THE BASKETBALL SEASON ended Tuesday night, February 28, for the Mountain Lake Area (MLA) Wolverine girls basketball team in the opening round of the Section 2A South Sub-Section Tourney with a 67 to 42 loss to Granada/Huntley/East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther of Northrop (GHEC/T/ML) at Granada. It was a low-scoring first half for MLA, the squad tallying 14 points to 37 for the hosts, and GHEC/T/ML continued to hold the cushion to the final buzzer. Freshman Margo Stoesz led Wolverine scorers with 17, while senior Liana Blomgren, in her final game wearing the maroon-and-silver jersey on the hard court, hit for 14 points. Hanna Geistfeld and Kenlie Pyleski each scored 14 points for GHEC/T/ML. Hannah Johanson tallied 13 GHEC/T/ML, the #2-seed in the South Sub-Section will play St. Clair on Friday night, March 3, at Lake Crystal/Wellcome Memorial. St. Clair, the #3-seed, defeated sixth-seed, Alden/Conger, in a game also played last night. The Wolverines were seeded seventh in the South Sub-Section. The South Sub-Section’s top seed is Mankato Loyola.
