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One man’s map through March Madness

National Sports

It’s everyone’s favorite time of the year. No matter how much – or how little – you watch the sport, from now until April 6, college basketball takes over the country. I’ll be honest when I say this season hasn’t been my most-watched. My usual nightly routine of scanning three or four college basketball games across dozens of conferences has faded a bit with covering high school sports. But please, hear me out. The research I’ve conducted since Selection Sunday grants me credibility to make my predictions for this men’s bracket, predictions of who I think will ...

Dosunmu sparks Timberwolves in rout of Jazz

MN State Sports

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ayo Dosunmu scored 23 points and had nine rebounds in his second straight start in place of the injured Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves took charge in the second quarter to cruise past the Utah Jazz 147-111 on Wednesday night. Rudy Gobert had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and Julius Randle also scored 21 points and had eight assists for the Timberwolves, who have won two in a row without their All-Star guard. Minnesota announced Tuesday that Edwards will miss one to two weeks with right knee inflammation before being re-evaluated. The Timberwolves ...

Mathiowetz has championship junior year

Local News

SLEEPY EYE — After coming up short in the Class A State Girls Basketball Tournament last season, Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Morgan Mathiowetz worked to make sure she got her chance to get to that stage once more. Mathiowetz was one of the top players in Class A this year, and one would be ...

Mathiowetz, Lewis headline 2025-26 All-Journal Girls Basketball

Local Sports

First Team Morgan Mathiowetz, Jr., G, St. Mary’s Mathiowetz continues her historic career as she earns her fourth All-Conference selection and second Tomahawk Division Player of the Year and All-State selection. Mathiowetz surpassed 3,000 career points and sits at 3,628 10th in the history of girls basketball in Minnesota. This year, Mathiowetz averaged 33.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 6 steals per game as she led St. Mary’s to its first-ever state championship, where she was on the All-Tournament team. Her 1,114 points this season comes in at sixth-most all time for ...

Timberwolves sideline Edwards for next 1 to 2 weeks

MN State Sports

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards will miss the next several games with inflammation in his right knee, with the team in the thick of the race for playoff position in the Western Conference. The Timberwolves announced before their game on Tuesday against the Phoenix Suns that Edwards would be re-evaluated in one to two weeks, after the sixth-year guard underwent an MRI exam. That means Edwards will miss at least four games, with the Timberwolves playing four times in a six-day span. A two-week absence would cost him seven games. Edwards will finish ...

Zuccarello scores in OT, Wild beat Blackhawks

MN State Sports

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO — Mats Zuccarello scored 3:09 into overtime, and the Minnesota Wild stopped a three-game slide by topping the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday night. Marcus Johansson had a goal and two assists as Minnesota improved to 3-0 against Chicago this ...