GIRLS BASKETBALL

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All-Area Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Grand Rapids' Taryn Hamling grows into more than just a scorer

The Thunderhawks junior led her team to the Class AAA state tournament for the second year in a row and is looking forward to “doing some damage” in a third trip to Minneapolis.

Girls basketball players in black uniforms compete against players in white uniforms at a high school gymnasium.

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2022 News Tribune All-Area Girls Basketball Team

This year's selections include six players who can return next season.

April 23, 2022 12:00 AM

Minnesota’s Taryn Hamling, of Grand Rapids, slips past Wisconsin’s Maisen Gores, of Cumberland, for a bucket

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Prep basketball: Minnesota sweeps Border Battle for first time

Cloquet’s Conner Barney and Grand Rapids Taryn Hamling each scored 27 points on their way to being named game MVPs.

March 29, 2022 10:49 PM

Shannon (Bolden) Nelson talks to her Wisconsin team during the second half of Tuesday's 11th annual Border Battle at Romano Gym. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

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Prep basketball: Lines drawn for annual Border Battle games at UMD

The girls' game is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Romano Gym with the boys to follow.

March 28, 2022 12:44 PM

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Mountain Iron-Buhl loses in Class a quarterfinal.

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Prep girls basketball: March madness claims top-seeded Mountain Iron-Buhl in OT

Missed free throws down the stretch hurt the Rangers in the Minnesota Class A quarterfinal.

March 17, 2022 03:17 PM

By Jamey Malcomb

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Prep girls basketball: Grand Rapids runs out of gas in state quarterfinal

St. Paul Como Park held the Thunderhawks to just over 30% shooting from the field in the loss.

March 16, 2022 07:18 PM

By Jamey Malcomb

UTAH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

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College women’s basketball: Kneepkens’ first season at Utah has been nothing short of remarkable

Former Duluth Marshall standout has had an instant impact in leading the Utes into the NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament.

March 15, 2022 08:00 AM

By Jon Nowacki

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Prep girls basketball: Top-ranked Rangers roll past Cardinals in Section 7A title game

Zubich scores 23 points as MIB overcomes slow start to capture 11th section crown in past 12 years.

March 11, 2022 10:52 PM

By Jon Nowacki

Cloquet tops Hermantown in Section 7AAA semifinal.

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Prep girls basketball: Cloquet vying for first trip to state since 2004

Top-seed Grand Rapids and No. 2 seed Cloquet will meet for the third team this season in the Section 7AAA championship at Hermantown.

March 08, 2022 07:00 PM

By Jake Przytarski

Esko beats Virginia to advance in the Section 7AA tournament.

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Prep girls basketball: Karppinen’s free throws sink Virginia

Esko advanced to play Pierz in the Section 7AA semifinal at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Hermantown.

March 07, 2022 09:31 PM

By Jamey Malcomb

Proctor girls basketball defeats Marshall School in Section 7AA quarterfinals.

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Prep girls basketball: Rails find open player, berth in 7AA semifinals

The Rails held Duluth Marshall’s high-powered offense in check to advance in the Section 7AA tournament.

March 05, 2022 08:12 PM

By Jamey Malcomb

Cloquet tops Hermantown in the Section 7AAA semifinal.

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Prep girls basketball: Inside play key to Cloquet win over Hermantown

Alexa Snesrud led all scorers with 21 points.

March 04, 2022 10:53 PM

By Jamey Malcomb

Grand Rapids girls basketball defeats Superior at home in overtime

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Prep girls basketball: Scrapes and bruises another part of the uniform for Grand Rapids

Thunderhawk players stopped using knee pads recently, but it hasn’t stopped them from doing “what it takes to get that ball,” coach Kris Hamling said.

February 25, 2022 08:24 AM

By Jamey Malcomb