Minneapolis, MN
Southeast Sweeps Minneapolis to Finish Back-to-Back Strong
By TYLER HENRY
Lead Sportswriter – Salina Post
The Southeast of Saline basketball teams finished off their week in style, sweeping Minneapolis to cap off their back-to-back a perfect 4-0.
Girls Game: SE of Saline 42, Minneapolis 40
The Lady Trojans built themselves a sizable early lead, and would need every bit of it to stave off a late Lady Lion run.
Southeast led by as many as 11 points at the half, and maintained a nine-point lead going into the fourth, but added just two fourth-quarter points, holding on for dear life to the 42-40 win.
“I thought we came out really well,” SES head coach Shauna Smith said. “We defended the heck out of them for 32 minutes. We let up a couple of threes early but we fixed that and got out on the perimeter a little harder.”
Most of Minneapolis’ fourth-quarter damage was done at the free-throw line, where Raelyn Robinson went a perfect 6-6 at the stripe, supplementing the lone field goal make by Josi Schrader.
Maci McClure, who did not score in the fourth quarter, would go on to lead all scorers with 12 points for Minneapolis.
On the other side of the matchup, seven different Lady Trojans entered the scoring column, led by Lexi Jacobson (11), and Maddie Harris (9).
Southeast will have two days off before opening another back-to-back at Ellinwood on Monday.
Boys Game: SE of Saline 63, Minneapolis 25
On the boy’s side of things, Southeast took care of business from the jump, outscoring the Lions 24-8 in the second quarter to hold a massive 41-18 lead and never looking back.
From there, defense was the name of the game, as the Trojans held a second-straight opponent under 35 points on the night.
“They were down a guy that they run a lot of sets through so they had to figure some things out but I thought we did a good job once we took away the dribble-drive,” SES head coach Bryson Flax said. “Our offense flows better when we can get out in transition and I was proud of the guys tonight.”
With Owen Just MIA, the Lions struggled to put the pieces together offensively, getting 11 from Zach Nelson, and 14 from the rest of the team combined.
Meanwhile for Southeast, nine different Trojans notched at least one bucket, anchored by big nights off the bench for Brenton Leeds (15) and Isaiah Kejr (12).
The Trojans return to the floor on Monday when they travel to Ellinwood for the first of a new back-to-back.
Minneapolis police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a man seriously injured Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened near Oliver Avenue North and Lowry Avenue North just before 2 p.m., according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
Investigators say an SUV struck another vehicle, which then collided with a motorcyclist. The driver of the SUV then fled the scene.
The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. Police say the driver of the other vehicle was not injured.
No arrests have been made as of Tuesday night.
A recent FOX 9 investigation found that Medicaid fraudsters owe millions but pay back little with several other defendants discharged from probation after making either minimal or no payments towards their court-imposed debts.
A homicide investigation is underway after a person was found shot to death inside a car parked along the Mississippi River, the Minneapolis Park Police Department said.
Around 6:40 a.m. Sunday, officers from Minneapolis Park police and the city’s police department responded to a report of a body in a car at Mill Ruins Park. They found an adult with a fatal gunshot wound at the scene, as well as a firearm.
The Minneapolis Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating.
Police said the Hennepin County medical examiner will determine the manner and cause of death, as well as the person’s identity.
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