Saturday, February 8th.
Girls Hockey.
Section 5AA Quarterfinals.
#5 North Wright County 3, #4 Roseville 2. The River Hawks advanced to the Section finals on a goal by Stevie Mae Lawrence midway through the third period. It was only the second goal of the season for Lawrence, but it was a big one. With the win NWC will take on Centennial Tuesday night, on AM1360 KRWC at 5 PM.
The River Hawks, above, celebrate their Section Quarterfinal win over Roseville on Saturday afternoon.
Section 5A.
Orono 7, Delano 1. Kaeylyn Whittwer tied the game in the second period for the Tigers, but the Spartans scored the next six goals and eliminated Delano from the playoffs.
Boys Hockey.
Minnetonka 3, STMA 0. Ian Schultz scored two of the three goals the Skippers scored in the first period and that would be all they needed to defeat STMA on Saturday. Ethan Johnson came off the bench to stop 31 of 32 shots for the Knights.
Eden Prairie 7, Buffalo 2. Seven different players scored for the Eagles in the win. Sawyer Sawdey, and Brandon Rodenwald scored for the Bison.
Wrestling Notes:
Jasmine Downer(1st) and Roseangel Verrett(2nd) advanced to state in girls wrestling from Monticello, while Courtney Kodish from Buffalo in her first-year wrestling, just missed out by finishing 4th.
The Monticello Magic wrestling team, above, is sending two girls to state this season.
Monday, February 10th.
Boys Basketball.
Minnetonka 67, Buffalo 51. Isa El Amin scored 26 in the Skippers win, while Mitch Friesz was the only Bison player in double figures with 13 points.
Isa El Amin, above, scored 26 points in the Skippers win over Buffalo on Monday.
Richfield 77, Delano 75.
Girls Basketball.
Eden Prairie 87, STMA 59. Cail Jahnke and Abby Hoselton led the Knights in scoring with 19, and 17 points respectively in the STMA loss.
Elk River 60, Buffalo 44. Brianna Eggers (24 points) and Alayna Feekes (15) scored 39 of the 44 Bison points, as only four players scored overall in the loss to Elk River.
Boys Hockey.
Delano 2, Litchfield DC 1.
Tuesday, Feb. 11th.
Girls Hockey.
Section 5AA Semifinals.
#1 Centennial 6, #5 North Wright County 1. The Cougars advanced to the section finals with a convincing win over NWC. The closest the River Hawks would get, was a goal by Lucy Felling at the end of the first period, cutting the lead to 3-1.
Boys Hockey.
STMA 6, Buffalo 0. James Anderson and Tanner Easterberg each scored two goals and added an assist in the Knights shutout.
Delano 7, Mound 2. Marcus Kangas scored the go-ahead goal at the beginning of the third period for Delano, and the Tigers added four more in the third to race past Mound on Tuesday.
Delano and Mound, above, patiently wait for the beginning of their Wright County Conference game on Tuesday night.
Totino-Grace 5, Monticello 2.
Hutch 4, Litchfield DC 1.
Girls Basketball.
Buffalo 67, Osseo 43. Four players scored in double figures for the Bison, led by Brianna Eggers 26 points, as the Bison rolled on Senior night.
Savannah Stotts, 20, above, rises up for a jump shot against Osseo.
Delano 70, Southwest Christian 60. The Tigers rallied from an eleven-point halftime deficit to defeat SWC on Tuesday night. Cassie Wegman led the Tigers in scoring with 21.
Monticello 88, Big Lake 23. The Magic tied a school record for most points scored in a game with a blowout win over the Hornets.
Dassel-Cokato 77, Rockford 42.
Watertown-Mayer 71, Annandale 64.
Boys Basketball.
Howard Lake WW 67, New London Spicer 61. Alex Stueven went off for 37 points in the Lakers win.
Monticello 96, Big Lake 63. The Magic got balanced scoring in their rout of the Hornets on Tuesday, with Treyvon Singer leading the way with 20 points.
Byron 89, Delano 82.
Annandale 76, Watertown-Mayer 52.
Maple Lake 69, Chesterton 56. George Rieviere was the top scored for the Irish on Tuesday with 20 points.
Rockford 76, Dassel-Cokato 70.
Boys Swim and Dive.
Delano 108, Mankato West 50.
Wed. Feb. 12th.
Boys Basketball.
Buffalo 72, Washburn 58. Trevor Kotilinek had a big game inside as the Bison pulled away from the Millers in the second half.
Thursday, Feb. 13th.
Wrestling.
Section 6AA 1st Round.
