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Girls Basketball:

Red Wing 69 Albert lea 46-The Wingers overcame a slow start and pulled away from the Tigers to capture their Section 1AAA quarterfinal contest at the Larry Sonju Gymnasium.  Olivia Johnson scored 20 points to lead the Wingers despite being bothered by a nagging left knee injury.  Megan Fleming added 12 points while Abby Ulveling, Jen Ulveling and Tesha Buck had 9 points apiece.  Abby Arends led Albert Lea with 17 points while Alyssa Sager had 15.

The Wingers are 20-6 on the season and host Faribault Saturday in the Section 1AAA semi-finals.  The pre-game show is at 6:40pm with the tip off at 7pm on Bluff Country 1250 KCUE and on the web at www.1250kcue.com with "Action" Jack Colwell.

Boys Basketball:

Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Lake City Section 1AA West quarterfinal 6:45pm pre-game 7pm tip off on Lake Hits 95 with Mark O'Connor

Randolph at Goodhue Section 1A West quarterfinal 7pm on KWNG 106 with Andy Kimball

WIAA Division 4 Second round regional: Plum City at Eleva-Strum

Boys Hockey:  Wingers vs. Eagles battle tonight for Section 1A title

The Red Wing Wingers and Rochester Lourdes Eagles meet tonight for the Section 1A title this evening at the Rochester Rec Center with a trip to next week's Boys State High School Hockey Tournament at stake.

"Action" Jack Colwell has the pre-game show at 6:40pm with the face off at 7pm on Bluff Country 1250 KCUE and on the web at www.1250kcue.com.

The Wingers are 15-13 on the season while Lourdes is 16-8-3 on the year.

Action Jack's Outlook: The Wingers formula for playoff success remains the same for tonight's big game.  Sam Amendolar needs a great game in goal, the powerplay and penalty kill need to be solid, the  offense needs to be opportunistic and the team needs to continue to play with poise, discipline and determination.

The Eagles are skilled but don't have a big dominant line that carried them past the Wingers last year in the section title game.  Nick Heimer returns in goal. 

The Wingers are peaking at the right time and I believe Coach Geroge Nemanich and his team have the right stuff to move on. 

Boys Swimming and Diving:

Diving prelims are today at the state meet at the U of M Aquatics Center and Red Wing Senior Turner Eckstrom is the big favorite to win his third straight Class A diving title.  There are 8 dives today with the final 3 dives in the finals Saturday.  The swimming prelims are at noon Friday with the finals at noon on Saturday.

Wrestling:

It's the second day of the state tourney at the Xcel Energy Cnetr.  Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestles Paynesville in the Class A quartefinals at 9:30am.

Area wrestlers in the state Class A quarterfinals tonight starting at 6pm:

Rusty Grisim of Lake City at 135

Kenyon-Wanamingo: Mitch Lexvold at 112. Chad Lexvold at 125, Drew Lexvold at 130, Skyler Quamme at 140 and Jarid Groth at 160

Zumbrota-Mazeppa: Grant Kyllo at 135, Ben Dahl at 189, Stu Raasch at 215, Jordan Arndt at heavyweight

On the airwaves Friday night:

Farmington at Red Wing boys basketball 7:10pm pre-game 7:30pm tip off on Bluff Country 1250 and at www.1250kcue.com with "Action" Jack Colwell

Bethlehem Academy at Goodhue Section 1A West championship from the Rochester Mayo Civic Center on KWNG 106.  Pre-game show at 7:45pm, tip off at 8pm with Mark O'Connor.