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The seventh-seeded University of Minnesota men’s basketball team’s Cinderella story came to an end in the Big Ten semifinals against the third-seeded University of Michigan.

The Granite City Lumberjacks dominated against the Alexandria Blizzard at home on Friday night.

The first-seeded St. Cloud State University men’s hockey team kicked off the 2019 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Tournament with a win over eighth-seeded Miami University on Friday night.

The seventh-seeded University of Minnesota Golden Gopher men’s basketball team took down Purdue in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday night.
Purdue hopped out to an early lead, but it was short-lived as Minnesota came right back...

Friday’s high school scores from around central Minnesota.

The Section 8-3-A and Section 6-2-A title will be decided tonight. Sartell-St. Stephen plays top seeded Bemidji tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Brainerd. Bemidji is seeded first in the section with Sartell as the #2 seed.

The Gopher men's basketball team has likely done enough to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament after coming from behind to beat Penn State 77-72 in overtime in the 2nd round of the Big Ten Tournament last night in Chicago.

The Minnesota Wild lost at home to the Dallas Stars Thursday night. Dallas scored 3 goals within 2 minutes early in the 2nd period to take a 3-0 lead. Jason Zucker scored on a power play in the 2nd for Minnesota's only goal. Devan Dubnyk had 27 saves.

The Timberwolves lost 120-100 at Utah against the Jazz Thursday night. The Wolves trailed by 9 at the end of the 1st quarter and by 9 at halftime. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 26 points and 12 rebounds and Andrew Wiggins added 14 points.

Twins top starting pitcher Jose Berrios got hit for 2 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings yesterday and his spring training ERA is now 5.19. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan isn't concerned about Berrios' spring ERA and feels he has a chance to be a real ace pitcher not just the best sta…