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ye SundayMarch 251990Star Tribune Boys' state basketball tournament (Dwatomiinia sails to finite; Lake Cnfiy wdos IhaircS waf( Tired point guard Heise proves true to the Tigers 1 baa. MX-, I I 1 1 Indians rip North by 46 points By Brian Wicker Staff Writer The three-day coming out party of Owatonna senior forward Mike Broich closed Saturday night at the SC Paul Civic Center, as Broich's 22 fibints and 17 rebounds carried the Indians over Minneapolis North 72-if for their second consecutive Class A title. pie 46-point margin of victory was line second-largest in the history of Le tournament, trailing only Minneapolis Roosevelt's 101-34 drubbing Of Blue Earth in the 1956 final. SJorth's 26 points was the lowest total for a team in a title game since Minneapolis Edison defeated Virginia 37-24 in 1937. Obviously, history was being made f- and Broich was making it His fling with stardom, however, wasn't going to his head.

j'm not going to college for just sasketball," said Broich, naming ile, Gustavus, Carleton and Augus-na (S.D.) among the programs interested in his services. "It's a fun activity. It's not terribly important to me. i jphe 6-7 Broich brought a modest jp.6-point average into the tourna-afent, content to be a role player to dominating play of 6-9 Gophers recruit Chad Kolander. The senior Renter scored a game-high 24 points, gut it was Broich's Kolander-esque Srst half 20 points and 13 resounds that crushed the Polars M-9) in the first 16 minutes.

ft knew I had to take some of the pressure off Chad, if we were going to win and play our best, Broich said. Said North coach Robin Ingram: i'Broich had 13 rebounds in the first half alone. He beat us up even with Kolander on the bench." 3 Kolander had two fouls with 3:18 left in the first quarter and watched the test of the half from the bench. It was Staff Photo by Martin Levison Players on the Owatonna bench celebrated during their rout of Minneapolis By Romaa Aagnstoriz Staff Writer Senior guard Tony Heise was bushed and Lake City coach Jerry Snyder knew it "You couldn't tell it on his face so much," Snyder said, "but when he lost control and fell down on his dribble, that was fatigue." Heise fell to the St Paul Civic Center floor several times Saturday in the second half of Lake City's 52-51 triumph over Mankato Loyola in the championship game of the Class A tournament Snyder said he never considered giving the 6-3 Heise a rest, which was played before 8,746. And, in the last minute, Heise made the front end of a one-and-one opportunity with 37 seconds left to break a 51-51 tie.

He also grabbed a defensive rebound on a missed layup, forcing the Crusaders tooul him with seven seconds left. Heise finished with 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. "Many times throughout the season I've thought, Tony needs a rest' Then I'd say to myself, 'He'll tough it Snyder said. After making the game-winning free throw, Heise missed his bonus shot, but teammate Brett Stolzenberg grabbed the rebound and quickly got the ball back in Heise's grasp. Loyola fouled Heise again, sending him to the line for another one-and-one with 33 seconds left.

This time, Heise missed the first, and the Crusaders had one last chance actually, three, as it turned out Junior guard Dan Ward, who led the Crusaders with 21 points, tried a three-pointer with 23 seconds left. It missed, but the ball went out of bounds off a Lake City player in a scramble underneath. Ward, who was 4-for-10 on three-pointers, then changed tactics. He drove through traffic and put up a one-handed push shot that rolled around the rim before falling off with eight seconds left. "I thought it was going down," Loyola coach Gene Glynn said.

"Then, when it spun onto the back of the rim, I thought it was going to work it's way out on the other side." It did, and Heise was there for the rebound. Ward fouled Heise with Fairmont (20-7). "Why didn't we shoot very welir De La Salle coach Ed Cassidy Jr. repeated the question. "We worked hard on defense.

