Minnehaha Academy vs Litchfield 2A State Championship game

#30 Minnehaha (25-6) vs Litchfield (26-5)

A great team match-up for this 2A State Championship game as theses two teams battled to get here.These teams have been on mission all season to make it to this game. This game features two of the to guards in 2013 class Kaharri Carter and Zach Kinny.


Minnehaha win the tip-off, Marcellous Hazzard pulls up from deep for the first score of the game 3-0

Minnehaha up 6-2 with 15:00 left in the first half

Minnehaha up 11-7 with 11:00 left in the first half

Litchfield keeping it close down 14-11 with 9:00 left in the first half

Dylan Koll with a big shot to tie the game up 19 with 6:47 left in the first half

Litchfield and Minnehaha tied up at 26 with 2:58 left in the first half

Minnehaha up at halftime 30-29

Kaharri Carter gets the first score of the second half 32-29

Minnehaha up 36-33 with 14:00 left in the second half

Litchfield calls T.O. down 41-36 with 12:25 left in the second half

Riley Pater ties the game up at 43 with 8:34 left in the second half

Both teams battling, Minnehaha 50-47 with 5:00 left in the game

Minnehaha up 53-51 with 2:00 left in the game

Kaharri Carter seals the game at the free throw line

Minnehaha pulls out the win 56-54

Game Review This was a very competitive contest as both teams left it all on the court. This game was close the entire time and came down to a few keys plays. Litchfield shot 48.8% from the field, holding Minnehaha to 42.2 %, Minnehaha came up with 13 offensive rebounds for 13pts compared  to 4 for Litchfield for 4pts. This game was a battle to the end with 6 lead changes, but Minnehaha led the last 7:00 of the game to get the victory.

Minnehaha Academy Minnehaha brought their A game ad was ready to play their hearts out for this Championship. Minnehaha played a balanced and complete team game to get this win. Minnehaha got key plays from their role players.Thomas Gedion 6pts 7reb 2blk 2ast had complete game and controlled the paint. Kaharri Carter 11pts 8reb had a solid game on both sides of the ball and showed great leadership down the stretch. Marcellous Hazzard had major impact on this game. John Pryor 12pts 2ast and Jesse Johnson made key contributions to get the win. Minnehaha made the right plays and showed poise to get this Championship.

Litchfield Litchfield did not give this one away staying within reach of the Red Hawks the whole game. Litchfield outscored Minnehaha in the paint 24-16 and shot better from the field. Riley Pater had the best performance for Litchfield. Zach Kinny and Dylan Koll had solid games and made plays to keep this game in reach. Litchfield play a good game a came close, but could not get the lead back in the closing minutes.

Standings Sections Scary Sectional Review

Standings Sections Scary: Sectional Review

1A Minnesota's largest schools and most talent producing programs are in 4A. This consist mainly of public schools but have select number of private schools. With more skill players in their leagues makeing for much more competitive interesting run for the state championship.

Section 1 Lakeville North won this section last year. There are 2 clear favorites to win this section. Lakeville North with one of the states leading scores PJ Macura. Rochester John Marshall's with freshman stud Michael hurt.

Section 2 Eden Prairie won this section last year. There also 2 clear cut favorites to win this section. Eden Prairie guard led team featuring Grant Shaffer,Andre Wallace and Anthony Anderson. Feature one the best guard match-ups playing against Prior Lake's Jon Sobaski and big man a Carlson Shanks in section finals.

Section 3 This section is a 1 horse race as Apple Valley led by Tyus Jones and Dennis Austin should have no problem winning this section and making an appearance in the state tournament.

Section 4 One of the most competitive sections in the state. Woodbury 1 this section last year. This section features several teams that are worthy of making a state run. Woodbury led by Rerard Suggs have proved  all year they can win big games. Tartan having a good year but I have been upset the last 2 to years. Roseville the most complete team is section featuring Logan Brown and McKenzie Johnson. Stillwater area led by Andrew Duxbury are on a role ,could be a threat to anyone of these teams. Look for the top 2 seeds to advance for the better final games in sections.

Section 5 This section is the deepest of all the sections,  This section has the most talented as a features some of the top programs in Minnesota this year. Osseo won this section last year on their run to a state title with Ian Theisen and Bridge Tulser. Park Center is the number 1 seed in this section and have been arguably the best team all season led Quinton Hooker. Cooper has a 5th seed in this section but has one the nations best players Rashad Vaughn. Champlin Park also pose a threat to make a possible run led by Brennan Witt and JT Gibson. Maple Grove capable of beating any of these teams led by Jake Wieneke and Eric Olson.

Section 6 This sections always interesting as it features half of the Lake Conference teams Wyzata, Edina and Hopkins building the drama for rematch games from the season. This section is also very deep with 5 teams are all having great seasons and are capable of making a run. Hopkins is never a sleeper when it comes to making a run to state with the host of talented players and freshman  Phenom Amir Coffey. Edina has the most complete team led by seniors Graham Woodard and Reggie Lynch. Minnetonka good year one of the deepest teams led by Riley Dearring good push to make an appearance at state. Saint Louis Park is capable of winning against any team on a given night lead by DJ Pollard Kashif Hayes.

