HARDWOOD CLASSIC CHAMPIONS 2014 MAPLE RIVER EAGLES 2012 LITCHFIELD DRAGONS 2013 MAYER LUTHERAN CRUSADERS 2015 MONTEVIDEO THUNDER HAWKS

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1 HARDWOOD CLASSIC CHAMPIONS 2010 MAPLE RIVER EAGLES 2011 MAPLE RIVER EAGLES 2012 LITCHFIELD DRAGONS 2013 MAYER LUTHERAN CRUSADERS 2014 MAPLE RIVER EAGLES 2015 MONTEVIDEO THUNDER HAWKS

2 MAPLE RIVER HARDWOOD CLASSIC The Maple River Hardwood Classic began in The Classic was meant to bring uncommon opponents from throughout the state together to get high quality competition for each team participating as well as entertain the fans with great early season basketball! 2010 THE INAUGURAL TOURNAMENT The first Maple River Hardwood Classic had three different teams (Byron, Maple River, Kenyon-Wanamingo) in the tournament that were ranked at one point during the year. In game 1, Byron put on a defensive show that would go down in the record books holding LeSueur-Henderson to 27 points. Byron limited LSH to 27.9% from the field en route to the easy victory. Senior Evan Morris paced the Bears with 19 points and 5 rebounds. In the nightcap on day 1, Maple River outlasted KW In a game that was see-saw throughout, the Eagles were able to force 21 KW turnovers to win. Junior Josiah Breiter came off the bench to score 13 points for the Eagles. In the finals, two ranked teams went head-to-head in the early season classic. Maple River was able to hold Byron to 39.3% shooting and prevailed for the first championship. During the first classic, the Saturday portion of the tournament was postponed due to inclement weather. The Championship game between Maple River and Byron was played the following Saturday, while the third place game between Kenyon-Wanamingo and LeSueur-Henderson was played in Kenyon on December 23 rd. The final records for the inaugural teams that participated in the Classic were: Byron 19-9, Maple River 24-6, Kenyon- Wanamingo 19-7 and LeSueur-Henderson Maple River went on to the Section Finals while Byron and Kenyon-Wanamingo both fell in their Sub-Section Finals. LeSueur-Henderson 27, Byron 56 Kenyon-Wanamingo 56, Maple River 58 LeSueur-Henderson 56, Kenyon-Wanamingo Byron 58, Maple River MAPLE RIVER WINS REMATCH The 2011 Hardwood Classic again pitted 3 teams (WEM, Windom Area, Maple River) in the polls. In the opening game, WEM used their full-court pressure to dominate the defending Section 3AA champion, Windom Area Eagles forcing a tournament record 28 turnovers. Senior Tate Harmon led WEM with 17 points while Senior Grant Pope added 16 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds. The Bucs led at halftime. In game 2, after a sluggish first half, Maple River dominated Kasson-Mantorville winning behind Junior Jaron Denn s 23 points. Senior Josiah Breiter added 10 points and 8 rebounds in the win. The Eagles held the Komets to just 23.6% from the field. In the championship game before a raucous crowd, the Eagles defended their 2010 championship with a hard fought win. The title tilt was a rematch of the Section 2AA final which WEM captured. Breiter dominated the paint with a 22 point, 11 rebound performance. Denn added 16 points while WEM stars Grant Pope and Tate Harmon had 21 and 20 points, respectively. The final season records for the teams were: Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 26-3, Maple River 20-8, Windom Area and