D1 HIGH FIVE

There were two teams in action on Tuesday leading to one soloist.

*Hope Counts, Lipscomb, Providence 8-L

Totals: 8 points, 0-1

This is a new personal best for Counts.

D2

There were six teams in action on Tuesday

Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City, 22-L

Lydia Haack, Concordia St. Paul, Elk River 17-W

Ashley Schuelke, Concordia St. Paul, Chaska 17-W

Mackenzie Schweim, MSU Mankato, Mankato East 14-L

Leah Dengerud, Concordia St. Paul, Totino-Grace 13-W

Totals: 83 points, 3-2

Schweim set a new personal best.

Two players were AAAA and AAA based. One AA.

All five made the state with Haack and Dengerud earning state titles.

D3

Sydney Cotton, Crown MN, Grand Meadow 25-W

Jackie Lindsey, North Central MN, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 21-W

Brycelyn Brewster, North Central MN, United Christian 17-W

Lydia Schroeder, North Central MN, Minnehaha 16-W

Moriah McLendon, North Central MN, Eastview 15-W

Totals: 94 points, 5-0

Cotton & Lindsey set new personal bests.

Three players were A based, one each for AAAA and AA.

MN GBB RESULTS

AA

#1 Providence 101, Watertown-Mayer 51

Pequot Lakes 61, #2 Crosby-Ironton 58

#5 Duluth Marshall 81, Proctor 73

Sauk Centre 72, #8 Foley 67

#8 Perham 76, Frazee 73

#10 Milaca 71, Pine City 39

#10 Minnehaha 60, St. Agnes 23

A

#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 71, Cromwell-Wright 29

#2 Northome/Kelliher 66, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo 55

#4 Hillcrest Lutheran 62, Rothsay 46

#7 Mayer Lutheran 55, United Christian 36

#9 EGF Sacred Heart 67, Kittson County Central 63

#10 Braham 64, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 51

#10 Breckenridge 61, Underwood 58

SECTION RESULTS

AA

4

#1 Minnehaha 60, #4 St. Agnes 26

#6 St. Croix Lutheran 60, #2 Visitation 56

5

#1 Providence 101, #4 Watertown-Mayer 51

#2 Maranatha Christian 69, #3 Minnepolis North 42

6

#1 Milaca 71, #5 Pine City 39

#3 Sauk Centre 72, #2 Foley 67

7

#2 Duluth Marshall 81, #3 Proctor 73

#4 Pequot Lakes 61, #1 Crosby-Ironton 58

8

#1 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 56, #4 Menahga 44

#2 Perham 76, #3 Frazee 73

A

4

#1 Mayer Lutheran 55, #4 United Christian 36

#2 West Lutheran 96, #3 Hope Academy 49

5

#1E Braham 64, #2E Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 51

#1W Pine River-Backus 55. #2W Cass Lake-Bena 51

6

#1 Hillcrest Lutheran 62, #4 Rothsay 46

#2 Breckenridge 61, #3 Underwood 58

7

#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 71, #4 Cromwell-Wright 29

#7 Ely 47, #3 Chisholm 41

8

#1E Northome/Kelliher 66, #2W Warren-Alvarado-Oslo 55

#1W EGF Sacred Heart 67, #3W Kittson County Central 63

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 101 Providence 101

Winner Low 47 Ely

Loser High 73 Proctor, Frazee

Loser Low 23 St. Agnes

Biggest Margin 50 Providence v Watertown-Mayer

Smallest Margin 3 Pequot Lakes v Crosby-Ironton; Breckenridge v Underwood; Perham v Frazee

Most Combined: 154 Duluth Marshall v Proctor

Least combined: 83 Minnehaha v St. Agnes

Margins 30 or more 5 (25.0%)

Margins 5 or less 7 (35.0%)

Average 58.90

Winner Average 67.55

Loser Average 50.25

Ranked Average 68.571

Nonranked Average 53.692

Average margin 17.30

Average combined: 117.80

Ranked Losses: two

Section upsets (lower seed over higher seed): four

AA Ave 61.65

A Ave 56.15

POINT PARADE

AA

Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall 49

Jayden Sonnenberg, Frazee 32

Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 26

Lauren Gjerde, Perham 25

A

Kate Thayer, Kelliher-Northome 44

Greta Kuznia, Kittson County Central 27

SECTION MATRIX

CLASS	Highest seed out	1st #1 seed out	1st ranked team out	#1 Seeds alive	Highest QRF Out
AAAA	#2s in 1, 4, 5, 7	None	None	All	#20 Lakeville South
AAA	#2s in 7, 8	None	#7 Delano	All	#14 Delano
AA	#1: 2, 7	St. Clair (2)	#2 Crosby-Ironton	6	#46 Minneapolis North
A	#2s in 3N&S; 5E&W, 7, 8E&W	None	None	All	#138 Chisholm

Lowest seeds alive? #8 Glencoe-Silver Lake in 2AA; #7 Ely in 7A

ABOUT LAST NIGHT….7AA SEMIS

Revenge waited 365 days. Last year at Romano Gym on the UM Duluth campus Crosby-Ironton and Proctor were victorious as the #1 and #3 seeds. This year at Superior WI High school the script was flipped with #4 Pequot Lakes and #2 Duluth Marshall getting their revenge.

