What a double dose of awesomeness for Minnesota high school sports this week — Hopkins' Paige Bueckers
@paigebueckers1
and Minnehaha's Jalen Suggs
@JalenSuggs2020
were named MaxPreps' national female and male high school athletes of the year, respectively.
Congrats to the 10 finalists for the 2018 MN Mr. Basketball award! Sy Chatman and Daniel Oturu (CDH), Michael Jones (Wdbry), Tre Jones (AV), Gabe Kalscheur (DLS), Owen King (Caled), Jarvis Omersa (Orono), Matt Todd (Monti), Odell Wilson (Mpls N), Calvin Wishart (Delano)
Congratulations to our 2023-24 girls' basketball cover girl,
@OliviaOlson2024
of
@BSMGirlsHoops
and all top players in our 22nd annual book! The books are headed to the printer in less than a week, so make sure to get your copy at:
As we watch this
@Timberwolves
playoff game, let’s give a big hand
👏🏿 👏🏾👏🏽👏👏🏻👏🏼 👏🏿 👏🏾👏🏽👏👏🏻👏🏼
to the longest tenured Wolves
@MinnesotaMunn
&
@mattbare23
who do so much for basketball in this state!
Thanks to all the terrific boys' and girls' basketball players who attended our
@BreakdownUSA
photo shoots this past weekend in Duluth and 43 Hoops in Hopkins! Photos from the shoot are now available on our website at:
@JalenSuggs2020
@paigebueckers1
The stars always come out at the
@BreakdownUSA
Girls Tip Off Classic & this weekend's edition of the outstanding annual event will be no exception.
@GamecockWBB
commit
@tessajohnsonnnn
, MN's top-ranked senior, will lead
@STMAGBB
against Bismarck Century Saturday at 2:15 pm
Our first-ever softball book is at the printer...should be back in late March. Congrats to our first covergirl, Emily Hansen from Buffalo!
@emilyhans25
@laplante71
@BHSBison
Just wanted to say THANK YOU again to all the teams, coach and fans who made our Fall League a success. This by far was most challenging year, but we did the best we could and hope everyone understood what we had to do to run the league.
Congratulations to our 2022 softball book cover girl,
@syddschwartz11
of
@ChanStormSB
and all the other top players across the state for being part of our 5th annual guidebook to Minnesota High School softball! We're proud to be supporting the sport of softball in Minnesota!
Congrats to Will Frisch and Drew Gilbert from
@goponies
for being the cover guys on our 2019 guidebook to MN HS baseball, our 5th annual edition!
@SAHSbaseball19
@PBRMinnesota
@mnbaseballhub
The book is at the printer now and should be delivered in late March. Order yours today!
Congratulations to
@maya_nnaji23
and all the great girls' basketball players on the cover of our 2021-22 guidebook to Minnesota high school girls' basketball! The book is at the printer (but digital versions are available for purchase now!) Order today at:
Congrats to our 2022 Breakdown guidebook to high school baseball cover guy
@therealeastonf1
from
@thehayfield9
and all the other players recognized in our book this spring! The digital version of the book is now available on our site and the print version should be in a month.
Congrats to our 2017-18 MN HS boys' basketball player of the year, Tre Jones of Apple Valley, and all the end-of-year award winners for the past boys' basketball season!
@trejones03
@AVBoysHoops
Congrats to Delano for earning the Class 3A state boys' hoops championships with a 65-61 rally past Columbia Heights. Unseeded Tigers led by O'Neill with 30 pts, 11 reb and Wishart with 19 and 9.
@TigersOfDelano
@CalvinWishart
@KeeganONeill12
Congrats to our 2020 Minnesota high school volleyball cover girl,
@kennaorr7
from
@Eagan_Athletics
! She's among a great handful of seniors on our cover this year.
Order your copy today at:
Tre Holloman was named to the Mr. Basketball Top Ten list.
@jiggyTrawww
is a
@CDHRaiderBall
point guard averaging averaging 18 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, and 4 steals a game.
