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    March 20, 2019
    Osakis boys basketball coach Matt Hoelscher directs his team during a game at West Central Area on Dec. 21, 2018. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)
    Boys basketball: How Osakis can take next step after 26-2 run
    Teams that have great regular seasons go into the playoffs hoping for a long postseason run. When it doesn't happen, the ending is sudden. That's...
    sports/basketballMarch 20, 2019 - 8:24am
    March 16, 2019
    Dylan Giorgio
    Blizzard hockey: Lumberjacks run away with game one of West Division playoffs
    The Alexandria Blizzard is in a must-win situation heading home on Saturday night after the Granite City Lumberjacks handed the Blizzard a 6-1...
    sports/basketballMarch 16, 2019 - 10:04am
    March 15, 2019
    Parkers Prairie junior guard Alex Koep floats to the bucket in front of the Henning defense during the first half of Friday's Section 6A title game. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)play button
    Boys basketball: Henning storms back to edge the Panthers for a 6A title
    Two programs separated by less than 20 miles played for a little bit of school history on Friday night in the Section 6A title game. A win for...
    sports/basketballMarch 15, 2019 - 10:13pm
    March 14, 2019
    Parkers Prairie senior guard Noah Koep shoots over the Ortonville defense on Wednesday night in Morris. (Jared Rubado / Echo Press)
    Boys basketball: Panthers roll over Ortonville to set up championship tilt with Henning
    The Parkers Prairie boys basketball team made a statement Wednesday night at the University of Minnesota-Morris. The top-seeded Panthers (24-4)...
    sports/basketballMarch 14, 2019 - 3:56pm
    March 13, 2019
    The Alexandria Red eighth-grade girls basketball team recently won a B-1 championship in Jordan. Team members are (back, left to right) coach Brent Boraas, Michelle Nieland, Torre McGrane, Morgan Jones, Sophia Vinje, Hannah Boraas, Miah Wessel, coach Louie Seesz, (front row) Sam Helmbrecht, Brynn Kosters and Ella Steussy. Not pictured from the team is Bailey Saar and Stella Kvale. (Submitted photo)
    Alex eighth-graders take home title
    The eighth-grade Alexandria Red girls basketball team recently won the Minnesota Youth Athletic Services (MYAS) State B-1 championship in Jordan....
    sports/basketballMarch 13, 2019 - 4:22pm
    March 12, 2019
    Boys basketball: Start time for Panthers' 6A-South finals game moved up
    The start time for the Section 6A-South boys basketball final between Parkers Prairie and Ortonville has been moved up to 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the University of Minnesota-Morris. The game had originally been scheduled to start at 7:45 p.m. The North subsection teams left standing,...
    sports/basketballMarch 12, 2019 - 5:24pm
    Jonathan Lara looks on at his team going through the handshake line after he played his final game for Osakis. The Silverstreaks lost to the DGF Rebels 59-55 in the Section 8AA quarterfinal game in Moorhead Monday night. (Jared Rubado / Echo Press)
    Boys basketball: Osakis’ run comes to an end
    With five seconds left in the Section 8AA quarterfinal game at Moorhead High School Monday night, Osakis head coach Matt Hoelscher huddled around...
    sports/basketballMarch 12, 2019 - 1:12am
    March 11, 2019
    Parkers Prairie senior Josh Helling takes it into the West Central Area defense for a bucket and a foul during the first half of Monday's Section 6A-South playoff game in Morris. Helling had 16 points in the win for the Panthers. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)
    Boys basketball: Panthers secure spot in 6A-South finals after win over WCA
    The West Central Area boys basketball team was able to stick with top-seeded Parkers Prairie through 18 minutes on Monday night, but the Panthers...
    sports/basketballMarch 11, 2019 - 8:49pm
    March 9, 2019
    Parkers Prairie senior Abby Burquest (left) fights for position on a rebound against Ada-Borup's Leah Sip during the Section 6A championship in Moorhead on Friday night. (David Samson / Forum News Service)
    Girls basketball: Panthers fall to defending 6A champs in title game
    The Parkers Prairie girls basketball team saw its magic ruin out on Friday night when they lost to the Ada-Borup-Norman County West Cougars...
    sports/basketballMarch 9, 2019 - 1:19am
    Kristen Hoskins drives to the basket during the second half of the 55-50 loss to Sartell-St. Stephen in the Section 8AAA semifinal game on Friday night. (Jared Rubado / Echo Press)play button
    Boys basketball: Sabres shock Alexandria in closing minutes
    Everything was playing out exactly how Alexandria hoped it would through 30 minutes in the Section 8AAA semifinals on Friday night in Moorhead....
    sports/basketballMarch 9, 2019 - 12:41am
    March 8, 2019
    Boys basketball: Section 6A, 8AA Tournaments postponed
    Another round of snow that is expected to hit Minnesota on Saturday has postponed or moved up almost every event in the area, and the Section 8AA and Section 6A boys basketball tournaments have now been added to that list. Osakis (26-1) was scheduled to play Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton...
    sports/basketballMarch 8, 2019 - 1:48pm
    Tanner Bitzan
    Boys basketball: Chargers’ season ends at Hancock
    The Brandon-Evansville boys basketball team has played close with many of the top teams in the section through the regular season, and it continued...
    sports/basketballMarch 8, 2019 - 1:33pm
    Section 6A boys basketball scores from Thursday, March 7
    SOUTH SUBSECTION Parkers Prairie 80, Wheaton-Herman-Norcross 61 West Central Area 51, Ashby 48 Ortonville 74, Battle Lake 44 Hancock 66, Brandon-Evansville 60 NORTH SUBSECTION Henning 85, Frazee 48 Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 60, New York Mills 50 Waubun 68, Park Christian 44 Ulen-Hitterdal...
    sports/basketballMarch 8, 2019 - 12:07pm
    Minnewaska’s Shawn Carsten grabs the ball in the paint during the 2018 state tournament against Caledonia. Carsten was back as a senior this winter and set a new single-season record for the Lakers with 96 blocks after tallying nine against Morris Area on Thursday night. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)
    Boys basketball: New champ will emerge in 3AA as Morris edges Minnewaska
    There will be a new champion in the Section 3AA field in boys basketball. Minnewaska was the defending champ, and the Lakers entered this year’s...
    sports/basketballMarch 8, 2019 - 11:57am
    West Central Area’s Jack Van Kempen goes into his shot against Osakis on Dec. 21 of this season. Van Kempen had two big free throws late and finished with a team-high 17 points in the Knights’ 51-48 win over Ashby in the 6A-South playoffs on Thursday night. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)
    Boys basketball: Knights rally to top Arrows in 6A
    It took a big comeback for the West Central Area boys basketball team (15-9) to put away Ashby (16-8) Thursday night in Barrett, but the Knights...
    sports/basketballMarch 8, 2019 - 11:30am
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