roundup

No. 6 Minnetonka topples No. 1 Hopkins

GIRLS' BASKETBALL

• MINNETONKA 67, HOPKINS 59: Minnetonka's Lizzie Odegard entered Friday's matchup against the Class 4A, No. 1 Royals concerned about her ability to finish around the basket.

Odegard, committed to Wisconsin-Milwaukee, spent the week working around the post area, getting a feel for moves on the floor and begging coach Leah Dasovich to do finishing drills.

Odegard's work paid off Friday in a 67-59 upset of the Royals. Odegard led the No. 6 Skippers with 17 points and was a menace on the glass.

"I just really focus going to the boards every single time, crashing really hard, and yeah, I just want it," Odegard said.

Odegard's work in the interior made matters difficult for the Royals all game. The Skippers got numerous second-chance points and deflated the Royals defense.

"[Odegard] scores in a variety of ways, and sometimes she scores on garbage from everybody else," Dasovich said. "She doesn't necessarily get to post up or make her own offense because she works her tail off on the boards. That's a killer for the other team."

Dasovich said controlling the paint was one of three main factors in the win. The others were avoiding turnovers and maintaining composure. The Skippers (13-3) made good on all of those points, and a 21-7 run put them up by 14 points with 8:14 left in the second half.

Megan Walker scored 13 points off the bench and Hannah Hedstrom had 10, all in the second half, for the Skippers.

Michigan State signee Nia Hollie led the Royals (14-2) with 29 points and Ashley Bates had 15, but it wasn't enough to avoid the upset.

"The nine that we have in our rotation did exactly what their role tells them to do," Dasovich said. "If we play like that. I think we're really tricky to beat, just because everybody's bought into a role."

CODY STAVENHAGEN

• APPLE VALLEY 67, PRIOR LAKE 65: Marie Olson scored 19 points to lead the Eagles past the Lakers. Aleya Parker had 14 points and Erin Baxter had 11. Riley Wheatcraft led the Lakers with 25 points and Michelle Lother had 10.

BOYS' BASKETBALL

• DELANO 81, ORONO 67: Calvin Wishart scored a career-high 37 points and Matt Kreklow added 18 to lead Delano to an 81-67 victory over the Spartans. Wishart and Kreklow combined for 34 first-half points as the Tigers (15-3) built a 47-25 halftime lead. The Class 3A, No. 7 Tigers eased to the victory despite being outscored 42-34 in the second half. Samuel Sustacek led the No. 9 Spartans (14-5) with 21 points.

• CHASKA 77, ST. LOUIS PARK 70: Luke Hennen scored 21 points and Myles Hanson 16 as the Hawks defeated the Orioles 77-70 in a Metro West Conference game at St. Louis Park. The Orioles used a 20-0 first-half run to take a 44-34 lead into halftime, but the Hawks (14-5) went on a 25-9 run out of the break, aided by three straight three-pointers from Jameson Meyer, to get back in front. Meyer finished the game with 16 points. Ray Whitlock led the Orioles (13-5) with a game-high 22 points, and Cire Mayfield scored 18.

• WOODBURY 85, CRETIN-DERHAM HALL 78: Jeremiah Coddon scored 20 of his game-high 27 points in the first half, helping the Royals to an 85-78 victory over the Raiders. Michael Jones had 20 points, including 17 in the second half, while Jace Klinkner made six three-pointers to finish with 23 points for the Royals (16-2). The Raiders (13-4) lost their first conference game despite five players scoring in double figures, led by Daniel Oturu with 18 points.

• SPRING LAKE PARK 57, IRONDALE 54: The Panthers overcame a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat the Knights. Zach Ojile scored 19 points to lead the Spartans, and Mark Raihle had 16. Kevin Schramm led the Knights with 19 points and Sean Sutherlin had 16.

GIRLS' HOCKEY

• ANDOVER 4, GRAND RAPIDS/GREENWAY 3 (OT): Sidney Portner scored 6 minutes, 8 seconds into overtime to lift the Huskies past the Thunderhawks. Jessica Nowacki and Haley Tomberlin gave the Huskies a 2-0 lead after one period. After the Thunderhawks scored, McKenzie Sederberg put the Huskies back in front by two goals past the midway point. Cassidy Stumo stopped 26 shots, including six in overtime, for the Huskies.

• BENILDE-ST. MARGARET'S 2, BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON 0: Anna DeGiulio stopped 28 shots to lead the Knights past the Jaguars. Megan Truman and Sydney Simone scored for the Knights.

• NEW PRAGUE 4, ORONO 1: Kaitlyn Blair and Jordan Anderson scored two goals each to lead the Trojans past the Spartans. Catie Skaja had three assists and Bailey Shimota two for the Trojans. Sarah Harrison scored for the Spartans.

BOYS' HOCKEY

• WAYZATA 3, GRAND RAPIDS 2: Logan Lindstrand and Colin Schmidt scored 13 seconds apart in the third period to lift the Trojans past the Thunderhawks. Lindstrand scored his first of two goals at the 11:11 mark of the first period. Alex Schilling stopped 25 shots in the first two periods and finished with 33 saves.

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