Recap of Sunday action plus waiting for state<\/p>\n
D1 HIGH FIVE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Paige Bueckers, UConn, Hopkins 19<\/p>\n Olivia Olson, Michigan, Benilde-St. Margaret\u2019s 18<\/p>\n Lauren Jensen, Creighton, Lakeville North 17<\/p>\n Tessa Johnson, South Carolina, St. Michael-Albertville 16<\/p>\n Adalia McKenzie, Illinois, Park Center 12<\/p>\n Totals: 82<\/p>\n D2 HIGH FIVE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 16<\/p>\n Ava Stier, MSU Mankato, Waconia 14<\/p>\n Rhyan Holmgren, MSU Mankato, St. Peter 14<\/p>\n Anna Vaaler, Sioux Falls, Andover 12<\/p>\n Ayla Brown, Sioux Falls, Becker 10<\/p>\n Elisabeth Gadient, MSU Mankato, Goodhue 10<\/p>\n Hannah Herzig, MSU Mankato, Totino-Grace 10<\/p>\n Totals: 66<\/p>\n Another day where the Northern Sun only had two games on the docket. As a result the D1 win the day by 16. Seven D2 players squeeze into the five available spots. Of the grand total of twelve players six were AAAA, and four of them at D1; four were AAA; and one each for AA and A. Sunday had four Miss Basketball winners on the list (Jensen the exception). State champs included Bueckers, Olson, Johnson at the D1 level; Brown, Gadient and Herzig at D2. The Lake Conference had 35 points; The Metro West 32, the HVL 26, and the NW Suburban 24.<\/p>\n WAITING\u2026WAITING\u2026..WAITING\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The state tournament usually has a lot of the usual suspects. For example, AAAA has seven of the 16 remaining teams that played in the tournament in 2024; AAA has six (eight if you stretch it to 2023). But\u2026.some schools have never ever been.<\/p>\n Here is the waiting list:<\/p>\n AAAA:<\/strong> none (longest drought Brainerd 1997)<\/p>\n AAA:<\/strong> New Ulm<\/p>\n AA:<\/strong> Visitation; St. Agnes; Royalton; Milaca<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> Grand Meadow; Martin County West; Hills-Beaver Creek; West Lutheran; Bertha-Hewitt; Hillcrest Lutheran; Breckenridge; Ely; Kelliher\/Northome<\/p>\n A has nine waiters, and there is a good chance a few could break through. Four are #1 seeds in their sections\/subsections: HBC; HL; Breckenridge and KN. The last three in that list have been ranked in the polls. The AA waiters belong to just two sections 4 & 6. Royalton is undefeated.<\/p>\n The other classes with the longest droughts:<\/p>\n AAA <\/strong>Monticello 2014<\/p>\n AA<\/strong> Minnewaska 1999<\/p>\n A <\/strong>Lester Prairie 1982 (depending on how you want to count it\u2026Mahnomen last made it in 1976, but Waubun made it three times after that the last in 1999.<\/p>\n DAY AHEAD<\/strong><\/p>\n There are five games to start the final week of sections. But one is a regular season game—ISM\/Chesterton faces Cristo Rey Jesuit. These two schools bypassed the section playoffs and teams can schedule right up to March 15. And so they did.<\/p>\n As for sections the action takes place down 169 in St. Peter at the Lund Center on the campus of Gustavus with two section 2A semis. Further down the road MSU Mankato will host two 2AA semis.<\/p>\n RANKED IN ACTION<\/strong><\/p>\n A: #5 Sleepy Eye St. Mary\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recap of Sunday action plus waiting for state D1 HIGH FIVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8CdKT-5vB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19994,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=19994","url_meta":{"origin":21179,"position":0},"title":"GBB Verbals 2024: Minnesota","date":"March 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"if you have a player missing from this list email\u00a0kja8067@gmail.com 2024----42 D1-18 Gabrielle Betton, Lakeville North, Loyola, MD Peper Engelby, Andover, New Jersey Tech Marissa Frost, Centennial, North Dakota State Savannah Gardner, Eastview, St. Thomas Laura Hauge, St. Croix Lutheran, St. Thomas Liv McGill, Hopkins, Florida Tori McKinney, Minnetonka, Minnesota\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GBB: Minnesota"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18690,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=18690","url_meta":{"origin":21179,"position":1},"title":"GBB Verbals 2022: Minnesota","date":"September 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"if you have a player missing from this list email\u00a0kja8067@gmail.com 2022-57 D1-22 CJ Adamson, Rochester Lourdes, Augustana Kaylynn Asberry, St. Paul Como Park, St. Peter\u2019s Mikayla Aumer, Cambridge-Isanti, North Dakota Amaya Battle, Hopkins, Minnesota Mara Braun, Wayzata, Minnesota Elle Buzzelle, Rogers, Grand Canyon Ellie Colbeck, Fergus Falls, South Dakota State\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Girls Basketball"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6149,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=6149","url_meta":{"origin":21179,"position":2},"title":"D2 WBB: Sunday Results 2.25.2018","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Sioux\u00a0Falls\u2019 Jacey Huinker earns NSIC Elite 18 Award for women\u2019s basketball-----Northern Sun Women\u2019s\u00a0Basketball Advances to NSIC Semifinals----Augustana Bears\u00a0upset Wayne State to advance to the NSIC semifinals-----Concordia St. Paul Mavericks\u00a0Fall to No. 12 Vikings in NSIC Tournament------MSU Mankato Dragon\u00a0Women Lose Heartbreaker to Sioux Falls in NSIC\/Sanford Tournament Quarterfinals, 59-56------MSU Moorhead Wolves\u00a0Fall\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Girls Basketball"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21237,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21237","url_meta":{"origin":21179,"position":3},"title":"MN GBB: Sunday Reports 3.16.2025; High Five and D1 Post-Season MN Connections","date":"March 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunday Reports 3.16.2025 plus a roster of MN players in the post season collegiate tournaments. 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