Girls Basketball

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.

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.

Central Minnesota will be well represented at the girls basketball state tournament this week. In Class 2-A Albany is seeded 3rd and New London-Spicer is seeded 4th. Becker is the top seed and Alexandria is seeded 3rd in 3-A. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa is seeded 5th in Class A.

The boys basketball section playoffs in some sections start tonight and some girls basketball section semifinals take place tonight in Central Minnesota.  Tonight's schedule is below: Boys Basketball: Section 8-4-A Quarterfinals #7 Sartell-St. Ste...

The 2022 MSHSL Girls Basketball State Tournament has come to an end, and one central Minnesota team is coming home with some hardware.

Two central Minnesota teams are still fighting for a top-three finish at the MSHSL Girls Basketball State Tournament this weekend.

Saturday’s high school scores from around central Minnesota.

Friday’s high school scores from around central Minnesota.

Saturday’s high school scores from around central Minnesota

Cathedral bounced back with a convincing 85-65 win at Sauk Centre. Jacob Stolzenberg led the charge with 31 points on 9 threes. Nick Schaefer followed with 18 points and Jackson Jangula ended with 16. Sauk was led by Jennissen with 21 points, Namvar with 14 points and Schirmers ended with 13 points. Sauk falls to 10-13. Cathedral improves to 16-7 overall.