Our style is up and down the floor, fullcourt. Three games like that, back-to-back, had to take some of the steam out of our kids." Fairmont had a 38-32 advantage on the boards, with 6-4 senior center Dave Murphy pulling down 12 and 6-8 junior center Dan Jorgensen grabbing seven. Jorgensen led all scorers with 20 points; teammates Baarts and Cory Kallheim, a junior guard, had 15 apiece. Senior forward Gerrell Clardy led had 21 points and junior forward Cymon Payne 16 for De La Salle. Mounds View, then made the winning free throws with 22 seconds left in Friday night's 35-34 semifinal victory over Chaska.

In last night's second quarter, with Kolander out, Broich scored 12 more points, and North endured another drought, going scoreless for the hut 3:11 of the half. Owatonna scored 10 straight points for a 34-9 halftime lead. No Polar had more than two points. No player had more than three rebounds except Broich. Register, losing the battle inside, fouled out with 40 seconds left in the third quarter.

North was playing in its fourth Class AA final in 11 years, winning the championship in 1980 behind center Redd Overton; the Polars were run-ners-up in 1984 and '83 to White Bear Lake. Owatonna won the title with its 27th straight road victory. Clutch shooting helps Chaska, Fairmont earn trophies LakaCHy. 12 19 7 1452 Mankato Loyola 12 9 17 1351 Lata Cay-avart 04 04 0. Makwka 5-10 04 11.

8tolznorg 7-18 2-2 18. Hoi 3-13 1-4 IS. Lonachar 5-10 04 10, Moat 04 04 0, Wan 04 0 0. Totala 2347 34 52. MaaaaH Layula I kjHntrom 5-1 1 04 1 1 Flu 04 04 0.

Johnaon 54 7-10 17. Ward 7-18 34 21, Thaun-Inok 1-6 04 2. Sttarian 0-1 0-0 a Total 18-43 10-18 81. Plata Lafca City 12, Mankato Loyola 14. R-aaaada Lain Qr 45 (Haiaa 13), Loyola 28 (Hokn-aaom 8).

Traa aairaara lain Crty 34 (Hata 24. Matock 1-1): Mankato Loyola 6-17 (Ward 4-10, Itoknatrom 14, Thaunmok 0-1. SHarlan 0-1). A 3,748 (Saturday aftamcon Claat A union). seven seconds left, so it was back to the other end for another one-and-one.

Heise missed again. A teammate passed the rebound to Ward, who dribbled to the Lake Gty baseline before taking a 15-foot shot. It missed, but the shot came after the buzzer anyway. The state title was Lake City's third; the other two came in 1978 and '79, in 7-footer Randy Breuer's junior and senior years. The Tigers, who lost twice to Rochester Lourdes, were ranked eight in the Associated Press' final state The loss ended a 17-game winning streak for the un? ranked Crusaders (24-4).

Besides Heise, other players in double figures for Lake City were Stolzenberg, a 6-2 senior forward who had a team-high 16; senior forward Brent Meincke with 11, and junior forward Brock Lortscher with 10.. Ward led Mankato Loyola with 21 points, seven assists and six steals. Senior forwards Mac Johnson and Eric Holmstrom had 17 and 11, respectively, but the rest of the team produced only two points. Lake City led 31-21 at halftime ber cause of a 26-1 1 edge in rebounding and better shooting. The Tigers made IS of 32 shots (47 percent) from the-field, while the Crusaders made only five of 22 (23 percent).

Loyola kept chipping away, however, and the third quarter ended 38-38. The score was tied four times in the fourth quarter, each time after Loyola had taken a lead. The Crusaders' last lead came with 1:37 left when Holmstrom made a 10-foot jumper from the right baseline. Stolzenberg answered for Lake City 20 seconds later on a short jumper from the lane. Fergus FaHa 16 15 13 16 Chaska 14 IS 17 2678 Faraua'aea Otarnbaro 3-W 3-4 10, tOraohnar 4-7 0-18, Pearaon 8-110-212, Abramaon 1-4 0-0 2.

Laraon 34 0-0 7, SOMnan 0-0 04 0, OuamamoM 3-10 2-2 18, J. Laraon 04 04 0. Back 1-1 04 2, Hubarty 0-1 04 0, flMWu 1-1 1-1 3. Total S4-C3 8 1080. Chaaka Barta 4-7 0-2 8, Patowdd 34 1-2 t.

