Saints and Zephyrs battle at Target Center

* St. Peter Saints 70, Mahtomedi Zephyrs 47: The Saints beat the Zephyrs in a game played at the Target Center. St. Peter was led by sophomore Katy Kuiper with 24 points; Junior Ann Marie Brown added 19. The Zephyrs were led by sophomore Courtney Lagoon with 15 points.

Prior Lake upsets Chaska

* Prior Lake 62, Chaska 53: Prior Lake beats Chaska behind an impressive team performance. Mariah Hovick had 14, Molly Simpkons 13 and Megan Pold 12. Brooke Brown led Chaska with 15, Ellen Degler 13 and Julia Skeesick 12.

This&that:

Peschel, Clarin & Davis reach 1,000th point milestone

* Kali Peschel, Mariah Clarin and Aubrey Davis all join the 1,000 points club on Friday.

Friday's roundup:

"Hornets for Haiti"

Edina remains undefeated

* Edina 65, Minnetonka 59: The Edina girls basketball team has started a campaign to raise money for the Clinton/Bush Fund. The team is wearing red and blue shoe laces to help bring awareness. You can contact Edina High School if you would like to donate to the "Hornets for Haiti" fund. This was a great basketball game with both teams trading punches. The visiting Skippers came to the Hornets' nest and stayed within striking distance for most of the 2nd half. Sharp shooter Katy Winge kept her team in the game with some clutch outside shooting. Winge had a team high 21 points. But in the end, Edina was lights-out from the charity stripe. The Hornets made 21-of-28 shots from the free throw line in the second half . Taylor Young led the undefeated Hornets with 21 points, and Katybeth Biewen finished with 15 points, 13-of-15 from the charity stripe. Edina improves to 15-0.

Peschel joins 1,000 points club

* Sauk Centre 73, Milaca 14: Sophomore guard Kali Peschel scored her 1,000th career point as the No. 1 ranked Mainstreeters improve to 16-0. Peschel scored 14 points in limited minutes.

* Albany 73, Foley 39: Albany's eighth grader Amazih Eickhoff had 23 points, six rebounds and five steals.

* Roosevelt 65, Southwest 50: Roosevelt was led by Suriya McGuire with 20 points, Kaylani Edwards 14 and Tyesha Wright 10 points. Every player on Roosevelt team scored. Southwest was led by Mariah Adanene with 22 points.

* Osseo 77, Andover 47: Senior guard Tamarra Shorter had 20 points, 9 rebounds, seven assists, and three steals. Freshman Janay Morton added 18 points, four assists and four steals.

* Lakeville North 60, Burnsville 52: Burnsville led by two points at the half but Cassie Rochel set the tone in the second half and finished with 24 points. Lakeville North's outstanding freshman Taylor Stewart had 20 points in the contest. The top ranked Panthers improve to 16-0.

Clarin joins 1,000 points club

* Princeton 60, Becker 46: Mariah Clarin scored her 1000th point tonight in a 60-46 win over Becker. Mariah is the 6th girls basketball player from Princeton to reach 1000 points. She scored her 1000th point on a made free throw in the 2nd half.

* Chaska 54, Lakeville South 47: Brooke Brown had 17 and Brianna Tisch added 14 for Chaska. Jade Geif led Lakeville South with 17.

* Minneapolis South 80, Washburn 45: Tori Rule had 25 and Ameshia Kearney scored 19.

Davis joins 1,000 points club

* Kennedy 75, Apple Valley 47: Junior guard Aubrey Davis scored her 1000th point tonight. Davis finished with 13 points, 8 rebounds, 6 steals and 5 assists. Bailey Lund had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Eighth grader Tonoia Wade scored 12 points. Apple Valley's Erica Gress had 18 points, 12 rebounds and Jordan Sammons added 13 points.

* BSM 64, North Branch 33: BSM was led by sophomore Olivia Antilla with 14 and junior Lindsay Kaminski with 12. Other scorers for BSM were Dillon 11, Shumpert 10, Alexander 8, Ison 2, Kopp 2, Pilarski 2, Hansen 2 and Kosch 2. North Branch was led by senior Rikki Beaver with 8 and junior Kendra Norman with 7. The BSM Red Knights are now 14-1 overall on the season and host Spring Lake Park next Tuesday at 7pm.

* Eastview 60, Bloomington Jefferson 44: Eastview broke ahead early in the game and never looked back. Alex Beckman led the Lightning with 17, Darcey Rice added 15 and Jenna Dockter 12. Anna Smith had 12 for Jefferson.

* Hopkins 66, Wayzata 51: Hana Potter scored 19 and Sydney Coffey had 14.

* Maple Grove 56, Park Center 34: Ellen Edison had 20.

* Watertown-Mayer 65, Litchfield 63: Marissa Janning scored 19 in the win.

* Centennial 74, Champlin Park 48: Kahla Becken scored 22 points and Megan Waytashek added 16.

* Eden Prairie 82, Rosemont 49: Jackie Johnson had 18.

* Richfield 60, South St. Paul 27

This&that:

Picture This, Waytashek & Whalen

* Friday's "Picture of the Day" features Centennial Cougar Megan Waytashek, then a 4th grader. Waytashek poses with Gopher Lindsay Whalen at the University of Minnesota.
Whalen took time out to talk and take photos with Waytashek and at least 30 other kids and made each and every one of them feel like a star. If you have a similar picture please send it to tips@gprep.net

Thursday's roundup:

* Parkers Prairie 87, Rothsay 25: Sari Noga had 33 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and eight steals. Micaela Noga scored 12 points, Madison Dorn 10 points and Jazmyn Dorn chipped in with 10 points.

* Armstrong 61, Orono 45: Alli Hoefer led Armstrong with 19.

* Hancock 45, Hillcrest Lutheran 42

* Mounds View 46, Woodbury 35

* New Prague 66, Albert Lea

* Northern Freeze 57, Red Lake Falls 35

* Braham 71, East Central 49

* St. Peter 60, New Ulm 47

Wednesday's roundup:

* St. Agnes 60, St. Paul Harding 36: Senior Mary Butler had 21 points, six rebounds, six steals, four assists and four blocks. Briana Stafford led Harding with 10 points.

This&that:

Bree Holleman surpasses 2000 points milestone

* Hancock Lady Owls 76, Henning Hornets 43: Bree Holleman scored her 2000th career point on a left handed lay-up in the second half against the Henning Hornets on Tuesday night (1-19-10). Holleman finished the game with 24 points (4 treys) followed by Kendra Schmidgall with 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Lauren Nelson with 12 points.

Tuesday's roundup:

Crimson ends four year drought against Centennial

* Maple Grove Crimson 66, Centennial Cougars 45: Maple Grove improves to 7-0 in the Northwest Suburban Conference, while Centennial drops to 6-1 in conference play. The Crimson broke the game open in the 2nd half and led by as much as 23 points en route to a convincing win against the Cougars. Ellen Edison brought the heat to Centennial and finished with a game high 23 points. Julie Kruse added 18 points, and Anna Gerdes chipped in with 11. This is the Crimson's first win against Centennial in four years. Megan Waytashek scored 14 points to lead Centennial, and sophomore Danika Gieske had 12.

Physical battle on the hardwood!

* Kennedy 69, Eastview 56: Bodies slammed against the hardwood as officials tried to keep some order in a game that was PHYSICAL. The Eagles Aubrey Davis continues to play lights-out and finished with 25 points, 7 assists and six rebounds. Bailey Lund had a double-double, with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Sheridan Reiners had 16 points and six rebounds, and Jade Martin had 8 points, 9 rebounds and three blocks. Alex Beckman led the Lightning with 21 points and Taylor Cullers added 20.

* Chaska 55, Eden Prairie 49: EP outplayed Chaska in the first half and led 30-18. But Chaska started the come back off an Ellen Degler three-pointer and outscored the Eagles 37-19 in the 2nd half. Brianna Tisch and Megan Evangelista scored 13 points each to lead the Hawks. Brooke Brown added 11 points and Degler finished with 9. Jackie Johnson led EP with 13 points.

* Minnetonka 66,Orono 56: Minnetonka had the lead the entire game. Katy Winge led all scorers with 24 points.

* BSM 65, Chisago Lakes 45: BSM was led by sophomore Josie Dillon with 17 and senior Itisha Alexander with 13. Other scorers for BSM were Shumpert 12, Kaminski 7, Kopp 6, Pilarski 6 and Antilla 5. Chisago Lakes was led by sophomore Whitney Tinjum with 22. Up next BSM will travel to North Branch on Friday night for a 67:15pm tip-off.

* Chanhassen 51, Lakeville South 45: box - Lakeville South Cougars 6-8 - #15 Kelsey Thulien 7, #31 Hedi Knower 2, #55 Jade Geif 17, #53 Jennifer Kalbfell 20; Chanhassen Storm box 5-8 - #44 Chelsea Buller 2, #32 Lauren Shifflett 4, #30 Anna Letsche 5, #12 Ashley Fedie 7, #2 Jess Jerde 7, #14 Becca Smith 12,#24 Mikki Prince 14

* Coon Rapids 44, Anoka 31: Caitlynn Happke (16U MN Stars Hofschild) led Coon Rapids with 18 points.

* Cook County 60, Cromwell 21: The Vikings improve to 13-1. Cook County box: Ashley Deschampe 15, Ailee Larson 6, Brea Boomer 11, Essa Jacobsen 6, Christina Nelson 17, Bekah Laky 4, Theresa Morrin 1. FG-21, FT 16-22, Three pointers 2- Nelson, Deschampe. Cromwell box: RaeAnn Odegaard 9, Tayah Johnson 11, Brooke House 1. FG-8, FT 3-7, Three Pointers 2- Odegaard, Johnson

* SW 71, Washburn 33: Southwest was led by sophomore guard Mariah Adanene with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Junior post Micah Thornquist added 12 points and 7 rebounds and senior post Grace Theisen chipped in with 11 points and 8 rebounds. Washburn was led by junior guard Shanice Sullivan's 9 points. There is a 4-way tie for first place in the Minneapolis City Conference. South, Roosevelt, North, and SW all have a 3-1 record in the conference. The Lakers plays at Roosevelt on Friday.

