Underwood Girls Basketball
During the Class A Consolation Championship game on Saturday morning, the Underwood girls’ basketball team faced a challenging first half against Badger-Greenbush-Middle River.
However, the Rockets turned things around with an outstanding second-half performance, leading them to win the Consolation title.
At halftime, Underwood was behind by nine points with only two field goals to their credit.
Nonetheless, the Rockets dominated the final 18 minutes of the game, outscoring the Gators 37-13, and ultimately securing a 47-32 victory.
Mo Bugbee, a senior from Underwood Girls Basketball, had a fantastic performance during the Class A State Tournament, helping her team to win the Consolation Championship.
In three games, Bugbee scored 41 points, grabbed 26 rebounds, and provided 6 assists.
She started the tournament with 9 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists in the Rockets’ quarterfinal round loss.
In the consolation semifinals, she recorded a double-double with 22 points, 14 rebounds, leading Underwood to victory over Minneota 60-43.
Bugbee contributed 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists in the championship game.
The Fergus Falls boys’ Hockey
The Fergus Falls boys’ hockey team recently had their end-of-year banquet to celebrate their successful season, which ended in a runner-up finish in the Section 6A tournament.
The team gave out several awards, including the Anderson/Lake MVP award to Kellen Stenstrom, the Most Improved Varsity Player award to Gavin Goepferd, and the Most Inspirational Player award to Jax Katzenmeyer.
Senior goalie Ben Swanson won the Hobey Baker Character Award, and Colin Becker was voted Outstanding Senior.
Captains Plaques went to Swanson, Becker, and Leighton Buckmeier.
The team also recognized several players for their outstanding performances, including Wyatt Briese (Most Valuable Player) and Brock Scheuerman (Most Improved Player) from the JV team.
Minnesota State Boys Basketball
The Boys’ Basketball Tournament, sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League, is set to begin on Tuesday in the Twin Cities.
The tournament will run until Saturday when champions will be crowned in all four classes.
DGF Boys’ Basketball
In a thrilling upset, the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (DGF) Rebels defeated third-seeded Plainview-Elgin-Millville in the Class AA State quarterfinals.
DGF hit an impressive 64.3% of their 3-point shots and shot 49% from the field, resulting in a 63-61 victory at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.
Their next game will be against second-seeded Albany in the semifinals at Target Center on Friday at 8:00pm.