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BOLD, the No. 3 seed in the Class A field, led from the first minute on to record a 58-46 victory over No. 2 Hayfield in the Class A semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Friday, March 17 at Williams Arena.

Top-seeded Mountain Iron-Buhl needed a ferocious comeback in the second half to rally past No. 5 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in the Class A semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Friday, March 17 at Williams Arena.

Top-seeded Hopkins raced to a 79-51 victory over No. 4 Stillwater in the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Thursday, March 16 at Williams Arena.

No. 2-seeded St. Michael-Albertville topped No. 3 Eden Prairie for a 55-40 victory in the Class AAAA semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Thursday, March 16 at Williams Arena. The Knights advance to the big-school championship game on Saturday against No. 1 Hopkins.

The Class A field of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament got underway on Thursday, March 16 at Maturi Pavilion. Mountain Iron-Buhl, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Hayfield and BOLD advanced to Friday's semifinals with victories.

This school year has already been historic at Mountain Iron-Buhl, with the Rangers winning their first football state championship by taking the Nine-Man title last December at U.S. Bank Stadium. Two miles away, at the University of Minnesota, the MIB girls basketball team is hoping to bring home another state championship, which would be their first in that sport.

No. 2-seeded Benilde-St. Margaret's raced to a 70-51 victory over No. 3 Alexandria Area in the Class AAA semifinals on Thursday, March 16 at Williams Arena.

Stewartville continued its magical season with a 60-59 victory over top-seeded Becker in the Class AAA semifinals on Thursday, March 16 at Williams Arena.

Bill Webb, a longtime revered band director in the Edina School District who introduced thousands of students to the wonderful world of music, has been selected for induction into the National High School Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023. He will be enshrined during the NFHS Summer Meeting Conference on Saturday, July 1 in Seattle.

Dave Stead, the longest-serving executive director of the Minnesota State High School League, was selected for induction into the Class of 2023 of the National High School Hall of Fame.

Four outstanding former high school athletes, including Tamika Catchings, one of the top female basketball players at all levels in U.S. history, and Carlos Boozer, a high school star in Alaska before his success at the college and professional levels, highlight the 2023 class of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National High School Hall of Fame.

Coaches are busy people. Especially head coaches. And those who are head coaches in multiple sports are extremely busy. Dan Westby of Marshall High School takes it to another level.