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Balanced scoring, hustle plays propel Simley past Holy Angels
Five Spartans finished in double-digits for scoring in their 60-52 victory to advance to the Class 3A semifinals.
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Edge in rebounding, experience lead Stillwater past Park Center
Alexis Pratt scored 23 points and Liza Karlen added 19 in the Ponies' 82-52 victory.
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DeLaSalle press defense, three-point shooting too much for Hermantown
Sydney Runsewe and Nurjei Weems led the Islanders with 20 points each in an 85-52 victory for the defending Class 3A champions.
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Hopkins races past Cambridge-Isanti behind Nnaji's 23 points
The Royals' Maya Nnaji controlled the lane, adding seven rebounds and three blocked shots in an 85-55 victory over the Bluejackets.
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1A tournament story lines: Familiar Minneota, four first-timers in contention
A snapshot look at the girls' basketball Class 1A field.
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2A tournament story lines: Coach Mike Dreier is back, Division I talent on the court
A snapshot look at the girls' basketball Class 2A field.
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Devastating season-ending loss fuels first state tourney trip for Waconia
A one-point defeat in last year’s section final served as motivation to help get the Wildcats into the Class 3A tournament that starts Wednesday. Plus tourney tidbits and how to watch.
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Lakeville North, Eden Prairie bring schedule-tested toughness to 4A tournament
St. Michael-Albertville took a similar route through the Lake Conference. But undefeated Hopkins is the team to beat.
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Podcast: How do you stop Bueckers, Hopkins from winning another state title
In the latest Talking Preps, girls' basketball insider Grant McGinnis and the Star Tribune's Jim Paulsen walk through all four state tournament classes and shed light on the formula for the improbable: Taking down Paige Bueckers and the juggernaut Royals.
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Paige Bueckers: Girls' basketball Metro Player of the Year
Bueckers, the first athlete ever to be named Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year three times, has been on the Hopkins Royals varsity since eighth grade. She'll be playing college basketball for national power UConn, following the path of women's basketball greats including Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi and Rebecca Lobo.
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Monday's prep results
Here's what happened in high school sports on Monday:
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Waconia's Audrey Swanson leads Metro Athletes of the Week for March 2-7
Also recognized: Drake Dobbs (Eden Prairie basketball), Remington Keopple (Hill-Murray hockey), Kerwin Walton (Hopkins basketball), Sydney Stensgard (Simley basketball), Colin Hagstrom (Mahtomedi hockey) and Evan Kim (Mounds View basketball).
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Paige Bueckers — or 'Paige Buckets' — at a glance
Hopkins' Paige Bueckers has scored 2,798 career points, with the Class 4A tournament to go.
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Adapted floor hockey, girls' basketball state tournament schedules
Here's the matchups for this week's two high school tournaments:
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Meet the 2020 Star Tribune girls' basketball All-Metro team
Scroll down to see who made the second and third teams as well.
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Special from the get-go: Paige Bueckers, Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year
The UConn-bound Hopkins girls' basketball star, on the verge of a second undefeated season and state title, is the first three-time winner of the award.
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The flow must go on: Hockey-hair team doesn't get cut after all
Advertising executive John King, the creator of the annual videos, had said last year he was closing shop on his popular annual series. But it wasn't an easy thing to trim.
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Hermantown's Blake Biondi named Mr. Hockey
Hudson Hodges of Moorhead won the Frank Brimsek Award, which recognizes Minnesota's top senior goaltender.
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Hockey hair highlights: Lakeville South and Hermantown
Star Tribune photojournalist Carlos Gonzalez captured the best hockey hair from the Hermantown and Lakeville South teams on the opening days of the state hockey tournament.
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Saturday's prep boys' basketball roundup
Drake Dobbs scored 27 points in leading the No. 1-ranked Eagles past Prior Lake 99-74 in the Class 4A, Section 2 semifinals Saturday at Eden Prairie.
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