Minnehaha Redhawks 56 Litchfield Dragons 54

The Minnehaha Redhawks successfully defended a last-second shot by Litchfield's Zach Whitchurch, and when his shot came off the glass without drawing any iron, Minnehaha was the Class AA state champion. The Redhawk's Kaharri Carter hit 3-of-4 FT down the stretch to keep his team ahead 55-51 and then 56-54. In between Cameron Sundmark hit his 4th 3 of the day to get his team within 1. Carter's final FT and Whitchurch's miss followed, and Litchfield is the runner-up in Class AA for the 2nd straight year.

Minnehaha led throughout most of the 2nd half but never by more than 5, and that was early in the half at 38-33 and 41-36. Litch came bak to tie at 43 on a pair of buckets by Riley Pater, and then took it's only lead at 46-45 on a Zach Kinny FT. But John Pryor quickly hit the 1st of 2 crucial 3s to give the Redhawks the lead for good at 48-46 at about 7 minutes. 3 minutes later his 2nd 3 made it 53-49. Dylan Koll made 4-for-4 throws to keep Litch close at 53-51.

The Redhawks dominated the boards 33-20, and 13-4 on the offensive glass, and they out-scored Litch by the same number (13-4) on 2nd chance points. Carter, Thomas Gedion and Marcellous Hazzard had 8, 7 and 6 boards. Hazzard led the champions with 14 points, Pryor added 12 and Carter 11. Riley Pater was the only Dragon in double figures with 16.

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Minnehaha wanted to run, and did so from time to time. Litchfield wanted to slow it down, and did so pretty much every possession. The result was a virtual draw at the end of the 1st half, as the Redhawks lead 30-29 on a short jumper by Thomas Gedion.

Minnehaha led early 11-5 and 12-7 as John Pryor hit a pair of 3s, and Marcellous Hazzard and Gedion scored off the offensive glass. Litch caught up at 19 as Dylan Koll got into the lane for a pair of layups. The Dragons then took their 1st lead at 29-28 on a pair of 3s by sub Cameron Sundmark.

The Redhawks dominated the boards 17-9 and the offensive glass 6-2, scoring 9 2nd chance points to Litch's 4. But Minnehaha turned it over 7 times, Litch only 3, again showing the different approaches to the game.

Hazzard leads all scorers at the half with 12, Kaharri Carter leads the rebounders with 5.