Minnesota Playoff Central: Cannon Falls at the Buzzer!

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The latest March Madness buzzer beater came off the hands of [player_tooltip player_id='1288688' first='Aiden' last='Johnson'] giving Cannon Falls a one score victory!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Playoff Central.</strong> What do you love about March? Basketball. And we love the March Madness that comes with playoff basketball. The big moment from Monday was [player_tooltip player_id='1288688' first='Aiden' last='Johnson'] hitting a mid-lane runner with a second to go giving Cannon Falls a 55-53 win over La Crescent. Johnson had 23 points and eight rebounds in the victory. Now Cannon Falls gets Lake City this Saturday in Rochester. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Upset City</strong>. The population of Upset City was light last night, but we did get three 9 seeds beating 8 seeds in pigtail games. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River, and Ortonville all move on to face the one seeds later this week after putting together a nice playoff memory. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Big Stage.</strong> The Mayo Civic Center. Of Course. It's night two of quarterfinals meaning there are four great games being played in Rochester tonight in the same facility. You can go to the awesome environment of the auditorium or you can sit in some comfy seats of the history Civic Arena where Kenny Rogers, Hulk Hogan, and so many others have entertained fans. Here is your game list:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Randolph vs Spring Grove</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>PEM vs Zumbrota-Mazeppa</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Chatfield vs Caledonia</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Hayfield vs Keyon-Wanamingo</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Performers</strong>. Here is the list that we were able to put together for Monday top performers (after Johnson of course). The Monday MVP though was Big Will. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962224' first='Will' last='Opsahl'] of Goodhue. You want to talk about a full game of results, Will had 28 points with four threes and 10 of 11 foul shooting plus he dished out six assists as the lead guard and had a dozen boards! That led to Goodhue moving on with a 60-50 win over Rushford-Peterson. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Buak Koay of Lyle/Austin Pacelli. Koak exploded off the tip hitting double figures quickly and scoring 28 points for the game. One of Minnesota's top unsigned players, Koak scored on four threes leading his team to a 72-52 win over a solid Fillmore Central team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1411291' first='Jake' last='Truckenmiller'] of Lyle/Austin Pacelli. Scored on five threes and put up 20 in the win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1225623' first='Ryan' last='Heise'] of Lake City: 15 points, 7 boards, 3 blocks and a great job on the top Lourdes scoring option. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617742' first='Gavin' last='Gross'] of Foley. Gross scored 20 and lead Foley to a 12-point win over Holdingford. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tip of the Hat to the Career</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='962259' first='Carter' last='Todd'] of La Crescent has been a four year stand out for the Lancers and he scored 21 points in his last game. He won 63 games in his four years playing varsity basketball. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->