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Breakdown Sports has covered MN HS hoops since 2001, boys’ hockey and volleyball 2008, baseball 2015, softball 2017, and girls’ hockey 2018.

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This is absolutely amazing... @nuhsboyshockey @MNHockeyMag @mnhockeytv @LetsPlay_Hockey @FollowThePuck @YouthHockeyHub @mystateofhockey
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What a double dose of awesomeness for Minnesota high school sports this week — Hopkins' Paige Bueckers @paigebueckers1 and Minnehaha's Jalen Suggs @JalenSuggs2020 were named MaxPreps' national female and male high school athletes of the year, respectively.
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Minnesota's best can beat your best? Yes, indeed. Congrats to the "starting five" on the cover of our 2017-18 boys' hoops guidebook!
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Congratulations to our own @RyanJamesMN for his induction into the @MN_BCA Hall of Homor today at the annual coaches clinic! 🥳🏀 Nobody does it better!
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Caledonia senior guard Eli King is the 2021-22 Breakdown Class AA Player of the Year @CaledoniaBoysBB
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Mahtomedi’s Joe Paradise with the “selfie” celly after scoring the first goal of #TheTourney18
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Triple-double from @trejones03 with 19 pts, 13 reb, 10 asst in Apple Valley's 77-54 victory over Maple Grove in 4A semis. @AVBoysHoops
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Orono locker room!
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Breakdown photo of the day: It was an intense Class 4A state girls' hoops title game, right @Gabihaack11 and @paigebueckers1 ?
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Congrats to our 2016-17 cover boys: @HurtMatthew and @trejones03
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Congrats to Eastview for claiming the #mshsl Class 4A girls' basketball state title, edging Hopkins, 68-63. @EVGBB completes the undefeated season!
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Congrats to the 10 finalists for the 2018 MN Mr. Basketball award! Sy Chatman and Daniel Oturu (CDH), Michael Jones (Wdbry), Tre Jones (AV), Gabe Kalscheur (DLS), Owen King (Caled), Jarvis Omersa (Orono), Matt Todd (Monti), Odell Wilson (Mpls N), Calvin Wishart (Delano)
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Thanks to all the terrific boys' and girls' basketball players who attended our @BreakdownUSA photo shoots this past weekend in Duluth and 43 Hoops in Hopkins! Photos from the shoot are now available on our website at: breakdown.zenfolio.com/f7776… @JalenSuggs2020 @paigebueckers1
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Congratulations to @sydhil_ for being named our preseason volleyball player of the year! Here's the cover...
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Congratulations to our 2023-24 girls' basketball cover girl, @OliviaOlson2024 of @BSMGirlsHoops and all top players in our 22nd annual book! The books are headed to the printer in less than a week, so make sure to get your copy at: breakdownsportsusa.sportngin…
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Congrats to Hopkins' Paige Bueckers @paigebueckers1 for being the cover girl on the @BreakdownUSA 17th annual guide to MN HS girls' basketball! @Northstar_Marc @RyanJamesMN @HopkinsRoyals
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As we watch this @Timberwolves playoff game, let’s give a big hand 👏🏿 👏🏾👏🏽👏👏🏻👏🏼 👏🏿 👏🏾👏🏽👏👏🏻👏🏼 to the longest tenured Wolves @MinnesotaMunn & @mattbare23 who do so much for basketball in this state!
