sorry for the delay…
D1
There were 14 teams in action on Thursday.
*Liv McGill, Florida, Hopkins 30-L
*Savannah White, Xavier, DeLaSalle 16-W
Haven Fisher, Tulsa, Prior Lake 13-W
*Jenna Guyer, Green Bay, Centennial 13-W
Hope Counts, Lipscomb, Providence 7-L
Totals: 79 points, 3-2
Counting Counts the D1 HF listing now has 61 names.
Fisher & White hit a new personal high
Three were AAAA players, and one each from AAA and AA.
All made the state tournament except Fisher. McGill & Counts were state champs.
D2
There were 24 teams in action on Thursday.
Allie Berns, Jamestown, Wayzata 23-L
Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 22-W
Samantha Paulsen, Jamestown, Zimmerman 22-L
Elisabeth Gadient, MSU Mankato, Goodhue 19-W
Isabella Sanneh, Augustana SD, East Ridge 18-L
Sydnee Nelson, Upper Iowa, Park-Cottage Grove 18-W
Totals: 104 points, 3-3 (only top five count in scoring)
Gadient made the list for the first time this year. That brings the D2 HF totals to 50.
There were new highs for Berns, Paulsen.
Three were AAAA players, two AA, one AAA.
Bremer & Gadient made the state tournament with Gadient ending up as champion.
D3
One lone outpost had a game—and one soloist.
Katherine Organ, Kenyon, Northfield 2-L
This is Organ’s first time on the list and that pushes the D3 HF totals to 32 now.
HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
AAAA
#6 Maple Grove 69, #3 Lakeville North 63
AAA
#3 Marshall 59, Harrisburg, SD 44
#6 Stewartville 86, Lake City 43
Totino-Grace 66, #7 Becker 61
#9 Delano 62, Brainerd 46
AA
#1 Providence 103, Two Rivers 57
#3 Crosby-Ironton 87, Mora 32
#5 Goodhue 78, #9A Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy 48
#6 Rochester Lourdes 68, Kasson-Mantorville 28
A
#1 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 81, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 14
#2 Mountain Iron-Buhl 99, Hill City/Northland 34
#7 Mayer Lutheran 63, West Lutheran 44
#9 Braham hosts East Central no word
#9 Central MN Christian 52, #3 MACCRAY 42
POINT PARADE
AAAA: none (so far)
AAA
Chloe Carlson, Proctor 33
Ava Litecky, Totino-Grace 27
AA
Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 40 (also passed 1000 assist mark)
Leah Wagner, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 30
Maddyn Greenway, Providence 29
Acelynn Hacker, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 29
Alivia Brown, Pillager 26
Emma Millerbernd, Providence 26
A
Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 28
Aubrey Steffl, Cedar Mountain 28
Siri Konkel, Spring Grove 25
ABOUT LAST NIGHT….TOTINO-GRACE V #7AAA BECKER
On Tuesday a service call held me back from going to Elk River to chart the Elks game with Becker. That was not the issue last night & I made my way to Fridley. For the Bulldogs however, the result was another loss to a Northwest Suburban Conference team, this time to Totino-Grace, which also happens to be a 5AAA section rival.
A hot 10-0 start after seven possessions helped propel the Eagles to victory. The string theory I observe (scores—or stops—of three straight possessions helped the Eagles to soar in the beginning. Their first offensive string was three consecutive 3s to push the score to 19-8. Ava Litecky sandwiched one by Amelia Saylor during that stretch. It soon was four straight scores with an offensive rebound basket to make it 21-8. Becker called their first time at 15:10 trying to get the Bulldogs ready to respond. A 34-20 mark would be the deepest hole for Becker during the night with about 3:10 remaining in the first half.
At the half TG had an eleven-point lead 37-26. TG, thanks to seven 3s converted (50% behind the arc) had a 102.8 pp100. Becker pp100 was 72.2.