Kasson-Mantorville WEM made it to the Sub-Section finals before falling to St. Peter. Windom Area 43, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 66 Kasson-Mantorville 36, Maple River 61 Windom Area 65, Kasson-Mantorville Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 60, Maple River #1 Litchfield Prevails The 2012 Hardwood Classic saw the pre-season #1 ranked team, Litchfield Dragons, open the Classic with a victory over Hayfield. Litchfield led at the break and mythotically maintained the lead throughout the second half. Zach Kinny led the Dragons with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. Trevor Anderson had 14 points for Hayfield, but the Vikings only shot 34% from the field in the loss. In the nightcap, Maple River stormed back from a 9 point halftime deficit to defeat Cannon Falls Seniors Jaron Denn and Ben Larson had 12 points apiece to pace the Eagles. Maple River shot just 10 of 24 from the line but outrebounded Cannon Falls Brock Peterson came off the bench for the Bombers to score a game high 18. In the finals, Litchfield overcame a 6-point deficit with 7 minutes to play to win the 3 rd annual classic championship. The Dragons Zach Whitchurch hit 3 consecutive three-point shots in the decisive run to propel them to the title. Whitchurch finished the game with game highs of 25 points and 9 rebounds. Dylan Koll added 17 points and 7 assists for Litchfield. Maple River was led by Denn s 18 points. Litchfield hit 12 of 27 three s while the Eagles shot just 7 of 30 from downtown. The final season records for the team involved in the Classic were: Litchfield 26-6, Maple River 24-5, Hayfield 22-8 and Cannon Falls Cannon Falls and Maple River both fell in their Sub-Section Finals while Hayfield and Litchfield both made the State Tournament. Hayfield defeated Maple River in the Sub-Section Finals and Litchfield made their 2 nd straight State Championship game before falling to Minnehaha Academy Hayfield 45, Litchfield 54 Cannon Falls 55, Maple River 65 Hayfield 64, Cannon Falls 47 Litchfield 70, Maple River 61

3 2013 Mayer Lutheran gets Hot For the first time in Classic history, Maple River played the early game on the first day and came away with a victory over Jackson County Central after leading at halftime. The Eagles outrebounded the Huskies and forced 17 turnovers in the win. Sophomore Will Keller led Maple River with 20 points while Junior Jonah Breiter added 17 points and 6 rebounds. The Huskies were led by Senior Jon Harmening s doubledouble of 18 points and 14 rebounds. The pre-season #1 ranked team in the state was in the classic again. #1 ranked Minnehaha Academy met its match in the opening round as Mayer Lutheran connected on 53.1% of their shots en route to a win after leading comfortably at the break. Anthony Gruenhagen scored 28 points on 11 of 16 shooting to lead the Crusaders. Minnehaha Academy was led by freshman Simeon Davis with 18 points. The Redhawks committed 24 turnovers in the loss. In the championship game, Mayer Lutheran kept their hot shooting going as they connected on their first 5 three-point attempts and never looked back defeating Maple River The Eagles shot just 34.9% from the field and made only 4 of 15 from three-point land. Mayer Lutheran hit 10 three s and collected 12 offensive rebounds in the win. The final season records for the teams involved in the classic were: Mayer Lutheran 