* Minneapolis South 61, Roosevelt 56: Tori Rule had 15 points to lead South and Tyisha Smith added 14.

* Delasalle 73, Minnehaha 40: Carissa Wolyniec had 20.

* Burnsville 72, Rosemont 68: Molly Duehn had 27 for Burnsville and Rachel Hoeppner had 27 for Rosemont.

* Eagan 64, Apple Valley 62: Sophomore Jessica Hart had a team high 21 points for Eagan. Erica Gress led all scorers with 30.

* Prior Lake 53, New Prague 52: Erica Trabing scored 14. Sara Rookaird led New Prague with 14.

* Sauk Centre 63, New London-Spicer 58

* Woodbury 68, Forest Lake 48: Michelle Young had 17.

* Lakeville North 65, Bloomington Jefferson 46

* White Bear Lake 64, Roseville 46

* Hill Murray 62, North St. Paul 58

* Cambridge-Isanti 63, Becker 40

* St. Michael Albertville 61, Princeton 48

* Wayconia 65, Watertown-Mayer 59

* Caledonia 58, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 40

2010 week 10

Friday's roundup:

Gonzalez surpasses 1,000 points
* Fridley 76, Spring Lake Park 75: Senior guard Tacita Gonzalez scored 34 points including her 1,000th point for her career. Fridley improves to 11-5 with the win.

* Eastview 57, Chanhassen 46: In a game that at times resembled a football game, Eastview defeated Chanhassen. Haley Thomforde led the Lightning with 10 points. Alex Beckman and Taylor Cullers added 9 points each. Darcey Lauren Shifflett had 15 for Chanhassen. Eastview's Darcey Rice did not play because of a leg injury. She hopes to be back for Monday's game against Eagan.

* Chaska 69, Bloomington Jefferson 63: Brooke Brown netted 21 points including 11-11 from the charity stripe. Brianna Tisch added 16 for Chaska. Anna Smith led Jefferson with 22 points.

* Parkers Prairie 84, Ashby 48: Sari Noga scored 26 points and 16 rebounds. Teammates Madison Dorn netted 25 points and Micaela Noga 13 added points.

* Watertown-Mayer 67, Annandale 60: Marissa Janning scored 20.

* St. Francis 54, Chisago Lakes 44: Melissa Borstner had points 18 in the win. Whitney Tinjum scored 14 for Chisago Lakes.

* Lakeville North 69, Eagan 47: Cassie Rochel had a double-double, 25 points and 12 rebounds. Rachel Banham had 12.

* Osseo 65, Anoka 43: Senior guard Tamarra Shorter led Osseo with 24 points.

* Wayzata 59, Armstrong 42: After a big win against Minneapolis South, Armstrong came up short against Wayzata. Sophomore Marissa Grosfeld led the Trojans with 24 points.

* Centennial 59, Park Center 36: Megan Waytashek had 21 points.

* New Prague 66, Redwing 45: Hannah Strop and Maggie Weiers had 14 points each to lead New Prague.Maple Grove 63, Coon Rapids 32

Thursday's roundup:

Islanders improve to 18-0

* Delasalle Islanders 71, Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights 65: The Islanders remain undefeated at 18-0 with a win over the Red Knights. Diamond Lane got the Islanders rolling by scoring three three-pointers in the first four minutes of the contest. The junior guard finished with 15 points. Freshman Tyseanna Johnson led the Islanders' balanced scoring attack with 20, Lenah Starr 15, Carissa Wolyniec 13 and Sarina Baker chipped in with eight. Khadijah Shumpert played a great game for BSM and finished with a game high 25 points. No other BSM players were in double figures.

Seventh grader scores 19 in win

* Minneapolis North 65, Edison 29: Seventh grader TT Starks netted 19 points for North.

* Hancock 63, CMCS 43: Kendra Schmidgall recorded another double-double with 20 points (including three three-pointers) and 10 rebounds. Hancock's leading scorer Bree Holleman netted 20 points and dished out four assists.

* Parkers Prairie 76, Brandon Evansville 65: Sari Noga 25pts and 17rbs. Madison Dorn 24pts and Miceala Noga 13pts.

* Edina 60, Orono 50: Katybeth Biewen continues to play big in big-games, scores 19.

* Minneapolis South 73, Southwest 45: Ameshia Kearney led South with 19. Mariah Adonene netted 20 for Southwest.

* White Bear Lake 57, Mounds View 48: Julia Dysthe had 26.

* Barnum 61, Esko 41

Kennedy squeaks by Rosemount

* Kennedy 72, Rosemount 71: Kennedy got by Rosemount behind Freshman Jade Martin's 24 points and 8 rebounds. Teammate Bailey Lund had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Aubrey Davis had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Heather Bachman added 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. Elaine Warner led Rosemount with 23 points, Rachel Hoeppner had 18 and Abbie Bauernfeind netted 13 points.

* Caledonia 82, Wabasha Kellogg 35: Caledonia improves to 20-1 and 15-0 in the conference. The Warriors were led by junior Amber Sorenson with 20 points & 8 assists. Freshman Emma Lange added 15, Senior Aly Meyer had 11 points & Junior Sadie Lange had 10 points and 10 rebounds. This is the 5th straight 20-win season for the Warriors.

This&that:

Barton putting up career numbers

* Thursday's picture of the day features Waterville-Elysian-Morristown senior post Amanda Barton. She recently grabbed her 1,000th career rebound in a win over JWP. She also scored over 1,300 career points. Barton has signed with Northern Iowa and was just named as one of only 19 McDonald's Nominees from Minnesota.

Mcdonald's All American Nominees

* On Monday the 2010 McDonald’s All American Games Nominees were announced. The final team rosters will be announced via a national selection show on ESPNU February 11 at 5:30 p.m. ET. You can find the full nominee list on www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com. Here are the Minnesota ballers who made the list:

Amanda Barton Waterville Elysian Morristown
Gabby Boever Worthington
Bailey Bouman Pipestone Area
Brooke Brown Chaska
Angela Christianson Alexandria
Megan Lauck Mounds View
Alyssa Marschner Armstrong
Suriya McGuire Minneapolis Roosevelt
Laura Melquist Rochester Lourdes
Katrina Newman Barnum
Sari Noga Parkers Prairie
Hanna Potter Hopkins
Cassie Rochel Lakeville North
Tyisha Smith Minneapolis South
Miki Stephenson Moorhead
Hannah Strop New Prague
Brianna Tisch Chaska
Megan Waytashek Centennial
Taylor Young Edina

Tuesday's roundup:

Holleman breaks scoring record at Hancock

* Hancock 72, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 37: The Lady Owls improve to 10-2 overall with a Pheasant Conference game on the home court. Bree Holleman broke the career scoring record at HHS with a free-throw with 1:36 remaining in regulation. Holleman finished the game with 26 points, followed by Illissa Koehl with 17 and Kendra Schmidgall with 16.

* Prior Lake 49, Shakopee 34: Prior Lake used a balance scoring attack to improve to 12-5. Megan Pold had 13, Alyssa Eschrich 9, Erica Trabing 8, and Molly Simpkins 7. Rachael Hentges and Jean Theis led Shakopee with 10 points each.

Shak is back

* Roosevelt 60, Wayzata 52: Roosevelt was led by Suriya McGuire's 14 points, Jasmine Bell had 13 and Kaylani Edwards added 12. Shakila Boler returned to the floor for the 1st time since her knee injury and added 4

.* Maple Grove 57, Osseo 54: Julie Kruse scored 13 in the win. Freshman Janay Morton had 18 for Osseo.

* Lakeville North 65, Lakeville South 49: Freshman Taylor Stewart led North with 17, Rachel Banham 16 and Cassie Rochel added 13. Jade Geif had 22 for South.

* Chaska 67, Apple Valley 47: Chaska improves to 11-3 overall and 5-1 in the conference. Chaska box: Chaska 11-3(5-1) Evangelista 17, Brown 16, Degler 13, Tisch 12, Wolf 4, Menicke 3, Skeesick 2; Apple Valley box: Apple Valley 7-7 (2-3), Gress 19, Sammson 13, Chell 10, Scott 5

* Eastview 60, Rosemount 43: Eastview pulled away from Rosemount early in the 2nd half. Eastview used balanced scoring from the starters with Taylor Cullers leading the way with 13 points followed by Alex Beckman 12, Jenna Dockter 10, Darcey Rice 10, and Haley Thomforde 9. Elaine Warner had 14 and Rachel Hoeppner had 13 for Rosemount.

* BSM 70, Spring Lake Park 26: BSM was led by sophomore Khadijah Shumpert with 17 and senior Itisha Alexander with 14. Other scorers for BSM were Kaminski 11, Antilla 10, Kopp 5, Kosch 5, Minea 4,Pilarski 2 and Hansen 2. Spring Lake Park was led by senior Jorie Grenell with 14. Up next BSM travels to DeLaSalle for a non-conference AAA match-up on Thursday at 7pm.

* Kennedy 73, Jefferson 68: Bailey Lund led all scorers with 22 points, Aubrey Davis had 12 points and 8 rebounds Jade Martin had 12 points and 5 blocks and Sheridan Reiners added 10 points. Brittney Scherber led Jefferson with 20 points, Anna Smith 15 points and Tanna Rittmaster 13.

* Edina 56 SW 42: The number two ranked Hornets were too much for the Lakers as Edina won 56-42. Edina was led by Senior Taylor Young with 21 points. Southwest was led my sophomore Mariah Adanene with 18 points.

