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UPDATED: Richfield to Take on Red Wing in Girls Basketball State Semifinal Game
Richfield defeated Hill-Murray in the quarterfinals Wednesday to advance to the next round of play.
After defeating Hill-Murray in the first round of Class AAA state tournament play, the Richfield High School girls basketball team will take on Red Wing in the semifinals at noon Thursday at Target Center.
The Lady Spartans easily beat the Pioneers 54-35 at the University of Minnesota's Williams Arena Wedneday morning.
As many may recall, Richfield opened last year's tournament against Red Wing, which ended in a 68-53 victory for the Spartans.
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Also making it to the semi-final round is Minneapolis's DeLaSalle. Richfield lost to DeLaSalle in the final tournament game last season. *DeLaSalle's plays Monticello at 2 p.m. Thursday at Target Center.
The winners of the semifinal games will advance to the championship game at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at Target Center.
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Those who can't make it to Thursday's game, can stream it live at Prep45.com or watch it on your local KSTC-Channel 45 station.
Richfield Patch will continue to cover the tournament.
Editor's Note: This post was updated to include information on the DeLaSalle-Monticello game.
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