge scored four goals in the game’s first 8:28, and though the Rails recovered to cut that lead in half, it was all Wolverines the rest of the way. Scott, in particular, had a massive night, adding four assists (three in the first period alone) to his goals to make for a seven-point game

Jackson Bartovich had a goal and two assists for Rock Ridge (14-3-1), while Alvaro Ramazzini and Breckin Ross scored for the Rails (8-8-1).

International Falls 3, Greenway 0

Blayne Kelly made 42 saves for the Raiders but they couldn’t generate offense in front of him, as two goals from Anthony Yerxa were more than enough for the Broncos to get a win at Hodgins-Berardo Arena in Coleraine.

GIRLS HOCKEY

Northern Lakes 3, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 2 (OT)

Brooke Koski and Reese Kuklinski scored for the Lumberjacks, but the host Lightning prevailed in overtime on Rayna Hopia’s goal at Breezy Point Ice Arena in Pequot Lakes.

Izzy Strang made 23 saves for CEC, which fell to 5-15-1 on the season.

Hibbing/Chisholm 4, Fort Frances 2

Kendal Gustavsson had two goals and an assist as the Bluejackets prevailed in some international play at Hibbing Memorial Arena.

Audrey Minor and Lauren Ringhofer got the hosts going with goals in the first period, working around the fact that the Bluejackets were outshot 15-6 in the frame.

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The visitors cut a 3-0 lead to 3-2 but Gustavsson scored on the power pay with 29 seconds left to seal it.

Bryjah Schnipkoweit made 34 saves for Hibbing/Chisholm (5-13-2).

Moose Lake Area 2, Northern Tier 0

Mallory Hartl stopped all 33 shots she faced for the Rebels on Thursday night at Riverside Ice Arena in Moose Lake.

Mackenzie Hoffman scored both goals, both of them in the second period, for Moose Lake Area (9-12).

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