It all starts with the start. Both winning teams won the opening tip and then scored on that possession. PL scored on the left block after a ball reversal. DM had two opportunities to score during their first possession, since a foul occurred right after Morgan Lucero made the three-pointer.  Chloe Johnson then drove the lane and scored on the left side for a 5-0 after 30 seconds.

It all involves urgency. This is after all lose and turn in your uniforms. The winners yesterday had that urgency in action, body language (even when trailing in DM’s situation). They were quicker to loose balls. The losing teams were not totally consistent in this manner. Proctor was more active than CI however.

It all involves doing the little things. “For want of a nail” a proverb by Benjamin Franklin illustrates this point. And the little thing that was catastrophic for CI free throw shooting missing out on seven points there. Also a couple of chip shots at point blank shots off the block would have shifted the game to the left hand column. It was even more striking in the second game where Proctor only made 50% of their 18 free throw attempts. DM made 18 free throws and only muffed two. Remember free throws involve the same spot, no defense, and the ability to take your time (within reason). I am sure the Rails would have loved to have had nine more points on their side of the ledger.

CI trailed 36-20 in the first half of their game. They battled back and had a tie on their hands at 58 all. Emersyn Sullivan is the toast of Pequot Lakes as she knocked down a 3 from the right wing with 25 seconds left for the game winner. CI still had a chance. They took two time outs. The first at 21.6 and that led to a missed deep 3 attempt from Oehrlein. They got the rebound which led to a time out at 8.3. They had two more cracks with 3s, neither dropped.

DM rallied for their victory. The lead see-sawed between these two squads until Proctor had a surge breaking free from a 54 all tie to lead 66-58 capped off by four straight scores with eighth grader Ruby Hawsen delivering the last two on 3s. That forced a Hilltopper time out with 9:29. That apparently was enough to cool off the red hot Rails. For the next ten possessions they came up empty. Meanwhile, back in the lane, Johnson was surgically slicing and dicing the Proctor defense. By the time Proctor scored again DM had added 12 unanswered points. Up to the 66-58 lead Proctor was scoring at rate of 126.9 pp100 (the bench even better at 157.1). DM was a healthy 113.7 at that point. After that time out the Proctor pp100 plummeted to 41.2. DM jumped to 127.8.

Team	Pt	PP100	OR/DR	FTM/a	2M/A	3M/A	TO/TpTO	LEAD
Pequot Lakes	61	95.3	16/17	10/14	12/29	9/29	14/30.93	16
Crosby-Ironton	58	89.2	20/23	12/19	20/38	2/20	19/19.11	2
Duluth Marshall	81	117.4	10/29	18/20	21/33	7/24	17/15.29	6
Proctor	73	105.8	7/17	9/18	17/30	10/27	10/39.5	8

Only two players were able to crack into the 31 Club. In fact, they blew past that into the next two levels. But only one will have their season continue.

Tori Oehrlein concluded her high school career as a member of the 41 Club. She didn’t have much help.

CJ scored one point every 1.43 touches. Her shooting was sizzling at 19/25 in 2s, but she was able to get to the lane 26 times. TO scored every 4.23 touches with and even better 84.6% in 2s. But she was shut out on 3s on nine tries. TO was the top scorer and d stops in game one with 26 and 15. CJ had the most points in the night with 49.

What also happened last night terminated the “race” for all-time leading scorer between Oehrlien and Maddyn Greenway. Greenway will continue to add to her totals with what appears to be four more games.

Pequot Lakes and Proctor did not have a member. What they did have was balance. The Patriots had five players between 25 and 18. The Rails had five players from 15 to 30. Just missing out on the Club status was Peyton Walker with 30.

Player	School	31Club	PP100
Tori Oehrlein	Crosby-Ironton	49	123.8
Chloe Johnson	Duluth Marshall	56	148.5

SEEDING THE STATE (REVISED AA/A)

AA now has six number one seeds left. Class A has all number one seeds still standing (some sections have two #1 seeds). The changes now have Duluth Marshall and NYA joining the listing.  My crystal ball says Class A will have the most interesting state tournament. The least interesting? Sorry, AA.

AA

1. Providence (5)
2. Duluth Marshall (7)
3. Red Wing (1)
4. New London-Spicer (3)
5. Minnehaha (4)
6. Sauk Centre (6)
7. DGF (8)
8. Norwood-Young America (2)

A

1. Mountain Iron-Buhl (7)
2. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (2)
3. NRHEG (1)
4. Hillcrest Lutheran (6)
5. Kelliher-Northome (8)
6. Central MN Christian (3)
7. Mayer Lutheran (4)
8. Braham (5)