This week’s photo spread features four major contributors to Championship Saturday at the Boys’ State Basketball Tournament at Williams Arena: Ayoba Berthe (Park Center, Class 4A champion), Tommy Humphries (Totino Grace, Class 3A champion), Nasir Whitlock (DeLaSalle, Class 3A runner-up), and Mario Sanders (Minneapolis North, Class 2A runner-up)—and a first-time championship coach, James Ware (Park Center).
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