18-6, Maple River 11-15, Minnehaha Academy 15-14, Jackson County Central Minnehaha Academy fell in the subsection finals. Jackson County Central 55, Maple River 65 Mayer Lutheran 70, Minnehaha Academy 62 Jackson County Central 42, Minnehaha Academy 71 Mayer Lutheran 65, Maple River Eagles outlast Minnehaha The 2014 classic began with Maple River flying past the Blue Earth Area Bucs after taking a commanding halftime lead. Grant Sonnek paced the Eagles with 23 points and 13 rebounds while Jonah Breiter added 16 points and 9 rebounds. Conor Barnett led BEA with 18 points. The Eagles shot just 2 of 17 from three, but outrebounded BEA In the other semi-final, Minnehaha Academy streaked past Jordan Minnehaha Academy led at the break. JaVonni Bickham had 17 points and 16 rebounds for the Redhawks. 7 th grader Jalen Suggs came off the bench to score 16. For the Jordan Hubmen, Mitchell Peterson had 13 points and 4 assists. Minnehaha made 47.3% of their field goals while holding Jordan to 37.5% shooting. In the 3 rd place game, Jordan opened up an early lead and coasted to a win over Blue Earth Area. Jimmy Vollbrecht led the way with 31 points and 10 rebounds as the Hubmen shot a blistering 60% from the field. BEA was led by Bailey Olson s 28 points and 12 rebounds. In the Championship game, Maple River forced 20 Minnehaha Academy turnovers and shot 51.2% from the field en route to the title. Jonah Breiter led the way with 26 points. Jalen Suggs had 20 for the Redhawks. Maple River converted 22 of 32 free throws. The final season records for the teams involved in the classic were: Blue Earth Area 6-20, Maple River 28-5, Minnehaha Academy 19-9, Jordan Jordan made the Section 2AA North Sub-Section championship game, while Maple River won Section 2AA en route to a final four state tournament appearance. Blue Earth Area 55, Maple River 71 Jordan 55, Minnehaha Academy 74 Jordan 85, Blue Earth Area 74 Minnehaha Academy 59, Maple River Monte Holds on against Eagles The 2015 Classic began with a dominating defensive performance from the Eagles. Maple River held LSH to 22.4% shooting and 16 points in each half on way to a victory. Brandon Sohre and Cole Sohre led the way with 15 points. LSH was paced by Tyler Eccles with 10 points. In the 2 nd semi-final, Montevideo built a halftime lead en route to a victory over Cannon Falls. Montevideo shot a blistering 53.5% while holding Cannon Falls to just 33.3% shooting overall. Montevideo was led by Troy Diggins and Travis Dreyer with 15 points apiece. Cannon Falls was led by Tanner Carlson with 17 points and 4 assists. In the 3 rd place game, Cannon Falls led at the break on their way to a victory over LeSueur-Henderson. Kyler Banks led the way for Cannon Falls with 15 points. LSH was led by Tyler Eccles with 19 points and 5 rebounds. Cannon Falls forced 27 LSH turnovers. In the finals, Montevideo stormed out to a 16-4 lead and held on for the win. The Eagles 3-point attempt at the horn rimmed out. Troy Diggins led Montevideo with 18 points and 8 rebounds while Maple River was led by Will Keller s 16 point, 7 rebound performance. The final season records for the teams involved in the classic: LeSueur-Henderson 12-14, Maple River 27-4, Cannon Falls 17-12, Montevideo Maple River won section 2AA and fell to eventual state Champion Braham in the quarterfinals. Montevideo fell in OT in the Section 3AA finals and Cannon Falls lost in the Sub-Section 1AA finals. LeSueur-Henderson 32, Maple River 75 Cannon Falls 49, Montevideo 61 Cannon Falls 68, LeSueur-Henderson 60 Montevideo 51, Maple River 49

