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

Mayor Shelly Carlson said the new name was proposed as those working on the project decided it needed a name that was less of a mouthful than “Community Center Library.”

David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.

Here are the boys’ and girls’ basketball rankings. BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS • 1. Cretin-Derham Hall (14-0); 2. Wayzata (14-2); 3.

Chisago Lakes, New Ulm, Moose Lake Area, Fergus Falls, Willmar, East Grand Forks.

Alexandria senior Chase Thompson (3) hoists up a 3-pointer during a game against Mankato East on Dec. 28, 2024, at the CSP Holiday Classic at the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul. On Jan. 20, 2025, Thompson was named the 2025 Minnesota Mr. Basketball watchlist.

VERMILLION, S.D. — Jacari White scored a career-high 32 points in North Dakota State’s Summit League victory over South Dakota on Saturday before 2,001 at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. White hit 10 of 13 field goals, including five 3-pointers, and he hit all seven of his free throw attempts.

The Alex girls are ranked No. 2 in Class 3A ahead of Friday's game against No. 8 Hill-Murray, while the Alex boys are ranked No. 4 in Class 3A and the Minnewaska girls are ranked No. 8.

Two local teams remain ranked in the most recent Minnesota high school boys top 10 basketball polls. Sauk Rapids-Rice dropped to No. 10 in Class 4A after a loss to now-No. 9 Moorhead on Jan. 11, but Albany remains No.

Though Sartell’s win wasn’t enough to make it into the most recent Let’s Play Hockey Minnesota high school boys hockey rankings Tuesday, two teams local to Central Minnesota remain ranked in Class 1A. Section assignment is also listed and the teams’ records and previous rankings are denoted in parentheses.

River Lakes kept its No. 18 rating in the most recent Class 1A Let's Play Hockey poll, released Tuesday. The Stars held onto its position in the poll on the strength of a five-game December winning streak. In January they are 1-2-1 with a loss Jan. 9 to Sartell/Sauk Rapids.

Moorhead. Minnesota Sen. Rob Kupec speaks during "The Pulse of the 2025 Minnesota Legislative Session," a forum coordinated by the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday ...