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Saints stop Tigers short of back-to-back section titles

ST. PETER — A second-half scoring run from top-seeded St. Peter put an end to Marshall’s hopes of returning to the state tournament for the second year in a row. The Saints defeated the Tigers in the Section 2AAA girls basketball championship game on Thursday night by a final score of 58-51 ...

Scarlets oust Tigers in section quarterfinals

MANKATO — The second-seeded Mankato West boys basketball team looked every bit the part of the No. 10 basketball team in all of Class AAA on Wednesday night. The Scarlets pulled away from the seventh-seeded Marshall boys basketball team late in the first half of the Section 2AAA quarterfinals ...

Second-half defensive effort leads DB past Lakeview boys

MONTEVIDEO — The No. 9N Lakeview boys basketball team, coming off an 81-78 win over No. 8 Wabasso Thursday, didn’t have the answer to slow down the Blackjacks’ second-half surge as No. 1 Dawson-Boyd defeated the Lakers 71-35 at Saturday’s Section 3A North game in Montevideo. The game ...

DeSmet’s 24 points push Vikings past Lancers

MONTEVIDEO — Sawyer DeSmet recorded a game-high 24 points on Saturday morning to lead the No. 4 Minneota boys basketball team to a 70-64 win over No. 5 Canby in the Section 3A North subsection quarterfinals. The win pits the Vikings up against top-seeded Dawson-Boyd in the subsection ...

Knights withstand RRC rally in 3A subsection quarterfinals

WORTHINGTON — In the opening round of the Section 3A South boys basketball tournament, the No. 3S Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights took on the No. 6S Red Rock Central Falcons. During the regular season, RTR had beaten RRC twice by comfortable margins. But as the old tournament saying goes, you ...

A lifelong dream fulfilled

ST. PAUL — Canby's Nick Wagner pulled out a win via 6-5 decision over Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial’s Nick Slater in the 189-pound Class A state individual wrestling championship match on Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center. The senior Lancer’s win in his final match makes him one of ...