state tournament

The Albany football team is one of 3 unbeaten teams in the north half of the 8-team Class 2-A State Tournament quarterfinals. The Huskies are the 4th seed in the north and will play unbeaten north top seeded Fergus Falls Friday night at 6 p.m. at Alexandria High School.

The Cathedral girls soccer team lost 1-0 in an overtime shootout to Esko Thursday night in the Class A State Tournament Quarterfinals at Monticello High School. Esko beat Cathedral 3-1 in the shootout.

The Cathedral boys soccer team defeated Duluth Marshall 2-1 Thursday night at Monticello High School in the Class A State Tournament Quarterfinals. Jack Stang scored a goal and added an assist, Jacob Oliver scored a goal and Jack Ziemann had an assist.

The St. Cloud Tech boys soccer team defeated Willmar 3-0 Thursday night in the Section 8AA Final at St. Michael-Albertville High School. This is the 7th straight section championship for the Tigers and their 4th straight state tournament appearance.

The Class C and B State Amateur baseball tournaments start this weekend in Belle Plaine, Green Isle, Jordan and Shakopee. The lone St. Cloud area team playing in the Class B state tournament is the Cold Spring Springers. They will play the Minnetonka Monarchs Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in Shakopee.

The St. Cloud Crush baseball team captured the Section 8-4-A title last Thursday when they beat Moorhead 9-1 in the section final in Cold Spring. Crush head coach Chris Koenig joined me on WJON.

ROCORI defeated Benilde-St. Margaret's 11-1 in 6 innings in the Class 3-A State Tournament consolation semifinals Thursday in North Mankato. ROCORI scored 2 runs apiece in the 1st, 3rd and 4th innings and erupted for 5 runs to put the game away in the 6th inning.

The Cathedral softball team will be making their 4th state tournament appearance in school history when they play Wednesday in North Mankato against defending Class AA Champion Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton at 3 p.m.

The Albany boys basketball team is back in the Class AA State Tournament but this time they are there to defend their title. The Huskies defeated Minnehaha Academy 72-65 to capture the state championship in 2023.

That can only mean when the boy's state basketball tournament rolls around we get blasted by another round of snow. Well, that would be correct in a typical winter here in Minnesota.