Saturday, November 22nd
Football
Class AAA State Championship Football game
Annandale 17, Waseca 7.
The Cards struck first in the championship on Saturday, November 22nd, at the US Bank Stadium on a 25-yard TD pass from Michael Kovall on a perfectly executed go route by Gabe Westman. The Cards were driving again late in the second quarter, but after the drive stalled out, Cam Helget came through with a 25-yard field goal, giving Annandale a 10-0 halftime lead. Things got interesting on the first drive of the third quarter as Waseca went 75 yards and scored on a 1-yard QB sneak from Kellen Klingler.
After a three and out and a shanked punt by Annandale the Bluejays started at the Annandale 39-yard line, but after a sack by Ben Walter, the Jays had to punt. On the next possession the Cards dropped the dagger on Waseca. On third and five, QB Braylon Fobbe threw a backward pass in the left flat to Colton Purcell. Purcell than launched bomb down the left sideline to a wide-open Gabe Westman, Westman strolled into the end zone, making it 17-7 Annandale. The Jays never really threated again as Purcell ended two of the Jays fourth quarter drive.
On the day, Purcell tied a Prep Bowl record with three interceptions. After an interception by Cam Helget, the Cards just needed to kneel it down a few times, and they could celebrate their first state championship in school history in football!
Isiah Turner, above in white, #41, had a big game both catching the ball and running the ball in the Cards state championship win over Waseca.
Girls Basketball
Chanhassen 70, Delano 63. Cassie Wegman scored twenty points and grabbed seven rebounds in the Tigers loss on Saturday at Southwest Christian HS.
Eastview 67, STMA 53. Cail Jahnke scored twenty in the Knights loss.
Bemidji 54, Buffalo 51. Brianna Eggers hit eight of nine free throws and scored 16 points to lead the Bison on Saturday.
Boys Hockey
Delano 5, East Grand Forks 1. Brady Kangas scored two goals and added three assists as the Tigers went up north to pick up two wins over the weekend.
STMA 3, Rogers 2. Braylon Maciej scored the game winning goal in the first period and the Knights held off Rogers on Saturday to win their season opener.
The Knights pulled off the upset of the Royals on Saturday, led by from left to right, Braeden Waller, Dylan Faucher, and Caden Clark.
Girls Hockey
Thief River Falls 2, Delano 1. Sydney Connor scored the lone Tigers goal as Grace Knutson scored the game winner for TRF at 8:22 of the third period.
Chisago Lakes 3, Litchfield DC 0.
Bemidji 4, Buffalo 1.
Monday, November 24th
Girls Basketball
Princeton 49, Annandale 38. Evie Eenhuis led the Cards with 12 points in the Cards opening game of the season.
Heritage 50, Rockford 46. Alyssa Gilman netted 17 points in the loss for Rockford.
Tuesday, November 25th
Girls Hockey
Buffalo 6, Delano 1. Avery Corbin scored two goals to lead the Bison over Delano on Tuesday night.
Lakeville North 3, North Wright County 0.
Boys Hockey
Buffalo 14, Osseo 1. Brandon Rodenwald tied a Bison school record with eight points (5 goals, 3 assists.) as Buffalo scored nine goals in the second period and blew out Osseo.
Brandon Rodenwald, above, is surrounded by his teammates after one of his seven goals this season.
Girls Basketball
Benilde St. Margeret’s 72, Delano 68. The Knights won a matchup between two top 10 Class AAA teams on Tuesday night. Addie Iverson (25) and Abbie Pietilla (22) combined for 47 points in the Tigers loss. Four players scored in double figures for BSM.
Alivia Bell, #22 in red, drives to the basket for BSM in their matchup with Delano on Saturday.
STMA 71, Rogers 43. Cail Jahnke (17) points and Jacey Bryan with 16 paced the Knights in scoring in there win over the Royals.
Elk River 58, Monticello 44. Samantha Voll scored 20 points including her 2,000-career point for Monticello on Tuesday. Voll is only the third player, boy or girls to score 2,000 points in Magic basketball history.
Samantha Voll, above, avg. 30 ppg last week and also scored her 2,000th career point for the Magic.
Dassel-Cokato 65, Glencoe SL 52.
Chanhassen 81, Buffalo 47. Brianna Eggers was the top scorer for Buffalo with 15.
Wed., November 26th
Boys Basketball
Monticello 66, Rogers 31. Carson Deibele scored 27 points and the Magic jumped out to a 39-13 lead at the half and never looked back in their win over the Royals.
Boys Hockey
Monticello 5, Sauk Rapids Rice 5. The Storm, stormed back for three goals in the third period to erase a 5-2 deficit, and both teams went scoreless in overtime as the moose had to settle for a draw. Carter Lemke, Ashton Stoll and Liam O’ Donnell each had a a goal and an assist for the moose.
Jack Sager, above, scored his first varsity goal in the moose’s tie with SRR on Friday.
Saturday, November 29th
Boys Hockey
Buffalo 6, Delano 3. Brandon Rodenwald continued his hot start and so did the Bison in their home win over Delano. Russell Ylitalo added two goals in the win for Buffalo. On the season the Bison are 3-0 and have outscored their first three opponents, 28-5. Daniel Halonen led the Tigers with two goals and an assist.
Forest Lake 3, STMA 0.
Litchfield DC 3, Marshall 1. Anton Haataja scored both of his goals in the third period and that was the difference in the Dragons win.
Girls Hockey
Delano 3, Two Rivers 1. Violet Fobbe scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and Avery Thompson clinched it late in the third as the Tigers got past Two Rivers on Saturday.
Girls Basketball
Hill Murray 86, Delano 84. The Tigers might be 1-3, but they are legit! Although they came up just short against the highly ranked Pioneers, Delano has proven they can play with the best in the state! Abbie Pietila scored 33 points with 8 rebounds and 3 assists to lead Delano, while Addie Iverson netted 25 points with 5 rebounds and two assist for Delano.
Monticello 84, Chanhassen 81. Samantha Voll led the Magic with 34 points, 9 boards and 3 assist, to lift the Magic over the Storm in overtime on Saturday.
STMA 87, Lakeville South 63. Cail Jahnke hit seven threes and scored 39 points as the Knights rallied from four down at the half to run away with the game in the second half on Saturday, outscoring Lakeville South, 46-18.
Cail Jahnke, above, hit seven threes in the Knights win over Lakeville South on Saturday.
Blaine 74, Buffalo 43.
