Owatonna boys basketball

Some KDHL/POWER 96, KRFO, KAT KOUNTRY area coaches and teams were honored.

Semifinal participants were determined in 3 of the 4 Classes. The rest of the gamesin the MSHSL Boys State Basketball Tournament will be played at Williams Arena and Gangelhoff Center.

Owatonna and Caledonia open in their respective classes at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. respectively Tuesday, March 22, 2022, #2 seed Owatonna faces Cretin-Derham Hall and Caledonia tangles with Perham. Both are at the Target Center.

The coaches involved in each class of the tournament do the work of seeding the teams.

Owatonna is rated #9 in 4A rankings.

The K-W Knights played a tight game against Hayfield in the Vikings Fjord earlier this week.

Five Big Nine Conference boys teams were ranked. Three teams from the South Suburban Conference. Three teams from the Hiawatha Valley League. Three teams from the Gopher Conference.

Minnesota Basketball News has their latest Top 20 Boys Basketball teams in each class.

Owatonna is #14 in the biggest schools class. In Class 3A Mankato West #6, Austin #7, Mankato East #10 and Red Wing #19.

The game-of-the-year is tonight in Red Wing where the unbeaten Wingers host John Marshall in boys action. Owatonna faces Austin on Tuesday.