4 Hardwood Classic Team Tournament Records Scoring Offense 140 (70.0 ppg), Jordan, 2014 Field Goal Pct..511 (45-88), Litchfield, point FG Pct..500 (16-32), Maple River, 2011 Free Throw Pct:.706 (24-34), WEM, 2011 Rebound Off. Avg 73, WEM, 2011 Rebound Def. Avg. 44, Mayer Lutheran, 2013 Steals 28, Byron, 2010 Assists 39, Litchfield, 2012 Blocked Shots 7, Hayfield, 2012 Scoring Defense 83 (41.5 ppg), Maple River, 2015 FG Defense.297 (33-111), Maple River, point FG Defense.179 (7-39), Maple River, 2011 Blocked Shots 7, Hayfield, , Jackson County Central, 2013 Points Scored (24.0 ppg), Jake Holt, Windom Area, (21.5 ppg), Anthony Gruenhagen, Mayer Lutheran, (21.0 ppg), Jonah Breiter, Maple River, (20.0 ppg), Brady Anfinson, Kenyon-Wanamingo, (19.5 ppg), Evan Morris, Byron, (19.5 ppg), Jaron Denn, Maple River, 2011 Field Goals Made 1. 17, Evan Morris, Byron, , Jake Holt, Windom Area, , Anthony Gruenhagen, Mayer Lutheran, , Brady Anfinson, Kenyon-Wanamingo, , Jimmy Vollbrecht, Jordan, 2014 Field Goals Attempted 1. 35, Evan Morris, Byron, , Jaron Denn, Maple River, , Tate Harmon, WEM, , Jonah Breiter, Maple River, , 3 tied Field Goal Percentage (min. 6 made) (8-9), Tyler Wendt, Maple River, (7-8), Mason Beissel, Cannon Falls, (15-19), Jimmy Vollbrecht, Jordan, (6-8), Alex Maslakow, Maple River, (14-19), Grant Sonnek, Maple River, point FG Made 1. 10, Jalen Suggs, Minnehaha Academy, , Anthony Gruenhagen, Mayer, , Jaron Denn, Maple River, , Zach Whitchurch, Litchfield, , Simeon Davis, Minnehaha Academy, , Derek Johnson, Blue Earth Area, point FG Attempted 1. 20, Jalen Suggs, Minnehaha Academy, , Mitchell Peterson, Jordan, , Jaron Denn, Maple River , Zach Whitchurch, Litchfield , Trevor Anderson, Hayfield point FG Percentage (min. 5 made) (5-7), Jordan Lundell, Cannon Falls, (8-13), Jaron Denn, Maple River, (5-9), Brandon Quam, Kenyon-Wanamingo, (9-17), Anthony Gruenhagen, Mayer Lutheran, (7-14), Simeon Davis, Minnehaha Academy, 2013 Hardwood Classic Team Game Records Points Scored 85, Jordan vs. Blue Earth Area, 2014 FG s Made 36, Jordan vs. Blue Earth Area, 2014 FG s Attempted 68, Minnehaha Academy vs. JCC, 2013 FG s Percentage.600 (36-60), Jordan vs. Blue Earth Area, FG Made 12, Litchfield vs. Maple River, FG Attempts 30, Maple River vs. Litchfield, FG Percentage.571 (8-14), Maple River vs. KM, 2011 FT s Made 22, Maple River vs. Minnehaha Academy, 2014 FT s Attempted 32, Maple River vs. Minnehaha Academy, 2014 FT Percentage.813 (13-16), Byron vs. Maple River, 2010 Rebounds 51, Maple River vs. LeSueur-Henderson, 2015 Assists 26, Jordan vs. Blue Earth Area, 2014 Steals 20, Cannon Falls vs. LeSueur-Henderson, 2015 Blocked Shots 7, Jackson County Central vs. MR, 2013 Turnovers 28, Windom Area vs. WEM, 2011 Fouls 27, WEM vs. Maple River, 2011 Hardwood Classic Individual Tournament Records Free Throws Made 1. 17, Grant Pope, WEM, , Jon Harmening, Jackson County Central, , Andy Pfeffer, Windom Area, , Jonah Breiter, Maple River, , Jaron Denn, Maple River, 2011 Free Throws Attempted 1. 21, Grant Pope, WEM, , Andy Pfeffer, Windom Area, , Jon Harmening, Jackson County Central, , Josiah Breiter, Maple River, , Jonah Breiter, Maple River, 2014 Free Throw Percentage (min 8 attempts) (15-17), Jon Harmening, Jackson County Central, (7-8), Brock Peterson, Cannon Falls, (9-11), Jonah Breiter, Maple River, (13-16), Jonah Breiter, Maple River, (17-21), Grant Pope, WEM, 2011 Rebounds 1. 