Girls Basketball Hub
The biggest news to happen this week: Tori Oehrlein becoming the all-time leading scorer in Minnesota girls basketball history.
Against Ogilvie on Friday, Oehrlein surpassed 5,000 career points, becoming on the third player in state history, regardless of gender, to do so.
Matchups between big-school classification championship contenders shake up top of state power rankings.
Meanwhile, several teams entered the coaches poll this week. They were DeLaSalle, Foley, Caledonia, Pine River-Backus and Hills-Beaver Creek.
Several players, including an eighth grader, are among those being recruited by college coaches from across the country.
Class 4A’s top contenders begin their toughest stretch of games and are scheduled to face off against each other in the coming weeks
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Oehrlein broke the girls career points record of 5,060 on Jan. 20, and is on her way to breaking the boys all-time record of 5,119. Greenway is less than 60 points away from 5,000.
A wrestler, a swimmer, a hockey player, basketball players and a cross-country runner are the latest honorees.
Undefeated Skippers overtake Hopkins as the top-voted team in the largest-school classification.
Under coach Mike Dreier, who is in his 49th year and is the winningest girls basketball coach in state history, New London-Spicer is having another successful season.
