Minnetonka 68 Henry Sibley 59

Game Stats

Minnetonka Post Game Comments From -
John Hedstrom - Head Coach
Sedrick McBounds

Benilde-St. Margaret's 58 St. Thomas Academy 52

Game Stats

Benilde-St. Margarets Post Game Comments From -
John Moore - Head Coach
Armond Battle
Jordan Taylor
Matt Thomas

A Visit With Dan Brink

St. Paul Como Park Boy's Head Coach Dan Brink and Tony Geer revisit the first time they worked together - back in the day.

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BENIDLE BEATS ST THOMAS IN THE REMATCH

Benilde-St. Margaret's beat St. Thomas Academy by the final score of 58-52. This game was back and forth. It was a rematch from last years game in which St. Thomas won. So it was Benilde's turn this year. Benilde-St.Margaret's was lead in scoring by Jordan Taylor (20)and Armond Battle had (14). Way to go both teams nice job in a game well played.

BENILDE-ST. MARGARET'S IS YOUR 2008 BOYS STATE CLASS AAA STATE CHAMPION

CONGRATULATIONS BENILDE-ST. MARGRET'S. YOU ARE THE 2008 BOYS CLASS AAA STATE CHAMPION.

BENILED-ST. MARGARET'S UP AT THE HALF

Benilde-St. Margaret's is up by a score of 35-21 over St. Thomas Academy. The leading scorer for Benilde-St. Margret's is Jordan Taylor (10) and for St. Thomas Academy the leading scorer is Alex Schneider (14).

MIKE MAX IS IN THE BUILDING

Mike Max a radio host for WCCO AM 830 is here at the Target Center taking in the action of the 2008 State Tournament.

New London-Spicer 59 Crosby-Ironton 51

Game Stats

New London-Spicer Post Game Comments From -
Matt Cordes - Head Coach
Skylar Wachter
Austen Lothert
Jordan Radel

NEW LONDON-SPICER IS YOUR 2008 CLASS 2A STATE BOYS BASKETBALL CHAMPION

CONGRATULATIONS NEW LONDON-SPICER ON WINNING THE CLASS 2A MINNESOTA STATE BOYS BASKETBALL TITLE.

NEW LONDON-SPICER BEATS CROSBY-IRONTON IN A GREAT GAME

In another good game to watch that was tight all the way down to the to the wire New London-Spicer won the class AA state title by the final score of 59-51. The game went back and forth from the start and both teams played hard. The leading scorer for New London-Spicer was Chris Tengwall (14). The leading scorer for Crosby-Ironton was Joe Mc Laughlin (13).
I have enjoyed watching both of the class A and class AA championship games. This just goes to show that the smaller schools that are from different community's can also play strong basketball. This was Crosby-Ironton first loss of the season.

Ellsworth 81 Minnesota Transitions Charter 63

Game Stats

Ellsworth Post Game Comments From -
Cody Schilling
Markusn Okeson - Head Coach
Adam Van Der Stoep
Trevor Gruis

Class AA Is Tight At The Half

In a well balanced game Crosby-Ironton is ahead of New London-Spicer by the score of 30-26 at the half. The leading scorer for Crosby-Ironton is Joe McLaughlin (10) and the leading scorer for New London-Spicer is Skylar Wachter (10). This game will come down to the wire.

LARGE CROWD AT TARGET CENTER FOR CLASS A AND AA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

In an unusual move the staff at the Target Center have opened up the upper deck of the Target Center because of the large crowd. I don't have official numbers at this time but I will update you when I have the official of people in attendance at this afternoon's Championship game.

Ellsworth Wins

In a game that was exciting to watch Ellsworth ends up beating Minnesota Transitions by the final score of 81-63 Ellsworth was lead in scoring by Cody Schilling (31) Minnesota Transitions was lead in scoring by Vergil Baker (34).
Congratulations once again to Ellsworth for winning there 2nd consecutive Minnesota State class 1A State title.
Congratulations to Ellsworth Cody Schilling for becoming the states all time leading scorer. Cody Schilling now has 3,428 points for his career.

ELLSWORTH IS YOUR CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPION

CONGRATULATIONS ELLSWORTH FOR WINNING YOUR SECOND CONSECUTIVE MINNESOTA STATE CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITTLE.

Ellsworth Is Up At The Half

We have reached the half of are first championship game. Ellsworth Panthers are ahead of the Minnesota Transitions Wolfs by a score of 29-19. Ellsworth's leading scorer is Cody schilling (7)and for Minnesota Transitions they are lead in scoring by Virgil Baker (12). Look for this game to come down to the wire as there has been a lot of action in the first half.

Class 4A Final Preview

In the battle of the big boys Minnetonka (27-3) will face off against Henry Sibley (26-5) at 8:00pm at the Target Center. Both of these teams are hungry for a title win and it will be a very high energy game. So we will have to wait to see how this one will go.

Class 3A Final Preview

In the class 3A Final at Target Center at 6:00pm the two teams that will do battle will be Benilde St. Margaret's (28-3) Vs St Thomas Academy (24-6). This is a rematch of the championship game last year which St Thomas won by the final score of 56-40. Both teams are from the metro area and they are both private schools.

Class A Preview

The Class 1A championship game should be interesting the game is between Minnesota Transitions Charter School and Ellsworth. Minnesota Transitions will try to pull of the upset. Ellsworth is the defending class A champion and this is the first trip to the state for the Minnesota Transitions Charter School.

Class AA Preview

The class 2A championship game puts Crosbi-Ironton vs New London-Spicer. I am thinking that both of these will put up a battle. Both teams come in carrying a very good record Crosbi Ironton has a record of 32-0 and New London-Spicer has a record of 32-1 coming in to the championship game.