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Melrose coach Ryan Dusha cuts down the nets as his Dutchmen claimed the Class 2A title over Caledonia. @MelroseBball
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Congrats to Sauk Centre for earning the Class 2A #mshsl girls' basketball state championship, 63-52 over Roseau! @toripeschel @kelsey25peschel @MaesynT combined for 53 pts. @SaukCentreGBB
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FINAL @MSHSL girls' basketball state tourney at Williams Arena Class 4A championship #2 St. Michael-Albertville upsets #1 Hopkins, 71-70. @tessajohnsonnnn with 27 pts, 10 reb and @JakahlaCraft with 17 for @STMAGBB @GMacHoops
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The talent on this cover….. WOW
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Anyone who has followed the Henning boys' basketball program knows the story behind Jacob Quam and the team. Here's the celebration of a state championship with him... @MisegadesRandy @RyanJamesMN @MSHSL @MSHSLjohn @tchoopsczar @mnbasketballhub @NorthstarHoops @Follow_The_Rock
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The stars always come out at the @BreakdownUSA Girls Tip Off Classic & this weekend's edition of the outstanding annual event will be no exception. @GamecockWBB commit @tessajohnsonnnn, MN's top-ranked senior, will lead @STMAGBB against Bismarck Century Saturday at 2:15 pm
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Congrats to our 2016-17 cover girls: @Kristin__Scott of K-M and @rae_johnson4 of @STMAGBB
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The Breakdown Boys Book is READY
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Our first-ever softball book is at the printer...should be back in late March. Congrats to our first covergirl, Emily Hansen from Buffalo! @emilyhans25 @laplante71 @BHSBison
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Just wanted to say THANK YOU again to all the teams, coach and fans who made our Fall League a success. This by far was most challenging year, but we did the best we could and hope everyone understood what we had to do to run the league.
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Congratulations to our 2022 softball book cover girl, @syddschwartz11 of @ChanStormSB and all the other top players across the state for being part of our 5th annual guidebook to Minnesota High School softball! We're proud to be supporting the sport of softball in Minnesota!
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Congrats to Will Frisch and Drew Gilbert from @goponies for being the cover guys on our 2019 guidebook to MN HS baseball, our 5th annual edition! @SAHSbaseball19 @PBRMinnesota @mnbaseballhub The book is at the printer now and should be delivered in late March. Order yours today!
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Congratulations to @maya_nnaji23 and all the great girls' basketball players on the cover of our 2021-22 guidebook to Minnesota high school girls' basketball! The book is at the printer (but digital versions are available for purchase now!) Order today at: breakdownsportsusa.sportngin…
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Congrats to our 2017-18 MN HS boys' basketball player of the year, Tre Jones of Apple Valley, and all the end-of-year award winners for the past boys' basketball season! breakdownsportsusa.com/news_… @trejones03 @AVBoysHoops
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Congrats to Delano for earning the Class 3A state boys' hoops championships with a 65-61 rally past Columbia Heights. Unseeded Tigers led by O'Neill with 30 pts, 11 reb and Wishart with 19 and 9. @TigersOfDelano @CalvinWishart @KeeganONeill12
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Congrats to our 2022 Breakdown guidebook to high school baseball cover guy @therealeastonf1 from @thehayfield9 and all the other players recognized in our book this spring! The digital version of the book is now available on our site and the print version should be in a month.
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Congrats to our 2020 Minnesota high school volleyball cover girl, @kennaorr7 from @Eagan_Athletics ! She's among a great handful of seniors on our cover this year. Order your copy today at: breakdownsportsusa.sportngin…
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Tre Holloman was named to the Mr. Basketball Top Ten list. @jiggyTrawww is a @CDHRaiderBall point guard averaging averaging 18 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, and 4 steals a game. Holloman has signed with @MSU_Basketball
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Saturday December 11th, 2021! Book the date on your calendar 🗓 The Breakdown Tip Off Classic! 🏀 The biggest collection of talent in one place all year! Schedule is ⬇️
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5AA Preseason Player of the Year @DanielFreitag_ of @BreckAthletics
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Hayfield junior guard Isaac Matti is the 2021-22 Breakdown Class A Player of the Year @IMATTI11 of @HHSVikings
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Totoino-Grace junior guard Taison Chatman is the 2021-22 Breakdown Class AAA Player of the Year @tchat04 of @TGEaglesNest
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8th grader @BeckettGreenway scored 22 pts to lead @PA_GirlsHoops to a 91-70 win over Duluth Marshall at St Bens & earn @breakdownusa Player of the Game.
