Sixteen games, many of them instant classic. What did each result mean? We break it down for you now! Robbinsdale Cooper defeated Andover. Cooper had a great showing behind Michael Cooper Michael Cooper 6'6" | SF Robbinsdale Cooper | 2023…
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Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log inSixteen games, many of them instant classic. What did each result mean? We break it down for you now!
Robbinsdale Cooper defeated Andover. Cooper had a great showing behind
Michael Cooper
Michael
Cooper
6'6" | SF
Robbinsdale Cooper | 2023
MN
and Samuel Massaquoi and they did that without their head coach Bo Powell there! Andover beat Lakeville South in 2OT the night before but a morning later they struggled.
Ben Kopetzki
Ben
Kopetzki
6'0" | PG
Andover | 2023
State
MN
was unstoppable but with
Samuel Musungu
Samuel
Musungu
6'1" | PG
Andover | 2023
State
MN
at the football all star game the Huskies couldn’t get two wins in a half day’s time.
Maple Grove over Cretin-Derham Hall. Good all around team win for Maple Grove who simply had more talent and limited the Raiders to 37 points.
DeLaSalle beat Minnetonka. An Instant Tip Off Classic, Classic!
Nasir Whitlock
Nasir
Whitlock
6'1" | PG
DeLaSalle | 2023
State
MN
with a Mr. Basketball moment taking the game over late and hitting the game winner. Whitlock’s make was likely the play of the day and it was a really nice win for the Islanders.
East Ridge defeated Osseo. East Ridge was just a little more skilled at guard, just a little bigger, a little more experienced, and it all equated to a slow slugfest victory.
Cedric Tomes
Cedric
Tomes
5'11" | PG
East Ridge | 2026
State
MN
put the game away late with a number of clutch late game plays, Raptors bounced back from a horrible game with Lakeville North to get a needed victory.
Hopkins over Bloomington Jefferson. The
Daniel Freitag
Daniel
Freitag
6'1" | PG
Bloomington Jefferson | 2024
State
#76
Nation
MN
/
Jayden Moore
Jayden
Moore
6'0" | PG
Hopkins | 2026
State
MN
mix tape video fest brought all the little cameras out and both Freitag and Moore lived up to the hype. Freitag had 36 and Moore had 30. The Royals had more depth getting 23 from
Anthony Smith III
Anthony
Smith III
6'0" | PG
Hopkins | 2025
State
MN
and a double-double from Vincent Hillehseim.
Orono over Minnehaha Academy. This was an odd but high scoring game. A 15 second shot clock wouldn’t have been needed.
Isaiah Hagen
Isaiah
Hagen
6'3" | PG
Orono | 2023
State
MN
hit for 36 and Ororo was over 100 points just flying all over. Minnehaha Academy got a big game from
Rolyns Aligbe
Rolyns
Aligbe
6'7" | PF
Minnehaha Academy | 2023
State
MN
but
Jerome Williams Jr
Jerome
Williams Jr
5'9" | PG
Minnehaha Academy | 2024
State
MN
fouled out really early. Orono looks very much like a title contender.
Eastview over Wayzata. The Lightning beating the Trojans was headlined by a big game from
Jonathan Mekonnen
Jonathan
Mekonnen
6'8" | PF
Eastview | 2024
State
#178
Nation
MN
. The Mekonnen versus
Jackson McAndrew
Jackson
McAndrew
6'9" | PF
Wayzata | 2024
State
#152
Nation
MN
match-up lived up to the hype with McAndrew looking like the best long term prospect in the class right now, but Mekonnen getting the edge with an efficient scoring game missing only four shots. The Lightning just got more from their full rotation
Lakeville North over Totino-Grace.
Tommy Humphries
Tommy
Humphries
6'5" | SF
Totino-Grace | 2023
State
#283
Nation
MN
dealt with cramps most of the game.
Jack Robison
Jack
Robison
6'6" | SF
Lakeville North | 2024
State
#147
Nation
MN
fell flat on his back and seemed to be roughed up.
Taison Chatman
Taison
Chatman
6'4" | PG
Totino-Grace | 2023
State
#35
Nation
MN
barely played although he didn’t look hurt when he played or when he was walking around during timeouts. It was a bit of an odd game but we got to see a really nice battle between
Patrick Bath
Patrick
Bath
6'9" | C
Totino-Grace | 2023
State
MN
and
Nolan Winter
Nolan
Winter
6'10" | PF
Lakeville North | 2023
State
#98
Nation
MN
inside and both came out looking good.
Matt Drake
Matt
Drake
5'11" | PG
Lakeville North | 2024
State
MN
‘s clutch performance was quite noteworthy but it was also impressive how the Eagles were in it to the final minute despite their two best players not being on the floor for much of half two.