Hermantown boys basketball coach Andy Fenske on his young team – "As we wind down the 2024-25 season, we're hoping to keep the growth mindset at the forefront of our thoughts. We keep taking strides and talk about eliminating the lapses on the court, or at least shortening their duration. We know that, as a younger squad, the deck is stacked against us most nights, however, the growth these boys have shown at all levels from November until now has been tremendous. There's a lot that we continue to build upon each day that's going to hopefully keep us on the right track for playoffs and heading into the off-season."
Hermantown girls basketball coach Eric Borndal before his team's 40-point, regular season-ending victory at nonconference North Wood on Thursday night – "We had a tough game on Tuesday against Duluth East (a 51-39 road loss). The reality is that you can't shoot 16% and expect to win at this level. I give Coach Windt and his girls a ton of credit for making our offense life miserable. However, we have an opportunity to learn from this as though we shot so poorly we still had a chance to win. That is the positive. When we shoot well, we are going to be a very tough team come playoff time. We look forward to rebounding tonight against North Woods and are excited to play in that gym for the first time, and are hoping to use this as a good way to prepare for the playoffs next week. Fingers crossed that we are more consistent putting the ball in the hoop tonight and all of next week. We're looking forward to March Madness for sure."