6tred 8-10 3-4 13, Kunze 3-10 84 24, Mar 34 2-3 13, Hanaon 1-1 1-1 3, Brown 04 2-2 2, Leonard 1-1 04 2. Andaraon 04 04 0, Kom 04 04 0, Batou 04 040, Dc 04 040. Total 28-40 18-20 72. foule riroua Fa'14, Chuka 8. Foaled out Sternberg.

TaeMeale Chaaka banch 2 Megal unHorm number). Ptabounda Fergu Fan 19 (Pearaon 8), Chaaka 32 (Barta 10). Tare poke era rargua Fat 8-17 (Quememoan 44, Sternberg Laraon 1-1, Karachnar 0-1, Pearaon 0-1); Cnaaka 7-12 (Kurae 3-10. Meet 1-2). Da La Salt 14 22 17 1666 Faarmont 16 17 20 1772 Da La eaaa Payne 7-20 0-1 1S.CIerae-17S421, Johnaon 1-2 04 2, Woodard 24 0-1 4, Maddm 4-18 04 8, McGMey 84 1-2 11, Ctough 24 04 8.

WhNa 1-2 0-1 2, Thuan 04 04 Total 30-73 3-10 80. Fatnnont Lurtarman 0-2 0-2 0, Engatw 1-2 04 2, Murphy 1-4 3-4 8, Baart 3-4 8-13 is7wetrn 8-7 2-3 IS, Jorganeon 8-10 44 20, Heated 8-7 44 18, Schukz 0-1 04 0, Vaaecke 04 04 0. ToeX 2347 224672. Foule De La Saw 21, Fairmont 14. Fouled out Woodarda.

Haboiea Da La Sen 32 (Cterdy 13), Fairmont 38 (Murphy 12). Thraa poaean Da La i 9-iu irayna z-o, wougn i-e, Maoom (hck 4-4 (Keen 3-3, Heeled 1-1). Starjraa-Mottsy 24 19 10 2174 15 6 20 1455 Beaohy 1-2 13, Boretad 1 0-0 3, Petaraon 0 1-2 1 Joaroar 2 2-4 7, VenNorman 0 2-2 2. Can 4 44 13. 8teKiraua 0 0-1 0.

SaNha 7 2-1 18, Matonay 3 2-2 8, Caouaan 0 2-2 2, Chnatenean 3 a. loaa xs ie-o ra. Kina (Ml Oaaafl 1 04 Oakland 3 4-4 11, Work 2 1-1 8, Veale 0 0-1 0, unawnoar 1 0-3 aonoanoom 0-0 4, Turner 1 0- 0 2. Neumann 7 8-18 20. Totala 13 13-27 88.

FmH Otapln MnB( 24, Mahnomen 20. FeeM ant Botiy, Chnatanaan, Ket. Thraa peed ere StapH Motley 8 (Beachy 2, Boretad 1, Joarger 1, One 1); Mahnomen 4 (Keel 2. Jeremy Oakland 1, Want A 1 ,882 (Saturday mornine ftMMton). aTatgaehAaae, ftaaeVaaaentMehan MOOrn wejirajfejon St Francis -14 24 21 6 6 2047 (3047.

MasheiS O-l B. Irvin 8 5-5 18, CaooNnl 2 2-2 6, Johnaon 0 04 0, Redden 0 04 0, VaraMarde 3 0-1 8, Zander 2 04 4, Ooncevega 0 04 0, Carter 4 S4 13, 1. Cartoon 2 044.Andereon01-2 1.Tota!25 13-1888. StfraeolB P. Ooht 1 04 3.