The second half saw some adversity for TG. Ella Emslander exited the game at the 14:55 mark in the second half with what looked like a finger injury. The second TG starter to exit the contest came at the 5:58 mark when #13 picked up her fifth foul. By then the Bulldogs were making a game of it closing the gap at one point to 49-46. When #11 hit a 3 from up top that put the score at 51-49. Litecky provided a pair of free throws on the next Eagle possession to give a little more cushion. #1 scored on the left side for Becker with Litecky again riding to the rescue with a drive off the right for a 55-51 advantage with 4:10 left. Becker kept hanging around getting their free throw game straightened out to close the gap with a pair by #1 with 1:39 left taking the score to 60-58 TG. Both teams traded empty possessions and #3 hit from the right elbow for another four-point margin at 62-58. TG tacked on four more free throws in the next to possession to preserve a key section win.
The Bulldogs won the second half 35-29. Their pp100 was near the gold standard at 97.2. TG cooled off somewhat to 80.6. The lackluster start torpedoed the #7AAA team’s chances for victory. It is hard to play catch up all night, especially right from the start. So how did Becker bounce back? They had a high 2/3 zone with a quick double on Radabaugh as she crossed the timeline. Radabaugh tended to mega-dribble (10 bounces or more) for most of the night. That indicates an offense not moving and stagnant: Players standing & watching, slow passes. Some Eagle players were advertising they were only thinking about passing when they touched the ball. No one was looking to fill space.
The four factors matrix shows that TG racked up 30 points from behind the arc compared to 9 for their guests. They also cashed in at the free throw line to the tune of 83% compared to a substandard 58% for Becker. If the Bulldogs converted at the same 83% rate they would have won 69-66.
| Team | Pt | PP100 | OR/DR | FTA/m | 2A/M | 3A/M | TO/TOTO |
| Totino-Grace | 66 | 91.7 | 4/31 | 10/12 | 13/25 | 10/29 | 15/22.93 |
| Becker | 61 | 84.7 | 13/27 | 18/31 | 17/37 | 3/19 | 14/21.36 |
Ava Litecky for TG not only made the 31 Club, but one level better with the 41 Club. She was smoking from the floor at 7/9 on 2s and 3/5 on 3s. She finished with 27 points and was well above the gold standard of 100 pp100 with a 158.8. Teammate Maria Radabaugh, who was celebrating her 1000-point achievement achieved last Saturday prior to the start of the game, ended up with 14, but her pp100 was well below, barely above 60 pp100.
Andersyn Changamire had 21 points, 17 of which came in the second half. Sister Adele was the second leading scorer for the Bulldogs with 13. Neither were close to the gold standard of 100 pp100. Both were under 70 pp100.
Spoiler alert: TG will replace Becker in seeding the state on Sunday by the way.
This was the second charting (already) for TG this year. Last week they lost to Roseville 67-63 at White Bear Lake. Just like Thursday night the Eagles hit for ten 3s in the loss. Their pp100 was ten lower, more in line with the second half last night at 80.8. Radabaugh had better production then with a 95.8 pp100 and 23 points. Litecky scored 17 with an 85.0 pp100.
DAY AHEAD
AAAA
#1 Hopkins hosts DeLaSalle
#2 Minnetonka hosts Lakeville South
#5 Wayzata at #2AAA Orono
#8 Rochester Mayo hosts Northfield
#9 Waconia at Shakopee
AAA
#3 Marshall at Belle Plaine
#4 Cretin-Derham Hall at Forest Lake
#6 Stewartville at Owatonna
#9 Rock Ridge hosts North Branch
AA
#2 Minnehaha hosts Breckenridge
#3 Crosby-Ironton at Pequot Lakes
#5 Goodhue hosts Red Wing
#7 Minnewaska at Montevideo
#10 Sauk Centre at Legacy
A
#4 Northome-Kelliher hosts Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
#6 EGF Sacred Heart hosts Park Christian