On the first day of the girls' basketball season, two metro-area teams set a state record for most points scored in a game.
Waconia defeated St. Anthony 111-104 Friday in the Pat Paterson Tournament at Hamline University. That's 215 points, six more than Centennial and Champlin Park scored on Jan. 24, 2006, in a game the Cougars won 116-93.
Anna Schmitt scored 28 points and Madelin Dammann 20 to lead Waconia, which led 64-51 at halftime.
Breanna Bergquist scored 35 points for St. Anthony, which set a state record for points in a game for a losing team. The state record for a winning team is 129, set by New York Mills in 1977. Kelly Lawson and Bonnie Zeller each had 21 points for the Huskies.
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• The No. 1-ranked Gophers women's hockey team (15-1) will play Princeton (5-4-2) in a nonconference series this weekend at Ridder Arena. Saturday's game will start at 4 p.m., Sunday's at 1 p.m. Minnesota holds a 4-0-1 lead over the Tigers in their all-time series. They last met in the 2006 NCAA regional at Ridder, and the Gophers won 4-0. Princeton is winless (0-2-2) in its past four games; the Tigers have only three goals in that stretch. Senior defenseman Rose Alleva leads the Tigers in scoring with five goals and nine points.
• Apple Valley's home boys' basketball game with Whitney Young, a national power from Chicago, will be broadcast live at 6 p.m. Dec. 12 on ESPN2. The Eagles are led by Tyus Jones, the nation's top point guard prospct who has signed with Duke. Jones' friend and future Blue Devils teammate Jahlil Okafor, the nation's No. 1 recruit, leads the Dolphins.
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