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Providence Academy captured the Class AA championship for the second consecutive season with a 74-60 victory over Albany in the Class AA title game of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Saturday, March 18 at Williams Arena.

Top-seeded Mountain Iron-Buhl captured the first girls basketball championship in school history with a 52-21 victory over BOLD in the Minnesota State High School League's Class A championship game on Saturday, March 18 at Williams Arena.

Junior guard Tatum Findley made a three-pointer with 1:10 remaining in regulation time to send No. 3-seeded Albany to a 48-45 victory over No. 2 Goodhue in the Class AA semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Friday, March 17 at Williams Arena.

Top-seeded Providence Academy raced past No. 5 Minnehaha Academy for the third time this season in an 83-63 victory in the Class AA semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Girls Basketball State Tournament on Friday, March 17 at Williams Arena.

Harley Roering suffered a torn ACL more than a month ago and didn't play until Friday's state semifinals. “She’s one of the toughest kids I've ever coached," said her coach. "Did you see that today? It was pretty cool.”

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.