Holloman has signed with
@MSU_Basketball
Saturday December 11th, 2021! Book the date on your calendar 🗓
The Breakdown Tip Off Classic! 🏀
The biggest collection of talent in one place all year!
Schedule is ⬇️
Class A All Tournament Team
Isaac Asuma/Cherry
Max Briggs/New Life Academy
Ashton Dingmann/BBE
Luke Dingmann/BBE
Easton Fritcher/ Hayfield
Kollin Kaemingk/New Life Academy
Isaac Matti/Hayfield
Chris Pack/Hayfield
Kaden Pieper/BBE
Kobe Tomkinson/Sacred Heart
#MNStateHoops22
Park Center senior guard Braeden Carrington is the 2021-22 Breakdown Player of the Year for Minnesota and the Class AAAA Player of the Year
@braedencarri4
of
@parkcenterhoops
Congratulations to our 2023-24 boys' basketball cover guy,
@isaac_asuma
of
@CherryBoysHoops
and all top players in our 22nd annual book! The books are headed to the printer in less than a week, so make sure to get your copy at:
Congrats to our 2020 baseball cover guy,
@MaxCarlsonn
from
@burnsvillebb
! He joins his older brother Sam as a cover boy on our
@BreakdownBSB
books through the years...
Also, congrats to all the players who were nominated and participated in this year's book, our biggest yet!
Boys Class AAAA Top Ten Rankings
1) Park Center
2) Shakopee
3) Wayzata
4) East Ridge
5) Osseo
6) Owatonna
7) Farmington
8) Eastview
9) Park of Cottage Grove
10) Lakeville North
Congratulations to Chaska
@HawksGirlsBBall
who captured the Class 4A title with a 68-53 win over Hopkins at the
@BreakdownUSA
Girls Summer State Tournament!
After a 43-pt performance in a win over Hortonville WI
@maddyngreenway
of
@PA_GirlsHoops
was presented with the Jimmy Robinson Outstanding Player Award tonight at the
@BreakdownUSA
Girls Tip Off Classic. Congrats Maddyn!
Granite City Classic Mr. Basketball Watch List potential Candidates
Antonio Bluiett-Buffalo
Don Ferguson-St. Cloud Tech
Kyle Hrncir-Farmington
Malcolm Jones-Prior Lake
Logan Kinsey - Spring Lake Park
Mason Lund - Sartell St. Stephen
Sam Rensch-Hutchinson
Johnny Tennyson-STMA
Here's your championship Saturday schedule at
#MNStateBB2018
at Target Center:
Class 1A
11am —
#4
R-T-R vs.
#2
North Woods
Class 2A
1pm —
#1
Minnehaha vs.
#3
Caledonia
Class 3A
5pm —
#4
Columbia Heights vs. Delano
Class 4A
8pm —
#1
Cretin-DH vs.
#2
Apple Valley
Class AAA All Tournament Team
Patrick Bath/Totino-Grace
Taison Chatman/Totino-G
Tameron Ferguson/St CloudT
Brandon Hoban/DeLaSalle
Kyle Johnson/DeLaSalle
Ahjany Lee/Totino-G
BJ Omot/Mankato East
Jason Spaeth/Mound-W
Haydn Stay/Princeton
Nasir Whitlock/DeLaSalle
#MNStateHoops22
Class AAAA All State Tournament Team
Jamal Ambrose/Eastview
Ayouba Berthe/Park Center
Carter Bjerke/Wayzata
Donavhan Cain/CDH
Braeden Carrington/Park Center
Tre Holloman/CDH
Sam Musungu/Andover
Cody Pennebaker/Park Center
Hayden Tibbits/Wayzata
Leo Torbor/Park C
#MNStateHoops22
Tomorrow's state semifinals at
#TheTourney18
are now set!
Class 1A
11a—
#2
Mahtomedi vs.
#3
Orono
1p—
#1
Hermantown vs.
