Hibbing/Chisholm prevails over Lumberjacks in tight, high-energy matchup

BEMIDJI — Bemidji High School boys hockey freshman Wesley Truax thought he had found an answer. Down 3-2 in a tight, high-energy game against Hibbing/Chisholm, Truax found the goal that the Lumberjacks needed for a period and a half. Nine minutes into the third, his shot went bar down past goaltender Gavin Lamphere to finally tie the game at 3-3. It was Truax’s third goal of the day, after he scored two in the third period of the junior varsity game a few hours earlier. “Scoring is not foreign to him,” head coach Ben Kinne said. “Last year, he had well over 100 points in bantam hockey. … We brought him up early because we thought he could play. Obviously,...