high school basketball

The Northfield Raiders boys basketball team defeated Kasson-Mantorville 74-63 in Northfield on Wednesday night to advance to the Section 1 Class 3A semifinals. Northfield jumped out to an early lead when 6-foot-4 senior Hunter Koep scored their first 13 points and finished the game with 15...

The Faribault Bethlehem Academy Cardinals saw a double-digit lead dwindle in each half of their 67-60 overtime win over the Southland Rebels in Rochester on Tuesday night. The Cardinals jumped out to a 7-0 lead about two minutes into the game and built a double-digit cushion before three of their starters had to sit with lots of time left due to foul trouble...

The Goodhue Wildcats' defense was very good Saturday in a 52-43 win over the Lyle/Pacelli Athletics for the West Subsection title of Section 1A. Some sloppy passing led to some fast break points in the first half for the Athletics and they took a 22-20 lead into the half...

The Hayfield Vilkings were the No. 2 seed in the Section 1AA girls basketball tournament and fell in the semifinals today 65-49 to the No. 3 seed Rochestaer Lourdes Eagles. The Vikings couldn't hit buckets while the Eagles did. With 3 minutes to go in the first half, it was a three-point lead for Rochester Lourdes and they closed out the half on a 8-3 run to take a 30-22 lead...

For the second straight game, the Kenyon-Wanamingo girls basketball team came from behind to advance to the Section 1AA title game next Friday. The Knights defeated Winona Cotter 50-40 thanks in large part to owning the boards. Mara Quam had just three field goals in the game but cashed in 12 of 13 free throws to score 20 points and fellow senior Savanna Bleess finished with 11 points and 13 rebou

The Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights led for about 10 minutes of the 36-minute game Tuesday night against the Pine Island Panthers. Fortunately for the Knights it was the final 10 minutes in a 55-40 win at the Rochester Mayo Civic Center Arena. Many of the fans in the crowd were still buzzing about the major upset they had just witnessed...

Six-foot-8 Faribault senior Kade Hart has been battling mono nearly this entire basketball season but looked healthy in a 68-65 overtime win at Mankato West on Monday night. Hart scored 28 points with two threes in each half and had four of the Falcons' 10 overtime points, including a flush...

The Faribault Bethlehem Academy boys basketball team will host Blooming Prairie on Thursday in Van Orsow Auditorium. Tip off will be at 7PM in the West Subsection of Section 1 Class A quarterfinal round game. Tuesday night, No. 8 seed Glenville-Emmons hosts No...

Six-foot freshman Nathan Heise nailed six threes, five of them in the first half, in a 50-35 win over Goodhue for the overall Hiawatha Valley League title Saturday night. It was a packed house with chairs set up in each corner of the gym. The game started with both teams digging in defensively...

The Faribault Falcon girls basketball team will have a home game to open their playoffs Tuesday. Faribault is in Section 2 Class AAA. The Falcons received the No. 3 seed and will host No. 6 seed Marshall Tigers on Tuesday at 7PM in Nomeland Gym...