• It was an intense game, but one that the Groton Area boys were ready for the task. "We had a different game plan going in," said Coach Greg Kjellsen. "Basically for a couple of our guys, forget everything you've learned about playing defense. Don't guard your guy."
• The Tiger defense went right to work and from the start, it frustrated the Sisseton Redmen. It didn't matter that

Youngblom was 6-8 and Cornelius was 6-7 in height.  "We used those two extra guys to guard the big guy in the middle and Cornelius at the perimeter," Kjellsen said. "Cornelius had eight points and I know that was a season low for him and Youngblom had four. If you would have told me before the game that those two kids would score 12 points, I would have said that we would win by 15."
• Rielly Ell stole the show in the first half. He stole the ball to score, made a basket behind the Redmen defense and

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