Girls basketball roundup: Eagles move onto subsection semifinals

MADISON - Kelsea Lund made two free throws with 40 seconds remaining to break a tie and help Lac qui Parle Valley beat Montevideo 48-45 on Friday.
The No. 3-seed Eagles advanced to the Section 3AA-North semifinals where they will face No. 2-seed YME 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Montevideo.
Lund and Kaitlin Connor each scored a game-high 15 points for LQPV, and Connor pulled down seven rebounds.
Alaysia Freetly added 11 points, five rebounds and eight assists.
Morgan Reidinger paced the T-Hawks with 14 points, including a bucket with 47 seconds left to tie it up 45-45.
Lund’s two free throws put LQPV up 47-45, and with 3.5 seconds left she hit another free throw to give the Eagles a three-point lead.
LQPV 48, Montevideo 45
Montevideo (10-14) 20 25 - 45
LQPV (22-4) 28 20 - 48
Montevideo
16-60 FG; 6-11 FT; 16 fouls … Scoring: Abby Olson 8, Kailey Maroney 11, Nikki Erickson 5, Natalie Feldhake 1, Morgan Reidinger 14, Alexis Schmitz 6 … 3-point shots: Olson 2, Reidinger 2, Maroney 2, Erickson 1 … Rebound leader: NA … Assist leader: Olson 8 … Steal leader: Olson 3
Lac qui Parle Valley
17-40 FG; 7-12 FT; 10 fouls … Scoring: Kelsea Lund 15, Aundrea DuFrane 3, Alaysia Freetly 11, Kaitlin Connor 15, Taniah Tosel 2, Kelsey Kuechenmeister 2 … 3-point shots: Lund 4, Freetly 1 … Rebound leader: Connor 7, Freetly 5 … Assist leader: Freetly 8, DuFrane 4 … Steal leader: Freetly 2, DuFrane 2 … Blocks: Connor 7
Section 3AA-North
YME 76, GFW 60
Chyanne Sand scored 25 points and had 18 rebounds and Makayla Dyrdahl scored 21 points to lead the Sting to a first-round victory in the Section 3AA playoffs on Friday in Granite Falls.
The Sting advanced to take on Lac qui Parle Valley at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Montevideo. The Sting defeated LQPV by seven points on Jan. 23.
Sand also had four blocks on Friday and Jordan Hinz finished with seven points and eight assists. Britanna Raddatz hit all three Sting 3-pointers and finished with 13 points and she also had seven steals.
The Sting are 18-7 and have won 14 of their last 15 games.
GFW (11-16) 23 37 - 60
YME (18-7) 34 42 - 76
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop
20 FG; 13-18 FT; 21 fouls … Scoring: Halley Busse 33, Emma Jo Elder 5, Alexis Cruggel 11, Jen Palmer 4, Steph Haas 4, Tori Sweely 2, Aly Black 1 … 3-point shots: Busse 6, Cruggel 1 … Rebound leader: NA … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
Yellow Medicine East
28 FG; 17-27 FT; 13 fouls … Scoring: Chyanne Sand 25, Makayla Dyrdahl 21, Britanna Raddatz 13, Jordan Hinz 7, Anna McCosh 6, Paige Steffen 2, Maggie Scheffler 2 … 3-point shots: Raddatz 3 … Rebound leader: Sand 18 … Assist leader: Hinz 8 … Steal leader: Raddatz 7
Redwood Valley 63, BOLD 46
The top-seeded Cardinals ended BOLD’s season in the Section 3AA-North quarterfinals Friday.
Additional information was not provided at press time.
Section 5A-South
BBE 70, Pierz 39
Hailey Braegelman and Katelyn Heinze scored 15 points each in BBE’s final regular-season game.
The Jaguars (18-8) are the No. 1 seed in Section 5A-South and will face the winner of the Swanville-Northland play-in game on Thursday.
Pierz (9-17) 20 19 - 39
BBE (18-8) 50 20 - 70
Pierz
Statistics not available
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
27-53 FG; 15-20 FT; 13 fouls … Scoring: Buchholz 7, Miller 7, Evenson 8, Swanson 9, Gronli 1, Trustheim 8, Heinze 15, Braegelman 15 … 3-point shots: Miller 1 … Rebound leader: Trustheim 5 … Assist leader: 4 with 2 … Steal leader: Evenson 6
West Central
Minnewaska 68,
Benson 28
Bayley Pooler scored 20 points and Carley Stewart 16 in the Lakers regular-season finale against Benson on Friday.
Emma Middendorf collected 10 points and six rebounds, and Ashlyn Guggisberg had 14 points and three assists.
The No. 5-seed Lakers will face No. 4-seed Morris/Chokio-Alberta in Section 6AA-South on Thursday at Morris.
The No. 8-seed Braves will play at No. 1-seed New London-Spicer on Thursday.
