Sensational Seven: Top Players and Teams From the 2026 State Boys Basketball Tournament

This week's Sensational Seven photo showcase features standout images from the 2026 State Boys Basketball Tournament, highlighting champions, runners-up and top finishers from Classes 4A and 3A.

This week’s “Sensational Seven Photos” showcases images from the 2026 State Boys Basketball Tournament, featuring games from Classes 4A and 3A covered by this photojournalist.

Teams highlighted include Class 4A champion Chaska (Tyler Forrest), Class 4A runner-up Apple Valley (Trey Parker), Class 4A third-place finisher Tartan (Tyrel Pride), and Class 4A consolation champion Wayzata (Christian Wiggins).

From Class 3A, featured teams include champion Totino-Grace (DeAngelo Dungey), runner-up DeLaSalle (Ichima Idoko), and third-place finisher Richfield (Tyrece Hagler).

Each of these teams and players made impressive runs during the tournament, earning their place among this week’s featured selections.

Sensational Seven Photos

 Tyler Forrest (Chaska) Credit: Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald
Tyrel Pride (Tartan) Credit: Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald
Trey Parker (Apple Valley) Credit: Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald
Christian Wiggins (Wayzata) Credit: Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald
DeAngelo Dungey (Totino-Grace) Credit: Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald
Ichima Idoko (DeLaSalle) Credit: Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald
 Tyrece Hagler (Richfield) Credit: Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald

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

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