* Caledonia 62,St. Charles 44: Caledonia improves to 19-1 overall,and 14-0 in the conference. The Warriors were led by junior Amber Sorenson with 20 points and 7 assists. Senior Aly Meyer had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Freshman Emma Lange added 10 for the Warriors.

* Armstrong 47, Minneapolis South 46: Alyssa Marschner had 16. Tori Rule led South with 16. Armstrong has beaten #17 Minnetonka, #19 Orono and now #12 Minneapolis South

* Barnum 69, Braham 66

2009-2010 Week 9 Impact Players

Ellen Edison, Maple Grove player of the week Megan Pold, Prior Lake Kali Peschel, Sauk Centre Tamarra Shorter, Osseo Taylor Stewart, Lakeville North Tori Rule, Minneapolis South Amanda Barton, Waterville Elysian Morristown Becca Dahlman, Braham 2009-10 Impact players

Monday's roundup:

* Caledonia 83, Lewiston-Altura 63: The Warriors improve to 18-1 and 13-0 in the conference play. The Warriors were led by junior Amber Sorenson with 24 points & 8 assists. Senior Aly Meyer added 19 points and freshman Emma Lange added 15 points and 14 rebounds.

2009-2010 week 11

Saturday's roundup:

* Hancock 83, KMS 52: The Lady Owls improve to 13-2 with a win over the KMS Fighting Saints. Bree Holleman led the way with 24 points, followed by Kendra Schmidgall with 18, and Lauren Nelson with 15 points.


* Parkers Prairie 80, Underwood 55: The Panthers tied their own state record with 18 three-pointers in one game. Sari Noga had 27 points (six three-pointers), Madison Dorn 27 points (eight three-pointers) and Micaela Noga added 14 points (four-three-pointers).

* Cook County 74, Ely 40: Brea Boomer led the Vikings with her 25 points and added 8 steals. Essa Jacobsen chipped in 15 points while Christina Nelson reached double figures with 10.

Friday's roundup:

Lakeville North's Rochel can't be stopped

* Lakeville North 67, Chaska 50: The Panthers' Cassie Rochel had another dominant performance against a ranked opponent. The 6'4" post netted 26 points and was perfect from the charity stripe, 10-10. Rachel Banham scored 17 in the win to help the top ranked Panthers improve to 20-0. Chaska was led by Megan Evangelista with 14, Ellen Degler netted 13 and Brooke Brown recorded her 1,000th point of her career. She finished with 12 points.

* Eden Prairie 64, Eastview 61: In a Lake Conference battle of ranked teams, Eastview had a three-point shot to tie at the buzzer, but it fell away. Shayne Mullaney led the Eagles with 20 points. Jackie Johnson and Taylor Uhl each had 12. Alex Beckman had 22, Haley Thomforde 16, and Taylor Cullers 10 for the Lightning. Darcey Rice missed tonight’s game because of a toe injury. She is hopeful to return next week.

* Delasalle 67, St. Croix Lutheran 57: The Islanders improve to 20-0 behind a pair of double-doubles from Sarina Baker and Allina Starr. Baker had 20 points and 10 rebounds while Starr added 10 points and 12 rebounds.

* Edina 50, Armstrong 48: The 2nd ranked Hornets escaped with a 2-point victory over Armstrong. KatyBeth Biewen led Edina with 16 points. Alyssa Marschner scored 25 points.

* Osseo 71, Park Center 41: Jessica Fife had 19 and Tamara Shorter added 17.

* Wayzata 72, Minnetonka 69, OT: Kristi Kuhn led the Trojans with 18. Kayla Timmerman scored 12 points, four came in overtime. Freshman Joanna Hedstrom led Minnetonka with 21 points.

* New Prague 67, Holy Angels 48: Hannah Strop had a double-double, 22 points and 10 rebounds.

* Centennial 72, Anoka 43: Megan Waytashek had 25.

Tyesha Wright surpasses the 1,000th point milestone

* Roosevelt 84, Patrick Henry 24: Roosevelt’s Tyesha Wright scored her 1000th point tonight. Roosevelt was led by Tyesha Wright with 23 points. The Teddies had six players in double-figures. Roosevelt is now 7-1 in the Minneapolis City Conference with. The next two games are against Minneapolis North and Minneapolis South at home.

* Kennedy 55, Eagan 42: Freshman Jade Martin and senior Bailey Lund led Kennedy with 14 points each. Teammate Heather Bachman added 10. Jess Hart had 17 for Eagan and Elise Raney netted 12 points.

* BSM 62, Irondale 37: BSM was led by sophomore Olivia Antilla with a double-double 14 points and 11 rebounds. Sophomores Khadijah Shumpert and Josie Dillon added 12 points each. Other scorers for BSM were Alexander 7, Kosch 6, Kaminski 5, Pilarski 4 and Kopp2. Irondale were led by senior Mimi Reif and junior Alennah Westlund with 11 points each. Up next, BSM travels to St. Francis to take on the Saints. The Saints beat BSM by one point in their first match up.

* Cook County 65, Two Harbors 45: The Vikings were led by Essa Jacobsen’s 21 points, Ashley Deschampe chipped in 16, Brea Boomer scrapped out nine points, and Ailee Larson and Christina Nelson put in eight points apiece. The win puts the Vikings at 16-2.

* Cambridge Issanti 71, Princeton 54

* Minneapolis South 79, Edison 45

* Minneapolis North 74, Washburn 35

* White Bear Lake 58, Stillwater 51

* Richfield 64, Simley 49

* Burnsville 58, Apple Valley 47

Picture This, Farview Lady Cardinals

* Friday's "Picture of the Day" features the Farview Lady Cardinals' 6th grade team back in 2007. Right to left: Tailyah Rich – Minneapolis North, Allina Starr – DeLasalle, Taylor Anderson – Hopkins, Imani, Janay Morton – Osseo, Iyanna Turner - Minneapolis South, Nailah Hill – Breck, Janice. If you have a similar picture please send it to tips@gprep.net

Wednesday's roundup:

South vs. North: Lady Tigers on Top
* Minneapolis South 58, Minneapolis North 45: In this statement game, two things were apparent. First, Tyisha Smith's explosive blow-by speed is back. Second, Smith played without a knee brace. So, gPrep can officially say, S-H-E'S B-A-C-K! You may recall, Smith suffered a torn ACL back in March 2009 in the State Championship game. Until now, she wore a knee brace. Tonight Smith looked like the dominant player, who terrorized opponents for three years at South. Smith dominated the game with her speed and quickness. The senior guard finished with 17 points. But most importantly, Smith put South on her shoulders and carried the Lady Tigers to a big-win against a hungry North team. Ameshia Kearney also played lights-out and finished with 16 points. Cy'erra Mills led North with 19 points and ninth grader Talayiah Rich Howard added 12.

* Southwest 45, Cooper 31: Southwest (10-9) used a 30-18 second half run to beat Cooper (1-14). The Lakers were led by Sophomore Guard Mariah Adanene's 22 points, 10 rebounds and 3 steals.

This&that:

Minnesota Finishers adding two new teams

* The Minnesota Finishers are adding two new teams at the 15u level. One team will be practicing in the Andover area the other in the Apple valley area. We are looking for a few more players for both teams! Please email Coach Shannon Finis for more info at mnfinishers@yahoo.com

* In a 65-58 win against Wayzata, Taylor Young broke Kelly Siemen's career scoring record of 1,418 points. she had 26 points for Edina. Young now has 1,433 career points which gives her the all time scoring record for boys or girls at Edina High School.

* Apple Valley’s Erica Gress reached her 1000th rebound against Chanhassen yesterday.

Tuesday's roundup:

* Minneapolis Southwest 70, Henry 24: Southwest (9-9) defeated Henry in a Minneapolis Conference match-up. Ten different players scored for Southwest and sophomore guard Mariah Adanene led the Lakers with 23 points and 7 Steals. The Lakers play section opponent Cooper in Robbinsdale on Wednesday.

Monday's roundup:

Top ranked Panthers sharpen their claws on Eagles, remain undefeated

* Lakeville North 67, Kennedy 41: Both head coaches stood and patrolled the sidelines the entire game. It was a big statement game for both programs. In the end, Lakeville North’s Head Coach Andy Berkvam remained standing, high-fiving every player on the bench. Lakeville North won in convincing fashion. Panthers’ senior post Cassie Rochel came to play. She controlled the paint and finished with a game high 25 points. Superstar Rachel Banham was in foul trouble the entire game but was spectacular in limited minutes, as she finished with 13 points, before fouling out at the 5:30 mark in the second half. Aubrey Davis played a gritty game for Kennedy and did everything to keep the Eagles in striking distance. Davis finished with 15 points, but it was not enough to hold off the Panthers. Bailey Lund added 12 points for Kennedy

Coach Paul Goetz records 300th win

* Eastview 68, Eagan 56: Alex Beckman led the Lightning with 15 points, Heather Duehn added 11 and Haley Thomforde had 10. This is Coach Paul Goetz 300th win at Eastview. Elise Raney had 19 and Jess Hart added 12 for Eagan.

* Chaska Hawks 64, Burnsville Blaze 53: Brooke Brown and Ellen Degler had 18 points each to lead Chaska. Molly Duehn paced Burnsville with 10 points.

* BSM 75, Fridley 58: BSM was led by sophomore Olivia Antilla with a double-double, 24 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore Josie Dillon added 16 points. Other scorers for BSM were Alexander 13, Shumpert 8, Pilarski 7, Kopp 5, Kosch 2. Fridley was led by senior Tacita Gonzalez with 18.

