Minnesota Playoff Central: Cannon Falls at the Buzzer!
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The latest March Madness buzzer beater came off the hands of Aiden Johnson Aiden Johnson 6'6" | PF Legacy Christian Academy | 2023 State MN giving Cannon Falls a one score victory! Playoff Central. What do you love about March?…
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Continue ReadingThe latest March Madness buzzer beater came off the hands of Aiden Johnson Aiden Johnson 6'6" | PF Legacy Christian Academy | 2023 State MN giving Cannon Falls a one score victory!
Playoff Central. What do you love about March? Basketball. And we love the March Madness that comes with playoff basketball. The big moment from Monday was Aiden Johnson Aiden Johnson 6'6" | PF Legacy Christian Academy | 2023 State MN 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.
Upset City. 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.
The Big Stage. 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:
- Randolph vs Spring Grove
- PEM vs Zumbrota-Mazeppa
- Chatfield vs Caledonia
- Hayfield vs Keyon-Wanamingo
Top Performers. 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.
Will Opsahl Will Opsahl 6'8" | SF Goodhue | 2023 State MN 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.
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.
Jake Truckenmiller Jake Truckenmiller 6'1" | PG Lyle | 2023 MN of Lyle/Austin Pacelli. Scored on five threes and put up 20 in the win.
Ryan Heise Ryan Heise 6'8" | SF Lake City | 2023 State MN of Lake City: 15 points, 7 boards, 3 blocks and a great job on the top Lourdes scoring option.
Gavin Gross of Foley. Gross scored 20 and lead Foley to a 12-point win over Holdingford.
Tip of the Hat to the Career. Carter Todd Carter Todd 6'4" | SF La Crescent | 2023 State MN 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.