The Pequot Lakes sixth-grade boys' basketball team participated in the Staples tournament on Saturday, March 6, where they beat Brainerd, lost to Staples, and beat Crosby for third place.
Northern Lakes varsity boys' hockey players Cody Chambers and Sam Johnson were All-Mid-State Conference selections while Collin Burke received honorable mention all-conference.
The Pequot Lakes Patriots boys' basketball team edged the visiting Pelican Rapids Vikings, the defending Class AA state champions, 55-48 in the opening round of the South Subsection 8AA playoffs on Thursday, March 11.
The Crosby-Ironton Rangers showed the Pequot Lakes boys' basketball team why they are the No. 1 seed in the South Subsection 8AA tournament as they used their extreme quickness to force numerous turnovers and a 62-53 quarterfinal win over the No. 4 Patriots on Saturday, March 13 in Crosby.
The Pine River-Backus boys' basketball team defeated Browerville in their subsection 5-A west game to advance to the subsection quarter finals at Sebeka, but the Tigers ran into a buzz saw as the Trojans ran over PR-B, ending the Tigers' season.
The successful girls' basketball season, including a current eight-game winning streak, came to a crashing halt for the Pequot Lakes Patriots in a 59-44 loss to top-ranked and unbeaten Hawley in the South Subsection 8AA final on Tuesday, March 9, in Wadena.
