Sussner leads the way
There was a game plan.
"We had a different game plan, taking some risks, but the girls executed it well," said Coach Hayley Fruin.
There was a game plan.
"We had a different game plan, taking some risks, but the girls executed it well," said Coach Hayley Fruin.
Like a general directing the troops, Morgan Kockelman methodically moved her players around the floor, set the ball to them and watched miracles being performed.
Nobody believed — not even many of their fans. The odds were too tough ... Tracy-Milroy-Balaton had dominated Section 3A for three years and the 29-3 Panthers were expected to do it again.
While Minneota totaled 411 yards on offense Friday against BOLD, it wasn't just the passers, runners and receivers who made it happen.
Minneota looked like wagon with its wheels coming off in the first quarter Friday against BOLD.
When you've got a big horse, you climb on and ride it home.
Even the Minneota players were dumbfounded when they finally had come back from a 14-point deficit at 19-5 to defeat Canby, 27-25.
Coach Hayley Fruin stood at the end of the court, dumbfounded.
The fans behind her were stunned, unable to yell, or even to speak.
If Coach Chad Johnston of Minneota assesses it correctly, the Section 5A championship game Saturday could likely go a long way to determining the Class A State Champion.