The Montevideo girls basketball team is seeded second in the Section 3AA North tournament and the Thunder Hawks will open at home Saturday at 7 p.m. against No. 7 seed BOLD.
Other first-round matchups Saturday pit top-seeded Minnesota Valley Lutheran hosting Tracy-Milroy-Balaton; No. 5 seed Redwood Valley at No. 4 YME; and No. 6 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop at No. 3 Lac qui Parle Valley.
Fairmont is the No. 1 seeded in the South half of the section tournament.
A Montevideo win over BOLD would send the T-Hawks into the North semifinals against the winner of the GFW vs. LqPV game Tuesday at a site that won’t be determined until after Saturday’s games.
Benson 58, Montevideo 47
Benson handed the T-Hawks a 58-47 conference loss here Thursday.
Beka Schwendemann scored a career-high 30 points for Montevideo.
Scoring by halves
Benson 30 28 — 58
Montevideo 20 27 — 47
Monte — 19-48 FG; 4-13 FT; 26 rebounds; 21 fouls. Scoring: Brooke Tastad 12, Beka Schwendemann 30, Karrissa Larson 3, Miranda Kostboth 2. Rebounds: Schwendemann 10. Assists: Schwendemann 3, Tastad 3. Steals: Tastad 2, Larson 2, Shelby Monahan 2, Amber Barnes 2. 3-point FG: 5-12 (Schwendemann 3, Tastad 2).
Monte 53, Paynesville 39
Brooke Tastad led a balanced attack with 12 points as the T-Hawks topped Paynesville here Friday.
Scoring by halves
Paynesville 17 22 — 39
Montevideo 23 30 — 53
Monte — 21-66 FG; 8-24 FT; 39 rebounds; 22 fouls. Scoring: Brooke Tastad 12, Beka Schwendemann 11, Karrissa Larson 4, Shelby Monahan 2, Ashley Rodeberg 5, Jaci Clauson 7, Elissa Christensen 4, Amber Barnes 8. Rebounds: Schwendemann 7, Larson 6, Clauson 6. Assists: Rodeberg 6, Larson 4. Steals: Tastad 2, Monahan 2, Schwendemann 2. 3-point FG: 3-17 (Tastad 1, Rodeberg 1, Christensen 1).
Montevideo 57, YME 47
The T-Hawks swept the season series with the Sting, winning 57-47 here Tuesday.
Brooke Tastad had a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds for Montevideo.
Scoring by halves
YME 16 31 — 47
Montevideo 21 36 — 57
YME — 16-51 FG; 15-22 FT; 31 rebounds; 17 fouls. Scoring: Aimee Johnson 13, Emily Baker 10, Angie Scheffler 4, Lauren Trudel 8, Dand Johnson 2, Steph Larson 4, Courtney Hinz 2, Kylie Jans 4. Rebounds: Baker 11, A. Johnson 6. Assists: A. Johnson 3, Trudel 3. Steals: A. Johnson 3, Hinz 3. 3-point FG: None.
Monte — 19-49 FG; 13-18 FT; 34 rebounds; 16 fouls. Scoring: Brooke Tastad 22, Beka Schwendemann 12, Karrissa Larson 6, Ashley Rodeberg 4, Jaci Clauson 2, Amber Barnes 11. Rebounds: Tastad 10, Larson 8, Rodeberg 5, Barnes 5. Assists: Tastad 4. Steals: Rodeberg 3. 3-point FG: 2-8 (Tastad 2).
| West Central South Girls BB | Conf. | All |
| Atwater-Cos-GC | 16-0 | 18-3 |
| Benson | 12-4 | 18-6 |
| Morris/CA | 11-5 | 15-8 |
| Montevideo | 9-7 | 11-12 |
| Lac qui ParleValley | 8-8 | 9-12 |
| Yellow Med. East | 7-9 | 10-12 |
| Minnewaska | 6-10 | 8-15 |
| BOLD | 3-13 | 5-19 |
| Paynesville | 0-16 | 1-21 |
Final conference standings