* Edina 65 Wayzata 58: Taylor Young had 26 points for Edina. Young broke Kelly Siemen's career scoring record of 1,418 points. Taylor Young now has 1,433 career points which gives her Edina High School's all time scoring record for boys and girls.
* Hopkins 64, Armstrong 45

* Sauk Centre 54

* Eden Prairie 74, Lakeville South 58

* St. Paul Humboldt 72, Heritage Christian 46

Saturday's roundup:

Cambridge-Issanti prevails over St. Francis

* Cambridge-Issanti 63 St. Francis 60: In a huge section 7AAAA match-up, Cambridge-Issanti defeated St. Francis 63 60. CI was in control much of the game until St. Francis came charging hard at the end. Whitney Olson led the Blue Jackets with 21 points including 2 big late free throws. Savanna Treichel added 14 and Shana Oberlander 12. Saint Francis "do-everything-guard" Milissa Borstner came alive with 26 points in the 2nd half to finish with 30. Jill Morrison had 13 and Taylor Morrell added 10 for the Saints.

* Hancock 52, Minneota 37: Hancock defeated a tough Minneota team on the road Saturday by a score of 52-37. Bree Holleman led with way with 28 points which includes an 8-for-10 performance from beyond the arc. Illissa Koehl scored eight points followed by Kendra Schmidgall with seven.

2009-2010 week 12

Saturday's roundup:

Wolyniec surpassed the 1,000th point milestone

* Delasalle 71, Minnehaha Academy 65: Tyseanna Johnson had 19 points and senior Carissa Wolyniec became a member of the 1,000th point club. Wolyniec had a double-double, 18 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and four steals. Delasalle remains undefeated at 22-0.

* Chisago Lakes 48, Providence Academy 45: Chisago Lakes' Whitney Tinjum had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and four steals. Providence Taylor Finley had 17 points.

Friday's roundup:

Edina suffers first loss: Williams takes over

* Hopkins 60, Edina 56: In a sea-saw battle between two very good teams, Brianna Williams scored nine consecutive points down the stretch to help Hopkins build a 10-point lead, 56-46 with 2:30 remaining in the game. But, the Hornets would rally and cut the lead to two points, 56-58. Then with four seconds remaining, Hopkins' Nia Coffey sealed the deal with a driving lay-up to give the Royals a 60-56 win. Brianna Williams finished with a game high 18 points, 16 came in the second half. Sophomore Sydney Coffey stayed in full-attack mode and finished with 14 points. Senior Hanna Potter added 12. Taylor Young led Edina with 22 points.

* Hancock 69, Ashby 36: The lady Owls defeated the Ashby Arrows on the home court on Friday night by a score of 69-36. Kendra Schmidgall and Illissa Koehl led the scoring with 17 points each, followed by Bree Holleman with 16 points.

* Kennedy 63, Chaska 57: Jade Martin led all scorers with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. Aubrey Davis had 12 points and 6 assists. Chaska’s Ellen Degler had 15, Julia Skeesick 13 and Brooke Brown 10.

* Prior Lake 76, New Prague 64: All five starters for Prior Lake scored in double figures, led by Megan Pold's 18 and Mariah Hick's 14. Lakers are 10-0 in the Missota Conference.

* St. Peter 82, Waseca 57: In her first game back since spraining her ankle on Jan 29, AnnMarie Brown scored a season high 29 points. Sophomore guard Katy Kuiper added 17 and freshman forward Tailor Raymond had 13.

* Hill Murray 65, Mahtomedi 45: Sophomore Tessa Cichy and Junior Bethany Doolittle each scored 18 points for Hill Murray. Sophomore Courtney Lagoon led the Zephyrs with 15 points.

* Centennial 68, Osseo 60: Megan Waytashek scored a game high 29 points.

* Lakeville North 72, Chanhassen 38: Cassie Rochel had 24 points.

Julia Dysthe joins the 1000 points club

* White Bear Lake 61, Park-Cottage Grove 43: Julia Dysthe scored 21 points and surpassed the 1000 points milestone for her career.

* Richfield 76, Tartan 58: Vanessa Uko scored 23 and Jessica January had 20. Eighth grader Ta'Kendra Elbert led Tartan with 14 points.

Thursday's roundup:

Marschner joins the 1000 points club

* Minnetonka 65, Armstrong 52: Minnetonka led the entire game, paced by Joanna Hedstrom with 14 and Katie Winge with 12. Armstrong’s Alyssa Marschner scored her 1000th point in the first half. Marschner ended the night with 17 points. Alli Hoefer added 16 point for Armstrong.

* St. Michael-Albertville 83, Cambridge-Issanti 78 (2OT): Carly Rothstein had a game high 28 points including six three-pointers.

* Caledonia 68, Southland 58: Caledonia improves to 21-2 overall and 16-1 in the Three Rivers Conference. Senior Aly Meyer scored 17 of her team high 22 points in the first half. Junior Amber Sorenson added 17 points and eight assists; Freshman Emma Lange scored 14 and junior Bobbi Jo Schuttemeier added 11. Southland was led by freshman Jana Schammel with 23.

* Minneapolis North 56, Southwest 39: Freshman Talyiah Rich-Howard continues to lead North with 18 points. Seventh grader TT Starks added 10.

* St. Paul Humboldt 74, Como Park 54: Arnessa Hicks had 26.

* BSM 84, Cooper 25: BSM was led by Khadijah Shumpert with 24 and Olivia Antilla with 14.

* Cook County 66, Duluth Marshall 20: Cook County- Ailee Larson 12, Ashley Deschampe 10, Christina Nelson 15, Bekah Laky 8, Brea Boomer 10, Essa Jacobsen 4, Molly Zafft 2, Theresa Morrin 5. FG-27, FT-310-17, Totals-66. Three Pointer- Larson, Nelson. Marshall- Signe Braafladt 4, Haley Little 2, Camille McKee 5, Asha Urban 2, Tarin Hedquist 7.

* Minneapolis South 71, Henry 22

* Braham 95, Ogilivie 35

* Chisago Lakes 89, St. Anthony Village 63

This&that:

McDonald's All American Game Team Announced

The 2010 McDonald’s All American Game Team was just announced on ESPNU’s Selection Show. Here is the female roster. The complete male and female rosters are available on www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com

Tuesday's roundup:

Waytashek joins the 1000 points club

* Centennial 81, Blaine 48: Centennial's superstar Megan Waytashek scored her 1000th point tonight in front of the home crowd. She finished with 28 points.

* Hancock 72, Wheaton-Herman-Norcross 52: Bree Holleman posted a double-double with 22 points and 11 assists. Kendra Schmidgall added 19 points and Illissa Koehl netted 15 points.

* Chaska 56, Eastview 43: Brooke Brown and Ellen Degler led Chaska with 18 points each and Brianna Tisch added 11. Haley Thomforde had 16 points for Eastview.

Big North Suburban Conference win for BSM

* BSM 63, St. Francis 59: BSM was led by sophomore Khadijah Shumpert with 16 points. Sophomore Olivia Antilla and Senior Itisha Alexander added 14 points each. Other scorers for BSM were Dillon 7, Kaminski 6, Kosch 5 and Pilarski 1. St. Francis had two players in double digits, senior Missy Borstner 22 and senior Taylor Morrell 14. BSM and St. Francis are now in a 1st place tie for the North Suburban Conference with four conference games left in the season.

* Chisago Lakes 58, St. Louis Park 48: Chisago Lakes' Whitney Tinjum scored 30 points. Kika Greenlee had 14 points for St. Louis Park.

* Kennedy 68, Lakeville South 58: Kennedy came back from a 21-8 deficit to beat LVS. Heather Bachman led Kennedy with 21 points and eight rebounds, Aubrey Davis netted 19 and Jade Martin added 14. Jade Geif and Jennifer Kalfbell scored 19 points each and Kelsey Thulien had 12 for Lakeville South.

* Prior Lake 51, Holy Angels 25: Megan Pold and Eric Trabing scored 12 points each.

* Delasalle 83, St. Paul Academy 38: Carissa Wolyniec had a team high 25 points.

* Hopkins 65, Holy Family 37: Briana Williams had 11 for Hopkins and sophomore Hannah Schonhardt had 17 for Holy Family.

* Eden Prairie 90, Apple Valley 67: Shane Mullaney netted 25.

* Maple Grove 62, Andover 38: Jen Field scored 16 to lead MG.

* Rogers 62, Princeton 52: Emily Reichert scored 16 for Rogers.

* Minneapolis North 68, Wayzata 65 OT: Freshman Talayiah Rich-Howard had 17 to lead North.

* White Bear Lake 60, Cretin-Derham Hall 50: Julia Dysthe had 18.

* Cambridge-Isanti 71, Zimmerman 20: Whitney Olson had 22.

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2009-2010 Week 11 Impact Players

Cassie Rochel, Lakeville North player of the week Brea Boomer, Cook County Shayne Mullaney, Eden Prairie Sarina Baker, Delasalle Tyisha Smith, Minneapolis South Taylor Young, Edina Jessica January, Richfield 2009-10 Impact players

Minnesota Fury Spring Showdown
April 16-18, 2010 (NCAA Viewing Period)
Lakeville South High School, Lakeville, MN (All games at one site)
12u, 13u, 14u, 15u, 16u/17u
Entry Fee only $250! Amazing deal for a viewing period tournament!
Teams from MN, IA, WI, SD, ND, and Canada are registered.
We are almost full, only 11 more teams until we reach capacity. Email Nick Storm at nstorm@minnesotafury.com to register.
College coaches, please email Nick at nstorm@minnesotafury.com for more information. Roster packets will be priced very reasonably.

Monday's roundup:

Royals and Southwest compete despite a winter storm

* Hopkins Royals 65, Minneapolis Southwest Lakers 32: The Royals raced out to a 38-12 lead at halftime and cruised to a convincing win. Brianna Williams led the Royals with 11, Hana Potter 10, and Shannon O’Toole, playing in her third varsity game at Hopkins, finished with 10. Sydney Coffey added eight points for the Royals. Mariah Adanene led the Lakers with 18 points.

