BOYS HOCKEY:
ALL HIGHER SEEDS ADVANCED IN THE SECTION 8A BOYS HOCKEY PLAYOFFS, AS WARROAD BEAT PARK RAPIDS 10-0, THIEF RIVER FALLS BEAT LAKE OF THE WOODS 4-0, EAST GRAND FORKS TOPPED RED LAKE FALLS 11-1, AND DETROIT LAKES ENDED KITTSON COUNTY CENTRAL’S SEASON 4-2. THE SITE FOR THE SEMIFINALS AND FINAL IS EAST GRAND FORKS. WARROAD PLAYS EAST GRAND FORKS TOMORROW AT 4:00, FOLLOWED BY THIEF RIVER AND DETROIT LAKES.
GIRLS HOCKEY:
AT THE CLASS AA GIRLS HOCKEY STATE TOURNAMENT, ANDOVER EASILY HANDLED BRAINERD 5-0, WHILE EDINA AND MINNETONKA ALSO ADVANCED, #5 SEED GENTRY ACADEMY BEAT #4 MAPLE GROVE 2-1.
CLASS A TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS ARE TODAY, WITH WARROAD FACING SOUTH ST PAUL AT 1:00. ORONO FACES PROCTOR/HERMANTOWN THIS MORNING AT 11:00.
GIRLS BASKETBALL:
IT WAS TIGHT FROM START TO FINISH, BUT FOSSTON HELD OFF ROSEAU FOR A 55-52 WIN.
GOODRIDGE-GRYGLA BEAT RED LAKE FALLS 62-45.
STEPHEN-ARGYLE GOT PAST FERTILE-BELTRAMI 47-42.
KITTSON COUNTY CENTRAL BEAT WARROAD 78-48. ELLA OLSON SCORED 29 FOR THE BEARCATS, FAITH LILLY HAD 20 FOR THE WARRIORS.
BGMR GETS A 55-51 WIN OVER CROOKSTON, LED BY KENZIE DAHL’S 14.
BOYS BASKETBALL:
NORTHERN FREEZE GOT OUT IN FRONT EARLY ON THEIR WAY TO A 58-43 WIN OVER KITTSON COUNTY CENTRAL.
GOODRIDGE-GRYGLA BEAT RED LAKE 87-61. LEWIS JONES HAD ANOTHER STANDOUT PERFORMANCE, SCORING 42.
THE MINNESOTA WILD HAVE NOW LOST 4 OUT OF 5. AUSTON MATTHEWS SCORED TWICE AS TORONTO BEAT THE WILD 3-1.
THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES, RETURNING FROM THE ALL STAR BREAK, WERE 119-114 WINNERS OVER MEMPHIS.
NOTABLE, ZDENO CHARA BROKE CHRIS CHELIOS’ RECORD FOR MOST GAMES PLAYED BY AN NHL DEFENSEMAN. HE HAS NOW SKATED IN 1,652 GAMES.
AS THE WILD PREPARE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO RAISE MIKKO KOIVU’S #9 TO THE RAFTERS OF THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER AS THE FIRST WILD NUMBER TO BE RETIRED, LAST NIGHT THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS RAISED PEKKA RINNE’S #35 TO THE RAFTERS TO BECOME THEIR FIRST JERSEY NUMBER RETIRED.
Last modified: 02/25/2022
