The Subsection 3A champion Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots led all schools with four players named to the Red Rock Conference Girls Basketball All-Conference Team.
Named to the squad from the H-BC were Abbie Harris, Ella Sammons, Brynn Bakken and Olivia Deelstra. Southwest Minnesota Christian had three players on the team: Hannah Caspersen, Madyson Fey and Victoria Prins.
Adrian-Ellsworth, Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Edgerton had two players each on the all-conference team. Katelyn Frodermann and Shandra Cuperus were selected from the Dragons, Riley Parker and Leah Carter from the Chargers and Reese Vande Griend and Kya Voge from the Dutch.
Rounding out the team are Ava Deacon of Murray County Central, Renae Salentiny of Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda, Julia Brinkman of Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey and Makayla Hesse of Russell-Tyler-Ruthton.
Earning recognition as honorable mention choices were: Brylee Zebe, Ava Brown and Kamry Lehnhoff of A-E, Natalie Wahl of W-WG, Elliott Fleischman of Edgerton, Avery Schreurs and Addy Serreyn of R-T-R, Kelli Miller and Thea Schneider of MCC, Lauryn Hendel of HL-O/F and Tia Donkersloot of Red Rock Central.
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It will be the third-seeded Minnesota West Lady Jays facing 11th-seeded Onondaga on Thursday night after Onondaga pounded No. 6 Owens 88-68 on Wednesday at the NJCAA Division 3 Women's Basketball Tournament.
Onondaga led by 18 points in the third quarter, but Owens went on a 12-0 run to close out the quarter and trail by just six. The Lazers, however, dominated the final 10 minutes. Kathryn Grainger led the victors with 26 points, Brianna Weaver added 22 and Precious Gabriel had 15 points and 15 rebounds.
The Minnesota West-Onondaga game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
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In quarterfinal action at the Minnesota Class 3A girls basketball tournament Wednesday, Marshall knocked off Rock Ridge 67-51. The Tigers will meet Cretin-Durham-Hall in the semifinals at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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