high school basketball

Listen to the final play that lifted WEM over BP in boys basketball

The Cardinals knew that even though Southland only had 6 wins on the season coming into the playoff game Thursday night at Van Orsow Auditorium, that it was not going to be an easy game.

Thursday night the Bethlehem Academy Cardinal boys basketball team managed to come back against the tough Goodhue Wildcats. Friday night as they were down against the Buccaneers, they tried really hard but could not get ahead this time.

B.A. was without starters, Jack Clark and Alex Bongers. So others had to step up and play more and longer during the game.

Friday night the 3-6 Cannon Falls Bombers went to Doge Center to face the 4-5 Triton Cobras. It looked like the Cobras were going to run away with it at first as they got off to a pretty good run. But then the Bombers started hitting shots and got to with in 3 at halftime 32-29.

Thursday night the Faribault Falcons made the trip to Red Wing to face the Wingers. Faribault went into the game at 2-5 and the Wingers were 3-6.

The NRHEG Panther Boys team did a great job of getting to the state tournament. And even though they ended up with a consolation championship just as the girls team did, it was still a great year. They ended up the year at 30-3. St. Cloud Cathedral 70, NRHEG 59 NRHEG 65, Breckenridge 47 NRHEG 77, Lake City 66 You can listen to the games again below as heard on Kat Kountry 105...

Minneapolis North is a repeat as the Class 1A Champion and will bump up to Class 2A next season. One of their wins was against this year's Class 2A title holder Minnehaha Academy, which happens to be in Minneapolis. So next year it would not be out of the question to see two Minneapolis schools play for the Class 2A title...

Top seed Champlin Park used a three-point buzzer beater to advance to the Class AAAA semifinals. DeLaSalle finally pulled away from Big Lake in the AAA event.

The Faribault Falcons had to face the Marshall Tigers on Saturday, without the services of Kade Hart and Tristan leavans-Haynes, and lost to the Tigers 60-43. The Falcons did a good job of running a patient offense in the first half and kept it close...