Friday Reports 3.14.2025
D1 HIGH FIVE
Kierra Wheeler, Norfolk State, Cooper 22
Anna Miller, Drake, Rochester Mayo 21
Anna Olson, Vermont, Monticello 11
Shannon Fornshell, Drake, Wayzata 7
Clara Glad, UC Davis, Rogers 3
Totals: 64
The final phases of the mid-major conference tournaments are wrapping up. Three of the above five are AAAA, two are AAA. But state experience only belonged to Wheeler.
POINT PARADE-9
Parade starts at 25. Thank goodness for the State Tournament. No team can duck having the stats posted.
AAAA-1
Addi Schneider, Chaska 28
AAA-0
AA-5
Regan Juenemann, Crosby-Ironton 31
Cierra Kortan, Sauk Centre 30
Addi Mack, Minnehaha 28
Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 27
Maddyn Greenway, Providence 26
A-3
Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 28
Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY 26
Aubrey Morrison, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 26
RANKED RESULTS
Winner High 88 Providence
Winner Low 57 Mayer Lutheran
Loser High 72 Minnehaha
Loser Low 41 EGF Sacred Heart
Biggest Margin 45 Providence v Minnewaska
Smallest Margin 4 MACCRAY v Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s
Most Combined: 157 Crosby-Ironton v Minnehaha
Least combined: 98 Mayer Lutheran v EGF Sacred Heart
Margins 30 or more 1
Margins 5 or less 1
Average 61.22
Winner Average 69.00
Loser Average 53.44
Average margin 15.56
Average combined: 122.40
Ranked Upsets: Two 6s won Friday: Chaska won the AAAA consolation round and Caledonia moved forward in the AA consolation bracket. Rock Ridge was not as fortunate in the AAA consolation round. Three lower seeded teams won in A, with only Mayer Lutheran dodging an upset bullet (at least on Friday). #8 WHA keeps playing after busting Cromwell-Wright. The two A semis are evaluated below.
AAAA Ave 64.5
AAA Ave 55.5
AA Ave 70.00
A Ave 55.25
AA wins the day 5.5 points ahead of AAAA. The bigger classes only had one game, so the averages are not balanced with equal amount of games.
AAAA
#6 Chaska 72, #5 Brainerd 57
AAA
#4 DeLaSalle 63, #6 Rock Ridge 48
AA
#1 Providence 88, #5 Minnewaska 43
#2 Crosby-Ironton 85, #3 Minnehaha 72
#6 Caledonia 69, #4 Sauk Centre 63
A
#4 West Central 58, #1 Goodhue 50
#7 MACCRAY 60, #3 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 56
#2 Mayer Lutheran 57, #6 EGF Sacred Heart 41
#8 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 69, #5 Cromwell 51
ABOUT LAST NIGHT….A & AA Semifinals
It was a topsy-turvy day in A while in AA games went according to seed (at least in the championship round) to set up an epic unbeaten clash between #1 Providence and #2 Crosby-Ironton. This will only be the second time in the four-class era that there will be two unbeatens facing each other for the top prize. The other time came in 2017 in the AAAA title game with Elk River prevailing over Hopkins.
In the smallest class there were big upsets. #4 seed West Central ruined #1 Goodhue’s hopes for a repeat with a 58-50 victory. The Wildcats were #1 in the polls all season long. It also prevented a chance for four #1s to win all the classes in the seeding era. 2018 is the only year all four classes #1s left with a crown. The Knights will be joined by #7 seed MACCRAY who bumped off #3 seed Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s. Both WC & MACCRAY were not even the #1 seeds in their subsections. Both were #2s. On top of that MACCRAY was not in the top 10 poll at the end of the year, the only finalist to achieve that this season.
Goodhue’s pp100 dropped 30 points from Thursday’s scores. Defense and shooting matter. You shoot good, you look good. The Wildcats were 18/49 (36.7%) from 2s and only 2/17 (11.8%) from 3s. WC, by contrast was sparkling at 15/29 (51.7) from 2s and 4/13 (30.8) from 3s. MACCRAY was the best behind the arc Friday with 38.1% (8/21).
Both teams that won had issues with ball control/decision making. WC lost that battle to Goodhue 24-17. MACCRAY lost that battle to SESM 15-5. Both winning teams did win the battle of the boards 43-37 for WC, 47-33 for MACCRAY.
This will be the first time a 4 seed will be the favorite (based on seeding) in the A final. Only Win-E-Mac in the first year of the A seeding in 2014 won the tournament. The best finish for #4 seed in A has been third (not counting the virus year where Waterville-Elysian-Morristown was a finalist). There have been two other unseeded teams that finished second: Sleepy Eye (Public) in 2018, and Minneota in 2022. Minneota beat #1 Mountain Iron-Buhl in the opening round that year in overtime.
#4s in the other classes: Caledonia finished second in 2019; four #4s finished second in AAA; and there have been eight thirds in AAAA.
Both AA favorites moved on and beat a “Minne” in some form. All eyes have been waiting for this upcoming confrontation. The Lions got to the title game with another running time victory at state over another team that made state as a #2 seed in their subsection. CI established their gap in the first half with a 16 point half time lead (40-24) then withstood the inevitable Red Hawk defensive ramp up. Shoot good you look good works at the AA level too. The Rangers were 27/38 for 71% on 2s. They needed that to offset the turnover mark of 23 or one every 14.83 touches. The Redhawks were only 18/43 on 2s.
Get ready for a memorable day.
| A | PP100 |
| MACCRAY | 103.4 |
| Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s | 94.9 |
| West Central | 84.1 |
| Goodhue | 70.4 |
| AA | |
| Providence | 125.7 |
| Crosby-Ironton | 106.2 |
| Minnehaha | 91.1 |
| Minnewaska | 61.4 |
| Name | School | 31 Club | Pp100 |
| A | |||
| Brielle Janssen | MACCRAY | 54 | 112.0 |
| Morgan Mathiowetz | Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s | 42 | 103.7 |
| Kendyll Lodermeier | Goodhue | 32 | 65.2 |
| AA | |||
| Tori Oehrlein | Crosby-Ironton | 60 | 122.7 |
| Maddyn Greenway | Providence | 44 | 123.8 |
| Addi Mack | Minnehaha | 43 | 100.0 |
| Hope Counts | Providence | 42 | 125.0 |
| Regan Juenemann | Crosby-Ironton | 38 | 119.2 |
| McKenna Schaefer | Providence | 35 | 154.5 |
| Beckett Greenway | Providence | 31 | 146.2 |
This marks the second day Janssen, Mathiowetz and Oehrlein made the 31 Club. Janssen improved reaching the 51 Club (with 54) from Thursday’s 47. Her pp100s also rose to centurion level. Mathiowetz joined her in the centurion circle Friday after missing out Thursday. She made the 41 Club, down from her 51 Club level in the overtime win over EGF Sacred Heart Thursday. The third member in the 31 Club in A was Kendyll Lodermeier of #1 seed Goodhue. However, her pp100 did not reach 70.
In AA Oehrlein made the list the second time. Both times she has been a member of the 51 Club. She was three better Friday night and her pp100 increased eight. Providence, a team I did not chart Wednesday, overwhelmed the spots with four of their five starters getting to the 31 Club. All seven 31 Clubbers cracked the centurion circle. The Lions depth is for real. The best pp100 in any class Friday belonged to McKenna Schefer of Providence. The range of pp100s went from her score to 123.8. No other contingent in AA surpassed that mark. AA has the star power with four players making it to the 41 Club….no other class has achieved that even if you combine multiple days.