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Class A All Tournament Team Isaac Asuma/Cherry Max Briggs/New Life Academy Ashton Dingmann/BBE Luke Dingmann/BBE Easton Fritcher/ Hayfield Kollin Kaemingk/New Life Academy Isaac Matti/Hayfield Chris Pack/Hayfield Kaden Pieper/BBE Kobe Tomkinson/Sacred Heart #MNStateHoops22
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Park Center senior guard Braeden Carrington is the 2021-22 Breakdown Player of the Year for Minnesota and the Class AAAA Player of the Year @braedencarri4 of @parkcenterhoops
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Congrats to @CMittelstadt for being named 2017 Mr. Hockey winner! @FollowThePuck @LetsPlay_Hockey
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Congrats to @samcarlson33 and all the top MN HS baseball players in our upcoming 2017 guidebook! Order your copy at breakdownsportsusa.sportngin…
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Congratulations to our 2023-24 boys' basketball cover guy, @isaac_asuma of @CherryBoysHoops and all top players in our 22nd annual book! The books are headed to the printer in less than a week, so make sure to get your copy at: breakdownsportsusa.sportngin…
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Congrats to Waconia, champions of the state Class 3A baseball tourney with a 6-1 victory over Hibbing. @WacHSBaseball
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Congrats to our 2020 baseball cover guy, @MaxCarlsonn from @burnsvillebb ! He joins his older brother Sam as a cover boy on our @BreakdownBSB books through the years... Also, congrats to all the players who were nominated and participated in this year's book, our biggest yet!
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Congratulations to our @BreakdownUSA Player of the Game @DesireeWare2022 who led @MtkaGHoops to a 71-69 double OT comeback win over @HawksGirlsBBall. The Community Clash is lit!
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Congrats to @ChetHolmgren and all the other elite players on the cover of our 2020-21 guidebook to Minnesota high school boys' basketball! The books are back in early Nov: breakdownsportsusa.sportngin… @BreakdownBBB @RyanJamesMN @MN_BCA @NorthstarHoops @mnbasketballhub
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Player of the Game: Sam Hondl - 33 points (11-19 FG, 9-9 FT), 9 rebounds, 3 assists
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Boys Class AAAA Top Ten Rankings 1) Park Center 2) Shakopee 3) Wayzata 4) East Ridge 5) Osseo 6) Owatonna 7) Farmington 8) Eastview 9) Park of Cottage Grove 10) Lakeville North
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After a 43-pt performance in a win over Hortonville WI @maddyngreenway of @PA_GirlsHoops was presented with the Jimmy Robinson Outstanding Player Award tonight at the @BreakdownUSA Girls Tip Off Classic. Congrats Maddyn!
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Congratulations to Chaska @HawksGirlsBBall who captured the Class 4A title with a 68-53 win over Hopkins at the @BreakdownUSA Girls Summer State Tournament!
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Congratulations to @TheNia_Holloway of @EPGirlsHoops who had 17 & 11 in the Eagles 68-43 win over @Eagangirlsbball & is your @BreakdownUSA Player of the Game
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Granite City Classic Mr. Basketball Watch List potential Candidates Antonio Bluiett-Buffalo Don Ferguson-St. Cloud Tech Kyle Hrncir-Farmington Malcolm Jones-Prior Lake Logan Kinsey - Spring Lake Park Mason Lund - Sartell St. Stephen Sam Rensch-Hutchinson Johnny Tennyson-STMA
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Here's your championship Saturday schedule at #MNStateBB2018 at Target Center: Class 1A 11am — #4 R-T-R vs. #2 North Woods Class 2A 1pm — #1 Minnehaha vs. #3 Caledonia Class 3A 5pm — #4 Columbia Heights vs. Delano Class 4A 8pm — #1 Cretin-DH vs. #2 Apple Valley
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Nasir Whitlock scores 34 and leads DeLaSalle to a 69-67 win over Minnetonka
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Congrats to Duluth East's @rydesdono for being the cover guy on the @BreakdownUSA 11th annual guide to MN HS boys' hockey! @BreakdownBHOCK @LetsPlay_Hockey @FollowThePuck @mystateofhockey @Houndsupdates
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Class AAA All Tournament Team Patrick Bath/Totino-Grace Taison Chatman/Totino-G Tameron Ferguson/St CloudT Brandon Hoban/DeLaSalle Kyle Johnson/DeLaSalle Ahjany Lee/Totino-G BJ Omot/Mankato East Jason Spaeth/Mound-W Haydn Stay/Princeton Nasir Whitlock/DeLaSalle #MNStateHoops22
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Class AAAA All State Tournament Team Jamal Ambrose/Eastview Ayouba Berthe/Park Center Carter Bjerke/Wayzata Donavhan Cain/CDH Braeden Carrington/Park Center Tre Holloman/CDH Sam Musungu/Andover Cody Pennebaker/Park Center Hayden Tibbits/Wayzata Leo Torbor/Park C #MNStateHoops22
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South St Paul knocked off Mankato East, Alonzo Dodd was the Player of the Game
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Tomorrow's state semifinals at #TheTourney18 are now set! Class 1A 11a—#2 Mahtomedi vs. #3 Orono 1p—#1 Hermantown vs. #4 Alexandria Class 2A 6p—#2 Edina vs. #3 Duluth East 8p—#1 Minnetonka vs. #5 Centennial
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When the empire falls, it falls hard. Alexandria upsets Hermantown, 6-1 to advance to the 1A championship game against Orono tomorrow! Jack Powell with the hat trick for the Cards. #TheTourney18 @aahsactivities @cardshockey14
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Jackson County Central and coach @TrentSukalski celebrate their upset of #2 Caledonia in the 2A quarters.
