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Members of the Minneota girls basketball team celebrate after celebrate after defeating Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 48-45 in the Class A championship game on Friday at Target Center.
MINNEAPOLIS Just a few days prior to Friday’s Class A championship between the Minneota girls basketball team and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Vikings senior guard Abby Hennen went to the free-throw line in a tied semifinal matchup against Mountain Iron-Buhl with 2.1 seconds left and made the game-winning free throw to advance her team.
This time, Hennen went to the line with the Vikings leading by one over the Jaguars with two seconds remaining. After the first attempt went in, Hennen let out a sigh of relief. Then she calmly sank the second one, putting her team up three. BBE’s last-second attempt was off the mark and Minneota held on for a 48-45 victory at Target Center to win the Class A title. The championship is the Vikings’ third overall in program history and
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It was pretty easy to see the support for Minneota High School teams in town on Wednesday. Dave Fahey, who was wearing Minneota Vikings apparel at work at Gislason Ace Hardware, said thereâs a high level of sportsmanship among Minneota students, and a lot of community support.
MINNEOTA Â Minneota residents don’t make any secret of their love for their hometown high school sports teams.
From the downtown banners proclaiming “Home of the Minneota Vikings,” to folks wearing team apparel, like Dave Fahey was behind the counter of Gislason Ace Hardware on Wednesday, the support for Minneota players was right out in the open.
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