HIGH FIVE D1

There were nine teams playing on Friday.

*Ivane Tensaie, UTEP, Concordia Roseville 20-W

*Alayna Contreras, Middle Tennessee, Hopkins 18-W

*Jenna Guyer, Green Bay, Centennial 15-W

*Jasmine Dupree-Hebert, Oakland, Hopkins 5-L

Shannon Fornshell, Drake, Wayzata 4-W

Cece McNair, Milwaukee, Prior Lake 4-L

Ellie Buzzelle, Green Bay, Rogers 4-W

Totals: 62 points, 5-2

This is the first appearance for Fornshell and McNair and brings the D1 HF listing to 67.

Six were AAAA players, one AA.

Tensaie, Contreras, Guyer and Dupree-Hebert made state. With the Hopkins pair of Contreras & Dupree-Hebert state champs.

D2

There were eight teams playing on Friday.

Ava Privet, Upper Iowa, Caledonia 20-L

Kendyl Lodermeier, Upper Iowa, Goodhue 13-L

Sydnee Nelson, Upper Iowa, Park-Cottage Grove 10-L

Acheampomaa Danso, Quincy, Simley 10-L

Sydney Runsewe, Quincy, Simley 9-L

Totals: 62 points, 0-5

There were two AAA, and two AA players, one AAAA.

All made state, except for Nelson. Lodermeier won a state title.

D3

Only one team in action on Friday & they provide all five players.

Marin Blom, Northwestern MN, Farmington 17-W

Lyddia Schmitter, Northwestern MN, United Christian 12-W

Karley Loven, Northwestern MN, Swanville 12-W

Brenna Vogel, Northwestern MN, South Metro Home School 9-W

Carli Elrod, Northwestern MN, Spectrum 8-W

Totals: 58 points, 5-0

Blom, Loven, Vogel, and Elrod are all newcomers to the D3 HF list. There are now 73 players on the list.

There are two A players, one AA & AAAA plus one home schooler.

MN GBB RESULTS

AAAA

#6 Wayzata 65, Prior Lake 38

#7 Eastview 68, Chanhassen 64

#8 Elk River 63, Eagan 45

AAA-none

AA

#6 Proctor 75, Chisago Lakes 22

A

#9 Hayfield / Schaeffer Academy 58, Rushford-Peterson 45

#9 Braham 68, Upsala 34

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 90 West Lutheran

Winner Low 32 Stephen-Argyle

Loser High 66 New Prague

Loser Low 17 Math & Science

Biggest Margin 73 West Lutheran v Math & Science

Smallest Margin 2 Stephen-Argyle v Northern; Hermantown v Anoka; Holy Angles v Visitation

Most Combined: 146 Farmington v New Prague

Least combined: 62 Stephen-Argyle v Northern

Margins 30 or more 16 (36.4%)

Margins 5 or less 6 (13.6%)

Average 52.932

Winner Average 65.11

Loser Average 40.75

Ranked Average 66.167

Nonranked Average 51.963

Average margin 24.364

Average combined: 105.86

Ranked losses: none

AAAA Ave 54.375

AAA Ave 50.364

AA Ave 52.933

A Ave 53.345

POINT PARADE

AA

Alyvia Couchman, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 28

Acelynn Hacker, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunberg 27

Olivia Lanari, Maranatha 26

Chloe Larson, Staples-Motley 26

Brooklyn Mitchell, LaCrescent-Hokah 25

A

Claire Stratmoen, Dawson-Boyd 33

Addison Hudalla, Swanville 26

MILESTONE

Payton Gravelle, Wadena-Deer Creek 1000.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT….MARANATHA V TARTAN

For the first game of 2026 I made my way to Maranatha for a non-conference match up with Tartan of the Metro East Conference. The host Mustangs, after a slow start, then ran roughshod over the Titans in a 67-52 victory. Coming into the game Maranatha was the #35 ranked team according to the QRF method and Tartan was not far behind at #45.

Tartan scored on their second and third possessions for a quick 5-0 lead and extended it to 14-5 with about 12:30 to go in the half. Then Maranatha got into an offensive groove led by senior forward Olivia Lanari. She hit back to back 3s followed by  a pair of free throws after a put back attempt. This was the Mustangs’ first string of the day—four possessions but still trailed at this point 14-13. At the ten minute mark they took the lead for good in the middle of a massive 21-0 run. The Titans came up empty for seven minutes, or 13 possessions, a drought of biblical proportions in which they would not recover. By half Maranatha led 35-25.

The second half saw Tartan attempt to climb out of that steep hole a couple of times. The Titans brought the deficit under double digits twice. In the first sequence they cut the score to 45-37. Maranatha responded with 16-2 push to make it 61-39. That run was capped by Lanari’s 1000 point, a 3 from up top. A 13-2 Tartan swing gave the Titans some hope, but that rally soon stalled out with three minutes left in the game. Tartan did not score again in their final six possessions.

Taking the two mega runs together Maranatha outscored the Titans 37-2. Tartan “won” the rest of the night 50-30. The hosts grabbed offensive rebounds at a 46.2% clip. And they valued the ball a better rate of 31.27 touches per turnover to the 10.27 for Tartan, almost three times better. That difference prevented Tartan from getting quality shots where they outperformed Maranatha.

Team	Pt	PP100	OR/DR	FTA/m	2A/M	3A/M	TO/TOTO
Maranatha	67	98.5	24/20	8/15	19/53	7/21	11/31.27
Tartan	52	76.5	10/28	6/11	14/25	6/21	26/10.27

There was only one player that cracked the 31 Club and that was 1000 point scorer Olivia Lanari of Maranatha. The senior actually cracked the 41 Club with a score of 45. She had a game high 26 points and a game high dozen d stops.

DAY AHEAD

There are 15 ranked teams in business on Saturday.

AAAA

#2 Minnetonka hosts Blaine

#3 Rosemount travels to #8 East Ridge

#5 Rochester Mayo hosts Lakeville South

AAA

#2 Orono hosts Alexandria

#4 Hill-Murray travels to Totino-Grace

#6 Stewartville plays #8 Delano at Kasson-Mantorville

#7 Northfield plays Woodbury at Byron

#9 Byron hosts Mahtomedi

#10 Richfield travels to DeLaSalle

AA

#1 Providence travels to Lakeville North

#5 Rochester Lourdes hosts Minneapolis North

#7 Fairmont hosts Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City

A

#3 Hillcrest Lutheran hosts Breckenridge