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Good luck to Taylor and Briar Cliff in the National Tournament

[Briar Cliff Athletics @bcuchargers]

𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑮𝑬𝑹 𝑭𝑨𝑵𝑺❗
As @BriarCliffWBB prepares for the opening round of the National Tournament, Townhouse Pizza and Lounge in Sioux City will stream round 1 and 2 for fans who can't make the trip to Wichita.

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#BattleOn

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Played a good game today but lost to JCC 86-84. 4 players in double digits. Journey 24, Jacey 17, Madi 13, Laney 11 and Madelyn 9. We get them in playoffs next week

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Congratulations to Madelyn Malmgren scoring her 1000 point tonight becoming the 13th St James Girls Basketball player to that milestone. A well deserved honor

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Lost a tough one to Redwood 88-66. Played well at times. Madelyn 24 points and 8 rebounds. Journey 14 points and Madi 7. Madelyn 8 rebounds, Journey 3 steals. Back at home Friday vs Pipestone Boy/Girl double header

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Tough loss to TCU tonight 73-70. The girls gave great effort and deserved a better fate. Journey 22 points, Madelyn 19 points and Reese 14. Madelyn and Madi 7 rebounds. Jacey 7 assists Journey 4. Back at it Monday vs Redwood

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Lost to a good St Clair team 81-64. We let them get off to a 20-5 start. Played better in the 2nd half. Madelyn 22 points and 13 rebounds. Journey 11 points and 3 steals. Jacey 9 assists. Reese and Laney 9 points. Back at TCU on Thursday. Go Saints

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A much needed team win over Blue Earth 74-40. 11 different players scored and we had 24 assists. Madelyn 21 points/9 rebounds, Journey 10 points/7 assists/3 steals, Laney 10 points. We are at Luverne Friday. Go Saints

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Had a great experience playing vs Windom at the Target Center but lost 81-67. We were led by Journey and Jacey with 15 points and Madelyn 11 Madelyn and Madi had 11 rebounds and Jacey had 8 assists. We are at Blue Earth Tuesday.

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Played a good competitive game vs New Ulm but lost 66-57. Journey had 23 points and 13 rebounds. Madelyn 10 points and 10 rebounds. Jacey 8 points and 10 assists. Just too many turnovers. Play Windom Saturday at the Target Center. Got to keep working!!!

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Lost to a very good NHREG team in the championship game 74-68. Played hard but couldn't overcome a 19 point deficit. Journey 25 pts, 5 steals 5 assists, Madelyn 14 points, 13 rebounds Jacey 8pts, 7 assists and Laney 8 pts 6 steals. Happy New Year

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Got a nice win in our Holiday tournament 86-35 over MVL. Madelyn 21 points 5 steals, Journey 21 points 9 reb, 5 assists Jacey 18 points and 4 assists. Laney 7 pts,4 steals, Reese 7 pts and 7 Reb, play a very good NHREG team at 7:30 for the championship

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St James GBB Holiday Tournament
December 27th

6PM Lake Crystal vs NHREG
7:30 MVL vs St James

December 28th
6:00 PM. Losers play from Day 1
7:30. PM. Winners play from Day 1

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Lost a tough battle to WEM. Overcame an 18 point deficit to tie it at 63. Ended losing 68-63. Madelyn 19 points, Journey 18 Jacey 12. Reese 14 rebounds and Jacey 8 assists. Back at home at our tournament vs MVL on Wednesday. Happy Holidays 🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄

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Played a fun entertaining game against Pipestone coming away with a 92-86 overtime win. 5 players in double figures Journey led us with 29 points Madelyn 18 , Jacey 14 Reese 11 and Laney 11! Tied 3 point record with 14!!we are back at home to play WEM in a boy/girl DH Thursday

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Lost a tough one to Redwood 61-46. Still a work in progress. Reese led us with 13 Madelyn 12 points and 12 rebounds and Jacey had 11 points and 8 assists Journey 6 points. Back in Pipestone Friday

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We took the opportunity to bond today at SMSU. We had a good tour had good food and a good game with @SMSUWomensHoops beating UMD. Back at Redwood on Tuesday

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Today it is official that the St James Girls and Boys basketball teams will be moving our January 5th games vs Windom to January 6th to be played at the Target Center. Girls at 1:45 Boys 3:30. Excited for the experience

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Played a very good St Peter team tonight and lost 69-49. I thought we competed well but just too many turnovers. Madelyn had 14 points and Journey 9. Section game tomorrow at Jackson. Go Saints

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Lost our opener to a good Maple River 78-60. Led most of the first half. Madelyn M 16 points, Jacey S 12, Journey 11. Madi W 11 rebounds and Jacey 6 assists. Back at it Monday at St Peter

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Looking forward to the year!!!

[The Midwest Recruiting Resource @TheMRR7]

Minnesota Predictions:
[Click "show more" to see more about my favorite, leading contenders, sleepers, and young guns teams for Class AA.]

Class AA:
Favorite:
Providence Academy (@PA_GirlsHoops )
Providence Academy (30-2, #1) beat Albany (30-2, #2) in the state championship game to win their 2nd straight title. [They also finished as runner-up (to Albany) in 2021.] They graduated their 2nd leading scorer in current UM-Duluth fr Grace Counts, but return 5 of their top 6, including soph @maddyngreenway (5'8"--31.8ppg, 7.0rpg, 7.3apg, 4.6spg), sr @TommieWXCTF commit @bhohenecker3 (5'5"--11.0ppg), jr @hopecounts2025 (6'2"--9.0ppg, 8.1rpg, 2.5bpg), fr @EmmaMillerbernd (5'8"--6.5ppg), & 8th grader Arianna Flies-Peterson (5'11"--5.8ppg). [Greenway earned MGBCA AA All-State.]

