The Austin Packers came back from an 11-point first half deficit for a 51-49 win over Winona on Saturday, March 9. The game was tied at 49 with 13.9 seconds to play, and here is the conclusion:
Full highlights coming later tonight.
Archive | March, 2013
Packers Double Kasson-Mantorville in Section Opener
6 MarThe Austin Packers showed flashes of excellence punctuated by some choppy patches Wednesday night on the way to a 71-35 first-round win at home against Kasson-Mantorville.
The top-seeded Packers built a 46-17 lead just after halftime, and the game got to running time with about six minutes remaining, but the second half wasn’t as crisp as the first. Joe Aase and Zach Wessels each scored 14 points, while Ajuda Nywesh had 13, Tom Aase 9, Bret Lukes 7, Gach Gach 6 and Collin Weisert and Curtis Oberbroeckling 4 each.
Here are the highlights:
Next up for the Packers will be fifth-seeded Winona, 68-64 winners over fourth seed Waseca. Game time is 7 p.m. Saturday night in Packer Gym
An Epic Regular Season
5 MarAs the Packers prepare to open defense of their Section 1AAA basketball title tomorrow night against Kasson-Mantorville, here’s a look back at their 25-0 regular season.
It’s difficult to condense 25 wins into a 20-minute video. Lots of good plays aren’t included, but this is a representative sample pulled from 100 minutes of individual game highlights (and that doesn’t include the highlights from the Packers’ wins at Waseca and Winona.)
You’ll want to expand to full screen for this:
Hopefully the boys will start another highlight reel at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Packer Gym. Let’s Pack the gym!
Packers to Host Kasson-Mantorville Wednesday
2 MarThe Austin Packers will kick off defense of their MSHSL Section 1AAA title on Wednesday at home against #8 seed Kasson-Mantorville. Game time is 7 p.m. The Packers played the Komets in the first game of the season on Dec. 1, and came away with an 88-54 win.
New Prague grabbed the #2 seed and will host #7 Faribault, while #6 Albert Lea travels to #3 Red Wing and #4 Winona hosts #5 Waseca. See the complete bracket below:
Here are the links (and top seeds) to the brackets for all of the Class AAA sections (Sections 5, 7 and 8 will be announced Sunday:
Perfect!
2 MarThe Austin Packer boys capped their perfect 25-0 regular season and 18-0 conference mark with a 60-48 win at Owatonna Friday night.
The Packers led by two at halftime, and trailed briefly in the second half before a 16-3 run gave them control with a lead they maintained through the last four minutes. Tom Aase led the Packers with 16 points, while Bret Lukes added 15, Joe Aase 9, Zach Wessels 8, Gach Gach 7 and Ajuda Nywesh 5,
See the stories in the Rochester Post-Bulletin, Austin Daily Herald and Owatonna People’s Press. Here are the highlights:
The Packers open Section 1AAA tournament play Wednesday night at home in a 7 p.m. contest against an opponent to be named Saturday morning.
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