state tournament

Foley lost 4-3 to Southwest Christian Wednesday in the Class A boys tennis 5th place game in Minneapolis at Reed Sweatt Family Tennis Center.

The Albany boys basketball team is back at the Class 2-A State Tournament for a 3rd straight season with their sights set on winning their 2nd state title in 3 years. Albany is 29-0 and is the #1 seed.

Minnesota's history of girls playing basketball goes all the way back to the early 1900s. Girls starting playing the sport in Minnesota before boys in some locations in the state. Carleton College in Northfield is a location where the sport was first taught.

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The Albany football team is one of 3 unbeaten teams in the north half of the 8-team Class 2-A State Tournament quarterfinals. The Huskies are the 4th seed in the north and will play unbeaten north top seeded Fergus Falls Friday night at 6 p.m. at Alexandria High School.

The St. Cloud Tech boys soccer team defeated Willmar 3-0 Thursday night in the Section 8AA Final at St. Michael-Albertville High School. This is the 7th straight section championship for the Tigers and their 4th straight state tournament appearance.

The Class C and B State Amateur baseball tournaments start this weekend in Belle Plaine, Green Isle, Jordan and Shakopee. The lone St. Cloud area team playing in the Class B state tournament is the Cold Spring Springers. They will play the Minnetonka Monarchs Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in Shakopee.

St. Cloud Post 76 advanced to the 3rd annual MN Legion State Championship game Sunday vs La Crescent with a 3-1 win over Upsala in the semifinals. Ella Voit threw 7 innings, gave up 2 hits, 1 run, 0 walks and had 16 strikeouts. Tayla Vought went 2-4 with 2 doubles.

The St. Cloud Crush baseball team captured the Section 8-4-A title last Thursday when they beat Moorhead 9-1 in the section final in Cold Spring. Crush head coach Chris Koenig joined me on WJON.

ROCORI defeated Benilde-St. Margaret's 11-1 in 6 innings in the Class 3-A State Tournament consolation semifinals Thursday in North Mankato. ROCORI scored 2 runs apiece in the 1st, 3rd and 4th innings and erupted for 5 runs to put the game away in the 6th inning.

The Cathedral softball team will be making their 4th state tournament appearance in school history when they play Wednesday in North Mankato against defending Class AA Champion Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton at 3 p.m.

The Albany boys basketball team is back in the Class AA State Tournament but this time they are there to defend their title. The Huskies defeated Minnehaha Academy 72-65 to capture the state championship in 2023.