Best of State Tournament

Here by the way are the choices I sent in to the MSHSL for their 100th anniversary "best of" celebration.

Greatest Games

Boys

1997 Wabasso 117 Red Lake 113 (ot) Class A semi

1960 Edgerton 63 Richfield 60 (ot) semi

1946 Lynd 58 Crosby-Ironton 47 quarter-final

Girls

1979 New York Mills 69 Albany 52 Class A final

1997 Rochester Mayo 78 Bloomington Jefferson 70 Class AA semi

2008 Jordan 79 Crookston 74 Class AA semi

Best Players

Boys

Khalid El-Amin, Mpls. North 1995-96-97

Jim McIntyre, Mpls. Patrick Henry 1944-45

Ron Johnson, New Prague 1955-56

Girls

Janet Karvonen, New York Mills 1977-78-79-80

Tayler Hill, Mpls. South 2007-08-09

Coco and Kelly Miller, Rochester Mayo 1993, 1995-96-97

Best Coaches

Boys

Jack Evens, Bloomington Jefferson

Harvey Roels, Chisholm

Butsie Maetzold, Hopkins

Girls

Myron Glass, Rochester Lourdes

Faith Johnson Patterson, Mpls. North, DeLaSalle

Terry Culhane, Tracy/Milroy, Marshall

Best Teams

Boys

Edina 1966-68

Red Wing 1915-33

Hopkins 2002-11

Girls

St. Paul Central 2007

Rochester Mayo 1997

Rochester Lourdes 1987-2005

Best Shots

Boys

Blake Hoffarber's butt shot, Hopkins 2005

Andy Snyder's 3/4 court shot, Gilbert 1951

Jeff Nessler's half-court shot, St. James 1972

Girls

Rey Robinson's game winner at :02, Becker 2007

Josie Dillon's 2 buckets (on Itisha Alexander's 2 assists) inside of :10, Benilde 2010

Erin Ditty's game winner, Hastings 1996

Best Finishes

Boys

Hopkins-Eastview including Hoffarber's butt shot, 2005

Glencoe over Chisholm on late steal and breakaway, 1931

Mpls. Washburn over Hopkins, 1994

Girls

Benilde's 2 buckets inside of :10 to beat Hill Murray 2010

Burnsville's comeback win over St. Paul Harding 1991

St. Michael-Albertville rallies from 20-5 down to beat Mpls. North 2009