Juattn Cartoon 1 1-2 3. E. OoM 1 14 SV Jeoon Certoon 0 04 0, Deal 1 04 1 0 24 2, Laraon 3 04 8, Beumoern 1 04 2, Abba 0 3-4 3, Pioepke 0141. Totaa) 1613-18 47. eBWewaHaiDOaiewignn aWnsjrvTjn lfj, sji, rtvitn i.

ton Jtftoreon ApmoiwR 8 wn Cols Ik 6l franoe 4 (Laraon 3, B. OoM 1). senior center Bernie Sal the had 14 of his 16 in the half. "It takes a lot of character to come back after that 6f 47 loss to Lake City (on Cardinals coach Lynn Peterson said, "It's not so much X's and O's, but adjusting attitudes, a mindset" Mahnomen (18-9), led by sophomore center Chris Neumann's 20 points cut its halftime deficit to 53-41 after three quarters, but that was as close as the Indians got By Roman Angustoviz arid Bob Schranck Staff Writers i Chaska's Jeff Kunze made his stand in three-point range. Fairmont's Lee Baarts chose the free-throw line.

The shooting of those two players provided the difference in Saturday's two third-place games at the St. Paul Civic Center. Chaska defeated Fergus Falls 72-60 for the Class AA trophy, and Fairmont beat De La Salle 72-69 in Class A. In last night's game, Kunze's consecutive three-pointers midway through the second half put a spark in Chaska. The Hawks (20-5) were trailing the Otters 44-43 when Kunze, a 6-3 senior guard, hit his fourth three- North.

After Olson, Kolander and Broich finished their postgame TV interviews, they returned to the court they have ruled for two years. One net still was hanging, with two loops left to cut Fittingly, Broich cut the last loop. Mpla. North 5 4 1 926 Owatonna 12 22 20 1872 I North rrailar 1-4 1.3 a Dn 14 0.1 2, Regteter 1-3 0-0 2. Strickland 14 04 2, Rich 2-9 04 4, Walker 3-0 04 8, CrtM 2-5 04 4.

Ham 14 04 3, EWot 0-2 04 0. PwMn 04 04 0, BcekM 04 (HI 0, Moor 0-1 04 0. WaWm 04 04 0. TOW 12-551423. Owatowne Oiokii 7-10 34 22, Johnson 34 24 3.

Kolander 11-13 24 24, Armstrong 04 3-4 3. Handel 14 04 2, Swanaky 24 84 0, Bang 04 04 0, Peuleon 1-1 1-1 3, McOarmoft 04 04o7irke 04 2 1 Hanaon 04 04 0, Melakowaky 0-1 04 0. Aul 0-1 04 0, Fafear 0-1 0-1 0, Laraon 04 04 a Total 25-48 224372. Fee Mmnaapota North 18, Owatonna 10. Fouled awl naglatar.

Wibound Mlnnaapom North 21 Similar 4, Dannia 4); Owatonna 43 (Broich 17). mi eeeeer Mlmiaapum North 1-15 (Harra 1-4, Strickland 04. Waktar 0-2, WKHama 04, Rich 0-1, Parkin 0-1): Owatonna 0-1 (Randal 0-1). A 13.543 (Saturday fright Oat AA aataton); 32,053 (toumtcnont tow). two free throws with 1:28 left, gave the Hawks a 62-51 lead.

And they stayed safely ahead by making six straight in the last 65 seconds. Class A Whatever problem Baarts had shooting free throws disappeared late in the game. He hit nine of 10 in the fourth quarter as the Cardinals held on for the victory. "I don't know what I did differently," said Baarts, a junior guard. "Maybe it was a follow-through.

But they dropped at the right time." The quicker Islanders had their quota of steals, but many of their shots oftentimes layups didn't drop. De La Salle (23-7) shot only 41 percent, compared with 62 percent by ThundcyWIMMM Aiwmi llraiM hiw tol niartawflnala WfaBjaav In ajflaaTI 878 8 81 8Vaw Mplt. North 60. Cretm-Darham Hall 54. Fargu Fats 49, Btoorrtngton Jaflaron48.

Lowof-tofackvt ojuartofflnttlo Chaska 76. St Francfe 61. Owatonna 72, Mounds View 69. Chsnipionshlp Botnfflnols Friday St Paul Civic Cwrtar Mlnrwapoll North 49, FtrgtM Falls 48. Owatonna 36, Chaska 34.