Benson (1-15, 1-24) 6 22 - 28
Minnewaska (10-6, 16-10) 30 38 - 68
Benson
10-40 FG; 8-15 FT; 10 fouls … Scoring: Megan Amundson 2, Krista Motzko 1, Amanda Nissen 7, Danielle Himley 2, Presley Gonnerman 2, Samantha Payne 4, Rachel Lee 2, Addie Forbord 2, Hannah Ricard 6 … 3-point shots: none … Rebound leader: Payne 6 … Assist leader: Motzko 4 … Steal leader: Amundson 2, Goff 2
Minnewaska
28-54 FG; 5-9 FT; 16 fouls … Scoring: Bailey Stewart 2, Makenzia Zemke 4, Bayley Pooler 20, Emma Middendorf 10, Carley Stewart 16, Ashlyn Guggisberg 14, Taylor Amundson 2 … 3-point shots: Pooler 3, C. Stewart 2, Guggisberg 2 … Rebound leader: Middendorf 6 … Assist leader: Guggisberg 3, Pooler 3 … Steal leader: Pooler 3
Wright County
Litchfield 56, GSL 45
Hannah Norlin had 12 points and 15 rebounds and led a trio of Dragons scoring in double figures in the Wright County Conference win on Friday.
Mariah Hoff led Litchfield with 14 points and Macy Huhner had 11 points and five rebounds.
The Dragons open the Section 6AA playoffs hosting Paynesville at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Litchfield (6-4, 14-12) 34 22 - 56
GSL (3-7, 14-12) 24 21 - 45
Litchfield
21-50 FG; 12-27 FT; 13 fouls … Scoring: Kyndra Beavers 4, Mariah Hoff 14, Breanna Sittig 6, Macy Huhner 11, Hannah Norlin 12, Bri Wahl 5, Hallie Euerle … 3-point shots: Hoff 1, Huhner 2 … Rebound leader: Norlin 15, Huhner 5 … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
Glencoe-Silver Lake
15-55 FG; 9-12 FT; 15 fouls … Scoring: Rachael Popp 10, Mckenna Monahan 6, Madi Monahan 17, Molli Cacka 2, Zoe Christensen 9, Sam Voigt 2 … 3-point shots: Popp 2, Mckenna Monahan 1, Madi Monahan 2 … Rebound leader: Madi Monahan 8, Christensen 8 … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
NLS 42, Annandale 39
Alyssa Fredrick hit two free throws with about 20 seconds left to break a 39-39 tie and the Wildcats clinched the Wright County Conference West championship on Friday in Annandale.
NLS finished 8-2 in the conference, a game ahead of Dassel-Cokato. Annandale finished 6-3.
The Wildcats, now 21-4, open the Section 6AA playoffs against Benson at 7 p.m. Thursday in New London.
Megan Thorson notched a double-double with a game-high 17 points and 11 rebounds. Ashlyn Geister finished with seven points and also had 11 boards. Fredrick also scored seven points.
NLS (8-2, 21-4) 23 19 - 42
Annandale (6-4, 19-7) 24 15 - 39
New London-Spicer
14-44 FG; 11-14 FT; 10 fouls … Scoring: Lindsay Vagle 3, Shea Oman 3, Brooke Beuning 3, Alyssa Fredrick 7, Megan Thorson 17, Ashlyn Geister 7, Kabrie Weber 2 … 3-point shots: Vagle 1, Beuning 1, Fredrick 1 … Rebound leaders: Geister 11, Thorson 11 … Assist leader: Weber 4, Beuning 3 … Steal leader: Oman 3, Weber 3
Annandale
14-45 FG; 5-8 FT; 12 fouls … Scoring: Emma Atkinson 3, Hannah Groth 4, Jenna Loch 4, Hannah Spaulding 6, Brittany Reimer 5, Hannah Purcell 10, Kamryn D’Heilly 7 … 3-point shots: Atkinson 1, Groth 1, Reimer 1, Purcell 3 … Rebound leader: NA … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
Non-Conference
West Central 60, Hancock 42
Hancock took a tumble in its final regular-season game but Lexi Steege surpassed 1,000 career points for the Owls on Friday in Hancock.
Steege, who needed seven points to reach 1,000, led Hancock with 24 points. Kassandra Algarate finished with nine points.
Steege also had six rebounds and six steals.
The Owls open the Section 6A playoffs against Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley at 7 p.m. Monday in Hancock.
WCA (15-9) 31 29 - 60
Hancock (10-14) 20 22 - 42
West Central Area
22-57 FG; 16-31 FT; 15 fouls … Scoring: Abby Oberg 11, Doranna Blascyk 11, Kiersten Sabolik 5, Annabelle Haarstad 4, Katie Merrick 3, Dawn Anderson 2, Demara Bumgardner 2, Taylin Schleicher 1, Brianna Kreft 1, Abby Van Kempen 20 … 3-point shots: None … Rebound leader: NA … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
Hancock
12-65 FG; 17-23 FT; 25 fouls … Scoring: Lexi Steege 24, Kassandra Algarate 9, Ashlyn Mattson 5, Tess Steiner 2, Emma Nelson 2 … 3-point shots: Mattson 1 … Rebound leader: Steege 6 … Assist leader: Steiner 1 … Steal leader: Steege 6