Minnesota Playoff Central: Get to Know the Benson Braves!

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's a big school playoff Friday with a dozen section games from the big school level! What can you see? Check out Playoff Central!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Playoff Central</strong>. Benson beat Hancock and Tayte Antolick led Benson with 22 points, 14 rebounds, four steals, three assists, and two blocks! A full load of numbers for the junior who pretty much had the game of his career. Plus, 6'7 Benson junior Harold Habben had 25 points and seven rebounds and [player_tooltip player_id='2524777' first='Lanadreon' last='Goodwin'], a sophomore, had a 17 point, 11 rebound double-double! This is a young team to know as they have talent, size, and they are all coming back. Seventeen wins this year so far. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Big Stage.</strong> The one place to see two games tonight is at St. Michael Albertville High School where the 5AAA section semi-finals will be played between neighborhood public vs private rivals Fridley and Totino-Grace as well as top ten ranked Monticello and upstart Beker who has 17 wins. Two games, one night, one playoff! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Magic beat the Dogs in both regular season meetings while TG and Fridley are playing for the first time since last year's section playoff game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Upset City</strong>. Melrose won seven games in the regular season this year but that didn't stop them from taking down 16-win Annandale who was a preseason top ten ranked team in Class AA. No box score can be found but it was a big win for the Dutchmen. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Performers</strong>.  The all knowing TC Hoops Czar had a look at Rockford beating Maranatha Christian 82-77 last night and the headliner was Senior Grant Kloss scoring 30 points highlighted by five threes plus he dished out at least seven assists. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Senior [player_tooltip player_id='2808020' first='Pharroh' last='Holliman'], who averages 22 points, 7.5 rebounds and three assists a game shooting 37.5 percent at the arc, had 16 points and seven assists in a St. Paul Humboldt win over Mounds Park Academy. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='2127769' first='Miles' last='Vogenthaler'] scored 20 leading St. Paul Academy past NOVA Classical in the sectional win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tip of the Hat to the Career</strong>. Tip to [player_tooltip player_id='1437495' first='Evan' last='Weichert'] of New Prague. The Rockets knocked the [program_tooltip program_id='2075965' first='Trojans' last=''] out last night as expected and it ended the career of Weichert who scored nearly 20 a game this year. Evan is a player that many feel has great potential but injuries have had him in and out of the line-up the past two years. When he gets into college basketball and is fully healthy, don't be surprised to see Evan become an outstanding college basketball player. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->