Basketball Recap: Cloquet's Victory on Thursday Extends Winning Streak to Nine

Lumberjacks

Previous Games

01/02/25 @ Barnum	90-61
12/28/24 vs Pine City	81-58
12/27/24 vs Cromwell	82-48
12/20/24 vs Hibbing	100-68
12/20/24 vs Hibbing/Victory Christian Academy	100-68
+ 4 more games

Cloquet had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.1 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. They breezed by the Barnum Bombers to the tune of 90-61. The Lumberjacks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 23 points or more this season.

Cloquet's win bumped their record up to 11-1. As for Barnum, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3.

Cloquet and Barnum should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Minnesota Rankings. Cloquet (ranked 28th) will meet Two Harbors (ranked 342nd) at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Similarly, Barnum will challenge Aitkin at 7:00 p.m. on Monday up 247 places (130 vs. 377).