25, Jon Harmening, Jackson County, , JaVonni Bickham, Minnehaha Academy, , Peder Sviggum, Kenyon-Wanamingo, , Josiah Breiter, Maple River, , Brandon Quam, Kenyon-Wanamingo, , Zach Kinny, Litchfield, , Grant Sonnek, Maple River, , Troy Diggins, Montevideo, 2015 Assists 1. 13, Tanner Carlson, Cannon Falls, , Grant Pope, WEM, , Dylan Koll, Litchfield, , Zach Kinny, Litchfield, , Joel Burfeind, Mayer Lutheran, 2013 Steals 1. 9, Tanner Carlson, Cannon Falls, , TJ Nowak, Maple River, , Alex O Neill, Byron, , Zach Kinny, Litchfield, , Anthony Gruenhagen, Mayer, 2013 Blocked Shots 1. 5, Bodey Behrends, Jackson County, , JaVonni Bickham, Minnehaha Academy, , several tied

5 Hardwood Classic Individual Game Records Most Points Scored 1. 31, Jake Holt, Windom Area vs. Kasson-Mantorville, , Jimmy Vollbrecht, Jordan vs. Blue Earth Area, , Anthony Gruenhagen, Mayer Lutheran vs. MA, , Bailey Olson, Blue Earth Area vs. Jordan, , Jonah Breiter, Maple River vs. MA, 2014 Field Goals Made 1. 14, Jimmy Vollbrecht, Jordan vs. Blue Earth Area, , Jake Holt, Windom Area vs. Kasson-Mantorville, , Anthony Gruenhagen, Mayer Lutheran vs. MA, , Grant Sonnek, Maple River vs. Blue Earth Area, , Bailey Olson, Blue Earth Area vs. Jordan, 2014 Field Goals Attempted 1. 21, Josiah Breiter, Maple River vs. WEM, , Jaron Denn, Maple River vs. Litchfield, , Tate Harmon, WEM vs. Maple River, , Derek Johnson, Blue Earth Area vs. Jordan, , Brandon Quam, Kenyon-Wanamingo vs. MR, , Jonah Breiter, Maple River vs. MA, 2014 Field Goal Percentage (min. 5 made) % (5-5), Tyler Wendt, Maple River vs. Byron, % (5-6), Ben Metcalf, Kenyon-Wanamingo vs. MR, % (14-17), Jimmy Vollbrecht, Jordan vs. BEA, % (12-15), Jake Holt, Windom Area vs. KM, % (7-9), Cole Kruger, Hayfield vs. Cannon Falls, point FG Made 1. 7, Zach Whitchurch, Litchfield vs. Maple River, , Jalen Suggs, Minnehaha Academy vs. Maple River, , Anthony Gruenhagen, Mayer Lutheran vs. MA, , Jaron Denn, Maple River vs. Kasson-Mantorville, , Derek Johnson, Blue Earth Area vs. Jordan, point FG Attempted 1. 13, Zach Whitchurch, Litchfield vs. Maple River, , Derek Johnson, Blue Earth Area vs. Jordan, , Jalen Suggs, Minnehaha Academy vs. Maple River, , Jaron Denn, Maple River vs. Litchfield, , Trevor Anderson, Hayfield vs. Litchfield, , Tate Harmon, WEM vs. Maple River, , Nate Bauer, Kasson-Mantorville vs. Windom Area, point FG Percentage (min. 3 made) (3-4), Brandon Quam, Kenyon-Wanamingo vs.lsh, (3-4), Jaron Denn, Maple River vs. WEM, (3-4), Jordan Lundell, Cannon Falls vs. MR, (3-4), Brandon Sohre, Maple River vs. LSH, (6-9), Anthony Gruenhagen, Mayer Luth. vs. MA, 2013 Free Throws Made 1. 11, Grant Pope, WEM vs. Maple River, , Andy Pfeffer, Windom Area vs. KM, , Jonah Breiter, Maple River vs. Minnehaha Academy, , Jon Harmening, Jackson County Central vs. MA, , Jon Harmening, Jackson County Central vs. MR, , Jake Holt, Windom Area vs. WEM, , Jaron Denn, Maple River vs. WEM, , Brock Peterson, Cannon Falls vs. Maple River, , Bailey Olson, Blue Earth Area vs. Jordan, 2014 Free Throws Attempted 1. 