14 clinch spots in MN girls basketball tournament, 18 title games Friday night
While the boys hockey tournament is taking center stage in Minnesota this week, there's also a ton of action as girls high school basketball gets set for its state tournament next week.
The brackets for the state tournament will be revealed on Saturday morning, but not before 18 more section championship games are played Friday night. Fourteen schools have already punched their respective tickets to the tournament.
Class 4A
- Section 1: #1 Lakeville North vs. #2 Lakeville South
- Section 2: #1 Minnetonka vs. #2 Eden Prairie
- Section 3: #1 Rosemount 71, #2 Eastview 48
- Section 4: #1 White Bear Lake 56, #2 East Ridge 48
- Section 5: #1 Maple Grove 80, #2 Mounds View 48
- Section 6: #1 Hopkins 78, #2 Wayzata 62
- Section 7: #1 Andover 90, #3 Anoka 77
- Section 8: #1 St. Michael-Albertville vs. #2 Elk River
Class 3A
- Section 1: #1 Byron vs. #3 Stewartville
- Section 2: #1 St. Peter 58, #2 Marshall 51
- Section 3: #1 Minneapolis Roosevelt 50, #2 St. Paul Como Park 49
- Section 4: #1 DeLaSalle 75, #2 Mahtomedi 62
- Section 5: #2 Monticello 59, #4 Totino-Grace 60
- Section 6: #1 Benilde-St. Margaret's 83, #2 Delano 64
- Section 7: #1 Rock Ridge 58, #2 Cloquet 41
- Section 8: #1 Alexandria 73, #2 Fergus Falls 29
Class 2A
- Section 1: #1 Cotter Schools 33, #2 Rochester Lourdes 50
- Section 2: #1 Glencoe-Silver Lake vs. #2 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown
- Section 3: #1 New London-Spicer vs. #2 Windom
- Section 4: #1 Minnehaha Academy vs. #2 St. Croix Lutheran
- Section 5: #1 Providence Academy vs. #2 Jordan
- Section 6: #1 Albany vs. #3 Holdingford
- Section 7: #1 Pequot Lakes vs. #2 Crosby-Ironton
- Section 8: #1 Perham vs. #2 Pelican Rapids
Class 1A
- Section 1: #1 Goodhue 78, #2 Hayfield 49
- Section 2: #1 Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart vs. #3 Springfield
- Section 3: #1 Minneota vs. #1 Southwest Minnesota Christian
- Section 4: #1 Mayer-Lutheran vs. #2 Lester Prairie
- Section 5: #1 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley vs. #2 Braham
- Section 6: #1 Hancock vs. #2 Underwood
- Section 7: #1 Cromwell-Wright vs.#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl
- Section 8: #1 Kittson County Central vs. #1 Fosston
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