NHR Playoff Central – March Madness Officially Begins

<p>The Minnesota high school playoffs began last evening meaning NHR Playoff Central is now in full swing.  Where should your eyes be tonight?  Prep Hoops let’s you know! </p> <p><strong>Playoff Central</strong>.   Tonight there are 24 playoff games, all of them at the small school level and most of them in Southern Minnesota.   All the games are of course being played in single locations meaning there isn’t a chance for fans to go to one location and watch multiple games.  That said, a year ago the state tournament was taken away from the coaches, players, and fans of this state so at this point I’m very happy that games are being played.  </p> <p>Tonight the 2AAAA games are being played (some as we speak).  Edina vs Jefferson and Minnetonka vs Chaska are excellent first night contests.  Minneapolis South vs Minneapolis Southwest is a good game at 6AAAA. </p> <p><strong>Upset City</strong>.    McGregor - the 12 seed - knocked off Cromwell-Wright - the 5 seed - by a score of 46-43.  It was only the third win of the season for McGregor!  The Cards won 11 games previously including a 13 point win over McGregor a week ago.  Sophomore <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="962290" first="Ethan" last="Bohn"]</strong> is a very good player for McGregor. </p> <p><strong>The Big Stage.  </strong>The game that really has my eye tonight is La Crescent versus Goodhue, the 10-7 Lancers against the 10-8 Wildcats.   It’s the 8/9 game and the winner likely plays Caledonia on Friday.  Goodhue sophomores Adam Poncelet (6’3 guard) and [player_tooltip player_id="962224" first="Will" last="Opsahl"] (6’5 guard) as well as junior [player_tooltip player_id="958721" first="Dayne" last="Wojcik"] (6’5 big) are playing to know.  The Lancers are even younger led by freshman guard Parker McQuin and sophomore [player_tooltip player_id="962259" first="Carter" last="Todd"] (the two leading scorers). </p> <p><strong>Name to Watch.   </strong>If you are looking for big name players try out that BOLD vs Sleepy Eye in the 7/10 game of Section 2A.  Two of the elite players in Class A basketball are seniors [player_tooltip player_id="567070" first="Drew" last="Sagedahl"] and his 29.4 points a game for BOLD, and [player_tooltip player_id="957217" first="Kegan" last="Heiderscheidt"] from Sleepy Eye who does some of everything.  When I mean some of everything I mean he is quadruple-double capable some nights.  Kegan is headed to Southwest Minnesota State while Sagedahl is headed to St. John’s.</p> <p><strong>Tip of the Hat to the Career</strong>. With Hopkins not able to finish their season because of Covid related items, the Royals are done for the year. So we say best wishes to [player_tooltip player_id="774778" first="Tristan" last="Lee"], [player_tooltip player_id="774738" first="Jaelen" last="Treml"], [player_tooltip player_id="957132" first="Xavier" last="White"], Jarrett Brenlynd, [player_tooltip player_id="957153" first="Andrew" last="Chisley"], and [player_tooltip player_id="774852" first="Jack" last="Hernandez"] as they move forward with basketball and life.  Lee led the team in scoring at a dozen a game, White scored 11.5 a contest, and Treml scored 11 a game. </p>