#4
Alexandria
Class 2A
6p—
#2
Edina vs.
#3
Duluth East
8p—
#1
Minnetonka vs.
#5
Centennial
When the empire falls, it falls hard. Alexandria upsets Hermantown, 6-1 to advance to the 1A championship game against Orono tomorrow! Jack Powell with the hat trick for the Cards.
#TheTourney18
@aahsactivities
@cardshockey14
Class AA All Tournament Team
Prince Aligbe/Minnehaha
De’Meiko Anderson/M North
Jacob Butler/M North
Carson Gagnon/Annandale
Eli King/Caledonia
Jackson Koepke/Caledonia
Jackson Loge/MACA
Robert Olson/Annandale
Brady Spaulding/Annandale
Willie Wilson/M North
#MNStateHoops22
Congrats to Robbinsdale Cooper for earning the Class 3A
#mshsl
girls' hoops state championship, defeating Northfield, 49-37! First appearance at state = first title for
@ISD281
@AndreaTribble_
Congratulations to the legendary Wendy Kohler of
@AlexandriaBball
who is coaching her 1,000th high school game tonight.
@breakdownusa
appreciates everything you have done for the game in Minnesota!
If you have never been to Perham High School and The Hive, I strongly encourage teams to attend next year. Simply one of the best outstate facilities in Minnesota.
Congratulations to
@OehrleinTori
of
@CI_LadyRangers
whose 37-pt performance led the Rangers to a solid win over Sauk Centre. Tori is our
@breakdownusa
Girls Tip Off Classic Player of the Game.
Two of the best players in the country go head to head at the
@BreakdownUSA
Granite City Classic & it was epic. Crosby-Ironton defeats MIB 76-69 &
@OehrleinTori
&
@jordanzubich
share Player of the Game honors
Demarion Watson is on the Top Ten list for the Mr. Basketball award
@WatsonDemarion
is averaging 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals a game for
@TGEaglesNest
Demarion signed with
@CycloneMBB
this past fall
Tip Off Classic. Dec 9 at Hopkins
Mankato East vs Buffalo (9:30am)
Eastview vs Orono(11am)
Holy Family vs Cherry(12:45)
Alexandria vs Breck(2:15)
East Ridge vs Hopkins (3:45)
Park Center vs Lakeville North (5:30)
Totino-Grace vs Wayzata (7pm)
Lakeville South vs Minnetonka (8:30)
Congratulations to
@BeckerGBB
on winning the Class 3A title at the
@BreakdownUSA
Girls Summer State Tournament. The Bulldogs knocked off
@StewieGBB
in the championship game.
Congrats to Roseau for advancing to tomorrow's Class AA championship game at
#mshsl
girls' state tournament! 60 pts combined for Borowicz sisters. Seems familiar?
@RoseauRam
@BorowiczKacie
2024 MR. BASKETBALL CANDIDATE
Jalen Langsy of Shakopee
Jalen averaged 19 points a game for the Sabers last year and his team will be a top ten team entering the 2023-24 season.
Congrats to all the Class 3A teams reaching the state volleyball tourney! We'll see you next week...
Lakeville North
Minnetonka
Eagan
North St. Paul
Wayzata
St. Louis Park
Elk River
Moorhead
Calvin Wishart was nasty — in a good way — as Delano upset
#3
Mankato East, 79-64 in the
#mshsl
state boys' hoops quarterfinals.
@TigersOfDelano
@CalvinWishart
with 35 pts and tough, tough, tough.
Congratulations to
@DesireeWare2022
of
@MtkaGHoops
who earned
@BreakdownUSA
Player of the Game honors in the Skippers’ hard-fought 60-52 win over Rosemount. The Alabama-Birmingham commit had 20 pts!
2024 MR. BASKETBALL CANDIDATE
Kole Hanson of Holy Family
Kole led the 🔥 to the Class AA State Tournament last March. The UMD committed guard averaged 21.3 points a game as a junior