Girls basketball: Seeds unveiled for NLS Wildcats, BOLD Warriors, BBE Jaguars

Michael Lyne, West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn.
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Mar. 11—MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota State High School League has released the brackets for the Class AA and A girls state basketball tournaments on Saturday.

There will be three local teams competing at the state tournament between Class AA and Class A.

The first area team is

New London-Spicer Wildcats

, which competes in the class AA state tournament as the four seed.

NLS, which with a 28-1 overall record, competes against five-seed Minnehaha Academy at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Arena. The Redhawks enter the tournament with a 22-7 record.

The second area team to make the state tournament is the

BOLD Warriors

.

The Warriors, who enter the Class A state tournament as the three seed, face unseeded United Christian Academy at 5 p.m. Thursday at Maturi Pavilion.

BOLD holds a 24-5 overall record. United Christian Academy is 14-11.

The

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars

will also compete in the Class A state tournament as the five seed.

The Jaguars face No. 4 Underwood at 1 p.m. Thursday at Maturi Pavilion.

BBE enters the state tournament with a 25-4 record. The Rockets enter at 26-3.

Quarterfinals (Wednesday) — No. 1 Providence Academy vs. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, 6 p.m., Williams Arena — No. 2 Goodhue vs. Crosby-Ironton, 6 p.m., Maturi Pavilion — No. 3 Albany vs. Perham, 8 p.m., Maturi Pavilion — No. 4 New London-Spicer vs. Minnehaha Academy, 8 p.m., Williams Arena

Semifinals (Friday)

First semifinal — 6 p.m. at Williams Arena

Second semifinal — 8 p.m. at Williams Arena

Championship (Saturday) — 2 p.m. at Williams Arena / 3rd-place (Saturday) — noon at the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul

Quarterfinals (Thursday)

No. 1 Mountain Iron-Buhl vs. Minneota, 11 a.m., Maturi Pavilion

No. 2 Hayfield vs. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River, 3 p.m., Maturi Pavilion

No. 3 BOLD vs. United Christian Academy, 5 p.m., Maturi Pavilion

No. 4 Underwood vs. No. 5 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 1 p.m., Maturi Pavilion

Semifinals (Friday)

First semifinal — noon at Williams Arena

Second semifinal — 2 p.m. at Williams Arena

Championship (Saturday) — noon at Williams Arena / 3rd-place (Saturday) — 10 am. at the Gangelhoff Center