This is the second part of TWTW #15<\/p>\n
REAR VIEW MIRROR<\/strong><\/p>\n MONDAY: 2AN Quarterfinals: BOLD 57, ACGC 38<\/strong><\/p>\n Originally, I was planning on going to another contest, but saw the biggest fish available that day was BOLD. Plans were changed. Last year BOLD was the A runner up. This year the Warriors were the #4 seed in the subsection. In this game they survived a sluggish start. Both teams struggled to score in the opening minutes with visiting ACGC up 5-2 with 11:47 left in the half. BOLD snapped out of their slumber and led 23-20 at half. ACGC continued their struggles in the second half. BOLD got off to a 20-6 start in the first nine minutes.<\/p>\n WEDNESDAY: 1A Quarterfinals<\/strong><\/p>\n Awesome Blossoms and Super Larks were just Blossoms and Larks on Wednesday.<\/p>\n GAME 1: Hayfield 71, Blooming Prairie 37<\/strong><\/p>\n #2 seed Hayfield had no issues in taking down Gopher Conference rival Blooming Prairie. Hayfield cashed in eight 3s and was a healthy 17\/21 at the free throw line. The Vikings had more offensive rebounds than BP had defensive rebounds (18-15).<\/p>\n GAME 2: Rushford-Peterson 57, Grand Meadow 38<\/strong><\/p>\n #3 seed Rushford-Peterson ended Grand Meadow\u2019s 2023-24 season. A quick 10-0 lead after the first five possessions set the trajectory for this game. The Trojans led by 20 at half. RP made nine 3s on 42% shooting and was equally as good at 2 range going 52%.<\/p>\n THURSDAY: 6AN Quarterfinals: Underwood 72, Battle Lake 31<\/strong><\/p>\n This was the window available on Thursday. Was it the opponent I wanted? No. This was over quickly. Similar in some respects to last Saturday\u2019s Southwest MN Christian win in the 3A South quarters. #2 seed Unerwood\u2019s Elizabeth Lukken had 24 points, all in the first half as the Rockets zoomed to a 43-13 lead over the #10 Battlers. That was a dozen more than BL would score all night.<\/p>\n FRIDAY: 3A N Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n GAME 1: Minneota 71, Lakeview 47<\/strong><\/p>\n #1 seed Minneota finished the first half with a 21-7 run and their state tournament experience separated them from the Lakers. A big difference in 3s (10-1) helped the Vikings. Balance and depth helped. Five Minneota players had between nine and 21 points.<\/p>\n GAME 2: Central MN Christian 58, MACCRAY 43<\/strong><\/p>\n The #2 seed Bluejays got off to a 9-0 start and MACCRAY had to play catch up the rest of the night. With 8:24 left in the game CMC led 47-22. The Wolverines scored almost as many points the remaining time as they had scored the first 27 minutes. CMC stayed stuck on 50 for about six minutes giving MACCRAY dreams of a possible comeback path. Down the stretch CMC cashed in at the free throw line a perfect 6\/6 their last three possessions. Just as she did the week before Sienna Duininck led the way for CMC with 23 points and another entry into the 41 Club.<\/p>\n SATURDAY 8A E&W Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n I was able to knock off six schools, but the sacrifice was to get up at 5:30 (after getting in after midnight on Friday). TRF is not next door. It was a good four hours and thirty minutes away. It was my first time at Engelstad Arena, a pretty nice hockey venue for a high school team. But today it was outfitted for basketball.<\/p>\n GAME 1: Kittson County Central 74, Climax-Fisher 44<\/strong><\/p>\n #1 seed KCC survived a 52-48 win in the quarterfinal round, and played like a #1 seed in the win over Climax-Fisher. CF has a thousand-point scorer that is an eighth grader—Peyton Hoffman. Compared to the other eighth graders Hoffman is more post, but she did try a pair of 3s.<\/p>\n GAME 2: EGF Sacred Heart 61, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo 52<\/strong><\/p>\n Sacred Heart\u2019s frosh crew (they start four) picked up an important win stopping the Ponies of WAO. Another eighth grader, Macey Boe of WAO, gave them a 45-42 lead\u00a0 \u00a0with under ten minutes to go in the game on a 3. SH\u2019s Finley Horken broke a 46 tie and that helped initiate a 15-6 finish the las 5:30 of the game.<\/p>\n GAME 3: Fosston 54, Mahnomen-Waubun 35<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mahlen sisters combined for 28 points to help the #1 Greyhounds stop Mahnomen-Waubun. A strong 8-1 start helped.<\/p>\n GAME 4: Kelliher-Northome 73, Cass Lake-Bena 69<\/strong><\/p>\n This is too bad this contest was a subsection semi. It was section final-worthy. With 44 fouls called in this contest you could feel the intensity and physicality from the stands. It also probably had an impact on the outcome. Two each from CLB and KN players fouled out. But CLB had two others dancing with four fouls. Gabrielle Fineday spent more time on the bench than she or her team would have wished. She still led both teams with 31 points. When she was sitting in the first half another 8th<\/sup> grader stepped up. Rayahna Staples-Franklin delivered three 3s to help close the gap to 36-33 at the break. CLB did take a 46-45 lead after a Fineday 3 in the second half. KN went on a 16-6 run to lead 67-57 with three minutes left. CLB kept battling despite the foul situation. KN\u2019s margin was down to 71-66 with 34.9 left. Despite the KN coaching staff pleading with their players not to foul, they committed one with 0.5 left and Fineday added two more points to her totals to cut the deficit to four. The clock was not in favor of any more comebacks. The Thayer sisters had 43 points for KN with two more players in double digits.