Alexandria earned a berth in the Class AAA championship game by dethroning Totino-Grace with a 73-65 victory in the semifinals on Thursday, March 20 at Williams Arena.
No. 2 seed Dawson-Boyd used an early 11-0 run to take a 17-7 lead and rolled to a 69-46 win over No. 7 Heritage Christian Academy in a Class A quarterfinal game Thursday afternoon at Target Center in downtown Minneapolis.
Nevis added a 58-52 win in a Boys Basketball State Tournament Class A quarterfinal game at Target Center in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday to its season ledger against No. 5 Henning. It was 63-57 on Jan. 11, but this victory comes with a second straight trip to the state semifinals and a rematch with No. 1, defending champion Cherry.
Top-seeded, reigning champion Cherry got 28 points — including a pair of dunks — from Noah Sundquist and 21 from Noah Asuma in an 89-57 victory over No. 8 BOLD in a Boys Basketball State Tournament Class A quarterfinal game at Target Center on Thursday.
Breck, the defending Class AA champion, raced past Montevideo for a 73-49 victory in the Class AA quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Basketball State Tournament on Tuesday, March 18 at Target Center.
Caledonia was in control at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus for most of its 72-56 win over Minnehaha Academy in the Class AA quarterfinal round of the Boys Basketball State Tournament Tuesday night. When the No. 5 seed Redhawks made a push, the fourth-seeded Warriors locked in defensively and advanced.
Waseca, the No. 2 seed in the Class AA field, sidestepped an upset with a ferocious last-minute rally to defeat No. 7 Pequot Lakes 49-45 on Tuesday, March 18 at Target Center.
No. 1 seed Albany stayed undefeated with an 80-57 victory over No. 8 Pelican Rapids in a Boys Basketball State Tournament Class AA quarterfinal game at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus Tuesday night.
Shakopee was dominant in each half on the way to recording an 85-52 victory over Anoka in the final Class AAAA quarterfinal in the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Basketball State Tournament on Tuesday, March 18.
All five Alexandria Area starters scored in double figures as the Cardinals stole the ball 21 times and scored 33 points off turnovers during an 82-70 Boys Basketball State Tournament Class AAA quarterfinal victory over Byron.
Wayzata pulled away in the second half to record a 61-52 victory over Moorhead in the Class AAAA quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Basketball State Tournament on Tuesday, March 18 at Target Center.
