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The Class A field of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament got underway on Thursday, March 16 at Maturi Pavilion. Mountain Iron-Buhl, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Hayfield and BOLD advanced to Friday's semifinals with victories.

This school year has already been historic at Mountain Iron-Buhl, with the Rangers winning their first football state championship by taking the Nine-Man title last December at U.S. Bank Stadium. Two miles away, at the University of Minnesota, the MIB girls basketball team is hoping to bring home another state championship, which would be their first in that sport.

No. 2-seeded Benilde-St. Margaret's raced to a 70-51 victory over No. 3 Alexandria Area in the Class AAA semifinals on Thursday, March 16 at Williams Arena.

Stewartville continued its magical season with a 60-59 victory over top-seeded Becker in the Class AAA semifinals on Thursday, March 16 at Williams Arena.

Bill Webb, a longtime revered band director in the Edina School District who introduced thousands of students to the wonderful world of music, has been selected for induction into the National High School Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023. He will be enshrined during the NFHS Summer Meeting Conference on Saturday, July 1 in Seattle.

Dave Stead, the longest-serving executive director of the Minnesota State High School League, was selected for induction into the Class of 2023 of the National High School Hall of Fame.

Four outstanding former high school athletes, including Tamika Catchings, one of the top female basketball players at all levels in U.S. history, and Carlos Boozer, a high school star in Alaska before his success at the college and professional levels, highlight the 2023 class of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National High School Hall of Fame.

Coaches are busy people. Especially head coaches. And those who are head coaches in multiple sports are extremely busy. Dan Westby of Marshall High School takes it to another level.

High seeds mostly prevailed during Day 1 of the Minnesota State High School League’s Girls Basketball State Tournament at Williams Arena and the Maturi Pavilion on the University of Minnesota campus on Wednesday, March 15. Included were two defending state champions that took a step toward what they hope will be another successful title run.

The state’s best adapted floor hockey teams are set to take over Bloomington Jefferson High School for the Minnesota State High School League’s state tournament on March 17-18. Both a CI and PI team champion will be crowned on Saturday afternoon.

The NFHS announced that Luke Klassen has been named the Spirit of Sport winner for Section 5, which consists of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri.

In this edition of the MSHSL History Capsule, meet Minneapolis North's Brett McNeal, one of Minnesota's most accomplished boys basketball players.