It's April, and the winter sports season is finally over following a Saturday of four boys basketball championship games. Here's HSGN's Top 10 Highlights of the state basketball and hockey tournaments.
10. They were defending Class AA boys hockey champions but unfortunately, the Hill-Murray Pioneers could not defend their title due to an exposure with a White Bear Lake player who had COVID 19. They ended up forfeiting their quarterfinal game to the Lakeville South Cougars.
9. It's been a great winter for Centennial girls sports as the girls hockey and basketball teams advanced to the state tournaments. But the girls hockey team pulled out due to the coronavirus and the girls basketball team lost to the Rosemount Irish in the semifinals.
8. In the Class A girls basketball quarterfinals against Mayer Lutheran, Sleepy Eye St. Mary's was led by Madison Mathiowitz, who scored 43 points. She followed it up with 23 in the semifinals against Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa.
7. Alexandria fans have been headed down I-94 to witness their girls hockey, boys and girls teams in the state tournament. The only team that made it to a championship was boys basketball, thanks to a come from behind win against the Richfield Spartans.
6. Both Class A girls basketball semifinal games were decided by a single point with Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa beating Sleepy Eye St. Mary's and Minneota, the eventual Class A champion holding off Mountain Iron-Buhl.
5. For the first time, both the girls and boys hockey title games were played on the same day and two would go into double overtime. Proctor-Hermantown beat Gentry Academy in the Class A girls final and Eden Prairie was victorious over Lakeville South.
4. Minnehaha Academy would win their fourth straight boys basketball title by ambushing the Alexandria Cardinals 80-29.
3. In their first trips to state in boys and girls hockey, the Vadnais Heights based Gentry Academy played in the title games. The girls lost in double overtime to Proctor-Hermantown and the boys took home the gold medals with a win over the Dodge County Wildcats in the boys Class A final.
2. Two long state title droughts ended in boys basketball. The Wayzata Trojans won their first title since 1959 in the Class AAAA title over Cretin-Derham Hall. Earlier that day, the Waseca Blue Jays won their first championship since 1918 as they defeated the Caledonia Warriors in the Class AA title game.
And here's the number one moment. As the saying goes "All good things must come to an end." It was true for the Hopkins girls basketball team in the Class AAAA semifinals when the Chaska Hawks ended their 78 game winning streak, tying them with the Fosston Greyhounds of the early 21st century.
That ends the winter sports season. On to baseball, softball, lacrosse and track and field. Boys tennis and girls synchronized swimming.
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