D1
There were eleven schools in action on Friday.
*Avery Koenen, North Dakota State, Montevideo 22-W
*Marisa Frost, North Dakota State, Centennial 19-W
Sophi Hall, Providence, Holy Family 18-W
*Olivia Olson, Michigan, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 18-L
*Ava Miller, North Dakota, Rochester Mayo 14-W
Totals: 91 points, 4-1
53 players have made the D1 High Five lists this year with Frost and Hall joining on Friday. Olson is now in a four way tie for the lead with five entries along with Nunu Agaram, Liv McGill, and Tori McKinney.
AAAA & AAA each had two entries with AA one.
Three made the state with Olson the only state championship.
D2
There were 16 schools in action on Friday.
Lydia Haack, Concordia St. Paul, Elk River 23-W
Anna Vaaler, Sioux Falls, Andover 22-W
Myra Moorjani, UM Duluth, Eden Prairie 19-W
Lexi Karge, UM Duluth, Mankato East 19-W
Keeley Steele, Rockhurst, Stewartville 16-W
Totals 99; 5-0
There are now 26 players that have made the D2 High Five lists. Anna Vaaler now has three entries which ties her with Taryn Hamling. Moorjani and Steele are the new entries.
Three are AAAA players, two are AAA.
All five made the state with Haack winning a title.
HS
Nine ranked teams were in action Friday all in the smaller classes. Two ranked teams were knocked off.
AA
Rochester Lourdes 63, #5 Caledonia 57
#8 New London-Spicer 72 Morris/Chokio-Alberta 50
#8 Minnewaska 90, Lac qui Parle Valley 27
A
#1 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 77, BOLD 41
#2 MACCRAY 75, Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda 41
#3 Mountain Iron-Buhl 53, #6 Hillcrest Lutheran 42
Braham 51, #4 Mayer Lutheran 48
#8 EGF Sacred Heart 73, Northern 29
POINT PARADE (BRIEFLY)
AAA
Maddison Molacek, Willmar 28
AA
Claire Schwarz, Blooming Prairie 31
Taylor Munsch, New London-Spicer 30
Lauryn Ankeny, Minnewaska 29
A
Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY 35
Marissa Tusler, West Lutheran 32
Claire Stratmoen, Dawson-Boyd 26
Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 25
There will be no game recaps due to my schedule. I did see the contests at Mayer Lutheran on Friday night and I will do an extremely brief recap of all the weekend action on Sunday.
MILESTONE
Senior Emma Thein of MACCRAY reached the 1000 point mark with 11 points in a win over Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Friday.
DAY AHEAD
There will be 16 games at Southwest Christian in Chaska as the Breakdown Tip Off starts the event season with a bang. 26 ranked teams will be in the house on two courts. The epic feature game will be on the main court with #1AAAA Hopkins taking on #1AA Providence at 5:30. The Royals lost to the Lions last year and will be looking to knock them off a 45 game win streak.