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St. Michael-Albertville's Tessa Johnson ready to show all she learned in a season away

She missed her sophomore year because of a broken femur but returns to the girls' basketball state tournament as a junior and as a more thoughtful player.

By Jim Paulsen

March 15, 2022 at 11:34PM
St. Michael-Albertville's Tessa Johnson poured in a game-high 30 points in the Knights' 64-54 victory over Rogers Thursday night in Monticello. Photo by Jeff Lawler, SportsEngine
Tessa Johnson split a gap during the section final against Rogers, one more step in getting back to the state tournament. (Jeff Lawler, 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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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.

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How do Minnesota pros prepare for a game? Collier, Faber, Gobert and others showed us.

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