Alexandria has an opening round bye, host section semifinal on Saturday; Osakis plays at Legacy Christian Academy on Tuesday
ALEXANDRIA — The Alexandria girls basketball team has won the last two Section 8-3A titles and finished the regular season undefeated against section opponents (10-0). Alexandria (22-4), who is ranked No. 5 in the Class 3A Minnesota Basketball News rankings, has earned the No. 1 seed in the 2025 Section 8-3A Tournament and has an opening round bye. Alexandria awaits the winner of Thursday’s game between the No. 4 seed Little Falls (12-14) and the No. 5 seed Detroit Lakes (8-18). Little Falls beat Detroit Lakes, 43-34, on Dec. 17, 2024. Alexandria hosts the winner of the Little Falls/Detroit Lakes game on Saturday, March 1 at a time that is yet to be determined. On the other side of the bracket, Fergus Falls (19-7) is the No. 2 seed and hosts the St. Cloud Crush (5-20), the No. 7 seed at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Willmar (13-13) is the No. 3 seed and hosts the No. 6 seed ROCORI (5-20) at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The winner of the Fergus Falls/St. Cloud Crush game and the Willmar/ROCORI game play in a section semifinal on Saturday at a time that is yet to be determined at the high seed. The Section 8-3A Championship game is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at a neutral site location that is yet to be determined. All of the latest area results and playoff schedules will be posted on the Echo Press website.
Osakis seeded 12th in Section 6-2A
The Osakis Silverstreaks (15-10) are the No. 12 seed in the Section 6-2A Tournament and play at the No. 5 seed Legacy Christian Academy (18-8) at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The winner of that game faces either the No. 4 seed Annandale (20-6) or the No. 13 seed St. Cloud Cathedral (11-15) at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at the College of St. Benedict. One of these four teams will play the No. 1 seed Sauk Centre (24-2), the No. 8 seed Holdingford (15-11), or the No. 9 seed Foley (14-12) in the Section 6-2A semifinals at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the College of St. Benedict. Sauk Centre faces either Holdingford or Foley at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, at the College of St. Benedict. On the other side of the bracket, Roylaton (26-0) is the No. 2 seed and hosts the No. 15 seed Mora (7-19) at 7 p.m. on Thursday, while the No. 7 seed Albany (12-14) hosts the No. 10 seed Pine City (14-12), the No. 3 seed Milaca (19-5) hosts the No. 14 seed Melrose (10-16), and the No. 6 seed Spectrum (20-6) hosts the No. 11 seed Kimball (15-11). The winner of the Royalton/Mora game faces the winner of the Albany/Pine City game at 4:30 p.m. on March 1, at the College of St. Benedict, while the winner of the Milaca/Melrose game and the Spectrum/Kimball game play at 6 p.m. The two semifinalists from this side of the bracket play at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, at the College of St. Benedict. The Section 6-2A Championship game is set for 6 p.m. on Friday, March 7, at St. Cloud State University.