FrtdayCoajaga of St Thomas Bloomington Jaffarson S3, CraHn-Oarham Hal 54. St Francis 70, Mounds Viaw 67. 8aturvtoyCMc Cantsr Owatonna 72, Minneapolis North 26. Third piece Che8ke72. Fergus Fm 60.

Btoornlnoton Jefferson 68, StFrende47. TtiuradsyCMc Cwiter llnnaf heat hat QUMleMlTiialM De La Sale 66, Rueaef-Tyler-nutrilon S3. Lake Crty 60, Stapjaa-Mottey 47. Mankato Loyola 72, Eaat Central 53. Fairmont 76, Mahnomen 47.

FrtdeyCMc Center Lake City 46, Oe La Sale 36. Mankato Loyola. 75, Fairmont 72. FrtdeyStThomae StspkMMotfoy 58, Ruseeft-Tyler-Ruthton 42. Mahnomen 72, East Central 70.

Saturday CMc Center Lake City 52, Mankato Loyola 51. Third piaoe FatrmoM 72, De La Sale 69. Staptaa-MorJey 74, Mahnomen 55. a great seat for Broich's show. When North called its second timeout of the game, with 5:54 left in the half, second-ranked Owatonna led 20-7.

Broich had 14 of them, an effort Indians coach Len Olson never would have envisioned a few years ago. "He (Broich) was the 14th player on the seventh-grade team," he said. "Then he became a gym rat and got better and better." North tried three defenses in the first quarter, finally settling on a 1-3-1 trap. It slowed, but hardly stopped, Broich. He scored six of his eight first-quarter points from the free-throw line, helping Owatonna take a 12-5 lead.

North, facing the Indians' man-to-man defense, went scoreless for the first 3: 1 5 before junior Hubert Register hit a baseline jumper. Broich scored 26 points in Thursday's quarterfinal victory over pointer of the game with 25 seconds left in the third quarter. Kunze, who had a game-high 24 points, hit another three-pointer 14 seconds into the fourth quarter for a 49-44 Chaska lead. Barry Querne-moen of Fergus Falls (21-5) countered with a three-point shot from the top of the key, pulling the Otters to 49-47, but they got no closer. "It got us really fired up," Kunze said, referring to his two late three-pointers.

"I thought we were going to win." Kunze was 6-for-10 on three-point shots and 6-for-6 at the free-throw 31 school activities. To be eligible, a student must have a 3.5 grade-point average and participate in both a MSHSL-sponsored sport and fine arts activity. Other Class AA finalists were: Kari Hong, Northfield; Eric Nyquist, Albert Lea; Stacey Matula, Hastings; William Craig, Sibley; Kiersten Williams and Marcus Thymian, Iron-dale; Suzanne Glover and Bradford Fayfield, Benilde-St. Margaret's; Tari Williams, Hopkins; Jeffrey Seplak, Bloomington Kennedy; Elizabeth Anderson, Duluth Denfeld; Peter Dalve, St. Francis; Wendy Barth, St Cloud Apollo, and Todd Lee, Little Falls.

Other Class A finalists were: Allison Walker, Chosen Valley (Chatfield); Troy Hatlevig, Peterson; Jodi Berge-mann. Blue Earth-Frost-Winnebago-Delavan; Amy Slettedahl, Granite Falls-Clarkfield; Aaron Lee, Springfield; Gretchen Nitz, Gaylord; Matthew Pettis, Gibbon-Fairfax-Win-throp; Andrea Severson, Westview (Braham); David Stenberg, Litchfield; Sheila Asmus, Browerville; Edric Funk, Sebeka; Hope Aman, Esko; Tony Baciqalupi, Pine City, and Jason Aanenson, Climax. An incorrect entry in the official sco re book cost Chaska three points during the Gass AA third-place game against Fergus Falls. Hawks senior forward Brook Miller is listed in the Snyder chosen Coach of the Year Jefferson, Staples-Motley return home with trophies! line. He didn't attempt a shot from inside the three-point arc.

