Wayzata has punched the first ticket to the state tournament. Who is next? Get ready for some huge moments Thursday and Friday! Playoff Central. Wayzata is state tournament bound yet again after knocking off Minneapolis South 77-55. The Trojans…
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Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log inWayzata has punched the first ticket to the state tournament. Who is next? Get ready for some huge moments Thursday and Friday!
Playoff Central. Wayzata is state tournament bound yet again after knocking off Minneapolis South 77-55. The Trojans are in position to defend their title, but now they wait to see what fills in around them for next week! As for tonight, a major Class A double header is in Duluth (we talk about that more below). Tuesday night was a packed night of games but compared to most other nights, there wasn’t quite as much drama. It was more about expected results.
Upset City. Despite so much playoff action on Tuesday night there wasn’t really an upset to talk about. Every Class A higher seeded team won. In Class AA, Albany beat Mora, Perham beat Pelican Rapids, and Maranatha Christian beat Rockford in 3/2 games but none of those games would really fall into the “upset” category. Rockford was ranked and the favorite to win but MCA is a good team as well so not really an upset. Hermantown over North Branch in the 2/3 game with the three winning (Hermantown) is actually the result I expected. And all Class AAAA high seeds won as well.
The Big Stage. Tonight’s big stage is at UMD. Cherry (24-4) vs Mountain Iron-Buhl (21-7) and Deer River (22-6) vs North Woods (24-4). Big time games with big time Class A talent.
Isaac Asuma
Isaac
Asuma
6'3" | PG
Cherry | 2024
State
#81
Nation
MN
is a top ten sophomore in this state averaging 25 points a game for Cherry.
Asher Zubich
Asher
Zubich
6'1" | PG
Mountain Iron-Buhl | 2023
State
MN
of Mountain Iron-Buhl is the all time scoring leader in at his school and he’s only a junior.
TJ Chiabotti
TJ
Chiabotti
5'10" | PG
North Woods | 2022
State
MN
of North Branch is the first athlete to amass 2,000 career points in hoops and 5,000 rushing yards in football. And
Ty Morrison
Ty
Morrison
6'4" | SF
Deer River | 2022
State
MN
is one of the better senior prospects in Minnesota. Excellent talent.
Top Performers.
Carter Bjerke
Carter
Bjerke
6'9" | C
Wayzata | 2022
State
MN
put up 26 points while three other teammates were in double figures. The pick and pop touch as well as the back to the basket game was too matured for the young South opponents.
Braeden Carrington
Braeden
Carrington
6'4" | SG
Park Center | 2022
State
#141
Nation
MN
had 26 points for Park Center in a 76-62 win over Mounds View. He made 7 of 11 field goals including five triples.
Mitchell Jaskowaik – a future Idaho football player – scored 27 points leading GSL to a two score win over Belle Plaine.
Aj Greene
Aj
Greene
6'1" | PG
Concordia Academy | 2023
State
MN
scored 39 and Lorenzo Levy had 38 as Concordia Academy got by Twin Cities Academy 97-91.
Jeremiah LaVelle Jeremiah LaVelle 6'4" | SF Maranatha Christian | 2022 State MN put up 32 as MCA beat Rockford.
Tip of the Hat to the Career. The list is long and distinguished. Here it is…
- Ja’Sean Glover of Madelia. Need a scoring wing that is physically ready? Glover is your man.
- Matt Thompson Matt Thompson 6'8" | C Hancock | 2022 State MN of Hancock. Need a five? Thompson had an awesome senior season and took his team to the title game last year
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Sam Zilmer
Sam Zilmer 6'5" | PF Rockford | 2022 State MN of Rockford. Led his Rockets team to a much better season than expected.
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Carmello McNeal
Carmello McNeal 6'1" | PG Twin Cities Academy | 2022 State MN of Twin Cities/Great River. Ball pressuring scoring guard that is the age of a junior and a bright future.
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Dylan Wheeler
Dylan Wheeler 6'3" | SG Mounds View | 2022 State MN of Mounds View. Excellent all around player that missed a month of the season.
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Logan Kinsey
Logan Kinsey 6'6" | PF Spring Lake Park | 2022 State MN of Spring Lake Park. Rough year for the Panthers at times but Logan has a ton of talent. I think we could be hearing about him in special ways in the near future at the college level.