FIRST HALF –
Holy Family Catholic is one of the largest teams in the state of Minnesota with two forwards who are 6’11. The Fire came out and utilized their size underneath and started the game by building a 15-6 lead. DGF settled in after that and controlled the rest of the first half. Senior Owen Leach as he’s done much of the year would get the offense going with a free throw and three-pointer. From there Brody Friend would score a layup, and Leach followed that up with another bucket to pull the Rebels within one point trailing 15-14 with 8:05 to play in the half. The Rebels still weren’t done, as Cayson Bergee would splash home a triple to give DGF their first lead of the game at 17-15 and cap off an 11-0 run. Holy Family Catholic would answer back with an and one to take the lead back at 18-17, but the Rebels would go on another run after that. Owen Leach would score twelve straight points for DGF and the Rebels rattled off a 12-3 run to take a 29-21 lead over the #1 team in Class AA. As great of a half as the Rebels had played, it was a poor end, and the Fire was able to sneak back into the game with a 10-5 run to end the half and make it a 34-31 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton lead at the halftime break. Each team had one player who played tremendously in the first half, as Owen Leach led the Rebels with 18 points and 6’11 forward Collin Mulholland had 17 for the Fire. DGF also hit five first half three-pointers to help take a lead at the break.
SECOND HALF –
Both teams came out in the second half on fire and couldn’t miss. The Fire scored the first five points of the half to take the lead back, but Grant Anderson would hit a jumper tying it back up at 36-36. The three-point shot became a huge weapon for the Fire, and specifically for their guard Kole Hanson who hit five threes in the first eight minutes of the half to help put the Fire in front 62-52 with just over ten minutes remaining. It wasn’t that the Rebels weren’t scoring, but they just couldn’t get stops against the explosive offense of Holy Family Catholic. Still, DGF never quit or went away, and they would respond with a Carson Steichen three and Drew Sheeley and one to pull back within six points trialing 64-58 with 8:45 left in the game. The Fire would rattle off a 7-2 run after that and pull back ahead by double digits leading 71-60 with 7:25 left in the game. Once again the Rebels looked like they had a comeback in store and would get an and-one from Owen Leach and two free throws from Austin Anderson to cut the deficit to 71-65. After a bucket by the Fire, Drew Sheeley would cash in a three, and Holy Family Catholic was in front 73-68 with 6:01 left in the game. The Fire never panicked and would score the next four points before an Owen Leach three made it 78-71 with 4:05 on the clock. After another layup by the Fire, Grant Anderson would connect on a three as the lead slowly trimmed to 80-74. The back-blow for the Rebels would be back-to-back jams from the Fire after that to go back in front 84-74 with just over a minute left. Owen Leach would hit a layup for the Rebels making it 84-76, and after a stop, the Rebels would eventually hit another three to make it 84-79 with just 19.5 seconds left. They would use their last timeout to try and set up a press to force a steal, but they would be forced to put Holy Family Catholic at the free throw line with 17.8 remaining. They would hit both free throws and the Rebels would come down and go scoreless, ending the game with Holy Family Catholic coming out on top 86-79 to take 3rd place at the Class AA State Tournament.
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton finishes their season with a record of 25-8 and takes 4th place at the Class AA State Tournament. Holy Family Catholic finishes their season 29-3.
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1st
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2nd
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Final
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Holy Family Catholic |
31 |
55 |
86 |
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton |
34 |
45 |
79 |
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For D-G-F
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Points
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Owen Leach |
30 |
Austin Anderson |
10 |
Drew Sheeley |
9 |
Cayson Bergee |
9 |
Karsen Steichen |
7 |
Grant Anderson |
7 |
Peyton Aas |
5 |
Brody Friend |
2 |
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For Holy Family
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Points
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Collin Mulholland |
33 |
Kole Hanson |
29 |
Boden Kapke |
15 |
Braylon Cummings |
3 |
Michael Richelsen |
3 |
