With a spot in the Section 7AAAA title game on the line, two-seeded Hermantown football hosted three-seeded North Branch. In the end, the Hawks pulled out a 35-28 victory. Still, the Vikings went down ...

Oct. 10—Hermantown football had to take a different route but got the job done on Friday night at Rock Ridge. The Hawks defeated the Wolverines 34-8 without the services of tailback Martin Sleen.

Hermantown will host a North Branch squad that knows what it takes to get here — and that already faced the Hawks this month. The Oct. 15 meeting ended in a 56-26 win for Hermantown, giving the Hawks ...