<\/p>\n OUT AND ALIVE (still)<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the second part of TWTW #15 REAR VIEW MIRROR<\/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":[10,7,161],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8CdKT-5jw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6738,"url":"https:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=6738","url_meta":{"origin":20430,"position":0},"title":"2017-18 GBB Awards: MN: West Central All Conference","date":"March 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"If you have an all conference list email kja8067@gmail.com WEST CENTRAL\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Madison Denton\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ACGC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012 Claire Ricard\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Benson 10 Taylor Sagedahl\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BOLD 12 Makenna Steffel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BOLD 11 Makayla Snow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BOLD 10 Mia Meyer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Melrose 12 Makiya Luetmer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Melrose 10 Ellie Danielson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Minnewaska 10 Emma Thorfinnson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Minnewaska 10 Sydney Zindel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Montevideo 11\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2018 Minnesota Awards"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4805,"url":"https:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=4805","url_meta":{"origin":20430,"position":1},"title":"MN GBB: A Thursday Results 12.28.2017","date":"December 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"#1 Lyle-Pacelli 66, #5 Hayfield 49 No.\u00a01 Lyle-Pacelli takes down No. 5 Hayfield-----Austin Daily Herald #2 Goodhue 56, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 46 #3 Mountain Iron-Buhl 59, #4 Bigfork 40 Rangers\u00a0blow by Huskies, 59-40------Mesabi Daily News #8 Lac Qui Parle Valley 53, Springfield 37 Pine River-Backus 56, #9 Cromwell-Wright 47 #11 Menahga 77,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GBB: Minnesota"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5583,"url":"https:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=5583","url_meta":{"origin":20430,"position":2},"title":"MN GBB: A Tuesday Results 1.30.2018","date":"January 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"#2 Mountain Iron-Buhl 89,\u00a0 Nashwauk-Keewatin 19 Ranger\u00a0girls, Devils all pick up hoops wins------Mesabi Daily News #3 Hayfield 72, Cannon Falls 40 Hayfield\u00a0girls down Cannon Falls------Austin Daily Herald #4 Goodhue 58, #19AA Zumbrota-Mazeppa 41 #5 Menahga 50, New York Mills 41 #6 Ada-Borup\/Norman County West 62, Win-E-Mac 12 #7 Bigfork 83,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GBB: Minnesota"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11927,"url":"https:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=11927","url_meta":{"origin":20430,"position":3},"title":"MN GBB: Wednesday & Late Results 12.12.2018","date":"December 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"AAAA #9 Eden Prairie 61, Minneapolis North 52 AAA Girls'\u00a0Basketball: Red Wing routs Faribault-----Red Wing Republican Eagle Turner\u00a0is big addition to HHS girls team------Hibbing Daily Tribune Abby Lewis------KAAL AA Medford\u00a0stayed unbeaten with comeback victory------Owatonna People\u2019s Press Local\u00a0Roundup: Morris\/CA downs ACGC------West Central Tribune Girls\u00a0basketball: Litchfield\u2019s work on the glass leads Dragons\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GBB: Minnesota"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9257,"url":"https:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=9257","url_meta":{"origin":20430,"position":4},"title":"MN GBB Summer State Tournament","date":"July 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"BREAKDOWN GBB SUMMER STATE TOURNAMENT Here are the results from the Breakdown Summer State Tournament held at Maple Grove Middle School on Sunday, July 15.\u00a0 The out & about will get up on Monday. 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