Benilde-St. Margaret's captured the Class AAA Girls Basketball State Championship for the third consecutive season following a 73-57 victory over Marshall on Saturday, March 15 at Williams Arena.
West Central Area completed a postseason run that included upsets along the way with a 58-41 victory over MACCRAY in the Class A Championship game of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Saturday, March 15 at Williams Arena.
No. 2-seeded Crosby-Ironton posted an 85-72 victory over No. 3 Minnehaha Academy in the Class AA semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Friday, March 14 at Williams Arena.
The girls basketball team from West Central Area was up early Friday morning. It was going to be a big day and the Knights were excited as they prepared to play at Williams Arena for the first time.
Providence Academy rolled to its 43rd consecutive victory with an 88-43 win over Minnewaska Area in the Class AA semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Friday, March 14 at Williams Arena.
MACCRAY, the No. 7 seed in the Class A field, recorded an upset with a 60-56 victory over No. 3 Sleepy Eye St. Mary's in the semifinals on Friday, March 14 at Williams Arena.
No. 4-seeded West Central dethroned top-seeded and defending Class A champion Goodhue in a 58-50 victory in the semifinals on Friday, March 14 at Williams Arena.
Hopkins earned a berth in the Class AAAA championship game for the fourth consecutive season with a 68-48 victory over Eastview in the semifinals on Thursday, March 13 at Williams Arena.
Top-seeded Maple Grove powered its way into the Class AAAA championship game for the first time in program history following a 69-50 victory over No. 4 Lakeville North in the big-school semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Thursday, March 13 at Williams Arena.
Morgan Mathiowetz scored 30 points and No. 3 seed Sleepy Eye Saint Mary’s held on to beat No. 6 Sacred Heart 65-61 in a Class A Girls Basketball State Tournament quarterfinal game Thursday night at Maturi Pavilion on the University of Minnesota campus.
Benilde-St. Margaret’s has won the last two Class 3A girls basketball state championships and the Red Knights will play for a third consecutive title on Saturday.
Third-seeded Marshall used a late surge to break away from No. 7 Cretin-Derham Hall for a 57-48 victory in the Class AAA semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Thursday, March 13 at Williams Arena.