This&that:

Rochel - new record holder

* Cassie Rochel broke the state blocked shots record in Friday’s win over Chaska. Rochel entered the game with 594 blocks and recorded six blocked shots against the Hawks. The record holder was Lindsay Hugstad Vaa of Breck 2003.

2009-2010 week 13

Saturday's roundup:

Panthers defuse Lightning

* Lakeville North Panthers 66, Eastview Lightning 39: The top ranked and undefeated Panthers continue to take care of business, as they beat the Lightning by 27 points. And once again, the Panthers' defensive effort and balance scoring attack prove to be too much. Cassie Rochel led the charge with 19 points, Rachel Banham added 17, Apiew Ojulu netted 12 and freshman Taylor Stewart chipped in with eight points. No players were in double figures for the Lightning.

* Minneapolis North 72, Worthington 70 (OT): Minneapolis North beat Worthington 72-70 in overtime. North was led by two freshman and a 7th grader. Freshman Chelsey McGee took control of the game in overtime and finished with 23 points and five assists. Talayiah Rich-Howard had a double-double, 21 points and 12 rebounds. Seventh grader TT Starks scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

* BSM 47, Orono 34

Friday's roundup:

* Chaska 54: Chanhassen 48: Brooke Brown led all scorers with 17 points and Brianna Tisch and Ellen Degler each had 11 points. Prince led Chanhassen with 12 points.

* St. Paul Humboldt 72, Highland Park 63: Annessa Hicks scored 31 points including five three-pointers to become St. Paul's all-time leader in three-pointers. Hicks has 89 three-pointers for her career.

Hopkins' Nia Coffey steps up: Knee injuries take a toll

* Hopkins 71, Minnetonka 56: Freshman Nia Coffey is starting to make a lot of noise for the red hot Royals. In Hopkins' last two games, the 5'9" Coffey has been lights out and has led Hopkins in scoring. She had 14 points and nine rebounds in a 74-48 win against Wayzata. And against Minnetonka, the wing guard had 19 points and seven rebounds. Both Hopkins' Sydney Coffey and Minnetonka's Katy Winge are out with knee injuries.

* St. Peter 73, St. James 49: Only leading by two points at halftime, St. Peter pulled away to a 24 point win against St. James. AnnMarie Brown and Katy Kuiper combined for 35 second half points. Kuiper ended with 25 for the game and Brown had 17.

* Roosevelt 54, South 52: Roosevelt leads the Minneapolis City Conference. Roosevelt is 9-1 and South is 8-2. Roosevelt was led by Suriya McGuire with 14, Shakila Boler 12 and Tyesha Wright had 10.

Kennedy's Percy Wade earns 200th win

Kennedy 68, Burnsville 63: Kennedy’s Head Coach Percy Wade earned his 200th win tonight as Kennedy survived the hot shooting of the Burnsville Blaze. Aubrey Davis led all scorers with 22 points and seven rebounds. Freshman Jade Martin had 14 points and four blocks, Sheridan Reiners added 12 points and Bailey Lund just missed a double-double with nine points and 10 steals. Jessica Ranke led Burnsville with 15 points, Rachel Moean scored 13 and Molly Duehn added 12.

* Katy Winge (Minnetonka, North Tartan) tore her ACL four minutes into the game against Edina on Tuesday, February 16. She will be out for the rest of the season.

Thursday's roundup:

* Hancock 64, Underwood 41: The Lady Owls defeated the Underwood Rockets by a score of 64-51. Kendra Schmidgall led the way with 16 points and 5 rebounds, followed by Bree Holleman with a triple-double, 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. Illissa Koehl and Lindsie Cunningham chipped in with 10 points each.

* Elk River 46, Coon Rapids 39: Makenzie Frericks led Elk River with 12 points. Coon Rapids' Caitlynn Happke led all scores with 19 points.

Centennial’s Head Coach Jill Becken earns 300th win

* Jill Becken has been a head coach for 16 seasons and has made four State Tournament appearances. Tonight Coach Becken earned her 300th coaching victory with a 72-47 win over Champlin Park. Coach Becken was one win away from winning it all last year against Minneapolis South. Becken is known for running a very discipline and up-tempo offense and has built one of the best programs in the state. But perhaps what's most important are the student athletes and citizens Becken has helped mold and produce over the years. Here's a look at some of Becken's players, who've gone on to play college basketball.

Aerial Liesh (2006) Northwestern
Katie DeWitt (2006) Northwestern
Joelle Waytashek (2007) St. Ben's
Kellie Schunnaman (2007) Jamestown
Emily DeWitt (2008) St Mary's
Emily Becken (2008) Northern University
KK Allums (2008) George Washington
Kayla Blom (2008) Dominican University
Hannah Steel (2009) Jamestown
Megan Nipe (2009) George Washington
Bridget Schunneman (2008) Jamestown
Micha Sater (2008) Augsburg

2010 All Star Series announced!

* The premier Minnesota Girls Basketball All-Star Series has been announced! Sari Noga (1A), Kata Warmack (2A), Angela Christianson (3A) and Tyisha Smith (4A) have been selected. Here is a link to the complete rosters.

Sari Noga new rebound queen

* Sari Noga broke the Minnesota state rebound record on Tuesday after getting 12 rebounds to put her total at 1,617 for her career.

Tuesday's roundup:

* Braham 90, Isle 41: Becca Dahlman had 33 and Katie Nickles had 16 for Braham in their win over Isle. The Bombers went undefeated in conference play.

* St. Peter 68, Waseca 59: St. Peter broke open a close game and went on to defeat conference rival Waseca 68-59. AnnMarie Brown and Katie Kuiper combined for 52 points and 16 rebounds. Brown had a career high 31 points and 8 rebounds and Kuiper added 21 points and 8 rebounds.

* Hancock 63, CGB 37: The Lady Owls defeated the Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Wolverines on Tuesday by a score of 63-37. Bree Holleman led the scoring with 23 points followed by Kendra Schmidgall with 13 points. Nine players reached the scoring column in this pheasant conference game which was the 4th game in 5 days for the Owls.

Panthers still undefeated: 23-0!

* Lakeville North 84, Eden Prairie 60: The top ranked Panthers cruised to a convincing victory over the host Eden Prairie Eagles. Rachel Banham led all scorers with 22 points, Cassie Rochel added 21 and freshman Taylor Stewart finished with 11 points. Shayne Mullaney led the Eagles with 20 points.

* BSM 83, St. Paul highland Park 51: BSM was led by sophomore Olivia Antilla with 21 points. Sophomore Josie Dillon added 18 and sophomore Khadijah Shumpert added 12. Other scorers for BSM were Hansen 6, Kopp 6, Pilarski 4, Kosch 4, Kaminski 4, Alexander 3. St. Paul Highland Park was led by sophomore Ashalee Moralez with 22 and sophomore Paris Crenshaw with 10.

Tisch joins the 1,000 points club

* Chaska 53, Rosemount 44: Brooke Brown and Brianna Tisch led Chaska with 15 points each. Brianna Tisch scored her 1000th point tonight!

* Eastview 69, Burnsville 42: In a Lake Conference and class 4A section-3 game, Darcey Rice had 23 and Haley Thomforde netted 16 for the Lightning. Molly Duehn had 12 for the Blaze.

* Minneapolis SW 77, Minneapolis Edison 53: The Lakers were led by sophomore guard Mariah Adanene with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Junior Guard Tina Montanez chipped in 10 points and 7 rebounds. The State's leading scorer Angelic Moore had 26 points for Edison. The Lakers play at Washburn on Friday night.

* Roosevelt 71, North 67: Shakila Boler is back in the starting lineup for the Teddies. Boler scored 18 points, Jasmine Bell had 24 and Suriya McGuire added 12. Minneapolis North was led by seventh grader TT Starks with 16 points including five three-pointers. Roosevelt plays Minneapolis South on Friday. Both teams are 8-1 in the Minneapolis City Conference.

* Kennedy 60, Chanhassen 47: Aubrey Davis led all scorers with 19 points, Bailey Lund added 14 and Jade martin had nine. Becca Smith led Chanhassen with 13 points.

* Champlin Park 54, Coon Rapids 42: Rachal Leitz had 16 for Champlin Park and Caitlynn Happke from Coon Rapids led all scores with 18 point.

* Hopkins 74, Wayzata 48: Freshman Nia Coffey led Hopkins with 14 points.

* Centennial 67, Elk River 54: Senior Megan Waytashek had 24.

* Osseo 57, Blaine 44: Tamara Shorter scored a team high 14 points for Osseo.

2009-2010 week 14

Meyer joins the 1000 Points Club

* Caledonia Senior Aly Meyer scored her 1000th point in a win over Plainview-Elgin-Millville. The Senior had 31 points on the night and teammate Amber Sorenson added 21 points, including six three-pointers. Caledonia Advanced to the sub-section semi finals against Winona Cotter on Tuesday at 6:30 in Rochester.

* Parkers Prairie, 68 New Life 44: Sari Noga had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Madison Dorn added 27 and Miceala Noga had 15.

Gress breaks scoring record at Apple Valley

* Apple Valley's Erica Gress broke her own record for the most points scored in a season. The record was 522 points. She now has 531 points, a new season record. Gress has broken 11 records at Apple Valley in the last two years.

* Minneapolis Roosevelt 73, St. Paul Humboldt 63: Minneapolis Roosevelt beat St. Paul Humboldt for the Twin Cities Championship. Roosevelt's Jasmine Bell had 22 points, Suriya McGuire added 14 and Ty Wright and Kaylani Edwards had 11 points each. Annessa Hicks had 26 points for the Hawks.