#8 Princeton 55, #9 Zimmerman 15
#5 Rocori 75, #12 Spectrum 0.
#3 Foley 53, #6 Albany 17
#6 Big Lake 54, #11 Sauk Rapids R 16.
2nd Round.
#1 Becker 50, #8 Princeton 23.
#5 Rocori 43, #4 Litchfield DC 18.
#3 Howard Lake WW 31, #6 Foley 22.
#2 Annandale/ML 51, #7 Big Lake 20.
Tonight, Annandale/ML and Howard Lake WW, above, meet in the semifinals in Section 6AA and you can hear it on AM1360 KRWC, starting at 6 PM.
Delano also competed in their sections and won their first match over Mound, 46-25 but lost in the second round to #1 seed Watertown-Mayer, 57-15.
Boys Basketball.
Annandale 57, Litchfield 36. Gabe Westman scored 20 points as the Cards won their sixth straight on Thursday night.
Buffalo 68, Southwest Christian 48. Jordy Sorenson led the Bison with 16 points.
STMA 88, Edina 73. Jeremiah Johnson netted 31 points in the Knights win.
Lester Prairie 65, Howard Lake WW 62.
Girls Basketball.
STMA 85, Edina 56. Cail Jahnke was the top scorer for the Knights with 30.
Boys Hockey.
Monticello 3, Alexandria 2. Carter Lemke got the Moose off to a hot start with a goal in the first period, one of three for the Moose in the first. The Cards scored the next two goals and came close to a tying goal late, but Monticello held on for the win.
Landon Scherber, above, prepares for a face off in the Moose win over Alex on Thursday night.
Wayzata 6, Buffalo 3. Cooper Dalbec, Cooper Murphy and Harvey Ylitalo scored the Bison goals in the loss.
Prairie Center 5, Litchfield DC 2.
Eden Prairie 6, STMA 2.
Friday, Feb. 14th.
Wrestling.
Section 6AA
Semifinals:
#1 Becker 51, #5 Rocori 14
#2 Annandale/ML 35, #3 Howard Lake WW 32.
Finals:
#1 Becker 46, #2 Annandale/ML 18.
Section 5AAA.
1st Round: #1 STMA 70, #8 Armstrong 2.
Semifinals: #1 STMA 58, #4 Maple Grove 15.
Championship: #1 STMA 62, #2 Wayzata 6.
The STMA Knights, above, the defending state champs in AAA are headed back to state!
Girls Wrestling.
State qualifiers from the Wright County Area from last night, include, Ava Schultz, Emma Antoni, Claire Kvant, and Avery Harmon from STMA, and Abby Gindele from Annandale/ML. Good luck to all the ladies that qualified for state from the Wright County Area.
Abby Gindele, above, from Annandale/ML is your section champ from 5/6 and is headed to state.
Girls Basketball.
Delano 78, Holy Family 28. Addie Iverson led a balanced attack for the Tigers with 12 points.
Buffalo 80, Sauk Rapids Rice 21. Brianna Eggers (26 points) scored more points than the whole Storm team in the Bison romp.
Monticello 70, St. Francis 23.
Dassel-Cokato 59, Watertown-Mayer 49.
Norwood YA 72, Howard Lake WW 30.
Glencoe Silver Lake 78, Rockford 50.
Boys Basketball.
Rockford 74, Glencoe SL 72. Grant Kloss was the top scorer for the Rockets in their narrow win over the Panthers on Friday.
Watertown-Mayer 79, Dassel-Cokato 42.
Norwood YA 71, Howard Lake WW 69.
St. Francis 75, Monticello 73. Connor Peterson (30 points) led St. Francis over the Magic on Friday night. Jackson Soroko (20 points) was the top scorer for the Magic.
St. Francis, above in white, hits the game winning shot in the final seconds against Monticello on Friday night.
Mora 72, Annandale 48. In a physical affair the Mustangs pulled away from the Cards, ending Annandale’s six game winning streak.
Gymnastics.
Delano’s Cora Hinkle was impressive with a 1st All-Around finish at last night’s section meet and qualifying for the state tournament! As a team, the Tigers finished second with a score of 132.25
Cora Hinkle, above, middle took the all-around championship at sections on Thursday night.
Monticello is headed to state in Class A as the section champs with a score of 144.57. It’s the top score in school history! Lauren Hanson, Keatyn Nowacki, and Alana Beckland finished 1,3, and 5 in the all-around. Hanson, Nowacki, Beckland and Zepeda advanced to state individually.
The Monticello Magic, above, set a school record for points as they advanced to state in Class A.