Section 7 This section does not featured a dominate program or a team having a good season. Duluth East 1 this section last year and St Francis is the number 1 seed.

Section 8 This section is also very interesting as it has 3 teams having good years. Brainerd has proved to be one of the best teams this year only losing 1 game this season and is the number 1 seed led by balanced attack and Marcus Comstock. This section also has Morehead with one of the states leading scores and top seniors Aaron Lien.

State Tournament Appearance MYSM 4A predictions 

Section 1 Lakeville North                          Section 5 Park Center

Section 2 Eden Prarie                                 Section 6 Edina

Section 3 Apple Valley                               Section 7 St. Francis 

Section 4 Woodbury                                   Section 8 Brainerd 

3A Minnesota's second largest school class has some of the top private schools and the majority of metro area programs play this class. This class features the best teens from the Twin Cities. This class is not have the depth in sections that  4A does, but still features some the most talented programs in the state.

Section 1 Austin has not lost a game this year and is the number 1 seed is a clear cut pick to win this section led by one of the state top seniors Joe Aase.

Section 2 Waconia is the favorite to win this section and is the top seed led by Ryan Boll. Look for Marshall I have a say so in winning this section.

Section 3 De La Salle should win this section without much of hassle led by one of the nation's top class of 2014 players Reid Travis.

Section 4 This section features the top programs on the Saint Paul's to the conference. Johnson has won this section consecutively since 2009 what are the favorites to win this section with the top seed lead by senior Quashingm Smith.

Section 5 Delano is the clear cut favorite to win this section and have beat the other top teams in this section this year.

Section 6 This section is 1 of the more interesting in competitive sections on 3 A. There are 2 clear cut favorite to win this section Holy Angels and Blake. Section very competitive because the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th seeds all have a chance upsetting the upper seeds. Look for Holy Angeles led by Jordan Dembley and Delshon Strickland 2 face Blake in section finals led by Kebu Johnson and John Veil.

Section 7 This section looks like a 2 horse race as Hermantown is having great season led by Spencer Johnson. Grand Rapids led by Alex won this section last year and split a game a piece with Hermantown this season.

Section 8 This section could be a toss up as there's no clear cut dominating team East Grand Forks has the best record but I've lost to Fergus Falls in Thief River Falls each this season.

State Tournament Appearance MYSM 3A predictions  

Section 1 Austin                                 Section 5 Delano

Section 2 Marshall                             Section 6 Blake

Section 3 De La Salle                        Section 7 Grand Rapids 

Section 4 Johnson                              Section 8 Fergus Falls

2A This class contains majority none metro area schools, charter schools  and a few metro area private schools.

Section 1 The 1 seeds are solid beating the other teams seeded below them already this season look for match up a of East leading Plainview-Elgin-Milkville 2 face West leading Bryan in the section finals .

Section 2 Look for top seed St. Peter to advance the section finals from the north. St Peter lost Maple River this season Maple River will hard time making out the south of this section meeting in the finals for a rematch.

Section 3 Redwood Valley has beaten solidly the other teams in the north of the section but I've lost to 2 teams the south of the section look for section finals Redwood Valley and Fairmont in section finals.

Section 4 This section should be more entertaining and interesting then past years as 2 metro area private schools look like to have a good chance playing in the section finals and winning. Minnehaha Academy led by Kaharri Carter to face Breck led by Mohammed Lawal in the section finals.

Section 5 This is a very competitive section as some of the seeds have taken loses previously to the teams in their section. St. Cloud Cathedral won the section last year and are the number 1 seed led by big man Connor Voss to play and this section finals against Jordan.

Section 6 Look for Melrose to play Litchfield led by Riley Pater in the section finals.

Section 7 Top seed Mora is proven as a a beat the other team the sections soundly this season. Look for them to play Virginia in the section finals.

Section 8 This section is also very competitive as you have teams with losses in the section. Crosby-Ironton is having a good season is on a roll with the 1 seed look them to play Perham last year's section winner in the section finals.

State Tournament Appearance MYSM 2A predictions 

Section 1 Plainview-Elgin-Milkville       Section 5 St. Cloud Cathedral 

Section 2 St. Peter                                Section 6 Melrose

Section 3 Redwood Valley                    Section 7 Virginia 

Section 4 Minnehaha Academy              Section 8 Perham

1A This class the smallest school in the state many of them charter schools, private school or not located near a metro area.

Section 1 Rushford-Peterson won this section last year have the number 1 seed this year look for them to play Blooming-Prairie in the section finals.

Section 2 This section complete toss up with the top seeds all taking losses to teams in section look for Lester Prairie led by good guard play to face Mountain Lake area in the section finals.

Section 3 This section should be very competitive look for Dawson-Boyd 2 face Southwest MN Christian led by Dominick Nibbelink in the section finals.

Section 4 Look for Maranatha led Garrison Gillard and Isaiah Hanson to face West Lutheran in the action finals a rematch that Maranatha won earlier this season.

Section 5 Look for Barnum the 1 seed in the East of this section to face undefeated Upsala the 1 seed the in the west in the section finals.