Friday's roundup:

* BSM 71, Totino Grace 51: BSM was led by sophomores Khadijah Shumpert and Olivia Antilla with 25 and 16 points. Other scorers for BSM were Alexander 10, Kaminski 6, Kopp 6, Pilarski 4, Kosch 2 and Dillon 2. Totino Grace was led by junior Kaeli Kraska with 12. BSM finished the regular season 24-2 and are co-champions of the North Suburban Conference.

* Eastview 62, Kennedy 54: Eastviews Haley Thomforde led all scorers with 20 points, Alex Beckman 15 and Darcey Rice 11. Bailey Lund had 15 and Aubrey Davis 12 for Kennedy.

* Lakeville North 59, Bloomington Jefferson 21: Apiew Ojulu led three Panthers in double figures with 16, Cassie Rochel added 14 and Rachel Banham netted 10.

* Wayzata 55, Minnetonka 52: Kristi Kuhn had 23 points including six three-pointers in the win. Freshman Joanna Hedstrom led Minnetonka with 18.

* Centennial 83, Coon Rapids 44: Kayla Becken had 22 and Megan Waytashek added 21.

* Maple Grove 68, Osseo 55: Ellen Edison led all scorers with 26 points.

* Edina 43, Armstrong 29: Taylor Young had 11 points.

* New Prague 64, Farmington 38: Hannah Strop had a game high 24 points.

* Burnsville 59, Rosemount 48: Molly Duehn netted 25 points.

* Richfield 67, Henry Sibley 30

* White Bear Lake 64, Hastings 39

* Barnum 85, Cook County 44: The Vikings record moves to 21-4 as the regular season comes to a close. The Vikings will take the #2 seed into the Section 7A tournament starting next week. They will play in Esko at 7:45 on Thursday March 4th. If they win that game they will advance to play on Saturday at 6:00 in Duluth. A full bracket will be available after the weekend.
Barnum box: Claire Rodgers 2, Jenna Zymslony 5, Jessica Newman 14, Katie Myhre 9, Candice Paulson 2, Sarah Myhre 20, Leah nordvall 8, Katrina Newman 22, Daron Mainville 3. FG-33, FT-11-23, Totals-85. Three Pointers 8- Zymslony, J. Newman, K. Myhre 3, S. Myhre, Nordvall 2.
Cook County box: Ailee Larson 4, Ashley Deschampe 13, Christina Nelson 9, Bekah Laky 4, Brea Boomer 6, Molly Zafft 8. FG-19, FT-2-6, Totals-44. Three Pointers 4- Nelson, Deschampe 3.

Thursday's roundup:

Humboldt makes History

wins St. Paul City Conference

* St. Paul Humboldt 71, St. Paul Central 66: St. Paul Humboldt did something no other Girls Basketball team at Humboldt has done in 122 years. Humboldt came into existence in 1888, but this is the first time since Title 9 (1973), that a girls basketball city champion was crowned at Humboldt High School. A standing room of former players, family members and fans stormed the floor to celebrate at the end of the game. Many of them had tears in their eyes including players and first year Head Coach Chris VanderHyde. The Hawks will play in the Twin Cities Championship game against Minneapolis Roosevelt on Saturday at 1pm at Humboldt. Senior Annessa Hicks had 21, and Angelina Hicks had 17 to lead Humboldt, While Teresa LaRocque added 13, Lashay Holt 6.

* Roosevelt 61, Southwest 51: Roosevelt is the Minneapolis City Champions for the first time since the 1992-1993 season . Jasmine Bell led the Teddies with 15 points and Kaylani Edwards had 11.

* Parkers Prairie 80, Sebeka 64: Sari Noga scored a team high 32 points and 11 rebounds, Madison DORN added 18 and Kaylee Dorn had 10 points.

* Eden Prairie 71, Chaska 61: Eden Prairie beat Chaska 71-61 in a hard fought Lake Conference battle. It was a 5-point game with a minute to go. Shayne Mullaney and Jackie Johnson led EP with 23 points and 16 points. Brooke Brown led all scorers with 24 points and Ellen Degler had 22.

Gress owns scoring record at Apple Valley

Erica Gress of Apple Valley broke the all-time scoring record on Friday against Rosmount. The old record was 1,505 held by Sally Albers (1991-1995). Gress is now at 1,537. She now holds the record for most points in Apple Valley Girls Basketball history (2006-2010).

Tuesday's roundup:

* Coon Rapids 50, Anoka 43: Caitlynn Happke scored 15 points and Shelby Zimmel added 12 points to lead the young Coon Rapids team.

* Armstrong 52, Hopkins 50: Alli Hoefer led Armstrong with 19 and Alyssa Marschner had 10.

* Lakeville North 69, Apple Valley 43: Rachel Banham led the way with 16 and the freshman Taylor Stewart had 12.

*Maple Grove 71, Centennial 70: Maple Grove won the Northwest Suburban Conference as Julie Kruse had 19. Megan Waytashek had 22 for Centennial.

* Edina 69, Wayzata 54: Grace Veker had 23 for Edina.

* Eden Praire 81 Kennedy 59: The first half was close with EP leading by four points at half time. But, EP broke away early in the 2nd half to establish a dominant lead. Shayne Mullaney led EP with 18 points and Morgan Van Riper Rose followed with 17; Karin Gibson had 13 and Taylor Uhl 10. Bailey Lund led Kennedy with 17, Aubrey Davis had 13 and Jade Martin 10 points.

* Chaska 75, Eagan 47: It was senior night in Chaska and all 11 seniors played in Chaska's 75-47 win over Eagan. Ellen Degler had 22 points, Brianna Tisch 16, Megan Evangelista 13 and Brooke Brown 10.

* St. Peter 65, Sibley East 49: Missing their point guard Katy Kuiper to illness, St. Peter had to battle to pull off the victory in Arlington. Tailor Raymond had a career high 26 points and AnnMarie Brown had 13 points and 14 rebounds. The Saints finish the regular season at 17-6.

* Minneapolis South 63, Southwest 52: Southwest was down 34-32 with 11 minutes left in the game,but the #8 ranked Tigers finished the game on a 10-0 run in the final 5 minutes of the game to pull off the victory. The Tigers were led by junior guard Tori Rule with 17 points and Tyisha Smith's 12 points. Southwest was led by sophomore guard Mariah Adanene with 17 points and 13rebounds. This could be preview of a first round 6AAAA Section matchup. The Tigers were without sophomore post Kaneesha Green and the Lakers were without junior guard Aleyse Hunteman.

* BSM 61, Columbia Heights 25: BSM was led by Khadijah Shumpert with 18 and Olivia Antilla with 14. Columbia Heights was led by Amanda Mickelson with seven.

* Prior Lake 51, Northfield 47: Molly Simpkins had a game high 18 points and Erica Trabing added 17 for PL.

* Cambridge Isanti 60, Buffalo 51: Whitney Olson scored 21 points in the win.

* Jefferson 60, Burnsville 21: Britney Scherber poured in 27 points.

* Humboldt 63, Harding 33: This win sets up a big showdown between Humboldt and St. Paul Central for the City Championship this Thursday.

Monday's roundup:

* St. Peter 67 Southwest Christian 27: St. Peter rolled to a 67-27 victory over visiting Southwest Christian. AnnMarie Brown led St. Peter with 23 points, Tailor Raymond had 16, while Katy Kuiper and Alyssa Lager both added 11.

Strop joins the 1000 points club

* New Prague’s Hannah Strop reached 1,000 points Friday night at Hutchinson with a three-point shot just before half-time.

Saturday's roundup:

Panthers defuse Lightning

* Lakeville North Panthers 66, Eastview Lightning 39: The top ranked and undefeated Panthers continue to take care of business, as they beat the Lightning by 27 points. And once again, the Panthers' defensive effort and balance scoring attack prove to be too much. Cassie Rochel led the charge with 19 points, Rachel Banham added 17, Apiew Ojulu netted 12 and freshman Taylor Stewart chipped in with eight points. No players were in double figures for the Lightning.

* Minneapolis North 72, Worthington 70 (OT): Minneapolis North beat Worthington 72-70 in overtime. North was led by two freshman and a 7th grader. Freshman Chelsey McGee took control of the game in overtime and finished with 23 points and five assists. Talayiah Rich-Howard had a double-double, 21 points and 12 rebounds. Seventh grader TT Starks scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

2009-2010 week 15

Saturday's roundup ( section playoffs ):

* Woodbury 63, Stillwater 58: In Section 4AAAA, Woodbury beat Stillwater 63-58 in three overtimes. Michelle Young had 24 points for Woodbury. Tess Lueders had 18 points for Stillwater.

* Minnehaha Academy 42, Minneapolis Roosevelt 39: The Redhawks win despite only shooting 8-26 from the free throw line. Fortunately, their defense made up for that. It was a total team effort. Senior Rachel Hansen led the Redhawks with 14 and Katelyn Adams added 12.

* Minneapolis North 65, Waconia 62 (OT): Minneapolis North was down by three in regulation when junior guard Cy'erra Mills (11 points, 5 steals) knocked down a big three-pointer from the corner to send it into overtime. Seventh grader TT Starks dominated the overtime period, finishing it off with a huge three-pointer at the buzzer to win the game in overtime. North had four players in double figures, led by freshman Talayiah Rich-Howard with 17 points, 9 rebounds, and six steals. Starks finished with 14 points and six rebounds and freshman Chelsey McGee had 13 points and four assists.

* Wayzata 63, Hopkins 60: Marissa Grossfeld was clutch in the closing minutes as Wayzata knocked off Hopkins in the playoffs. Grossfeld scored 23 points in the win.

* Minneapolis South 58, Minnetonka 42: Tyisha Smith had 17.

* Mounds View 43, Centennial 38: Megan Lauck scored 19.

* White Bear Lake 63, North St. Paul 42: Carly Jensen netted 19.