"If I hit my first one, it gives me confidence," said Kunze, whose father, Terry, played guard for the Gophers. "And today I was 2-for-2 right away." Other players in double figures for Chaska were senior center Nate Streed and senior forward Brook Miller, who scored 13 points apiece. Quernemoen led the Otters with 16 points, hitting four three-pointers. After the fourth of those pulled Fergus Falls to two behind, Streed and Andy Bertas, a 6-5 senior forward, made back-to-back baskets, giving Chaska a 53-47 lead. Bertas had eight points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

A 7-0 Chaska run, capped by Kunze's program as No. 35; he wore No. 33. Senior forward Andy Bertas is listed as No. 35; he wore No.

33. "I wore 33 earlier in the year, but then we switched," Miller said. "We had a little memory lapse today." The resulting two bench technicals on Chaska gave four free throws and the ball to Fergus Falls. Senior forward Dan Sternberg made three of the four free throws with 3:33 left in the first quarter, allowing the Otters to take a 10-9 lead. The lead didn't stand up, however.

Chaska rallied for a 72-60 victory. But if the Hawks had lost by two or three "Oooh," said Miller. "I don't even want to think about that" Owatonna, with one of the largest and loudest fan sections at the tournament, had trouble last night getting everyone into the Civic Center for the Class AA final. The Indians fans had tickets, all right the wrong ones. Ticketmaster issued incorrect tickets to school officials after Friday night's semifinal victory, necessitating a massive exchange before last night's game.

Chosen assistant coaches of the year were Jim Muchlinski of Marshall in Class AA and Roy Toivonen of Star-buck in Class A. The academic state champion teams were Cretin-Der-ham Hall in AA and Braham in A. Braham had the best overall GPA. By Roman Angustoviz and Brian Wicker Staff Writers Lake City coach Jerry Snyder was a double winner Saturday. In the morning, before the Tigers beat Mankato Loyola 52-51 for the Class A title, he was named Coach of the Year by the state coaches association.

"I'm glad I didn't know about that award," said Snyder, who found out from a TV reporter after the final. "It might have put extra pressure on me and I would have fouled the game pp. It's extra meaningful when something comes from your peers." Snyder's record for 28 seasons is 419-193. Lori Kocer of Mankato West and Matthew Kelso of Chaska don't jump-start cars during snow emergencies, but they're two of 32 students selected Triple 'A award-winners for their excellence in academics, arts and athletics this school year in a program sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League. Kocer and Kelso were chosen Class AA state representatives for the Triple 'A' program, in its second year.

Leanne Amiot of Crookston Central and Michael Hopper of Westbrook were the Class A winners. All the finalists were introduced at halftime pf the Class A and AA finals, i' The program, was developed to honor student achievements in various high By Bob Schranck StaffWriter Bloomington Jefferson and Staples-Motley took home consolation trophies Saturday from the St Paul Civic Center. Jefferson routed St Francis 68-47 in Class AA, and Staples-Motley rolled past Mahnomen 74-55 in Class A. Jefferson (23-3) took charge in the second quarter, during which senior guard Brent Irvin scored 12 of Jefferson's 24 points as the Jaguars took a 38-19 halftime lead. Jefferson then went on a 12-2 run in the first four minutes of the third quarter.

"We told them that halftime lead meant nothing against a three-point team like St Francis," Jefferson coach Jack Evens said. "Six of those, and they're back in." Not that Jefferson didn't counter with some three-pointers of its own. Irvin was 2-for-6, junior guard Brent Mitchell 2-for-4 and senior guard Scott Cole hit one. Irvin's 19 points led the Jaguars; senior forward Jonathan Carter had 13. Senior guard Neil Larson and sophomore forward Matt Pearson led the Fighting Saints (19-8) with nine points apiece.

Class A Staples-Motley (22-6) took care of business early, taking a 43-21 half-time lead. Junior guard Ryan Beachy scored 1 1 of his 13 points and 6-1 Ott.