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MINOT — South Prairie-Max, in its first state event look, upset undefeated Thompson in a recreation the Royals didn’t path till the ultimate minutes.
Addison Sage gave Thompson its first lead with 4 minutes, 56 seconds to go within the Division A state semifinal recreation on the Minot State Dome. The rating remained shut, with Thompson up 52-50 because the seconds wound down.
The Royals had the ball with underneath 20 seconds on the clock. They ran a play designed for freshman Rylee Routledge to take a 3, however Thompson had her coated.
So Abby Mikkelson, with the ball in her fingers, decided: “I’ve to get this off,” she mentioned.
“Actually, I prayed for the very best,” she continued. “And it went in.”
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That shot gave South Prairie-Max a 53-52 lead with 16 seconds remaining.
Thompson referred to as a timeout and referred to as a play for Sage, one in every of its finest shooters.
With 4 seconds on the clock, Sage put up a three-pointer. It rattled out and in.
“I’d put it in her fingers once more,” Thompson coach Jason Brend mentioned. “It was so shut. It’s totally unhappy. We had some objectives coming into this 12 months, and we simply discovered tonight that they aren’t going to occur.”
Thompson will play for third place towards No. 7 Valley Metropolis at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Sage led the Tommies with 19 factors and was 4-for-11 from three level vary. Sydney Schwabe added 11 factors, and Jordyn Tozer and Brenna Martin each ended with seven.
Kya Hurst was held to 4 factors in 31 minutes.
Routledge had 14 factors, with 12 coming off threes, and 7 rebounds. Skotti Beck added 12 factors. Routledge, Beck and Mikkelson mixed for 9-for-10 of the Royals’ made threes.
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The Royals led by as many as 13 factors within the recreation.
“It was so surreal,” South Prairie-Max coach Tanner Mosser mentioned. “I’ve no phrases. We needed revenge. We confronted them earlier within the 12 months, and so they got here to play and we didn’t. All 12 months, I knew that they had been going to be the workforce to beat, and we would have liked to simply come prepared day in and time out. I’m simply so proud.”
South Prairie-Max will face Devils Lake within the state championship recreation at 5 p.m. Saturday.
“That is superior,” Mikkelson mentioned. “First state look and we’re within the championship recreation. We simply want to return out exhausting tomorrow. It feels nice.”
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