Julia Pedersen answered the challenge. The senior center led Grand Forks Red River to a 67-57 win against Fargo South in the quarterfinals of the Class A East Region girls high school basketball tournament. We challenged our post players, that they had to turn that around.
Great athletes step it up at tournament time.
Grand Forks Central and Devils Lake, meanwhile, dropped into today's loser-out round with quarterfinal losses. Red River needs one win in its next two games to qualify for next week's state A tournament. Central and Devils Lake, meanwhile, are in the loser-out round and need two straight wins to advance. When a team's turnover total almost equals its shot attempts, there likely will be problems. That, combined with 30 turnovers, made an attempt to unseat the top-seeded Spartans impossible.