After back-to-back disappointments, rebuilt Eastview is back in the state tournament

A pandemic and an unexpected loss kept the Lightning out of the Class 4A field the past two years. Senior guard Kenji Scales saw to it nothing stopped them this season.

March 22, 2022 at 4:09PM
Eastview’s Kayser Hassan, a JV player a year ago who has become a double-digit scorer for the Lightning, went up for an easy basket in a game against Lakeville North in February. (Korey McDermott, SportsEngine/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Jim Paulsen is a high school sports reporter for the Star Tribune. 

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