Every Tuesday at 6:50 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. during the high school year, we feature a team or athlete with our TRIA Prep Salute.This week’s salute recognizes the Benilde-St. Margaret’s boys basketball team,

Eden Prairie girls hockey triumphs 3-2 over Prior Lake at Hockey Day Minnesota, showcasing the state’s hockey culture.

No. 6 Benilde-St. Margaret’s breezes past Chanhassen 90-55 for third straight win. Zahara Bishop’s 25 points led the way for the Red Knights along with 17 from Pressley Watkins and Kendall McGee’s 13 points.

BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS By Minnesota Basketball News CLASS 4A • 1. Cretin-Derham Hall (17-0); 2. Wayzata (15-2); 3. Hopkins (16-1); 4. Tartan (16-0); 5.

Minnesota high school boys basketball is in full swing, and High School on SI has the top 25 teams in the state ranked regardless of classification. Vo

The 2024-25 Minnesota high school boys hockey season is underway, and High School on SI will have all-classification rankings every week. Midseason Minnesota hi

Isaac Allen contributed eight points and three rebounds, while Jack Sabolik had five points and an assist. Rounding out WCA’s stats, Simon Moritz had three points and two rebounds, Owen Sanstead had two points, two rebounds, one assist, and one steal, and Carter Kjesbo had two deflections, two rebounds, and one assist.

Among Minnesota's top high school low-post players are, clockwise from left, Cretin-Derham Hall's Tommy Ahneman, Faribault's Ryan Kreager, St. Michael Albertville's Jack Thelen and South St. Paul's Mustafa Mohammed.

Andover, Holy Family, Blake, Totino Grace, St. Louis Park, Blaine. Albert Lea, Providence Academy, Rochester Lourdes, Alexandria. Forest Lake, Thief River Falls, Chisago Lakes, New Ulm, Cloquet/Esko/Carlton, East Grand Forks.

Benilde-St. Margaret’s boys basketball is 11-0 on the season and sits atop the Class 3A rankings. KSTP Sports stopped by the team’s practice this week and spoke with head coach Damain Johnson and senior power forward Jalen Wilson. Wilson and fellow senior Jaleel Donley are among players on the Mr. Basketball watch list.

It was a good week for a lot of Willmar Cardinal athletes. Four of them have earned Central Lakes Conference Performer of the Week honors. The four are Maddison Molacek, Evan Wallestad, Carlee Brown and Conlan Carlson.

Three undefeated boys basketball teams sit in the top 10 of the Star Tribune's Minnesota Top 25. (Dml - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)