Abby Hawkinson scored 35 points, including all 11 of her team's points in overtime, in McGregor's 64-57 victory over Cook County in a Section 7A high school girls basketball quarterfinal Saturday night at Lincoln Middle School in Hibbing.
The Vikings took a 25-20 halftime lead over the top-seeded Mercuries (25-3) before Hawkinson led them back with 15 second-half points to force overtime at 53-all.
Maikayla Collins added 15 points for McGregor, which advances to Wednesday's semifinals against North Woods.
Theresa Morrin scored 23 points to lead Cook County (11-15).
North Woods 81, Cherry 60
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Destinie Villebrun torched the Tigers for 32 points and Darby Youngstrom moved up the Northland scoring ladder with 24 in the Grizzlies' 7A quarterfinal win Saturday at Hibbing.
Villebrun had 20 points by halftime as North Woods (24-2) jumped to a 42-29 lead and stretched the advantage in the second half.
Youngstrom, a junior guard, passed Barnum's Justine Axtell and Katrina Newman on Northeastern Minnesota's all-time scoring chart with 2,151 points and needs just two more points to pass Chisholm's Judy McDonald into fifth place.
Kirstin Lahti and Angel Dahl closed out their careers at Cherry (19-5) with 15 and 14 points, respectively.
