Caledonia

With just one week left in the regular season, Southeast Minnesota has proved once again that there are some of the most talented high school teams in the state.

In the growing concern of the COVID-19 pandemic, the remainder of the Girls State Basketball Tournament and Boys Section and State Basketball Tournaments have been canceled.

Terrific defense and a fast-strike offense led the Caledonia Warriors to the Boys Section 1AA title Thursday night over Stewartville 71-53 at the Mayo Civic Arena.

The Minnesota State High School League announced that a limited number of spectators will be permitted to the Girl's State Basketball Tournament due to Coronavirus concerns.

The Warriors used a big 18-0 run in the first half to build their lead and eventually come away with a 100-84 win the Section 1AA Semifinals.

Section 1 is full of basketball talent, especially in Class A and AA in girls and boys basketball.

It was proven once again when the Top-10 finalist for Mr. Basketball of Minnesota was released Monday.

Elise Sommer connected on a layup with just over 20 seconds to go to help the Cardinals take a late 56-54 lead en route to a 58-54 win over Caledonia.

The latest Minnesota Basketball News rankings came out this past Friday, and Section 1 once against dominated the rankings.

The latest boys and girls basketball rankings from Minnesota Basketball News and Section 1 was well represented in each ranking yet again.