
Cretin-Derham Hall put those weapons to excellent use as it steamrolled Brainerd -- but knows it will face a worthy opponent in the state championship game.
Sartell-St. Stephen won in the final seconds, thanks to the sharp-shooting foot and "super toe" of backup kicker Cole Karsky.
Glencoe-Silver Lake's eighth shutout of the season was typical of the team's objective in every game: to seize control as early as possible and never let it go.
The tank was hovering around empty. Had the game lasted five minutes longer, the outcome was likely to have been different.
As obvious as it was that both coaches from Adrian and Fosston had a game plan Friday to run the football in the Class 1A state semifinals, Dragons coach Randy Strand was blunt about it.
With daily practices beginning at 5:45 a.m. for Stephen-Argyle's football team, Friday's 8 a.m. start time in the nine-man state semifinals at the Metrodome meant a rare morning of sleeping in. But time was definitely not on the Storm's side.
Stephen-Argyle coach Mark Kroulik, whose team defeated Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley in Friday's Nine-Man semifinals, remained in the Twin Cities to watch today's second Nine-Man semifinal between Nicollet and Ada-Borup. But Kroulik also has a family interest in today's games.
The Tigers can win their third team title in seven years, but they will face stiff competition today from Sartell-St. Stephen.
Raymond Kennedy scored four goals and Ethan Brenna added two more, leading Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound-Westonka to a 7-1 victory over St. Paul Highland Park in the quarterfinals of the PI Division of the Adapted Soccer State Tournament Friday at Stillwater.