Prep Tournament Central — Winter 2023
Follow the latest Winter 2023 section and state tournament action and previews for west central Minnesota teams and athletes.
The 2023 state tournament pairings and results for the four classes in boys basketball.
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Section Tournaments: Feb 28 and March 2-17, 2023
State Tournament: March 21-25, 2023
State Tournament: March 21-25, 2023
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton advances to the Section 6A championship with a 63-55 victory over Dawson-Boyd
New London-Spicer, BOLD and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa are all headed to the state girls basketball tournament. The West Central Tribune sports staff — editor Tom Elliott and reporters Joe Brown and Michael Lyne — breaks down all three first-round matchups.
Dawson-Boyd vs. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton set to play at 8 p.m. in Marshall
Section Tournaments: Feb. 21, 23, 27, 28 and March 4 and 9, 2023
State Tournament: March 15-18, 2023
State Tournament: March 15-18, 2023
Warriors add a 2nd-place girls basketball trophy to an impressive collection of state accomplishments in multiple sports
BOLD falls against Mountain Iron-Buhl in the Class A state championship, 52-21
Warriors shoot 17.4% in loss to Mountain Iron-Buhl in the state Class A final
Section Tournaments: Feb. 23-March 2, 2023
State Tournaments: March 8-11, 2023
State Tournaments: March 8-11, 2023
The third-seeded Lightning break open a close Section 6A game with five third-period goals to beat the Cards, 8-1. Delano ends Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato's season in Section 2A with a 3-1 victory.
Sixth-seeded Willmar has a plan to knock off No. 3 Northern Lakes in the Section 6A playoffs Saturday
John Hirschfeld scores 3 goals to help Cathedral advance to the Section 5A semifinals Saturday at Monticello.
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Boys Wrestling Team Tournament: March 2, 2023
Boys Wrestling Individual Tournament: March 3-4, 2023
Girls Wrestling Individual Tournament: March 4, 2023
Boys Wrestling Individual Tournament: March 3-4, 2023
Girls Wrestling Individual Tournament: March 4, 2023
Benson and BBE wrestlers win individual state championships. BBE, United and Willmar place in team competition.
Here are photos of the second day of individual competition Saturday, March 4, at the Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Adamaris Chable Rodriguez shakes off some nervousness to earn a place on the podium Saturday in St. Paul
Section Meet: Feb 22-23, 2023
State Meet: March 2-4, 2023
State Meet: March 2-4, 2023
Mickey Hess, Jaxon Wagner, Evan Smith and Gavin Arends take 13th place in 200-yard freestyle relay
Also moving to Saturday's Class A championships is Dassel-Cokato/Litchfield breaststroker Logan Christopherson
Kale Bockelman moves into Saturday’s Calls A finals after a score of 219.20 at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis
Section Tournament: Feb. 4 and 11, 2023
State Tournament: Jazz - Feb. 17, 2023, and High Kick - Feb. 18, 2023
State Tournament: Jazz - Feb. 17, 2023, and High Kick - Feb. 18, 2023
LQPV/D-B 2nd and YME 3rd in Class A high kick as St. Cloud Cathedral repeats as state champion
The LQPV/D-B Shadows finished second in the Class A high kick division of the Dance Team State Tournament at the Target Center on Friday, February 17, 2023.
The Sartell Sabres competed in both the preliminary and final competitions of the jazz division of the Dance Team State Tournament at the Target Center on Friday, February 17, 2023.
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Section Tournament: Feb. 16-18, 2023
State Tournament: Feb. 24-25, 2023
State Tournament: Feb. 24-25, 2023
New London Wildcats are competing in Class A. St. Cloud Swarm team is competing in Class AA. Follow the action from state meet Friday and Saturday at Roy Wilkins Auditorium at the RiverCentre in St. Paul.
Benson/KMS’ Libby McGeary leads a 9-person contingent with a 3rd-place finish on the floor
New London-Spicer finishes eighth at Class A state team meet
Section Tournament: Feb 9-16, 2023
State Tournament: Feb. 22-25, 2023
State Tournament: Feb. 22-25, 2023
Otters win Section 6A championship to advance to Class A state tournament.
In this week's installment of the WCT Sports Show, Tom Elliott, Joe Brown and Michael Lyne looks at the Section 6A girls hockey championship game between River Lakes and Fergus Falls. Plus, a peek at Section 8AAA, 5A and 3AA wrestling.
Sophia Hess scores both goals in River Lakes’ 2-1 win over Willmar Cardinals
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This is a chronological list of prep athletes' individual and team state champions from west central Minnesota high schools.