girls basketball

The Albany girls basketball team defeated Minnehaha Academy 60-52 Friday night in the Class AA State Semifinals to advance to the State Championship Game. The Huskies trailed 29-26 at halftime but rallied in the 2nd half for the win.

Albany will play Holdingford in the girls basketball Section 6-2-A final Friday at St. Cloud State. The top seeded Huskies had no trouble with upset minded 12th seeded Annandale by posting a 78-34 win at St. John's Wednesday night.

Cathedral girls basketball earned a 44-33 win over Kimball in the Section 6AA first round playoffs Thursday night. Ella Voit led Cathedral with 16 points, 7 boards, 4 steals and 2 assists.

Raiders Dominate in Huskies' Home Opener

For Owatonna girls' basketball coach Lindsey Hugstad-Vaa, saying goodbye to the nine seniors on the 2017-18 roster is a difficult thing to do. The group has been there from day one for her. Many of them were members of the junior varsity team that she coached when she first arrived in Owatonna.

Farmington's girls basketball team had a big second half to rally past Owatonna 71-59 Tuesday. A few miles away the Tigers' girls hockey team scored four times in the second period to spark their 7-1 win over Owatonna.

The Big Nine Conference has three teams in section title games on Thursday, with a guarantee of at least one making it to the state tournament.

Fifth-seeded Farmington scored a 54-48 win over No. 4 Owatonna on Wednesday night, ending the Huskies' season.

A win over Farmington in late January probably is why Owatonna is hosting the Tigers in the playoffs Wednesday instead of traveling to the Twin Cities.

Owatonna's Syd Schultz already has a fantastic Huskies sports resume, and she is just a junior.