Leading Contenders:
Albany (@GirlsHuskies )
Albany (30-2, #2) fell to Providence Academy (30-2, #1) in the state title game to finish as runner-up. They return their top 6 scorers and will have a veteran group w/ srs @TommieWBBall commit @AlyssaSand24 (6'2"--17.8ppg), @SCSUHuskies_WBB commit @gerads_kylan (5'11"--15.7ppg), @TatumFindley (5'8"--13.8ppg), & @savannapelzer (5'4"--8.6ppg) leading the way. [Sand & Gerads earned MGBCA AA All-State.]

Minnehaha Academy (@RedhawksGBB )
Minnehaha Academy (23-9, #7) lost to Providence Academy (30-2, #1) in a state semifinal and then Goodhue (29-4, #3) to finish 4th in Class AA. They return 8 of their top 9 scorers, including their top 5. Top returners include srs @4AngelHill (5'9"--15.1ppg, 5.4rpg, 3.6spg), jrs @addimackk (5'8"--28.8ppg, 5.0rpg, 3.5apg, 4.1spg) & @Amina_Allen2025 (5'7"--9.7ppg), soph @Sinaehill4 (5'9"--6.9ppg, 5.0rpg), & fr @avacupito3 (5'9"--9.5ppg, 4.0apg) & @IsaGrief (5'9"--3.3ppg). [Mack earned MGBCA AA All-State.]

Duluth Marshall (@DuluthMarshall )
Duluth Marshall (19-10) lost in a sectional semifinal to Pequot Lakes (25-4, #8). They return their entire roster headlined by jr @ReganJuenemann (5'9"--19.0ppg, 6.5rpg) & 8th grader @ChloeJohnsonMN (5'9"--19.0ppg, 8.0rpg, 5.4apg). They had 5 other players average between 4.4ppg & 8.6ppg, 4 of whom will be sophs or fr this year, led by soph @annabellesaari (5'3"--8.6ppg). [Juenemann earned MGBCA AA All-State.]

Sleepers:
[Teams that were unranked at the end of last year that could reach the sectional semifinal level and have a shot at reaching state.]
Southwest Christian (@SWCHS_GBB )
Southwest Christian (18-11) dropped a 48-40 decision to Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial (29-3, #9) in a sectional final last year. They lose their #1 & #3 scorer from last year, but return the rest of their top 7, including @burkhart_aubrey (5'5", 11.6ppg, 3.4apg) & @HallieGreer34 (5'11"--6.6ppg, 6.1rpg). Their lineup will also receive a major boost from jr Minnetonka transfer Maddy Hamdorf (5'9") & fr Maranatha Christian transfers @kajanash1 (5'8"--14.0ppg at MCA) & @GigiColeman13 (5'5"--6.5ppg at MCA).

Perham (@PerhamGBB )
Perham (27-5) lost to Albany (30-2, #2) in a state quarterfinal before beating Crosby-Ironton (23-9, #10) and losing to New London-Spicer (30-2, #4) to finish 6th. They lost current Valley City State fr Mya Morris to graduation, but return @UMNCrookstonWBB commit @willow_thiel (5'11"--19.7ppg, 10.8rpg, 1.0bpg), scrappy hustler Cora Grismer (5'4") & athletic wing @KaiaAnderson23 (5'10"). [Thiel earned MGBCA AA All-State.]

Minnewaska (@LakerGBB )
Minnewaska (12-13) started last season 0-7 before going 12-6 the rest of the way, including a 7-game winning streak to end the regular season, before dropping a sectional round of 16 game to West Central (10-14), whom they had beaten twice in conference play. I have no stats for Minnewaska, but they return 3 key jrs in @sydneydahl1220 (6'0"), @MeganThorfinns1 (5'9"), & @Addykath7 (5'10") as wing/forwards. Their biggest obstacle in sectional play will likely be traditional power New London-Spicer (30-2, #4), who finished 5th at state, but Minnewaska could be poised for a much deeper playoff run.

Young Guns Team:
Mesabi East (@mesabieast2711 )
Mesabi East (17-11) lost to Proctor (20-9) in a sectional quarterfinal. They return all but 1 player, including a high-scoring duo in soph @MartaForsline (6'0"--216.ppg, 10.9rpg, 2.7bpg) & jr @alyssaproph (5'8"--16.9ppg, 5.9rpg, 4.1apg, 3.3spg). ME may struggle to get more than 1 step deeper into sectionals this year w/ Pequot Lakes (25-4, #8), Crosby-Ironton (23-9, #10), & Duluth Marshall (19-10) all in section 7, but should accumulate a lot of wins over the next 2 years.

YGT HM:
St. James (@sjagbb )
St. James (16-12) lost to Luverne (25-4) in a sectional quarterfinal last year. I have no stats for St. James, but they return all but 2 players from last years team, including a young core in jr @MadelynMalmgren (6'0"), & sophs @SwansonJourney (5'9") & @JaceySwanson (5'6") to build around for the next 2 years.

Stats Source: https://t.co/DGCoQdLafK