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Elk River Holds Off Plucky Woodbury: Royals Close Gap but Can't Overtake Elks

Posted on: Thursday, 23 March 2006, 06:00 CST

By Tim Leighton, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.

Mar. 23--ELK RIVER 75, WOODBURY 67

Woodbury never led in its Class AAAA quarterfinal game against Elk River, getting close a handful of times before the Elks pulled away for a 75-67 victory Wednesday at Target Center.

Tyler Macomber scored 19 of his 29 points in the second half, and Sam Halverson had 23 to help the Elks (27-3) earn a berth in today's semifinals against Robbinsdale Cooper. Halverson had 18 points to power the Elks to a 35-24 halftime lead.

Woodbury (21-9) twice pulled to within two points in the opening minutes of the second half, and to within 47-46 after a three-pointer by Nico Holmes with 11:52 remaining.

"We knew we could get going, it was just a matter of time," Holmes said. "Unfortunately, we couldn't get any closer. Each time we got close, they'd answer and pull away. That was frustrating."

The Elks answered with an 18-10 run to build a 65-56 lead with 4:37 left after Jackson Beaudoin made two free throws. But the Royals made one last gasp, pulling to within 67-63 with 2:32 remaining after two free throws by Eddie Schauer.

"We knew they'd come after us in the second half," Macomber said. "We just had to remain poised and calm. I think we did a good job of that."

Elk River 35 40 -- 75 Woodbury 24 43 -- 67

Elk River (27-3)--Halverson 7-13 5-7 23, Macomber 12-16 5-5 29, Pegues 4-6 0-0 8, Beaudoin 0-0 4-6 4, Dowd 1-2 2-4 5, Brunell 2-3 0-0 4, Schiltz 1-8 0-0 2, Axen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-49 16-22 75.

Woodbury (21-9)--Holmes 7-14 1-1 17, Hintz 4-13 0-1 10, Bomgren 6-14 2-2 16, Schauer 4-6 3-4 12, Pien 4-11 1-1 9, Kopp 1-3 1-1 3, Murphy 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-62 8-10 67.

Three-pointers--Elk River 5-16 (Halverson 4-10, Dowd 1-2, Schiltz 0-4), Woodbury 7-20 (Holmes 2-4, Hintz 2-5, Bomgren 2-9, Schauer 1-1, Kopp 0-1). Fouled out--Hintz, Holmes. Rebounds--Elk River 26 (Halverson 6), Woodbury 39 (Hintz 11). Total fouls--Elk River 13, Woodbury 19.

Robbinsdale Cooper 66, Richfield 60: It took Robbinsdale Cooper overtime to regroup after surrendering a 19-point halftime lead.

Jermain Davis scored 21 points, including five in the extra session, to send the Hawks (23-3) into today's semifinals against Elk River. Todd Fredrickson added two free throws in overtime to secure the victory. Cooper is making its second state tournament appearance, but first since 1975.

Richfield (21-7) got 29 points from Santino Clay and 15 from Dwayne Hardy.

Richfield 19 38 3 -- 60 Robbinsdale Cooper 30 27 9 -- 66

Richfield (21-7)--Clay 11-20 4-8 29, Dreifke 2-8 6-9 10, Hardy 6-22 3-4 15, Gusaas 1-5 0-2 2, Noonan 1-11 2-2 4, Hearn 0-3 0-0 0, Madho 0-1 0-0 0, Fischer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-71 15-25 60.

Robbinsdale Cooper (23-3)--Davis 8-14 0-0 21, Williams Jr. 5-10 3-4 13, Palmer 3-9 2-4 8, Mason 5-12 3-6 14, Williamson 3-9 2-4 8, Fredrickson 0-1 2-3 2, Olson 0-2 0-0 0, Wetsch 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-60 10-17 66.

Three-pointers--Richfield 3-20 (Clay 3-7, Noonan 0-7, Hardy 0-3, Hearn 0-2, Dreifke 0-1), Robbinsdale Cooper 6-13 (Davis 5-8, Mason 1-2, Olson 0-1, Williams Jr. 0-1). Fouled out--Mason, Olson. Rebounds--Richfield 49 (Clay, Hardy 12), Robbinsdale Cooper 43 (Williamson 14). Total fouls--Richfield 17, Robbinsdale Cooper 19.

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