The Tuesday Night Elite

We detailed how Nate Dahl Nate Dahl 6'0" | PG Buffalo | 2023 State MN was fantastic on Tuesday night but who else made headlines? There were a number of big game stars and buzzer beating special performances! The Buzzer…

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The Buzzer Beaters

Chisago Lakes junior Patrick Rowe Patrick Rowe 6'6" | SF Chisago Lakes | 2024 State MN had four steals. He grabbed seven rebounds including one special one in overtime. He created several shots for his teammates totaling eight assists (that means he had assists on half of the makes of his teammates). Rowe also put up 43 points including a one handed baseball throw from nearly full court that scored a 90-89 win over Becker! Ever tried to throw a basketball the full length of the court to hit the backboard? Not that easy. And Rowe won that game that way! Kyan Bloomquist had 29 for Becker in the loss.

Want to have a pointless but fun debate? Try arguing who hit the tougher game winner, Rowe or Eli Laposky Eli Laposky 6'1" | PG Pequot Lakes | 2023 State MN ! Eli’s 66-63 game winner at the buzzer was on the left side of the floor and was done double pumping coming down from his leap to get past the defender and the shot was made across his body! This make came on a day where Gavin Kennen and Grant Loge had really good days for Pequot (20 points each) but it was Eli that put them over the edge.

The Prediction Results

The law firm of Kirchner & Dobbs just gave STA a win that headlines their bounce back from a rough start. Khalid El-Amin has done a hell of a job with this team and Michael Kirchner Michael Kirchner 6'0" | PG St. Thomas Academy | 2023 State MN and Luke Dobbs Luke Dobbs 6'0" | PG St. Thomas Academy | 2024 State MN continue to gain confidence as scorers. Kirchner had 28 while Dobbs scored 20 and the Cadets are now 9-1 in Metro East play while Mahtomedi is 10-1. Tartan is in third at 8-2 while SSP is 5-3.

My prediction was Zephyrs by ten and STA won by 14! So I will sing the wrong song to myself….. “Ryan, you were WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG…. WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG”

Last night Nolan Winter Nolan Winter 7'0" | PF Lakeville North | 2023 State #98 Nation MN made a statement. A Mr. Basketball statement. A Class AAAA Player of the Year State. Perhaps a “top prospect in the senior class” type of statement maybe. He scored 32 points and went over 1,000 points for his career.

My prediction was right, a double figure win.

Owatonna is now in first place of the Big Nine. Blake Burmeister Blake Burmeister 6'0" | PG Owatonna | 2023 State MN led with 22 points and Collin Vick Collin Vick 6'1" | PG Owatonna | 2023 State MN had 19 as the Huskies beat Northfield.

My prediction was….. after signing the wrong song I am going full modern day push my own brand mode with, I predicted this game perfectly! An Owatonna one score victory 77-75. Speaking of predicting things correctly and telling the world I was on the money….

East Ridge beat Minneapolis North by five and the prediction was Raptors by five! Big game from Charlie Bern Charlie Bern 6'4" | PF East Ridge | 2024 State MN who had a game high 17 points.

So after all of that peacocking around, I have to go back to the wrong song. I said Tonka by six, it was Buffalo by five! And Nate Dahl Nate Dahl 6'0" | PG Buffalo | 2023 State MN scored 38!

Others

Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'1" | PG DeLaSalle | 2023 State MN had 29 leading DeLaSalle to a strong second half to beat AHA.

Grayson Okoronkwo Grayson Okoronkwo 6'2" | SG Blake | 2024 State MN had 28 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in a win for Blake.

Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | PG Breck | 2024 State #76 Nation MN scored 31 points leading Jefferson to an overtime win over Chanhassen

Jerome Williams Jr Jerome Williams Jr 5'9" | PG Minnehaha Academy | 2024 State MN scored his 1,000th point in a win over Hudson and remember that Jerome is only a junior.