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Hayfield, Cherry, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa and New Life Academy earned spots in the Class A semifinals on Friday with victories during Wednesday's quarterfinals at Williams Arena.

Boys Basketball, the final activity in a long run of Minnesota State High School League winter state tournament events, began a five-day run on Tuesday, March 22 at Target Center and Williams Arena. Between the two Minneapolis venues, three of the four enrollment classes completed their quarterfinals and semifinals are set. Quarterfinals still remain to be played in Class A and that will commence on Wednesday, March 23 at Williams Arena.

Boys Basketball, the final event in the Minnesota State High School League's long run of winter state tournaments, begins a five-day run on Tuesday, March 22 and concludes with Championship Saturday on March 26.

2022 Girls Basketball All-Tournament Teams sponsored by Wells Fargo and Delta Dental

2022 Adapted Floor Hockey All-Tournament Teams Sponsored by Wells Fargo

Hopkins left little doubt that it was the best Class AAAA girls basketball team during the entire 2021-22 school year. The Royals, ranked No. 6 nationally, completed a season-long run of dominance with a 72-56 victory over St. Michael-Albertville in the Class AAAA championship game on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.

During the regular season, the Totino-Grace girls basketball team placed fifth in the Northwest Suburban Conference with a 12-7 record. That grueling run through the conference, however, prepared the Eagles for what was in front of them in the postseason. While the Eagles finished the season on a modest five-game winning streak, the spree couldn’t have come at a better time.

The Minnesota State High School League’s Adapted Floor Hockey State Tournament completed its two-day event on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Bloomington Jefferson High School. Traditional power Dakota United captured another championship in the PI Division and New Prague/TCU/LSH/Belle Plaine/Jordan captured the state title in the CI Division.

Top-seeded Providence Academy, left unsatisfied in a runner-up finish in the Class AA field a year ago in an abbreviated season amid a global pandemic, erased those memories by holding off Fergus Falls for a 55-53 victory in the championship game at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.

Hancock staged a steady comeback throughout to post a 54-43 victory over Minneota in the Class A championship game of the Girls Basketball State Tournament. It is the first Class A crown for Hancock since 1997, the first year of the current four-class format.

After a two-year hiatus because of health concerns amidst a global pandemic, the Minnesota State High School League’s Adapted Floor Hockey State Tournament resumed in earnest on Friday, March 18, 2022, at Bloomington Jefferson High School. Member schools in two divisions began quarterfinal play on Day 1 with hopes of continuing on a championship path.

Fergus Falls made school history on Friday, March 18, 2022, when it earned a berth in a girls basketball championship game for the first time.