GRANITE FALLS - Baylie Kubesh led BOLD with 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals and surpassed 1,000 career points as the Warriors took out top-seed Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 60-56 on Tuesday in the Section 3AA-North semifinals at Yellow Medicine East High School.
The No. 4-seed Warriors play No. 3 Redwood Valley for the subsection title at 7 p.m. Friday in Montevideo.
BOLD improved to 16-10 while TMB closes out its season at 19-7.
“This was a big one for us,” said BOLD head coach Brian Kingery. “The girls played well.”
Kubesh hit a 3-pointer with 44 seconds left in the first half to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
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The Warriors led virtually the entire game and held of TMB by hitting 12 of 16 free throws in the second half.
Carly Sigurdson, the Warriors’ 2,000-career-point scorer, led the team with 24 points, and Mallarie Steffel finished with 8 rebounds and Andrea Maher pulled down 7 boards.
The South half of the section has Fairmont and Martin County West playing in the sub-section final. The two winners will face off next Thurday at 5 p.m. in Marshall in the section final.
BOLD 60, TMB 56
BOLD (16-10) 29 31 - 60
TMB (19-7) 25 31 - 56
BOLD – 19-50 FG (4-11 3-pt); 18-25 FT; 27 rebounds; 13 fouls … Scoring: Baylie Kubesh 22, Ashley Schmitz 4, Carly Sigurdson 24, Mallarie Steffel 2, Andrea Maher 3, Allison Krause 3, Whitney Haney 2 … 3-point shots: Kubesh 3, Sigurdson 1 … Rebound leaders: Kubesh 8, Steffel 8, Maher 7 … Assist leaders: Kubesh 4, Sigurdson 2 … Steal leaders: Kubesh 5, Sigurdson 2
TRACY-MILROY-BALATON – 22-59 FG (5-18 3-pt); 7-7 FT; 31 rebounds; 20 fouls … Scoring: Kaylee Kirk 8, Cassandra Hook 12, Anna Peterson 5, Kassidy Przymus 3, Sammie Gervais 8, Jessie Nelson 9, Morgan Hoffbeck 4, Gabbie Gervais 7 … 3-point shots: Hook 2, Peterson 1, Przymus 1, G. Gervais 1
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Section 3A-North
Canby 66, Dawson-Boyd 62
Dawson-Boyd’s run in the Section 3A tournament ended in the subsection semifinals against the Lancers, who also handed the Blackjacks a home loss on Jan. 7.
Dawson-Boyd finishes 19-5 overall.
Justine Lee scored 19 to lead the Blackjacks.
Katarina Kuhlmann followed with 15 points and Kelly Husby 12.
Morgan Merritt had a game-high 26 points for Canby with 6 assists, and Ricki Kallhoff added 20 points and 7 boards.
Canby will face No. 2-ranked Minneota for the sub-section title Friday at Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall.
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Dawson-Boyd (19-5) 33 29 - 62
Canby (22-5) 30 36 - 66
DAWSON-BOYD – 24-53 FG (3-8 3-pt); 11-16 FT; 24 rebounds; 14 fouls … Scoring: Sadie Zaiser 8, Justine Flattum 4, Justine Lee 19, Katarina Kuhlmann 15, Andrea Lee 4, Kelly Husby 12 … 3-point shots: Kuhlmann 3 … Rebound leaders: n/a … Assist leaders: n/a … Steal leaders: n/a
CANBY – 24-50 FG (6-15 3-pt); 12-15 FT; 26 rebounds; 11 fouls … Scoring: Brandi Merritt 3, Morgan Merritt 26, Sydney Sisk 8, Ricki Kallhoff 20, Natalie Dinius 5, Kate Devos 4 … 3-point shots: B. Merritt 1, M. Merritt 3, Sisk 2 … Rebound leaders: Kallhoff 7, Dinius 5 … Assist leaders: M. Merritt 6 … Steal leaders: M. Merritt 2