* Maple Grove 58, Osseo 31: Stepanie Davison led a balanced MG attack with 14 points.

* Delasalle 66, St. Anthony 29: Carissa Wolyniec led the undefeated Islanders with 19 points.

* Lakeville North 65, Lakeville South 45: North's Apiew Ojulu had 14.

* Eastview 61, Burnsville 52: Alex Beckman scored 21 to lead Eastview.

* BSM 62: Orono 54: Josie Dillon scored 19 to lead BSM.

* Washburn 52, Breck 47: Washburn beat Breck in Section 4AA playoff game. Washburn was led by Junior Shanice Sullivan who scored 25 points and had 7 steals.

Thursday's roundup ( section playoffs ):

* Cook County 77, Lakeview Christian 16: The Cook County Vikings traveled to Esko to play Lakeview Christian Academy in their first playoff. Brea Boomer scored 22 and Ailee Larson added 18 to lead the Vikings.

BSM 58, Holy Angels 34: BSM was led by sophomore Olivia Antilla with 16 points and junior Lindsay Kaminski with 14. Other scorers for BSM were Shumpert 13, Dillon 10, Alexander 2, Kopp 2 and Pilarski 1. Holy Angels was led by junior Laura Margarit with 8 points.

* Parkers Prairie 70, FF Hillcrest 35: Sari Noga had 35 points and 12 rebounds, and Madison Dorn added 14 points.

* St. Paul Humboldt 75, Minnesota Transition 22: Annessa Hicks and Angelina Hicks led Humboldt with 26 and 22 points.

* Orono 58, Richfield 40: Libby Kruse had 20.

* Minneapolis North 68, Holy Family 48: Talayiah Rich Howard led North with 19 and hannah Schonhardt led HF with 20.

* St. Francis 72, Anoka 42: Melissa Borstner scored 18 points.

* Cambridge-Isanti 74, Coon Rapids 48: Whitney Olson had 24 in the win.

Duehn sets scoring record at Burnsville

* Molly Duehn finished her last regular season at Burnsville as the all-time leading scorer (both boys and girls) with 1,653 points, breaking the old record set by Sarah Weins by almost 400 points.

Wednesday's roundup ( section playoffs ):

* Prior Lake 57, Kennedy 44: Prior Lake's Erica Trabing had 17 points and seven rebounds, Molly Simpkis had 12 and Megan Pold added 11 points and 13 rebounds. Eighth grader Kenisha Bell led Kennedy with 13 points.

* Minneapolis South 68, St. Louis Park 32: Tyisha Smith led #2 South with 19 points as the Tigers stay on track for another section showdown with #1 Hopkins. The Tigers will face #3 Minnetonka on Saturday.

* Hopkins 72, Cooper 35: The Royals cruised as senior Hana Potter had 22 points. If Hopkins takes care of business against Wayzata this Saturday, they could face Minneapolis South in the section championship game.

* Lakeville North 67, Park-Cottage Grove 26: Cassie Rochel had 18 and Apiew Ojulu scored her 1000th points in the win.

* Maple Grove 77, Spring Lake Park 40: Jen Field led the Crimson with 22 points.

* Delasalle 66, Park Center 47: Tyseanna Johnson had 24.

* North Branch 53, Chisago Lakes 45: No this is not a miss print. NB played post season basketball behind Lekson's 16 points. Whitney Tinjum led CL with 18 points.

* Eden Prairie 64, Jefferson 23: EP is playing lights out again! Morgan Van Riper-Rose had 24 points including six 3-pointers.

* Wayzata 67, Armstrong 51: The Trojans took care of business to advance to the second round against Hopkins. Kristi Kuhn had a game high 20 points, and Marissa Grosfeld had 11 for the Trojans. Ali Hoefer and Alyssa Marschner led the Falcons with 17 and 16 points.

* Chaska 54, Shakopee 43: In a very physical contest, Chaska beat Shakopee 54-43. Brooke Brown led all scorers with 20 points, Megan Evangelista had 11 and Ellen Degler 10. Jean Theis led Shakopee with 11 points.

* White Bear Lake 66, Tartan 46

* Osseo 52, Roseville 48

* Centennial 65, Irondale 37

* Braham 89, Hinckley-Finlayson 26

* New Prague 65, Austin 29

Minneapolis City Conference All Conference

Edison: Moore, Harris
North: C Mills, Rich Howard, McGee
South: Rule, Kearney, Smith, Jihad
Southwest: Mariah Adanene
Washburn: Artisha Knight
Roosevelt: Suriya McGuire, Jasmine Bell, Ty Wright, Shakila Boler
Player of the Year: Suriya McGuire, Roosevelt
Coach of the Year: Charlita Williamson, Edison

* Junior Guard Vinishia Jackson made (4-4) three 3-pointers in the first half, as the Lakers beat Blake 73-40. Jackson had 16 of her season high 20 points in the first half. Sophomore guard Mariah Adanene added 18 points and 10 rebounds. The Bears were led by Hoops with 12 points. Blake plays Columbia Heights in their first round section game on Wednesday, and the Lakers (12-14) play at Minnetonka.

2009-2010 week 16

Friday's roundup

Sec 8 AAAA

* St. Michael-Albertville 60, Brainerd 44: Christine Thorn saved her best game for the section championship game for the Knights. Thorn was 7-12 from the field and 2-4 from the three-point line, and 6-9 from the free throw line. She finished with a season high 22 points, four rebounds, and four steals. Thorn is the younger sister of Gopher wrestler Mike Thorn. With the win, the Knights advance to the state tournament and will face White Bear Lake on Wednesday at 4:00 at the Target center. St. Michael-Albertville won the Class AAA state Championship last season.

Sec 5 AAAA

* Maple Grove 56, Mounds View 44: Julie Kruse and Ellen Edison led the way with 15 and 14 points.

Sec 3 AAAA

* Lakeville North 52, Eastview 47: Lakeville North won the closest game they've had all season. Rachel Banham led the way with 15 and Cassie Rochel added 12. Seniors Haley Thomforde and Darcey Rice had 18 and 14 in their last game for Eastview.

Sec 2 AA

* St. Peter 53, Blue Earth Area 52 OT: AnnMarie Brown hit three free throws late in the 2nd half to tie the score and send it into overtime. It was her 1,000th point. In overtime and down by one with 8.8 seconds left in the game, Brown took the ball the length of the court and scored with 2.8 seconds left to send St. Peter to state for the first time since 1997. Brown led St. Peter with 23 points and Katy Kuiper scored 14.

Sec 23 AAA

* Delasalle 69, Totino-Grace 62: Senior Carissa Wolyniec had 22 , Sarina Baker netted 21 and Allina Starr added 15 points to lead Delasalle back to the state tournament. Kaeli Kraska led TG with 14 points.

Sec 2 AAAA

* Chaska 45, Edina 43: Brooke Brown had 20 points in the win. Taylor Young led Edina with 10 points, despite playing injured.

Sec 4 AA

* Minnehaha Academy 80, Edison 58: Katelyn Adams led the Redhawks with 25 points and Rachel Hansen added 21. Angelic Moore led Edison with 25 points.

Sec 1 AAA

* New Prague 67, Red Wing 52: Hannah Strop had 22 points and Maggie Weiers added 18 to lead NP.

Sec 5 AA

* Watertown-Mayer 49, Eden Valley-Watkins 43: Tonight in the Section 5AA championship game, Watertown-Mayer defeated a very determined Eden Valley Watkins team 49-43. In the victory, Marissa Janning scored 15 points to put her career total at 2011 points.

Sec 6 A

* Parkers Prairie 66, New York Mills 47: Sari Noga will dance on the big stage after scoring 30 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in the section title game. Miceala Noga and Madison Dorn each added 12 points in the win.

Sec 5 A

* Barnum 82, Sebeka 37

Sec 4 A

* Maranatha 56, Bethany Academy Lions Gate 44

Sec 8 A

* Northern Freeze 61, Lake Of The Woods 43

Thursday's roundup

Sec 6 AAA

* BSM 56, Minneapolis North 54: Benilde-St. Margaret's has punched their ticket to the state tournament behind Khadijah Shumpert's 19 points. Josie Dillon added 18. North led the entire game and was the better team on Thursday but sometimes the better team doesn't always win, as was the case. North's seventh grader TT Starks played a tremendous game and finished with 24 points.

Sec 7 AAA

* Bemidji 76, Hibbing 54: Kayla Hirt scored 40 points to lead Bemidji to the big dance.

Sec 7 AAAA

* White Bear Lake 71, Woodbury 53: Alexis Foley had 23 points, eight rebounds and four assists, including 12-13 from the line. Julia Dysthe had 17 to lead WBL. back to state.

Sec 6 AAAA

* Wayzata 58, Minneapolis South 42: Wayzata's height was too much for South as Kayla Timmerman and Marissa Grosfeld led Wayzata with 21 and 15 points. Tyisha Smith scored 23 points in her final game for South.

Sec 4 AAA

* Hill-Murray 73, St. Paul Highland Park 40: Tessa Cichy had 35 points in the win.

Sec 7 AA

* Braham 58, Esko 55: Ninth grader Becca Dahlman leads Braham back to the State Tournament. Dahlman is making her second straight trip to the big-dance.

March Is Totally MAD!!!

Teamwork, Determination & Toughness

* It’s a desire that’s born in the regular season. With hard work, that desire turns to drive and then gives way to a common goal, to win the 2010 Minnesota State Championship.

The road to the Target Center is well traveled. It’s littered with ballers’ dreams and missed opportunities. Many have journeyed only to fall by the wayside. Still others drive to GREATNESS.

You can only get there using teamwork. There is NO “I” in “March Madness”. The hungriest teams advance deep into the playoffs. Admittedly, there is a good deal of luck, but mostly talent, toughness, determination and preparedness.

