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Prep Girls Basketball: State Tournament Preview: All four 2011 champions return to defend titles
Mike Isola
03/01/2012 - 11:22am
Richfield, Hopkins earn top seeds; Eight teams making first appearances
 

All four teams return to defend their 2011 titles: Maranatha Christian Academy of Brooklyn Park in Class A, Braham in Class AA, DeLaSalle of Minneapolis in Class AAA, and Hopkins in Class AAAA.

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Prep Wrestling: State Tournament Preview:Three teams, 20 individuals return to defend titles; New weight classes to debut (Corrected)
Mike Isola
02/27/2012 - 2:18pm

All three of the 2011 team champions return to defend their respective titles: the Jackson County Central Huskies in Class A; the Simley Spartans in Class AA; and the Apple Valley Eagles in Class AAA. Jackson County Central, which tied Frazee for top honors in 2011, is looking for its third consecutive title. Simley of Inver Grove Heights is looking for its fifth consecutive title and Apple Valley is seeking its seventh consecutive title.

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Prep Girls Basketball: Section 8AA seeding and playoff bracket released
Mike Isola
02/26/2012 - 7:16am

The Section 8AA girls basketball playoff seeding and bracket was released yesterday.

Wadena-Deer Creek (19-7) locked up the No. 3 seed in the South Subsection and will entertain No. 6 Frazee (13-13) at home starting at 7 p.m. Thursday.

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Prep Girls Basketball: Sebeka rallies to defeat Perham in finale, 64-61
Mike Isola
02/24/2012 - 4:11pm

Sebeka, Minn.—Jessica Lillquist poured in a team-high 24 points and Alicia Boe added 19 as Sebeka rallied to defeat Perham 64-61 during Thursday’s regular season finale.

Lillquist also posted 12 rebounds to finish with a double-double for the Lady Trojans, who rallied from a 31-27 halftime deficit against the Yellowjackets (11-14).

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Prep Gymnastics: State Tournament Preview: Perham, Northfield to defend team titles; Two Class AA individual champions return
Mike Isola
02/20/2012 - 3:36pm

Perham, which is the eight-time defending Class A champion, returns in search of more gold when the 2012 State Girls’ Gymnastics Meet opens at the Sports Pavilion on the University of Minnesota campus on Friday, Feb. 24. Three other qualifying teams also return from last year’s Class A field. In Class AA, five teams, including the two-time defending champions from Northfield, return from the 2011 field.

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Prep Boys Basketball: Breakdown Tip Off Classic: No. 2-AA Perham stymies No. 5-AAA St. Thomas Academy
Mike Isola
12/10/2011 - 5:21pm

by Tim Kolehmainen, Vice President/Executive Editor (Breakdown Sports USA)

Coaches love to stress that defense wins championships, so much so that it has become a standard sports cliche. Of course, when that defense is as strong as that shown by Perham Saturday afternoon at the Breakdown Tip Off Classic, it makes perfect sense. The defending Class AA state champions stymied St. Thomas Academy much of the game in a 62-54 victory.

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Prep Girls Basketball: Wadena-Deer Creek swats Perham 65-50
Mike Isola
12/09/2011 - 2:54pm

Wadena, Minn.—Caitlin Volkmann nailed five three-pointers en route to a team-high 23 points as Wadena-Deer Creek swatted the visiting Perham Yellowjackets 65-50 in Thursday’s non-conference girls basketball action.

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Prep Wrestling: Gators capture WDC Invitational; ‘Jackets runner-ups
Mike Isola
12/04/2011 - 12:12am
Wadena-Deer Creek's Sam Waln strains while tangling with Staples-Motley's Alex Erpelding during the 113lb quater-finals Saturday. Waln scored a fall moments later and went on to finish as runner-up in his weight class.
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Prep Boys Basketball: Perham among top prep teams participating in the 8th annual Breakdown Tip Off Classic
Mike Isola
11/21/2011 - 2:11pm

MINNETONKA, Minn.– Are you ready to get an early look whether top-ranked Hopkins can overcome graduation losses and aim towards a fourth straight state title?

How about getting a glance at defending Class AA champion Perham, which takes on rising St. Thomas Academy?

Maybe a battle of top-rated big men when Osseo’s young Ian Theisen tips off with Prior Lake and Carson Shanks?

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Prep Wrestling: The Mat Rat: 2011-12 Section 8AA Preview (Fergus Falls, Perham and Staples-Motley
Mike Isola
11/18/2011 - 4:27pm
 
2011-12 MAT RATS SECTION 8AA PREVIEW
 
by Roger Mischke/The Mat Rat
 
FAVORITES: THIEF RIVER FALLS PROWLERS and the STAPLES CARDINALS

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