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A week ago, the Totino-Grace Girls Basketball team won the Class AAA girls championship for the second time since 2008. The ink has barely dried from updating that achievement in the record book and it will need to be summoned again. The boys’ side has one of their own now, too, to bring back to the Fridley-based school.

Skip Dolan has been coaching Annandale for 26 years and the Cardinals’ 60-49 win over Minneapolis North was the first boys basketball title for the school.

No. 3 Annandale captured the first Boys Basketball state championship in school history with a 60-49 victory over No. 1 Minneapolis North in the Class AA championship game on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Williams Arena. Annandale won 29 consecutive games to end the season.

Hayfield fought off the final challenge of the 2021-22 boys basketball season and put any doubt to rest on Saturday, March 26, 2022. The Vikings were indeed the best Class A team and more than capable of successfully defending its championship.

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Annandale was the final team to earn a berth in Championship Saturday following its 62-55 victory over Caledonia in the Class AA semifinal on Friday, March 25, 2022 at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.

Another opportunity to add to one of the richest legacies in Minnesota boys basketball history emerged when top-seeded Minneapolis North recorded a 71-63 victory over No. 5 Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta in the Class AA semifinals on Friday, March 25, 2022 at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.

This basketball season has been special, with the Cherry Tigers reaching the state tournament for the first time in 25 years.

No. 2 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa earned a spot in the championship round following a 55-53 victory over No. 3 New Life Academy on Friday, March 25, 2022 at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.

Top-seeded Hayfield took another step toward a successful state title defense with a 72-61 victory over No. 5 Cherry in the first Class A semifinal at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.

No. 3 Wayzata used an overwhelming second-half surge to erase a deficit and race to a 59-48 victory over unseeded Cretin-Derham Hall in the Class AAAA semifinals on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at Williams Arena.

To call the boys state basketball tournament a DeLaSalle reunion might be pushing it, but there was a clear Islanders air to the proceedings.