high school sports

Albany started fast and held off Pequot Lakes 69-53 at Williams Arena in the Class 2-A State Boys Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals Tuesday night. The Huskies led 27-18 at halftime and outscored Pequot Lakes 42-35 in the 2nd half.

Eden Valley-Watkins boys basketball lost to top seeded Holy Family Catholic 80-52 in the Class 2-A state tournament quarterfinals at Target Center Tuesday night. The Eagles trailed 37-16 at halftime and played better in the 2nd half but couldn't catch up.

Eden Valley-Watkins won the section 3-2-A boys basketball title last Wednesday night over Redwood Valley 75-72 at Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall. The Eagles posted a narrow 2-point win on a last second shot over New London-Spicer in the section semifinals.

The Class 2-A boys basketball state tournament starts Tuesday at Williams Arena and Target Center. Albany is the #2 seed and will play unseeded Pequot Lakes at 6 p.m. at Williams Arena.

Albany and Eden Valley-Watkins will play in the Class 2-A State Boys Basketball tournament this week. The Huskies are the #2 seed and will play Pequot Lakes at 6 p.m. Tuesday night in the State Quarterfinals at Williams Arena. Albany captured the Section 6-2-A title Friday at St. Cloud State over Milaca 74-57.

The 3rd seeded Albany girls basketball team defeated 2nd seeded Goodhue 48-45 Friday night in the Class 2-A State Semifinals at Williams Arena. Albany led 21-18 at halftime and held off Goodhue down the stretch.

Stewartville came from down 11 points at halftime to edge top seeded Becker 60-59 in the Class 3-A State Tournament Semifinals Thursday at Williams Arena. Becker led 38-27 at halftime but were outscored by Stewartville 33-21 in the 2nd half.

The Tech boys basketball team lost 56-44 to Alexandria Wednesday night in Willmar in the Section 8-3-A Final. The Cardinals were the #1 seed while Tech was seeded #2.

Albany has successfully advanced to the Class 2-A State Tournament Semifinals after topping Perham 51-38 Wednesday night at Maturi Pavillon. The Huskies led 26-18 at halftime and outscored Perham 25-20 in the 2nd half.

The top seeded Becker girls basketball team defeated Marshall 52-43 Wednesday morning at Maturi Pavilion on the University of Minnesota campus in the Class 3-A State Tournament Quarterfinals.