15, Grant Pope, WEM vs. Maple River, , Andy Pfeffer, Windom Area vs. Kasson-Mantorville, , Bailey Olson, Blue Earth Area vs. Jordan, , Jaron Denn, Maple River vs. WEM, , Jonah Breiter, Maple River vs. MA, , Conor Barnett, Blue Earth Area vs. Jordan, 2014 Free Throw Percentage (min. 4 made) (6-6), Grant Pope, WEM vs. Windom Area, (5-5), Ryan Baumbach, Byron vs. Maple River, (5-5), Josiah Breiter, Maple River vs. KW, (4-4), Jaron Denn, Maple River vs. KM, (4-4), Drake Matuska, KM vs. Maple River, 2011 Rebounds 1. 16, JaVonni Bickham, Minnehaha Academy vs. Jordan, , Peder Sviggum, Kenyon-Wanamingo vs. MR, , Jon Harmening, Jackson County Central vs. MR, , Grant Sonnek, Maple River vs. Blue Earth Area, , Nicholas Kaplan, WEM vs. Maple River, , Bailey Olson, Blue Earth Area vs. Jordan, , Jake Richardson, Minnehaha Academy vs. Jordan, 2014 Assists 1. 9, Tanner Carlson, Cannon Falls vs. LSH, , Grant Pope, WEM vs. Windom Area, , Joel Burfeind, Mayer vs. Minnehaha, , Jimmy Vollbrecht, Jordan vs. Blue Earth Area, , Dylan Koll, Litchfield vs. Maple River, , Trevor Anderson, Hayfield vs. Cannon Falls, , Clark Minks, Maple River vs. Byron, 2012 Steals 1. 6, Tanner Carlson, Cannon Falls vs. LSH, , Alex O Neill, Byron vs. LSH, , Jake Holt, Windom Area vs. KM, , Zach Kinny, Litchfield vs. Hayfield, , Kyler Banks, Cannon Falls vs. LSH, 2015 Blocked Shots 1. 5, Bodey Behrends, Jackson County Central vs. MR , Jeremy Stuart, Hayfield vs. Cannon Falls, , JaVonni Bickham, Minnehaha Academy vs. MR, , several tied Turnovers 1. 11, Ben Barron, LeSueur-Henderson vs. CF , Collin Lovell, Windom Area vs. WEM, , Zach Kinny, Litchfield vs. Hayfield, , several tied Kenyon-Wanamingo KW Byron B LeSueur-Henderson LSH Maple River MR Kasson-Mantorville KM Minnehaha Academy MA Jackson County Central JCC Montevideo MONTE TEAM KEY Waterville-Elysian-Morristown WEM Windom Area WA Cannon Falls CF Litchfield L Hayfield H Mayer Lutheran MA Blue Earth Area - BEA

6 OUTSTANDINGPERFORMERS 2010 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Brady Anfinson, Senior, Kenyon-Wanamingo Evan Morris, Senior, Byron TJ Nowak, Senior, Maple River Brandon Quam, Senior, Kenyon-Wanamingo Josiah Breiter, Junior, Maple River Travis Smith, Junior, Byron 2011 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Jaron Denn, Junior, Maple River Grant Pope, Senior, WEM Tate Harmon, Senior, WEM Logan O Rourke, Senior, Maple River Jake Holt, Senior, Windom Area Josiah Breiter, Senior, Maple River 2012 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Zach Whitchurch, Senior, Litchfield Brady Kramer, Senior, Hayfield Jaron Denn, Senior, Maple River Brock Peterson, Senior, Cannon Falls Zach Kinny, Senior, Litchfield Ben Larson, Senior, Maple River 2013 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Anthony Gruenhagen, Senior, Mayer Lutheran Jonah Breiter, Junior, Maple River Cole Buttenhoff, Senior, Mayer Lutheran Jon Harmening, Senior, Jackson County Central Simeon Davis, Freshman, Minnehaha Academy Chad Anenson, Senior, Mayer Lutheran 2014 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Jonah Breiter, Senior, Maple River JaVonni Bickham, Freshman, Minnehaha Academy Will Keller, Junior, Maple River Jalen Suggs, 7 th grade, Minnehaha Academy Grant Sonnek, Senior, Maple River Mitchell Peterson, Senior, Jordan 2015 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Kyler Banks, Senior, Cannon Falls Will Keller, Senior, Maple River Riley Emery, Junior, Montevideo Troy Diggins,, Senior, Montevideo Jeff Lewis, Junior, Maple River Isaac Douglas, Junior, Montevideo