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Congratulations to @crump_aaliyah of @MtkaGHoops on being named @BreakdownUSA Girls Tip Off Classic Player of the Game in the Skippers win over @RedhawksGBB
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10 years ago!!
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Class AA All Tournament Team Prince Aligbe/Minnehaha De’Meiko Anderson/M North Jacob Butler/M North Carson Gagnon/Annandale Eli King/Caledonia Jackson Koepke/Caledonia Jackson Loge/MACA Robert Olson/Annandale Brady Spaulding/Annandale Willie Wilson/M North #MNStateHoops22
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Congrats to Robbinsdale Cooper for earning the Class 3A #mshsl girls' hoops state championship, defeating Northfield, 49-37! First appearance at state = first title for @ISD281 @AndreaTribble_
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Guard @BroganMadson of @eastboysbasket is Mr Basketball top 10 finalist. Brogan is headed to @USFCougarsMBB
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Willie Wilson of Minneapolis North earned the Jimmy Robinson Outstanding Player Award after leading the Polars to an 84-81 win over Minnehaha Academy
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In an amazing first game Central Cass beat Hawley 107-99. Brevin Stoa had 61 points for Hawley and Cole Holzer had 59 points
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Is it just me or does Jarvis Johnson @MuhneyyChief_12 come up with big dunks every state tourney?
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Big 61-54 win for @StewieGBB over @STMAGBB at the @BreakdownUSA Girls Shot Clock Classic today. Congrats to standout performer @JayciRath who was a force at both ends of the floor.
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Congratulations to the legendary Wendy Kohler of @AlexandriaBball who is coaching her 1,000th high school game tonight. @breakdownusa appreciates everything you have done for the game in Minnesota!
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If you have never been to Perham High School and The Hive, I strongly encourage teams to attend next year. Simply one of the best outstate facilities in Minnesota.
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In the 3rd @MSHSL Class 3A boys’ hoops state quarters, #2 Waseca beat AHA, 82-62. @malikw2000 (22pts, 11 reb) and @KyWillingham4 (17 pts, 12 reb) both double-doubles for @WasecaBoysHoops @RyanJamesMN @mnbasketballhub @NorthstarHoops @tchoopsczar @BreakdownBBB @Follow_The_Rock
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Current QRF ⚾️ Standings for AAAA 1) @_FHSBaseball 2) @BaseballCrimson 3) @chaskabaseball 4) @EPHSBaseball 5) @SAHSbaseball20 6) @IrishBaseballMN 7) @mvvarsbaseball 8) @HopkinsBaseball 9) @STMAbaseball 10) @HHSRaiderBall
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Congratulations to @OehrleinTori of @CI_LadyRangers whose 37-pt performance led the Rangers to a solid win over Sauk Centre. Tori is our @breakdownusa Girls Tip Off Classic Player of the Game.
