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Hesse named back-to-back Tomahawk Girls Basketball POTY

Sleepy Eye senior guard Kadence Hesse was announced Saturday as the 2023-24 Tomahawk Conference Girls Basketball Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Joining Hesse as an All-Conference player was senior teammate Brea Mertz, while junior teammate Page Haala was Honorable ...

Mustangs’ 3-point parade leads to 3rd-place trophy

ST. PAUL — The Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Mustangs shot the lights out at Gangelhoff Center Saturday morning, carrying a double-digit lead in the first half to a 66-49 win over Underwood for a third-place finish in the Class A State Girls Basketball Tournament. BLHS head coach Jesse Weick ...

Rangers return to state finals, down BLHS

MINNEAPOLIS — In their 14th trip to the Class A State Tournament, Mountain Iron-Buhl returns to the State Championship one year after winning it all with a 69-50 win over Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Friday at Williams Arena. MIB avances to play Goodhue Saturday for the state ...

Valley Conference announces All-Conference Boys Basketball Team

The Valley Conference announced its 2023-24 All-Conference Boys Basketball team Friday, with five area players represented. Madelia forward Josiah DeMaris made the All-Conference Team, while teammate guards Kaydon Firchau and Eric Anderson were Honorable Mention. Nicollet senior guard Conner ...

Unranked to undisputed

WABASSO — Twenty years ago, a rural town of around 700 people in Redwood County saw history made. That town was Wabasso and that history made came from its high school as the Wabasso Rabbits became the first team from the Tomahawk Conference to ever win a state championship in girls ...

BLHS storms past Fosston in state quarterfinals

MINNEAPOLIS — Coming into its opening State Girls Basketball Tournament game Thursday against Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart, Fosston boasted the best defense in the state, averaging 38 points allowed per game and allowing over 60 points just once over the season. The Mustangs flipped the ...