Where should you be looking to watch high school basketball games this weekend in Minnesota? We give you the weekend run down now! The Friday Combo. Start at Mounds Park Academy who is taking on Breck for a 6pm tip…
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The Friday Combo. Start at Mounds Park Academy who is taking on Breck for a 6pm tip off. Mounds Park is more competitive this year led by sophomore forward Wyatt Srsen who scores 22 points a game. Breck junior Hanif Muhhammed leads a balanced Breck squad who is 10-5 on the year.
From there you can likely cruise around 694 and get to the heavy weight battle between Maranatha and New Life Academy (leave by 7:20 and you can do it!). MCA is ranked third in Class AA with a balanced roster of SIX players scoring double digits and more are seniors.
Bailey Mcdonald
Bailey
Mcdonald
6'2"
Maranatha Christian Academy | 2023
MN
leads at 17 points a game. New Life is ranked third in Class A and is pushing for a state title behind
Max Briggs
Max
Briggs
6'0" | PG
New Life Academy | 2023
State
MN
and
Erick Reader
Erick
Reader
6'8" | C
New Life Academy | 2023
State
MN
.
Friday’s Best. We stick with that Skyline Conference match-up as we go deeper into the contest.
One. Trell McCrimmon vs
Max Briggs
Max
Briggs
6'0" | PG
New Life Academy | 2023
State
MN
. McCrimmon got the better of Briggs in game one as Trell got to the rim to score while he, the Blufords, and the rest of the MCA guards swarmed Briggs into a tough game.
Two.
Bailey Mcdonald
Bailey
Mcdonald
6'2"
Maranatha Christian Academy | 2023
MN
vs
John Kirschling
John
Kirschling
5'11" | PG
New Life Academy | 2024
MN
. McDonald scored eight times off the bench in the first game while Kirschling gave NLA a chance with his three point touch.
Three. Jarory Purnell vs Colter Stone Colter Stone 6'4" | SF New Life Academy | 2024 MN . The wing workers both average nine a game.
Four.
Drew Balentine
Drew
Balentine
6'1" | PG
Maranatha Christian Academy | 2024
State
MN
vs
Colton Hendricks
Colton
Hendricks
6'7" | PF
New Life Academy | 2023
MN
. Hendricks scores 11 a game, Balentine is close to that. Balentine is more face-up, Hendricks around the rim. NLA is way bigger but MCA rebounded way better in game one.
Five. Nick Anderson vs
Erick Reader
Erick
Reader
6'8" | C
New Life Academy | 2023
State
MN
. Nick Anderson had an excellent first game while Reader leads NLA at 16 and 12.5 a night.
Bang For the Buck. Winter Classic. The Winter Classic in Alexandria is a mix of boys and girls games all day tomorrow and it has some great match-ups. The headliner is Alexandria vs Orono which has three top five prospects in the state in that game (
Grayson Grove
Grayson
Grove
6'9" | PF
Alexandria Area | 2024
State
#206
Nation
MN
,
Chase Thompson
Chase
Thompson
6'8" | SF
Alexandria | 2025
State
MN
,
Brady Wooley
Brady
Wooley
6'8" | PF
Orono | 2025
State
MN
) plus is sounds like
Isaiah Hagen
Isaiah
Hagen
6'3" | PG
Orono | 2023
State
MN
will be back for the contest.
Perham vs Albany is a top ten Class AA game match-up two state contenders. The
Soren Anderson
Soren
Anderson
6'4" | SF
Perham | 2023
State
MN
and
Micah Thompson
Micah
Thompson
6'6" | SF
Perham | 2023
State
MN
duo matches up with
Sam Hondl
Sam
Hondl
6'7" | SF
Albany | 2025
State
MN
and
Tysen Gerads
Tysen
Gerads
6'3" | SG
Albany | 2023
State
MN
. The real match-up to watch might be Alex Ohm vs Esekial Austin at lead guard.
The event also has
Jay Neubert
Jay
Neubert
6'2" | SG
Sauk Centre | 2024
State
MN
and Sauk Centre taking on Pelican Rapids, and
Owen Leach
Owen
Leach
6'6" | SF
Dillworth Glyndon-Felton | 2023
State
MN
‘s DGF team facing Osakis.
Saturday’s Best. Eastview at Minnetonka is a huge game. Athletes all over, Tonka has more guards, Eastview has more size. Both are big favorites right now to come out of their section and play in the state tournament. It will be great to see
Elias Batala
Elias
Batala
6'1" | PG
Eastview | 2023
State
MN
vs
Andy Stefonowicz
Andy
Stefonowicz
6'2" | PG
Minnetonka | 2024
State
MN
, and
Ibrahim El-Amin
Ibrahim
El-Amin
5'10" | PG
Minnetonka | 2023
State
MN
vs
Dylan Omweno
Dylan
Omweno
6'0" | PG
Eastview | 2023
State
MN
, plus
Jonathan Mekonnen
Jonathan
Mekonnen
6'7" | PF
Eastview | 2024
State
#178
Nation
MN
vs
Jordan Cain
Jordan
Cain
6'3" | SF
Minnetonka | 2024
State
MN
. Eastview has so much more size with
Chet Kloss
Chet
Kloss
6'6" | PF
Eastview | 2023
State
MN
and
Myles Adams
Myles
Adams
6'6"
Eastview | 2023
MN
and
Mario Adams
Mario
Adams
6'6"
Eastview | 2023
MN
, it will be interesting to see how that affects the game.
Top Ten Weekend Games!
- 6AAAA Eastview at 4AAAA Minnetonka (Saturday)
- 4A New Life Academy at 3AA Maranatha Christian (Friday)
- 4AA Albany vs 7AA Perham (Saturday) at the Breakdown Winter Lakes Classic in Alexandria
- 8AAAA Buffalo at 4AAAA Minnetonka (Friday)
- 8AAA Orono at 5AAA Alexandria (Saturday) at the Breakdown Winter Lakes Classic
- 6AAA Stewartville at 6A Goodhue (Friday)
- 9AA Mora at 4AA Albany (Friday)
- Delano at 1AA Holy Family (Friday)
- Caledonia at 6AA Maple River (Friday)
- 6AAA Stewartville vs Mounds View (Friday) at Kasson-Mantorville