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Congratulations to Hopkins for winning the Class 4A boys' basketball state title! @HopkinsRoyals
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Two of the best players in the country go head to head at the @BreakdownUSA Granite City Classic & it was epic. Crosby-Ironton defeats MIB 76-69 & @OehrleinTori & @jordanzubich share Player of the Game honors
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Congratulations to @McnairCecilia & @11Breebowman who led @PLHSBBallGirls to a 56-52 victory over @MtkaGHoops at the @BreakdownUSA Crossover Classic. It was an outstanding game!
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And here's the @Theojohn123 dunk that ended the game...from the far side of the court.
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Demarion Watson is on the Top Ten list for the Mr. Basketball award @WatsonDemarion is averaging 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals a game for @TGEaglesNest Demarion signed with @CycloneMBB this past fall
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Tip Off Classic. Dec 9 at Hopkins Mankato East vs Buffalo (9:30am) Eastview vs Orono(11am) Holy Family vs Cherry(12:45) Alexandria vs Breck(2:15) East Ridge vs Hopkins (3:45) Park Center vs Lakeville North (5:30) Totino-Grace vs Wayzata (7pm) Lakeville South vs Minnetonka (8:30)
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2024 MR. BASKETBALL CANDIDATE Jalen Langsy of Shakopee Jalen averaged 19 points a game for the Sabers last year and his team will be a top ten team entering the 2023-24 season.
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Congrats to all the Class 3A teams reaching the state volleyball tourney! We'll see you next week... Lakeville North Minnetonka Eagan North St. Paul Wayzata St. Louis Park Elk River Moorhead
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Congratulations to @BeckerGBB on winning the Class 3A title at the @BreakdownUSA Girls Summer State Tournament. The Bulldogs knocked off @StewieGBB in the championship game.
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Congratulations to @CUBuffsWBB commit @2ksanders of Chaska @HawksGirlsBBall who led her team to victory over @LNGirlsHoops today earning @BreakdownUSA Player of the Game
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Congrats to Roseau for advancing to tomorrow's Class AA championship game at #mshsl girls' state tournament! 60 pts combined for Borowicz sisters. Seems familiar? @RoseauRam @BorowiczKacie
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Congratulations to Minnehaha Academy for earning the @MSHSL Class 2A girls’ basketball state title, edging Caledonia 72-63. @tay_tum05 with 29 pts and @miacurtis2020 with 18 for @RedhawksGBB @mngirlsbballhub @PGHMinnesota @BreakdownGBB @Follow_The_Rock @GMacHoops
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Alexandria over Austin 68-34. Sophomore Grayson Grove was the Player of the Game for the Cards
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In the 2nd @MSHSL Class 3A boys’ basketball state semifinal, #2 Waseca outshot #3 Austin, 79-69. @ryandufault12 with 30 pts and Andrew Morgan with 23 pts and 15 reb for @WasecaBoysHoops @RyanJamesMN @mnbasketballhub @NorthstarHoops @tchoopsczar @BreakdownBBB @Follow_The_Rock
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Jackson Loge is your player of the game for Morris Area who defeated Blake
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Congrats to Hermantown on the Class A title! #TheTourney17 @HAHA_Hockey @LetsPlay_Hockey @FollowThePuck @MNHockeyMag @MSHSLjohn
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Congrats to our 2024-25 cover girl @ode_jordan and all the top players and programs represented in our 23rd annual girls' basketball book! Get your copy ordered today at: breakdownsportsusa.sportngin…
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Lakeville North over Park 56-43. Nolan Winter scored 24 and has been named Player of the Game
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Calvin Wishart was nasty — in a good way — as Delano upset #3 Mankato East, 79-64 in the #mshsl state boys' hoops quarterfinals. @TigersOfDelano @CalvinWishart with 35 pts and tough, tough, tough.
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Jaden Shones scored 22 points including the game-winning free throws for Lake City to beat Minneapolis North 82 to 81
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Congratulations to @DesireeWare2022 of @MtkaGHoops who earned @BreakdownUSA Player of the Game honors in the Skippers’ hard-fought 60-52 win over Rosemount. The Alabama-Birmingham commit had 20 pts!
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Shout out to @graciewinge who hit the game-winning 3 in OT as @LNGirlsHoops defeated @HopkinGBB to win the Class 4A title at the @breakdownusa Girls Summer State Tourney.
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