Overview:

Rosemount and Benilde-St. Margaret’s claimed championship victories in the Minnesota girls basketball state tournament, with Rosemount winning the Class 4A title and Benilde-St. Margaret’s securing its fourth consecutive Class 3A championship.

This week’s Fab Five photos feature images from the Class 4A and Class 3A girls’ basketball state tournaments held last weekend at Williams Arena.

The No. 2-seed Rosemount Irish, behind Ashna Ramlall’s 16 points, defeated the top-seeded Hopkins Royals 63-62 to win the Class 4A championship. Amisha Ramlall added 12 points and Gianna Carpentier 10 for the winners.

Jaliyah Diggs led the Royals with 20 points, and Erma Walker added 14.

The Benilde-St. Margaret’s Knights, the No. 3 seed, captured their fourth consecutive Class 3A girls’ title with a 75-63 victory over the No. 1-seed Stewartville Tigers.

Sydney Friedly led the Knights with 24 points. Zaida Jenkins had 16, Mira Wismer added 12 and Alivia Bell chipped in 11.

Audrey Shindelar and Danika Shindelar led the Tigers with 29 and 18 points, respectively.

Fab Five photos

Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald is a contributing columnist at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

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