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Maddy Kimbrel scored at 3:47 in overtime to lift Orono to a 4-3 victory over Proctor/Hermantown in the Class A girls hockey state semifinals at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

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We have overtime here in the Class A girls hockey state semifinals after Mirage forward Izy Fairchild scores a power-play goal with 32 seconds remaining in regulation. Orono 3, Proctor/Hermantown 3 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

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Proctor/Hermantown trails Orono 3-2 after two periods in their Class A girls hockey state semifinal at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

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Nya Sieger scores as Proctor/Hermantown cuts the deficit to 3-2 against Orono at 10:43 n the second period of the Class A girls hockey semifinals in St. Paul. Jane Eckstrom took the puck from behind the net, circled around and all put her pass on a tee for Sieger to bury.

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Zoe Lopez, taking advantage of a screen, scores at 7:19 in the second period to give Orono a 3-1 lead over Proctor/Hermantown in the Class A girls hockey state semifinals at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

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Alexa Niccum scored a power-play goal 1 minute into the second period, knocking in her own rebound as Orono knots it up 1-1 with Proctor/Hermantown in the Class A girls hockey state semifinals. Then Macy Rasmussen scored with a laser at 5:41 to give the Spartans a 2-1 lead.

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Reese Heitzman's goal at 6:21 gives Proctor/Hermantown a 1-0 lead over Orono going into the first intermission at the Class A girls hockey state semifinals. The Mirage have to stay out of the penalty box. Orono, which had two power plays in the first, has a 11-6 shots advantage.

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The Class A girls hockey semifinals between Orono and Proctor/Hermantown are under way. Reese Heitzman opens the scoring for the Mirage at 6:21 on a nice assist by Nya Sieger. After the puck bounced hard off the boards, Sieger flipped it over to Heitzman who buried it back door.

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Proctor/Hermantown lines up before the start of the Class A girls hockey state semifinals against Orono at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

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Superior celebrates its 8-0 victory over Wisconsin Valley Union in Wisconsin girls hockey playoff action from Superior Ice Arena.

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I've driven by Superior Ice Arena enough times, but if I've ever covered an event here in my nearly 25 years at the Duluth News Tribune, I don't recall it.

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Superior and Wisconsin Valley Lutheran about to face off in Wisconsin high school girls hockey playoff action from Superior Ice Arena.

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UMD women's basketball led Bemidji State 39-36 at the half after a strong performance by Brooke Olson (17 points) and Cromwell's Taya Hakamaki (10). UMD has opened it up a bit in the second half, leadiing 53-43 with 3:35 left in the third quarter.

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The UMD men downed Bemidji State 87-53 in the opener. Now the women are about to tip off in NSIC basketball from Romano Gym in Duluth.

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Recycling through old reporter's notebooks while covering UMD basketball and stumbled across this note from my daughter Emma, who is now 14.

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The Beavers should sign that kid up.

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Things are going so swimmingly for the Bulldogs faithful here at Romano Gym that a UMD student just swished the halfcourt shot as part of a timeout promotion, netting a $100 UMD Stores gift card. UMD 60, Bemidji State 17, 14:07 remaining.

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1 p.m. for a college student -- that's the morning -- but a nice crowd came out for this matinee at Romano Gym. It is the last UMD basketball games of the regular season. To entice the student body, free pizza was offered. I only intended to take one piece😉😉. Thanks @PapaJohns

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This isn't a misprint, folks. UMD leads Bemidji State 45-11 at the half as BSU shot an anemic 13.3% -- 4 of 30 -- from the floor. The Bulldogs' Joshua Brown capped the scoring, throwing down a two-handed jam just before the half, then acknowledged the UMD student section.

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Nice crowd here at Romano Gym for this NSIC basketball doubleheader. The UMD student section has been especially boisterous. They've had plenty to cheer about. The Bulldogs lead Bemidji State 31-6 with 4:51 remaining in the first half.