STMA Girls Basketball

Spring Sports began last week, but for STMA Girls Basketball the winter season is still in full gear. St. Michael-Albertville Girls Basketball is no stranger to the state tournament as they are looking for their 3rd straight trip to "the dance." The Knights were the #1 seed in section 8AAAA and opened up defeating #8 Bemidji 85-27 in the quarterfinals. Next up was #5 seeded Rogers in the semifinals. Knights cruised to a 54-32 win over their conference rivals. Last Friday was a rematch of last years Section Finals against #3 seeded Elk River. Same match up same result as STMA defeated Elk River 75-66 stamping their ticket to the state tournament once again. This will be Head Coach Kent Hamre's 6th state appearance as head coach. Seedings and match ups were announced on Saturday:

Quarterfinals:
Tuesday, March 18th
#1 Eastview
       VS

Photo Via Kerry Zezza

 St. Paul Central
    10AM

#5 Anoka
      VS
#4 Eden Prarie
    12PM

Lakeville North
      VS
#2 Centennial
    2PM

St. Michael-Albertville
      VS
#3 Bloomington Kennedy
     4PM

Fans please come out and support the Girls! Let's make this a community event and get as many people out to the Target Center! The more fans the better.

Tickets:
Tickets can be purchased at the door or can be purchased in the Activities Office on Monday from 7:00am - 3:30pm

Prices:
Adults: $14
Students: $9

Fan buses are also available for HS Students and Middle School students in 7th and 8th grade.
HS Permission Forms can be found here: http://www.stma.k12.mn.us/activities/high-school
MSE Permission Forms can be found here: http://www.stma.k12.mn.us/activities/middle-school-east
MSW Permission Forms can be found here: http://www.stma.k12.mn.us/activities/middle-school-west

See you at the Target Center this Tuesday at 4:00pm
Go Knights!

STMA Sports Recap: March 3rd, 2014

March 3rd, 2014
STMA Wrestling had another fantastic State Tournament this year. On Thursday they began the day defeating Moorhead 46-12.  The Knights unfortunately lost to Prior Lake 37-12 in the state semifinals. Later on in the following match STMA Defeated Hastings 30-15 crowning them 3rd place champions. The next two days brought individual competition where six STMA Wrestlers qualified. Here are the results:
Aaron Dick: 5th place @ 106 lbs
*Mitchell McKee: 1st place @ 120 lbs
Tommy Thorn: 1st place @ 126 lbs  (4th Straight Title)
Mark Voss: 1st place @ 145 lbs
Evan Roster: 8th Place @ 170 lbs
Jake Briggs: 5th place @ 195 lbs

* Sophomore Mitchell McKee had huge motivation to win his first ever state title, as his father was released from the hospital to watch from the stands. Mitch's father is losing his battle with cancer, prayers go out to the McKee family from all of us in STMA.

Mitch McKee brings the arena to their feet as he hugs his father after his state championship winning pin. (Photo via John Milea @MSHLjohn)

Boys Basketball: 

STMA Boys Basketball season came to an end on Saturday night losing to top seeded St. Cloud Tech in the Section 8AAAA semifinals. Early in the first half STMA had a 8 point lead over the Tech Tigers but Tech's Andy Foley's 30pts proved to be too much as the knights fell 64-52 and ended their season with an overall record of 14-13

Girls Basketball:
STMA Girls Basketball ended the regular season last Thursday defeating Monticello 59-35. The knights finished the regular season going 20-4 overall and going an impressive 13-0 in the conference and 8-1 in the section. The #1 seeded Knights begin section play Tuesday night as they host the 8th seeded Bemidji Lumberjacks (4-20) at 7:30. Head Coach Kent Hamre will try and make a 6th state tournament appearance of his head Coaching career with the Knights
Below are the section 8AAAA Seedings
1. STMA
2. St. Cloud Tech
3. Elk River
4. Buffalo
5. Rogers
6. Moorhead
7. Brainerd
8. Bemidji