Packers Slam New Prague for Section Title

17 Mar

In this post, we had the exciting conclusion of the Packers punching their ticket to Williams Arena with a last-second Alley-Oop.

Here are the rest of the highlights from the hard-fought win:

See the stories in the Austin Daily Herald and Austin Post-Bulletin and on KAAL and KTTC.

Zach Wessels paced the Packers with 19 points, while Joe Aase and Collin Weisert had 9 each, Tom Aase 4 and Zach Vierkandt 2.

The Packers face St. Paul Johnson Wednesday at noon at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. More details on tickets and bus transportation will be available Monday morning and will be posted here.

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Packers Seeded Fourth, Draw Johnson in Opener

17 Mar

The Austin Packers received the fourth seed in the State Class AAA tournament, and will face St. Paul Johnson a noon Wednesday at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.

See the full bracket. Minneapolis Washburn was seed first, DeLasalle second and Grand Rapids third.

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Packers headed to State with Alley-Oop Finish

16 Mar

We’ll have full video highlights on this tomorrow, but here’s the play Austin Packer fans will be talking about for years to come.

After the top-seeded Packers had scrapped back from six points down to second-seeded New Prague in the second half to take a one-point lead with 90 seconds remaining, the game came down to a last play.  With the score tied at 41, Austin’s coach Kris Fadness called timeout with 13 seconds left. Here’s the play he called, an alley-oop from Zach Wessels to Tom Aase for a dunk, and the resulting celebration:

March Madness, indeed!

The Packers are now headed to the Minnesota State Boys Basketball Tournament for the first time since 1982. They will open play on Wednesday, with the opponent to be determined tomorrow.

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Turn the Civic Center Red!

15 Mar

For last Saturday’s semifinal game against Winona, the crowd was gathering more than an hour in advance of the 7 p.m. tip. This video is from the lobby outside of Packer Gym at about 6:10, as the line of fans extended out the doors of the building and down the block. The second part of it is from five minutes before the tip, as the gym is packed except for a few seats in the balcony section. The final part is from the introduction of the starting lineup.

The Packers were undefeated at home this year, so we’re counting on Packer fans to create a homey environment tomorrow at Mayo Civic Center. Sign up by noon today if you want to ride on the fan bus.

Update: Due to popular demand, we’ve added another student bus, so we’re extending the sign-up time. There’s still some room on the adult bus, too. Download and print the forms and get them to the AHS Activities Office by Friday afternoon.

Student Bus Permission Form

Adult Bus Reservation Form

 

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Let’s turn the Mayo Civic Center red!

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Post-Bulletin Previews Friday Finale

14 Mar

As we highlighted earlier, the Austin Daily Herald has a nice and well-deserved feature today on the four Packer seniors. The Austin Post-Bulletin also has a feature on the Packers in this afternoon’s paper, highlighting recent years of rivalry between Austin and New Prague.

There is a bit of history on the basketball court between these two schools. Although they didn’t play last year in the post-season, there have been a number of interesting games over the years.

Austin’s last run to the section finals came back in 2007 and it started with a road win at New Prague in the first round. The Trojans got revenge by beating the Packers in their last tournament meeting two years ago in the section semifinals at New Prague.

They have also met during the regular season over the last few years. New Prague won at Austin in the 2010-2011 season. This season started with a 23-point win by the Austin boys at New Prague back on Dec. 6 of last year.

New Prague won the Section 1AAA title last year and went on to take fourth-place at the state tournament. Austin hasn’t been to the state tournament since the 1981-82 season.

Read the whole story.

Be sure to get to Rochester Friday night for the championship game against New Prague. If you need a ride, we have bus transportation available, but you need to sign up by noon Thursday.

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