The Northome/Kelliher girls basketball team took another step forward in the playoffs this season, but that didn't make Friday night's loss to Sacred Heart in the Section 8A championship sting any less.
Thursday was an eventful day for the Northome/Kelliher girls basketball team. Junior Alli Lundin reached 1,000 points and the Mustangs secured a resounding win over Lake of the Woods in the second round of the Section 8A tournament.
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Northome/Kelliher softball is headed to state for the first time in program history. A look at how the Mustangs powered through the elimination bracket on their way to a euphoric moment.
Northome/Kelliher's Waabi Wagner grew up in a baseball-centric family, playing with her older siblings before making history, leading the Mustangs to their first-ever state berth. She鈥檚 done it all while wearing hearing aids.
When the end of the road comes in sports, it鈥檚 often painful. It was for Northome/Kelliher after falling to Fosston in the Section 8A East championship. But the Mustangs held their heads high, even as they said an emotional goodbye to their senior class.
The Northome/Kelliher girls basketball team had beaten Cass Lake-Bena four of the last five times the two teams had matched up. But not in the game that meant the most. The Mustangs got another shot in the Section 8A quarterfinals on Saturday, and this time, they got it done.
Ella Thayer could feel her 1,000th point coming, entering Northome/Kelliher's contest against Cass Lake-Bena just four points away. And on an and-one layup in the first half, the senior reached it, highlighting a Mustangs win that clinched a regular-season sweep of the Panthers.
The Minnesota State High 歪歪漫画 League鈥檚 new rule mandating shot clocks in varsity contests came into effect for the 2023-24 season. A number of Bemidji area teams are contending with the adjustment.
Northome/Kelliher didn鈥檛 want to experience a repeat of last year鈥檚 Section 8A quarterfinal upset. So to prepare for that stage, the Mustangs scheduled the best team in Class A this season.
