Every Tuesday at 6:50 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. during the high school year, we feature a team or athlete with our TRIA Prep Salute.This week’s salute recognizes the Benilde-St. Margaret’s boys basketball team,

No. 6 Benilde-St. Margaret’s breezes past Chanhassen 90-55 for third straight win. Zahara Bishop’s 25 points led the way for the Red Knights along with 17 from Pressley Watkins and Kendall McGee’s 13 points.

Alexandria hosts No. 9 (Class 4A) Sauk Rapids-Rice (13-4) at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, and No. 2 (Class 3A) Orono (11-3) at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. Sauk Rapids-Rice beat Alexandria, 81-76, on Dec. 7, 2024, in a game where Thompson was out with an injury.

The Alexandria boys and girls basketball teams play conference games to end the week before hosting Benilde-St. Margaret's on Saturday

The Alexandria boys and girls basketball teams are ranked No. 4 in the Minnesota Basketball News Class 3A rankings (Jan. 29, 2025 edition). The Alexandria boys basketball team (12-3) is ranked No. 4 in Class 3A behind Mankato East (14-1),

David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.

BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS By Minnesota Basketball News CLASS 4A • 1. Cretin-Derham Hall (17-0); 2. Wayzata (15-2); 3. Hopkins (16-1); 4. Tartan (16-0); 5.

Andover, Holy Family, Blake, Totino Grace, St. Louis Park, Blaine. Albert Lea, Providence Academy, Rochester Lourdes, Alexandria. Forest Lake, Thief River Falls, Chisago Lakes, New Ulm, Cloquet/Esko/Carlton, East Grand Forks.

Minnesota high school boys basketball is in full swing, and High School on SI has the top 25 teams in the state ranked regardless of classification. Vo

The 2024-25 Minnesota high school boys hockey season is underway, and High School on SI will have all-classification rankings every week. Midseason Minnesota hi

Fifth-ranked (Class 3A) Benilde-St. Margaret’s took a 10-9 lead with 12:30 left in the first half and never looked back as it defeated second-ranked (Class 3A) Alexandria 79-53 in a physical game on Jan. 25, 2025.

Clemson signee Chase Thompson guides the fourth-ranked Cardinals against the top-ranked and undefeated Red Knights in a Class 3A top-five tussle on startribune.com.