No. 1 seed Albany shot 60 percent from the floor and outlasted No. 2 Waseca, 70-63, in the Boys Basketball State Tournament Class AA championship game Saturday night at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.
Alexandria completed a dynamic run through the Class AAA field with a 73-64 victory over Mankato East in the championship game on Saturday, March 22 at Williams Arena.
Dawson-Boyd outscored Cherry 17-4 during a pivotal part of the second half, taking a 69-61 lead it didn’t relinquish to claim its first state title, 81-74, in the Class A championship game of the Boys Basketball State Tournament on Saturday at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.
The 2025 Triple ‘A’ Award state scholarship recipients are Keagen Lowman, Cambridge-Isanti; Annika Pulju, Sebeka; Lulu Semakula, Irondale and Trevor Smith, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton.
Waseca, the No. 2 seed in the Class AA field, defeated No. 3 Breck, 68-60 in the semifinals on Friday, March 21 at Williams Arena. The Bluejays advance to the Class AA championship game against Albany in a battle of unbeatens.
Top-seeded Albany fought off a challenge from No. 4 Caledonia to post a 59-54 victory in the Class AA semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Basketball State Tournament on Friday, March 21 at Williams Arena.
Red Lake County, a cooperative team with students from Red Lake Falls High School and Red Lake County Central in nearby Oklee, is making its first appearance in the big metro show.
Dawson-Boyd shot 60 percent, including 16-for-19 in the second half, and advanced to its first Boys Basketball state championship game with an 80-66 win over Red Lake County in a Class A semifinal game Friday.
Nevis forward AJ Bessler scored 39 points, but defending champion Cherry produced a 17-0 advantage in fast-break points and held on for a 79-70 victory in a Boys Basketball State Tournament Class A semifinal game.
No. 2-seeded Wayzata qualified for the Class AAAA championship game for the fourth consecutive season following a 59-55 victory over No. 3 Shakopee in the semifinals on Thursday, March 20 at Williams Arena.
Top-seeded Cretin-Derham Hall perked up from a first-half slumber to race past Maple Grove for a 63-49 victory over No. 4 Maple Grove in the Class AAAA semifinals of the Boys Basketball State Tournament on Thursday, March 20 at Williams Arena.
A furious 25-2 run from Goodhue turned a laugher into a classic in the last Class A quarterfinal game of the 2025 Boys Basketball State Tournament at Target Center in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday. Red Lake County reserve Ben Gullingsrud confidently drained a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 5:05 left and the Rebels eventually wrapped up a 68-61 victory.
