4A Section 8 Results and Performances

<!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Down Goes Sauk Rapids-Rice</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>First and foremost the upset, the 13-13 Brainerd Warriors beat the 21-5 Sauk Rapids-Rice 71-66. The Storm led 66-61 with 2:21 left in the game and were up 61-44 with 9:35 left. Over that final 9 minutes the Warriors outscored The Storm 27-5 led by 2025 senior [player_tooltip player_id='1559916' first='Korde' last='Roseman'] who scored 26 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Roseman, a uncommitted six-foot-two-inch 2025 guard averaged almost 17 points a game for the season and shot 40% from 3. He's been the leader for Brainerd all year just like he led [program_tooltip program_id='2221115' first='Midwest' last='Kings'] on the Prep Hoops Circuit.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/18833652/6793e7c25666429479edef7d' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67c9c04f3bc49"} /--> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">STMA Flexes</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The #1 seed in Section 8 did exactly what the #1 seed is supposed to do. The St. Michael-Albertvile Knights beat the Elk River Elks 80-51 behind 27 points by uncommitted 2025 senior guard Huson Hochstedler. Hochstedler scored at the rim and from beyond the arc, and he took the responsibility of guarding Elks leading scorer 2026 guard [player_tooltip player_id='1560831' first='Levi' last='Harris'] who was coming off a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKK_AqVFuRU&amp;ab_channel=StreetHistoryVideos2.0">40 point performance versus Sartell.</a> The Knight's kept Harris at 20 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Without 2027 sophomore 7-foot center [player_tooltip player_id='2126108' first='Jack' last='Thelen'] STMA got a five 3-pointer performance from 2025 six-foot-six-inch wing [player_tooltip player_id='2103351' first='Jordan' last='Holm'] and 14 points from uncommitted 2025 guard [player_tooltip player_id='1586882' first='Jeremiah' last='Johnson']. For the Elks their 2025 senior wing [player_tooltip player_id='1579923' first='Max' last='Spanier'] scored 15 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On Saturday, STMA will face Brainerd at Home in the Section 8 semi-finals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Buffalo's Four is Greater than Bemidji's Two</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Buffalo beat Bemidji 88-77 and overcame 54 points by Bemidji's two 2026 juniors [player_tooltip player_id='1560797' first='Jaxon' last='Boschee'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2175436' first='Austin' last='Riewer']. The Bison got at least 6 points from seven players and 62 points from [player_tooltip player_id='2423571' first='Mitchell' last='Friesz'], [player_tooltip player_id='2400736' first='Austin' last='Hegle'], [player_tooltip player_id='2126866' first='Matthew' last='Jordan'], and 2028 six-foot-three-inch freshman&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2397563' first='Thomas' last='Jordan'] scored 16 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Boschee averaged almost 27 points per game and shot 38% on 3-pointers. The six-foot-two-inch guard has deep range, and uses ball screens well above the break. Boschee has a quick release and isn't afraid to let it fly when he has his a look at the rim.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/18889390/67c94c1c075eb195e9c97059' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67c9c04f3bcb9"} /--> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Riewer is a six-foot-six-inch forward that is really a stretch four with some skill at defending the rim. Riewer is aggressive going to the basket and does very well stretching the floor and shooting from the perimeter.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The six-foot-three-inch 2028 freshman [player_tooltip player_id='2397563' first='Thomas' last='Jordan'] was 3rd on the Bison in scoring at 8.3 points per game behind 2025 senior guard [player_tooltip player_id='2423572' first='Jordy' last='Sorenson'], who scored 14 points per game and fellow senior six-foot-four-inch [player_tooltip player_id='2770748' first='Cooper' last='Cebulla'], who scored 8.3 points per game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The freshman Jordan is quick and strong already at his age, can play on the perimeter and work himself inside versus smaller defenders. Has range to shoot it, and good passing vision.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/21532893/67c94c1800768cb965e34076' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67c9c04f3bcfd"} /--> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Moorhead Takes Care of Rogers</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Spuds beat the Rogers Royals last Tuesday 82-58 in a game that took Moorhead until last in the second half to pull away. In the rematch in the two seed versus the seven seed the Spuds made sure to take care of business 88-61 with senior football commit [player_tooltip player_id='2423573' first='Reign' last='Battle'] scoring 33 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sophomore's [player_tooltip player_id='2451500' first='David' last='Mack'] and Jett Feeney combined for 30 points while Mack had 18. The six-foot-two-inch Mack is such a natural guard who is so smooth with the ball. Good outside shooter and good passing vision he's really tough to slow down.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Moorhead will host Buffalo in the semi-finals Saturday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->