The 15 Biggest Wins of Holiday Tournaments: Day 1

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What were the ten biggest wins from yesterday's holiday tournament action from around the state? We give you the results now! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Sauk Rapids-Rice 87 Champlin Park 73. In a fun but wild game, the Storm got ahead 20 with their great rebounding efforts and their ball movement, while Champlin Park seemed to be in a race against one another to see who could get the shot up the quickest. An 18 footer missed, then a 20 footer missed, then a 23 footer missed, and a 24 footer missed. Why not try and get the rhythm back with a 30 footer? (It missed). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617798' first='Spencer' last='Swenson'] had 32 points and 25 rebounds putting in a ton of effort while Rebels with size wanted no part of him. [player_tooltip player_id='1579918' first='Hudson' last='Omoke'] had ten boards, ten assists, six points, five boards, and five blocks while [player_tooltip player_id='1579917' first='Keller' last='Hanson'] scored 28 points. The game would have been a bigger blowout but the team with the quicker smaller players (CP) eventually started pressuring the team that has no true point guard, and it led to turnovers and a four score game in the second half. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Dawson-Boyd 67 Nevis 62. [player_tooltip player_id='1411178' first='Brayson' last='Boike'] had 20 points, 12 rebounds and five assists while Gunner Liebl had 17 points, seven rebounds, and six assists. Not a great shooting game but strong all around games leading the Jacks to a top win over another top five team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Richfield 91 St. Cloud Apollo 67. This was that Armstrong vs Washington game that of course is Richfield vs Apollo, but also for the fun of high school sports its 17u teammates with great talent playing against each other. [player_tooltip player_id='1574223' first='CJ' last='Armstrong'] had 39 and his team won the game while Washington had 25. Armstrong is ten points from 2,000 for his career. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Farmington 92 St. Louis Park 80. [player_tooltip player_id='1617794' first='Ryan' last='Beckwith'] scored 32 points giving the top ten Tigers another top ten win. The Orioles are right there but they've ran into a tough spot in their schedule leading to three losses in a row. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Prior Lake 58 STMA 53. Prior Lake continues to play not just like a top ten teams, but like the Section 2AAAA favorite and a top five team in Class AAAA! [player_tooltip player_id='2052332' first='Trey' last='Theis'] had 14 while [player_tooltip player_id='1434127' first='Norbu' last='Jenpa'] had 13. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(6) Alexandria 84 Maple Grove 69. The Cards with another good win against a good Class AAAA team. No box score or stats anywhere.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(7) Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 69 Henning 63. Big win for Morris Area who has top ten potential in Class AA, they gave Henning their first loss of the year. No box score or stats anywhere. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(8) Stewartville 64 St. Paul Johnson 52. In a battle of recent/current top ten teams the Tigers showed they are in the spot they belong led by 21 points from [player_tooltip player_id='1198613' first='Parker' last='Wangen'] and 19 from [player_tooltip player_id='1476739' first='Caleb' last='Bancroft']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(9) Byron 87 St Paul Central 80. Nice win for the top ten ranked Bears getting 26 from [player_tooltip player_id='2104485' first='Will' last='Brian'] and 20 from [player_tooltip player_id='1575327' first='Max' last='Dearborn']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(10) Cherry 89 Duluth Denfeld 74. [player_tooltip player_id='1579910' first='Noah' last='Sundquist'] had 34 points and six boards while [player_tooltip player_id='1601068' first='Noah' last='Asuma'] had 23 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Cherry remains undefeated, Denfeld is 3-4 but 2-1 vs section teams so far. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(11) DeLaSalle 75 Minnetonka 72. Good win for De to stay as a top five team, Tonka gave them a run it looks like. No box score or stats anywhere. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(12) Andover 77 Stillwater 62. Good balanced effort Andover led by the 19 from [player_tooltip player_id='1617679' first='Alex' last='Kopetzki']. Stillwater had only lost one game and Andover was able to control that game, a good win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(13) Hibbing 65 Watertown-Mayer. [player_tooltip player_id='2126126' first='Ray' last='Brau'] had 27 pints for the Hibbing win and more importantly, this improved Hibbing to 5-2 which puts them ahead of last year's win total of four (4-23 to be exact). Impressive turnaround to start the year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(14) Mankato East 77 Park Center 58. This is low because this is no longer a surprise, but yet still a good win for East. No box score or stats anywhere. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(15) Bemidji 61 Monticello 59. Bemidji improved to 3-2 with this good win. No box score or stats anywhere. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->