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MINNESOTA REPORTS
final edition
TOURNAMENT
The first #1 team was knocked off yesterday in the girls basketball post season as #5W Pine Island beat #1W Kingsland 50-36 in overtime. Their were some great lessons/warnings for all favorites, and a blueprint for underdogs in the upcoming battles:
1. Be ready to play right off the bat. Coming back from a 16-0 deficit can be done, but it is hard to do.
2. Get to the line. PI made twice as many trips.... in regulation... than Kingsland attempted.
3. Limit shots. Those that control the boards, control their destiny.
TODAY'S BEST BETS
A: Minneota vs Renville County West at SW MN State in the 3A North Semis. RCW beat #1 RTR.
AA: #2W Cannon Falls vs #3W Rochester Lourdes. A match up of the Hiawatha Valley championship last week. CF won 39-36 on Jordan Montgomery's last second three.
Another intriguing match up: Fairmont vs Pipestone at St. James. Both were in the state tournament last year. Pipestone's Faith Tinklenberg has been out with mono. Fairmont has been on a roll lately.
AAA: Hutchinson at Willmar. the #5 vs #4 in the 2AAA quarters.
AAAA: Moorhead at St. Cloud Tech. The most interesting 8 vs 1 pairing. Kelsey Jacobson is back for Moorhead.
PREVIEWS
AAAA
The StarTribune looks at the metro teams in the upcoming state tournament.

In 1AAAA they are extremely happy to see Lakeville North vacate the section. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

AAA
#2 seed Austin has to play rival Albert Lea in the quarterfinals in 1AAA.

Marshall is ready for action. From the Marshall Independent.

Cloquet's Kami Diver is ready for the postseason. From the Duluth News Tribune.

AA
In 2AA Southland is a #7E seed and will play Blooming Prairie. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

RESULTS
AA
1: #1E Caledonia used their defense to good effect in a 46-23 win over #4 LaCrescent. From the Winona Daily News.
in the shocker #5W Pine Island advanced to the subsection finals with a 50-36 overtime win over #1W Kingsland. I reported on this and will be back filling later today. Here is the Rochester Post Bulletin version.

3: (late) #1 NW YME beat LQPV 67-54. From the West Central Tribune.

A
1: #1E Rushford-Peterson beat #5E Spring Grove 81-75 in a high scoring affair. From the Winona Daily News and Rochester Post Bulletin.
#1W Goodhue beat Alden-Conger 75-52. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

6: Henning edged Hillcrest 43-41. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

MILESTONERS
Kassie Hooten of Moorhead scored her 1000 point on Saturday against DGF.
Kami Diver of Cloquet reached the 1000 point mark back on February 4 with 42 vs Proctor.
Jessica Benson of Grand Meadow reached 1000 rebounds mark in early January
That makes 68 1000 point scorers from Minnesota this year. Hooten is the 16th in the 2009 class, Diver is the 49th in the 2008 class.
Benson is the third known player that has achieved 1000 rebounds this season in Minnesota.
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POINT PARADE
A
Ari Korpela, Cromwell 31 vs McGregor 69-38

Next up: North Dakota