Goodhue

Each team that won a championship at the Minnesota boys state basketball tournament has done so before. It was my pleasure to assist KDHL in the coverage.

The Goodhue Wildcats were shocking basketball fans in the Target Center on Saturday when they came from a 15-2 deficit to take a 26-25 lead over the No. 1 ranked and seeded Minneapolis North Polars. A southeastern Minnesota coach told me it would take a few minutes for the Wildcats to adjust to the kind of speed and quickness Minneapolis North presents on the floor...

The No. 1-rated Goodhue Wildcat girls basketball team is the top seed in the Class A tournament, which begins Thursday at Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. The coaches in the tournament seed the top five teams and then there is a blind draw for the opponents of the top three seeds...

The second day of the 69th consecutive year of baseline-to-baseline coverage of the Minnesota Boys State High School Basketball Tournament will feature three of the four quarterfinal Class A game at Williams Arena. Those games are not on television...

The latest Minnesota Basketball News State rankings for boys basketball did not even have the Goodhue Wildcats ranked in the top 20. The coaches in Class A dubbed them the third seed after their convincing victory over the then-second-ranked Spring Grove Lions in the section final last week...

The Goodhue Wildcats were down by 10 points with two minutes to go against the Lyle/Pacelli Athletics and pulled off a 43-42 win today. I said on the air the impossible had happened. Obviously it was not impossible, but everything had to fall the Wildcats' way...

The Goodhue Wildcats won the Section 1A championship Thursday night 58-44 over the Spring Grove Lions. They head to the state tournament and will play Thursday at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. The coaches in the tournament will seed the teams this weekend...

Monday night at the Mayo Civic Auditorium the girls basketball subsection 1A west semifinals were held. In the opener, Goodhue (25-4) handled Grand Meadow (17-11) 64-32. The Wildcats lead 29-12 at the half. Sydney Lodermeier led Goodhue's scoring with 15; Maddy Miller had 14; Megan Ryan hit three 3-pointers for 9; Lexie Lodermeier had 8; Taylor Larson 7; Mckenzie Ryan, Michelle Hadler, Haley Lexvo

The Goodhue Wildcats used tenacious defense and good shooting to dismantle the Grand Meadow Superlarks 66-46 today. Wildcat 6-foot-3 junior Jacob McNamara poured in 18 of his 22 points in the first half. McNamara was in the zone, as they say, stepping out and connecting on three 3-point baskets in addition to his spin moves to the basket from the block...

Goodhue used a strong defensive effort to beat Lyle/Pacelli on Monday night at the Mayo Civic Auditorium 50-37 and advance to Saturday's subsection final.