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There’s no “might” and there’s no “probably.” This was one of those epic ballgames that will be mentioned any time future discussions focus on the best games. Period. The screeching crowd, the hustling athletes, the pressure of playing on TV inside The Barn. C’mon.

The Class A final is set for Championship Saturday following victories by top-seeded Cherry and No. 3 Fertile-Beltrami during the semifinals on Friday, March 22 at the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Basketball State Tournament at Williams Arena.

Today, Hutchinson is known as a football town, having won its seventh state championship in 2023. But in the early 1960s, it was very much a basketball town. The Tigers won the District 12 title in 1963 and placed sixth at the state tournament in 1964.

Two Class AA consolation semifinal games were played on Thursday, March 21 at the Gangelhoff Center at Concordia (St. Paul).

Top-seeded Wayzata and No. 3 Minnetonka will meet for the Class AAAA Championship on Saturday after each team recorded semifinal victories in the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Basketball state tournament on Thursday, March 21 at Williams Arena.

Top-seeded Cherry, No. 5 Nevis, No. 2 West Central Area and No. 3 Fertile-Beltrami advanced following the Class A quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Basketball state tournament started on Thursday, March 21 at Target Center.

The Class AAA championship game entrants are set after No. 1 Totino-Grace and No. 2 Mankato East recorded victories in the semifinals on Thursday, March 21 at Williams Arena on the University of MInnesota campus.

The top-seeded Cherry Tigers are playing in the boys state basketball tournament for the third year in a row and their focus is on finally taking a championship trophy with them when they return to the Iron Range.

Day 1 of the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Basketball four-day state tournament started on Wednesday, March 20 at Target Center and Williams Arena.

Eighty-seven years after their first trip to state, the Farmington boys basketball team made fresh by winning the Section 1 championship and advancing to the Class 4A state tournament with a sterling record of 23-6.

The Minnesota State High School League's Boys Basketball four-day state tournament begins on Wednesday, March 20. Championships will be awarded in four enrollment classes.

Trevor Laws, an athlete who is being recognized for his outstanding prep career at Apple Valley, will be honored with eleven others in the League's Hall of Fame Class of 2024.