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Richfield, Holy Angels Boys Basketball Teams Lose Playoff Openers
Winter sports season comes to an end in Richfield as Spartans and Stars both defeated in Section 6AAA tournament.
The winter season came to an end for both and on Tuesday night as both the Spartans and Stars boys basketball teams lost in their respective Section 6AAA playoff openers.
Richfield Boys Basketball: Holy Family Catholic 71, Spartans 69
While the was the higher seed and held a 33-31 halftime lead, victory was not in the cards for the Spartans, who fell by a 71-69 score to visiting Holy Family Catholic.
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The fifth-seeded Fire managed to escape fourth-seeded Richfield with a slim victory despite a game-high 25 points from Spartans forward Jared Noonan, with guards Shawn Bear and John Johnson recording 15 and 11 points, respectively.
The defeat concluded the Spartans' winter campaign with a 17-10 record.
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Holy Angels Boys Basketball: Waconia 68, Stars 55
After trailing host Waconia by just two points, 18-16, at halftime, the sixth-seeded could not keep up with the third-seeded Wildcats over the final 18 minutes before losing by a score of 68-55.
Ten Stars players scored in all, but only guard Nick Miller broke double digits in scoring with 11 points in the game.
The loss concluded Holy Angels' 2010-11 season with a 5-22 record.