Section 6 This section has been dominated by Belgrade Brooten-Elrosa but it won't be as easy as past seasons look for them to face Ada-Borup in the section finals.

Section 7 Lakeview Christian won this section last year lead by Anders Brohman and should make a run this year to face Ely in the section finals.

Section 8 One of the largest sections could be very competitive look for Walker-Hackensack-Akeley to face Northern Freeze in the section finals

State Tournament Appearance MYSM 1A predictions  

Section 1 Rushford-Peterson               Section 5 Upsala 

Section 2 Lester Prairie                      Section 6 Belgrade Brooten-Elrosa

Section 3 Southwest MN Christian     Section 7 Lakeview Christian 

Section 4 Maranatha                           Section 8 Northern Freeze

Metro Youth Sports Media Half season review 2012-13

Metro Youth Sports Media Review of the first half of 2012-13 Minnesota high school basketball season.

Minnesota high school basketball is enjoying someone most talented players to come through Minnesota high school basketball. With the amount of talent spread around the metro area it has made for great high school basketball season. as many teams have show their worthy of competing for state title this year.

This is MYSM ranking Top30 teams in the state have way into the 2012-2013 season this takes into account talent record style of play and head to head matches.

1 De La Salle                 16 Holy Angles 

2 Park Center                17 St. Louis Park

3 Apple Valley              18 Brainerd

4 Osseo                         19 Blake  

5 Hopkins                      20 Champlin Park 

6 Tartan                         21 Prior Lake 

7 Eden Prairie               22 Armstrong  

8 Edina                          23 Stillwater Area

9  Roseville                    24 Johnson   

10 Woodbury                25 Maple Grove 

11 Minnetonka              26 Columbia Heights 

12 Cooper                      27 Belgrade 

13 Lakeville North         28 Waconia

14 Maranatha                 29 Mahtomedi 

15 Austin                        30 Minnehaha Academy 

The Battle for the Twin Cities
The last 6-7 years Minneapolis city conference has dominated by Washburn as well as Johnson is dominated Saint Paul City conference. Both teams winning state titles during this run  The 2012-13 is a whole new game as Johnson nor Washburn have the lead for the conference title. The race for the Minneapolis City conference title is led by Southwest High School and the Saint Paul to City conference title is led by Highland Park. Could be this year we get a match up other than Washburn vs Johnson in the Twin Cities Championship. It's hard to argue that there is not a battle for the cities going on.

The Classic Lake conference vs Field 

The lake conference is the most competitive basketball conference in Minnesota. The lake conference has had representative in the state tournament semifinals each of last 6 years. Lake conference has had 2 teams make the State tournament the last 3 seasons. Lake Conference teams this year have 14  losses total out of conference play, 6 of them coming from Wayzata. Edina, Minnetonka, Hopkins and Eden Prairie all are capable of making runs for the Minnesota State Title this year. Osseo, Apple Valley, Park Center and Roseville all leading their own conferences and will not face the competition that the Classic Lake teams will face during their conference schedule and going into sections. So when it comes to competing for the state title I'll put the odds on a Classic Lake team winning it all.

Why he on the bench

This MYSM list of some very talented players who could be starting for another team or get more PT on some very good teams. This is not about the players playing in front of them but their choice of school position they play and their grade.

Romeo Barber-Mpls South class 2014       
Jayson Edwards-BSM class 2015     
Tracy Brown-St.Louis Park class 2015  
Stephon Sharp-Hopkins class 2014

AJ Ray-Mpls Southwest class 2015
Marquise Grey-Cooper class 2014


The future is now Super 16

This MYSM list of the top underclassmen making big impacts on their programs varsity teams in Minnesota high school basketball this year and will be leading their teams in the future.

Jarvis Johnson-De La Sall class 2015         

Amir Coffey-Hopkins class 2016                  

Gramtham Gillard-Maranatha class 2015  

Sam Neumann- CDH class 2015              
Jamil Jackson-Metro Tech class 2016.         

Alex Illikainen-Grand Rapids class 2015    

Payton Bowdry-Mpls South class 2016       

Even Shepherd-Washburn class 2015          

Brock Bertram-Apple Valley class 2016
Jarrett Baptiste-Columbia Heights class 2016
JT Gibson-Champlin Park class 2015
Michael Hurt- John Marshall class 2016
Sacar Amin-De La Salle class 2015
Tyler Johnson- Mpls North class 2016
Arione Farra-Park Center class 2015

Patrick Dembley-Richfield class 2016


4 classes 4 rings
 This is the MYSM projected matchup Minnesota high school state tournament title games.

4A- Park Center vs Apple Valley

The 2 best teams in 4A all season meet again for a rematch. Apple Valley wins this time led by Tyus Jones gets their first State title.    

3A- De La Salle vs Austin  

The best team in the state, plays the team having the best season in the state. De La Salle wins back to back state titles led by Reid Travis. 

2A- Litchfield vs Minnehaha Academy 

Litchfield returns to the championship game only to lose again. As Kaharri Carter leads his team to thier first state title.

1A- Maranatha Academy vs Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa makes another run to the State title game, but fall short. Maranatha wins the 1A State title led by Garrison Gillard.