The journey is both emotional and physical. The weak are quickly weeded out. Ballers will do what it takes to get their ticket punched to the Target Center.

Reputations are built in the post season. Clutch performances win state championships. Coaching is central. Who will be next to make a name for themselves? Who’ll be next to taste that thrill of victory? Will it be you?

Tuesday's roundup ( section playoffs ):

Section 4AA

East Sub-Section

* Minnehaha Academy 61, Saint Croix Lutheran 51: Rachel Hansen could not be stopped, as she scored 28 points to lead Minnehaha to the East Sub-Section Championship. Katelyn Adams was clutch down the stretch and finished with 13 points.

West-Sub-Section

* Minneapolis Edison 78, Minneapolis Wasburn 61: Angelic Moore had 38 points, and Edison won the West Sub-Section Championship for the first time in school history.

* Cambridge-Isanti 60, Blaine 57 OT: Shane Oberlander had 22 and Whitney Olson added 14 to lead CI.

* St. Francis 63, Forest Lake 57: Melissa Borstner netted 28.

* Braham 70, Two Harbors 37: Rebekah Dahlman scored 20.

* Hill Murray 66, South St. Paul 26: Tessa Cichy and Claire Van Dyk had 16 points each.

* Sauk Centre 44, New London-Spicer 32

* Parkers Prairie 43, Hancock 42

* Bethany Academy 54, Humboldt 53

* Angelic Moore had 27 points, eight assists and nine steals against Blake to lead the Minneapolis Edison Lady Tommies to a 63-60 victory in the Section 4AA semi final game on Saturday. This was the first time in school history that the Lady Tommies have advanced past the second round. Angelic Moore leads the state in scoring with 26.4 ppg.

2009-2010 week 16 State Tournament

Associated Press 2010 All-State team

1st Team

Sari Noga, Parkers Prairie (AP's player of the year)
Rachel Banham, Lakeville North
Cassie Rochel, Lakeville North
Kayla Hirt, Bemidji
Rebekah Dahlman, Braham

2nd Team

Suriya McGuire, Minneapolis Roosevelt
Megan Waytashek, Centennial
Taylor Young, Edina
Amanda Barton, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown
Katrina Newman, Barnum

* Rachel Banham was named player of the year by the Pioneer Press on Tuesday.

gPrep 2nd annual post MN state tournament VIDEO memories

* Minnesota crowned a new class of state champions Saturday, March 20th at the Target Center. Each tournament win was as unique as the basketball players and the coaching staff itself. This year’s “Big Dance” did not disappoint. Though the dance card changed, many times unexpectedly, it only added to the high hoops drama, we call March Madness. Congratulations to the 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A champs: Lakeville North, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, Minnehaha Academy and Barnum. After the tournament, gPrep caught up with the champions to talk about their new titles and the tradition of cutting down the nets. See Baller's Billboard or click video.

2009-2010 Week 17 Impact Players

Rachel Banham, Lakeville North Rachel Hansen, Minnehaha Academy Itisha Alexander, BSM Katrina Newman, Barnum Cassie Rochel, Lakeville North - State Champ 4A Katelyn Adams, Minnehaha Academy - State Champ 3A Khadijah Shumpert, BSM - State Champ 3A Jessica Newman, Barnum - State Champ 1A Apiew Ojulu, Lakeville North - State Champ 4A Sarah Myhre, Barnum - State Champ 1A Olivia Antilla, BSM - State Champ 3A Sarah Scholl, Minnehaha Academy - State Champ 2A 2009-10 Impact players

2010 Miss Basketball Finalists

Katrina Newman, Barnum
Sari Noga, Parkers Prairie
Cassie Rochel, Lakeville North
Megan Waytashek, Centennial
Taylor Young, Edina

Championship Saturday

Class AAAA

Lakeville North still unbeaten at 32-0!

* Lakeville North 57, White Bear Lake 47: Rachel Banham scored 20 of her 25 points in the first half as the top ranked Panthers finished the season as the only unbeaten team in girls high school basketball, 32-0. But, White Bear Lake put up a good fight and remained in striking distance untill the very end. "We knew they were a good team, we just had to remain calm and confident," said Rachel Banham. Cassie Rochel snatched 20 rebound and finished with 13 points. Banham, Rochel and Apiew Ojulu were named to the All-Tournament team. White Bear Lake's Carly Jensen was 6-11 from beyond the arc for a total of 19 points. Teammate Alexis Foley finished with 12 points and eight rebounds. Foley, Jensen and Julia Dysthe we also named to the All-Tournament team along with Kristi Kuhn (Wayzata), Brooke Brown (Chaska), Ellen Degler (Chaska), and Brianna Tisch (Chaska).

Class AAA

BSM wins thriller

* Benilde-St. Margaret 41, Hill-Murray 38: BSM beat Hill-Murray in a dramatic come from behind thriller. Josie Dillon hit a three-pointer and a lay-up to give BSM a 39-38 lead with 38 seconds remaining in the game. Then, Olivia Antilla hit two clutch free throws to give BSM a 41-38 win. Khadijah Shumpert led a balanced BSM scoring attack with 12 points. Shumpert, Antilla and Itisha Alexander were all named to the All-Tournament team. Hill-Murray's Tessa Chichy played a great game and finished with 24 points. Chichy, Bethany Doolittle and Jenna Savino were also named to the All-Tournament team, along with Tyseanna Johnson (Delasalle), Carissa Wolyniec (Delasalle), Andrea Whitney (Sartell-St. Stephen) and Haley Guetter (Sartell-St. Stephen).

Class AA

Minnehaha Academy wins state title

* Minnehaha 64, Braham 46: Rachel Hansen and the Redhawks of Minnehaha won their first state championship against the Braham Bombers. Hansen led all scorers with 22 points and nine rebounds. Katelyn Adams had her way in the paint and finished with 21 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots. Hansen, Adams and Sarah Scholl were named to he All-Tournament team.

Class A

Barnum wins Class 1A Championship

* Barnum 43, Goodhue 31: Jessica Newman and Katrina Newman led the Bombers with 19 and 18 points. Katrina Newman, Jessica Newman and Sarah Myhre were named to the All-Tournament team. Goodhue's Laura Watson, Grace Majerus and Courtney Hinsch were also named to the All-Tournament team.

Friday

* Braham 51, Pipestone 47: Rebekah Dahlman scored 17 points to lead Braham into the state championship game.

* Minnehaha Academy 65, Rochester Lordes 50: Rachel Hansen continues her storybook ending to her high school career with a double-double, 24 points and 10 rebounds.

* Barnum 61, Parkers Prairie 52: Sarah Myhre led Barnum with 24 points. The Bombers will face Goodhue in the Class A championship game on Saturday. Sari Noga had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead Parkers Prairie.

* Goodhue 51, Northern Freeze 44: Northern Freeze lost for the first time this year as Goodhue's Liza Hoglu had 19 points.

Thursday

Cichy puts on clinic, scores 34 points

* Hill-Murray 61, Delasalle 48: Hill-Murray's Tessa Cichy scored 34 points and had six rebounds and four assists. After the game Cichy said, "I was feeling it."

Panthers improve to 31-0

* Lakeville North 76, Chaska 46: The top ranked Panthers advance to the state championship game with a win over Chaska. The Panthers improve to 31-0 and will attempt to finish the season undefeated on Saturday night. All 18 players played quality minutes for the Lakeville North Panthers as the starters took care of business with a 34-14 half time lead. Rachel Banham led all scorers with 17 points, Cassie Rochel had 10 points,10 rebounds and seven blocked shots, and Apiew Ojulu added 10 points.

* Benilde-St. Margaret's 69, Sartell-St Stephen 47: Itisha Alexander netted 18 points, five steals and five assist including 4-6 performance from beyond the arc. Olivia Antilla also had 18 points for BSM. Haley Guutter led Sartell-St. Stephen with 17 points, and teammate Andrea Whitney added 16 points and 13 rebounds.

* White Bear Lake 58, Wayzata 45: WBL ended Wayzata's Cinderella playoff run with a great team performance. Alexis Foley had a double-double, 17 points and 11 rebounds. Teammate Julia Dysthe scored 20 points to lead WBL. Wayzata's Kristi Kuhn and Marissa Grossfeld finished with 11 points each.

* Parkers Prairie 54, Southwest Minnesota Christian 50: Sari Noga had 20 points, 16 rebounds and seven steals.

* Barnum 55, Nashwauk-Keewatin 23: Katrina Newman had 22 points.

Wednesday

* Lakeville North 52, Northfield 33: The top ranked Panthers cruised to a convincing win over the Northfield Raiders. None of Lakeville North's starters played more than 20 minutes. Cassie Rochel led all scorers with 17 points and nine rebounds. Rachel Banham added 10 points.

* Delasalle 66, New Prague 61: Carissa Wolyniec had 28 points and Tyseanna Johnson added 25 to lead Delasalle. Hannah Strop led New Prague with 18.

* Chaska 76, St. Francis 57: Brooke Brown continues her clutch post season play by scoring 20 points and grabbing five rebounds. Ellen Degler added 19 points in the win.

* Wayzata 56, Maple Grove 50: Wayzata upsets Maple Grove with a balanced scoring attack. Sophomores Kayla Timmerman and Marissa Grossfeld finished with 16 and 14 points and Kristi Kuhn added 16.

* Braham 61, Watertown-Mayer 52: Rebekah Dahlman led the Bombers with 30 points, eight rebounds, and five steals. Marissa Janning had 27 points for WM.

* White Bear Lake 64, SMA 51

* Pipestone 52, Sauk Centre 37

* Minnehaha Academy 56, Hawley 31

* Rochester Lordes 49, St. Peter 42

* Sartell 65, Bemidji 49

* BSM 53, Willmar 39

* Hill-Murray 66, Annadale 44